Have you heard of face taping?
If you could have, it’s most likely due to Olga, founding father of The Natural Faces aka @naturalfacebible. After intuitively avoiding Botox 20 years in the past and turning into obsessive about pure magnificence practices, Olga is proof that you simply don’t must spend a ton of time or cash on invasive procedures.
From face taping to fashionable traits she’s truly towards, she is right here to inform us all concerning the energy of pure options to realize youthful, wholesome trying pores and skin.
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Introduce your self to The Skinny Confidential viewers.
Olga: Hi beauties! I’m Olga however you may know me as @naturalfacebible on social media. I’m 49, primarily based in Los Angeles, and the founding father of The Natural Faces. I specialise in a pure method to skincare, magnificence, and getting older – and I’ve by no means had Botox.
In my late 30s, a lot of my mates started exploring Botox. I didn’t know a lot concerning the potential dangers again then, however one thing about it didn’t really feel proper. Maybe it was instinct or my pure method to magnificence and wellness.
At the identical time, I used to be beginning to really feel involved concerning the strains forming on my brow. I didn’t wish to ignore them, however I additionally didn’t know what pure options had been obtainable. That curiosity led me to facial therapeutic massage and I turned immediately fascinated. I ended up enrolling in skilled facial therapeutic massage faculties and finally touring to Europe and Russia for hands-on coaching. It was throughout these early programs that I used to be launched to face taping and I used to be hooked from day one.
That was almost 9 years in the past and what began as curiosity was a deep ardour. I went on to check quite a lot of superior strategies together with buccal therapeutic massage, face taping, osteopathic strategies, and craniosacral remedy. Seeing the transformation in my very own face and well-being made me a real believer within the energy of pure magnificence practices, and I knew I wished to share my information with others.
Please give us a top level view of your journey and the way Natural Faces got here to be?
I began a TikTok account in 2020 desirous to share my pure method to skincare and options to Botox. One of the primary movies I posted was on face taping, a way I had been utilizing for years. It went viral however not with out controversy. At the time, face taping was just about unknown within the U.S., and the video stirred up a variety of confusion, criticism, and even hate, particularly from injectors and skeptics.
But I saved sharing what I knew and step by step a supportive group shaped. As curiosity grew, so did the questions on what merchandise I used and the place to get them. That’s what impressed me to begin The Natural Faces. The greatest problem was sourcing my go-to face tape. It took almost a 12 months to construct the precise relationships and produce the high-quality, genuine Japanese face tape I had been utilizing in my very own follow to the U.S. Today, that very same tape is trusted and beloved by hundreds world wide.
At the time, the pure method to skincare and getting older wasn’t almost as fashionable as it’s now. I observed a variety of artificial, low-quality merchandise being marketed to youthful generations and I wished to supply an alternate. I noticed a rising want for a extra pure method to magnificence, one that’s rooted in simplicity. I created my store to share simple routines and high-quality merchandise that truly work. My love for holistic strategies, particularly conventional Japanese magnificence rituals, turned the inspiration of The Natural Faces.
You’re recognized for face taping. What would you inform somebody who’s simply getting began? How lengthy till they’ll see outcomes?
What I need folks to know is that the true face taping technique isn’t just a magnificence software but in addition a strong wellness software. When practiced appropriately, it may possibly supply unimaginable assist even for considerations like neck pressure, TMJ ache, complications, post-op swelling, and a lot extra. But that’s the important thing – it must be actual face taping and never the face patch “stickering” development that’s sadly taken over social media within the final 12 months. What units face taping aside is that by strategic and correct placement, it really works with the physique to enhance tissue capabilities and never simply briefly masks aesthetic considerations on the floor.
I typically get requested how lengthy to see outcomes however it varies. I at all times encourage folks to take a look at the “Before/After” spotlight on my Instagram to see a few of the actual outcomes from my group. Some folks could have seen enhancements in just some days or perhaps weeks, and others it could be months. The timeline relies upon on many components together with your expectations, your tissue’s capacity to reply, the severity of the difficulty, your every day habits that both assist or decelerate the therapeutic course of, and many others. But consistency at all times pays off!
What is your desert island skincare product? You can solely take one factor!
Wow that is arduous! I’d need a couple of but when I needed to decide only one, it might positively must be my face tape. How might it not? It’s extremely versatile and goes approach past wrinkle management. I can use it to protect focused areas like my nostril or brow from the solar, which not solely offers me SPF safety but in addition helps forestall squinting, which ends up in frown strains and different wrinkles. If my neck will get stiff or tense I can apply the tape there for aid, and similar for TMJ aches and complications. I may even use a small piece for mouth tape at night time.
Are there any wellness practices or habits that you simply swear by to maintain a youthful look?
Absolutely. Habit quantity #1: Avoid pointless magnificence procedures or therapies. As a lot as we wish to beautify ourselves, these therapies typically setback our facial tissue vitality and correct capabilities that in the end result in untimely age-related adjustments. And that may even prevent some huge cash higher used for a trip.
Here are my free magnificence and wellness practices that can take your magnificence quite a bit additional: Proper tongue posture, physique posture, and every day physique motion. I additionally strongly consider in sustaining a comparatively steady physique weight all through (in fact excluding pure fluctuations like throughout being pregnant). The pores and skin is deeply affected by frequent weight adjustments (and I’m not referring to 5-10 pound fluctuations), however the extra substantial ones typically attributable to yo-yo weight-reduction plan.
Lastly is holding a constructive, youthful mindset. And don’t neglect to inform your face and pores and skin “thanks” and “I really like you.”
Walk us by way of how you’d manually launch pressure from the face and jaw at residence in 5 minutes.
If you solely have 5 minutes, right here’s a brilliant easy trick I typically do within the evenings to soften the day’s pressure away. Grab an opulent towel and run it underneath scorching water, then press and maintain it towards your jaw space, cheeks, and my private favourite is over your eyes. Let the warmth soak in and repeat because the towel cools down. It’s quite simple however in just some minutes you’ll really feel fully reborn.
For an excellent deeper launch, you possibly can observe up with a couple of buccal therapeutic massage strikes (from contained in the mouth) to focus on jaw pressure, and a mild eye therapeutic massage to assuage pressure from screens or stress (all are on my Instagram Reels). Boom, your entire face pressure will evaporate.
What is your morning skincare routine?
I consider pure oral care follow is a giant a part of skincare. A balanced mouth microbiome is deeply linked to intestine well being, which is deeply linked to pores and skin well being. So my morning routine at all times begins with tongue scraping, adopted by brushing with a pure toothpaste, and some occasions per week I’ll add in oil pulling. While I oil pull, I wish to multitask with mild “wake me up” rituals like a fast scalp therapeutic massage, neck stretches, or no matter my physique feels prefer it wants that morning.
Then onto the face. I by no means cleanse within the morning and often don’t wash my face both. I am going straight into hydration by spraying a Japanese Hydrating Toner, gently wiping my eyes, after which one other spherical of misting. From there, I apply my chosen merchandise for the day primarily based on the season, climate, or how my pores and skin feels. In the dry winter months, I lean into richer, extra nourishing textures like a Collagen Cream enhanced with Japanese Pearl Powder. In the humid summer time, I’ll attain for a lighter cream or serum. Overall it’s a easy 2–4 product routine.
What is your night skincare routine?
In the evenings I at all times begin with face cleaning, which is essentially the most foundational step in any skincare ritual. For years now I’ve rotated between a Japanese Rice Bran Cleanser and Oil Cleansing. Cleansing is sort of all the things. If we get this step proper, all the things else we apply after will add to the skincare recreation. But if we mess up the Cleansing step by utilizing harsh, stripping, or poorly formulated cleansers, even essentially the most luxurious lotions utilized after will wrestle to make a distinction.
After cleaning, I typically do the nice and cozy towel compress I discussed earlier. Keeping pressure away from facial tissues and boosting circulation is extra highly effective for pores and skin longevity and vitality than any fancy or superior lotions on the market. I actually need extra folks to know this.
Then comes product utility, which varies night time to nighttime. I at all times begin with a couple of spritzes of hydrating Japanese Toner, and observe up with one chosen product, both a cream or oil, combined with Japanese Silk or Pearl Powder for final luxurious and advantages.
I’ll then apply my Japanese face tape if I’m utilizing them that night time and relying on what my wants are. For instance, I’ll tape the frown space extra in summer time after I’m squinting typically, or the jaw space if I’m feeling burdened. I by no means suggest taping the entire face however as a substitute at all times educate 1-3 focused functions without delay. With taping, and skincare basically, extra isn’t higher.
You received’t discover me layering ten merchandise (tape, patch, masks, and many others…) and posting a morning shed video within the morning. Our facial tissues and receptors don’t recognize overstimulation at night time.
How do you eat and drink for magnificence? What makes a noticeable distinction within the well being of your physique, power and pores and skin?
I focus on high quality, collagen-supportive, extremely nourishing meals. One of my favorites is home made bone broth that I make and drink on an everyday foundation and sometimes for breakfast. Being Russian, caviar has been a part of my eating regimen since childhood and is a superfood. Other favourite pores and skin meals are good-quality butter (a lot of butter for me) and buckwheat.
I consider it’s essential to take a look at what you keep away from as properly, which is why you’ll by no means catch me ingesting something icy (even chilly drinks are a rarity). I persist with heat or room temperature meals and drinks which can be way more supportive for our intestine well being and subsequently, for the pores and skin. I additionally am cautious about sugar because it causes pores and skin glycation, which damages collagen.
Supplements are additionally essential and I’m not referencing the fashionable ones. I rely on dietary supplements that actually work from inside, like my beloved Spermidine and CoQ10 (for some folks), each of which assist collagen manufacturing, mobile well being, and longevity.
Is there a skincare follow or secret that’s ‘virtually’ nearly as good as a process?
I believe skipping a process or two is the key and sometimes higher than the procedures themselves, particularly new ones that haven’t had an opportunity to gather sufficient information but. People jumped on Botox and Fillers left and proper, however many at the moment are taking a extra cautious method after many findings. We’ve been led to consider that in an effort to decelerate pores and skin getting older, we have to do issues to our pores and skin, however is that truly true? The established hallmarks of pores and skin getting older embody irritation (particularly repeated or extended) and barrier harm, each of that are precisely what many magnificence procedures set off. Especially once they’re repeated, aggressive, or performed on already compromised tissues.
Skin CARE isn’t about slathering limitless merchandise or procedures, however about defending, supporting, therapeutic, and strengthening the pores and skin’s barrier and pure capabilities. Because as soon as these are compromised, the indicators of getting older solely speed up.
Are there fashionable procedures that you simply don’t completely love? Aka, ice baths, pink gentle remedy, sauna, and many others.?
Yes, as a result of typically they’re used and not using a clear purpose, correct method, or an understanding of how they really work. I really consider each software or follow ought to have a transparent set purpose. For the precise individual, on the proper time, with the precise method a few of these might be unimaginable. But for others, they are often pointless at finest and dangerous at worst.
For instance, pink gentle remedy might be wonderful and supply a variety of advantages, however the gadget kind, wavelength, depth, and protocol needs to be tailor-made to your particular targets (pores and skin beautifying, deeper irritation, ache, trauma, and many others.). Otherwise you might be simply sitting in entrance of pink bulbs.
What’s a guide, podcast or useful resource you suggest? (magnificence, enterprise, self-help, philosophy)
My present favourite podcasts are The Him and Her Show, Well with Arielle, and Biohacking Beauty Podcast. These are nice podcasts to listen to consultants of their area and are extremely instructional.
For books, I extremely suggest The Oxygen Advantage by Patrick McKeow, and Breath: The New Science of Lost Art by James Nestor.
Where can everybody discover you? And what are you as much as subsequent?
You can discover me on all socials underneath @naturalfacebible! I’m at all times working on my model, The Natural Faces, to convey you the very best pure merchandise. Right now, I’m targeted on making our merchandise extra accessible to our rising worldwide group.
What’s subsequent? Just as I launched Face Taping to the US viewers again in 2020, I’m now targeted on educating folks concerning the variations between the true face taping technique and the numerous dupes which have now flooded social media. My mission is to assist extra folks uncover and fall in love with actual face taping and proceed providing pure instruments that assist pores and skin well being and higher getting older.
Hope to satisfy all of you on my Instagram!
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Would you ditch Botox for face taping? Looking at Olga, the outcomes are too good to not strive it.
Be positive to observe her @naturalfacebible for face taping tutorials, earlier than and afters and extra pure instruments to age fantastically.
x, The Skinny Confidential staff
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