As estheticians, we are licensed and have advanced knowledge in both skin and facial massage, yet many estheticians are not fully capitalizing on this. There is a new popularity in facial massage “boutiques” and “gyms” available at airports and department stores, but these focus almost exclusively on massage. Estheticians can expand this concept so much more by creating a facial massage menu that complements a full service salon and spa offering, especially when paired with express sheet mask treatments at the Facial Bar. And, if you are offering a full body massage, the facial massage and mask treatment can be a fabulous upgrade.
Creating new, surprising, and innovative experiences for the client is the most effective way to keep your business thriving. While we should always remind clients of the benefits of facials, your clients may be surprised to know that facial massage can have a multitude of skin benefits, including helping to improve the appearance of skin texture and elasticity as well as helping to reduce the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and skin discolorations.
Now, we have created four new facial massage protocols that provide estheticians with step-by-step instructions to perform facial massage and skin treatments for brightening, calming, hydrating and helping reduce the signs of aging. Make this your best year by implementing these new protocols. There’s no better way to stimulate new growth in clientele than by upgrading your menu offerings.
*To find out how to offer the Glow and Go concept at your salon or spa call 1-800-248-7546, 201-549-4200 or email info@repechage.com
LIFTING: Repêchage® Vita Cura Gold Lift Treatment
Time: 30 minutes
Frequency: Weekly
Benefits:
- Dermatologist-tested and plastic surgeon recommended.
- Drenches skin in our exclusive Seaweed extract and Niacinamide, a form of Vitamin B3 to dramatically transform skin.
- Deep exfoliation with our Enzymatic Micropeel based on natural papaya enzymes
- Ionto Massage with negative and positively charged ions help stimulate skin’s surface for a complexion that glows.
Protocol:
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SOOTHING: Repêchage® Red-Out® Express Soothing Facial
*For sensitive skin with 15 minute soothing massage
Time: 30 minutes
Frequency: Weekly
Benefits:
- Helps to reduce the appearance of redness.
- Soft, soothing sheet mask that combines Seaweed extracts with Hyaluronic Acid.
- The unique Repêchage® Silver Ball Massager is perfect for sensitive skin, stays cool to the touch and helps provide gentle, consistent pressure throughout the treatment.
- Skin will appear more hydrated and smoother looking.
Protocol:
(Note: *These products can be found in the Red-Out® Express Soothing Facial for Sensitive Skin)
1. MAKEUP REMOVAL: Remove eye make up by saturating cotton with Repêchage® Opti-Cleanse™ Extra Gentle Non-Oily Eye Makeup Remover. Have client close eyes. Using downward strokes, remove eye makeup. Rinse the eye area well with water and cotton. Remove all face makeup.
2. CLEANSE: Apply Repêchage® Red-Out® Calming Cleanser* using circular motions. Gently remove with cotton saturated in lukewarm water. Repeat rinsing to thoroughly remove any residue. *Warning: Use caution when using around eye area. Pat skin dry with tissue.
3. TONE: Place a clean tissue over the client’s eyes and thoroughly mist face with Repêchage® Hydra 4® Tonic*. Gently pat dry with additional tissue.
4. SERUM: Apply Repêchage® Red-Out® Serum* to face and neck.
5. MASK + FACE MASSAGE: Cut open Repêchage® Red-Out® Soothing Sheet Mask for Sensitive Skin*, unfold mask and apply directly to face. Once mask is in place, remove the plastic front at the notch and discard. Adjust mask tightly to the contours of the face and leave on for 10-15 minutes.
Administer the following massage over the sheet mask with the Repêchage® Silver Ball Massager:
a. Slide and roll the Repêchage® Silver Ball Massager around the face starting at the right frontalis. Make a full circle around the face. Repeat 3 to 6 times.
b. Working around the eyebrows, circle around orbicularis oculi muscle.
c. Begin on the side of the nose, below the eye, and glide upwards between the eyebrows. Repeat movements 3 to 6 times.
d. Glide the Repêchage® Silver Ball Massager around the procerus muscles of the eyes in a figure eight movement, first over the brow, then under the eye along the orbicularis oculi muscle, then transitioning over the opposite side. Repeat movements 3 to 6 times.
e. Circle the client’s face. Go down the chin, then outward and upward onto the cheeks.
6. MASK REMOVAL: After proper time has elapsed, remove mask but do not rinse. Massage the residue with tapotement movements.
7. DAY CREAM: Apply Repechage® Hydra 4® Moisturizing Day Cream* to entire face and neck area with light strokes.
8. FINISHING TOUCHES: Apply Repechage® Mineral Face Shield® and Repechage® Perfect Skin Liquid Foundation evenly over face.
BRIGHTENING: Repêchage® Biolight® Express Brightening Facial
*For dull, uneven skin tone with a 15 minute facial massage
Time: 30 minutes
Frequency: Weekly
Benefits:
- Helps to control the appearance of uneven tone.
- Silver Ball Massage combined with relaxing effleurage massage helps relax and even the skin tone.
- Sallow, dull skin will look rejuvenated, glowing and restored fast!
Protocol:
(Note: * These products can be found in the BIOLIGHT® Express Brightening Facial for Dull Uneven Skin)
1. MAKEUP REMOVAL: Remove eye make up by saturating cotton with Repêchage® Opti-Cleanse™ Extra Gentle Non-Oily Eye Makeup Remover. Have client close eyes. Using downward strokes, remove eye makeup. Rinse the eye area well with water and cotton. Remove all face makeup.
2. CLEANSE: Apply Repêchage® Biolight® Brightening Cleanser* using circular motions. Gently remove with cotton saturated in lukewarm water. Repeat rinsing to thoroughly remove any residue. *Warning: Use caution when using around eye area. Pat skin dry with tissue.
3. TONE: Place a clean tissue over the client’s eyes and thoroughly mist face with Repêchage® Biolight® Brightening Toner*. Gently pat dry with additional tissue.
4. SERUM + FACE MASSAGE: Apply Repechage® Biolight® Brightening Skin Serum* to face and neck and massage with the following movements for 5 minutes:
a. Effleurage in circular motion around the face area in upward lifting movements.
b. Repeat movements 3 to 6 times, moving around the eyebrows as you circle the orbicularis oculi muscle.
c.Begin on the side of the nose, below the eye, and glide upwards between the eyebrows. Repeat movements 3 to 6 times.
d. Massage around the procerus muscles of the eyes in a figure eight movement, first over the brow, then under the eye along the orbicularis oculi muscles, then transitioning over the opposite side. Repeat movements 3 to 6 times.
e. Circle the client’s face. Go down the chin, then outward and upward onto the cheeks.
5. MASK + FACE MASSAGE: Cut open Repêchage® Biolight® Brightening Sheet Mask for Dull, Uneven Skin*, unfold mask and apply directly to face. Once mask is in place, remove the plastic front at the notch and discard. Adjust mask tightly to the contours of the face and leave on for 10 minutes.
Administer the following massage over the sheet mask with the Repêchage® Silver Ball Massager:
a. Start by placing the Repêchage® Silver Ball Massager at the bridge of the nose, below the eye. Slowly glide ball towards the outer corner of the eye, stopping to apply slight pressure on the temple, then glide the ball towards the outer corner or the nostril, then back towards the ear. Perform 3-6 times.
b. Apply slight pressure on the outer corner of the nose, gliding under the orbital bone to the top of the ear, then glide back towards nostrils, up towards the middle of the ear, down to the corner of the mouth, out towards the side of the jaw and finish at center of the chin. Perform 3 to 6 times.
c. For the temporal area, slide the Repêchage® Silver Ball Massager upwards towards the hair line and glide up and down in a wave motion, going back and forth across the forehead 3 to 6 times.
d. Place the Repêchage® Silver Ball Massager on the top of the collarbone. Gently glide the ball right to the left across the neck, up onto the chin, then across the face, ending at the inside of the nose. Repeat two times, and then switch to the opposite. Perform identical movements three times.
6. MASK REMOVAL: After proper time has elapsed, remove mask but do not rinse. Massage the residue with tapotement movements.
7. DAY CREAM: Apply Repechage® Biolight® Brightening Day Cream* to entire face and neck area with light strokes.
8. FINISHING TOUCHES: Apply Repechage® Mineral Face Shield® and Repechage® Perfect Skin Liquid Foundation evenly over face.
MOISTURIZING: Repêchage® Lamina Lift® Hydrating Seaweed Mask
* For all skin types with a 15 minute stimulating massage
Time: 30 minutes
Frequency: As needed
Benefits:
- Instantly soothing, cooling, and rejuvenating.
- Rooibos, Green Tea, Aloe Vera, Licorice Root extracts and Hyaluronic Acid all add to your youthful complexion.
- Infused with the exclusive Repêchage® Laminaria Digitata Seaweed extract, a natural source of 12 vitamins, 18 amino acids and 42 trace elements.
Protocol:
1. MAKEUP REMOVAL: Remove eye make up by saturating cotton with Repêchage® Opti-Cleanse™ Extra Gentle Non-Oily Eye Makeup Remover. Have client close eyes. Using downward strokes, remove eye makeup. Rinse the eye area well with water and cotton. Remove all face makeup.
2. CLEANSE: Cleanse skin with appropriate Repêchage® cleanser using circular motions. Gently remove with cotton saturated in lukewarm water. Repeat rinsing to thoroughly remove any residue. Pat skin dry with tissue.
3. TONE: Place a clean tissue over the client’s eyes and thoroughly mist face with Repêchage® Algo Mist® Hydrating Seaweed Facial Spray. Gently pat dry with additional tissue.
4. FACE MASSAGE: Apply Repechage® C-Serum® Seaweed Filtrate to face and neck and massage with the following movements for 10-15 minutes:
a. Circular Outward Movements: Using your fingertips, create outward circular movements on either side of the forehead.
b. Circles: Apply pressure as you circle the eye area once, then cross over the opposite eyebrow to the temple area. Repeat twice.
c. Kneading: Using your knuckles in circular movements, apply light pressure on the cheeks and jaw to help improve circulation and stimulate deep muscles.
d. Effleurage: Using middle fingers of both hands, circle the client’s face. Go down the chin, then outward and upward onto the cheeks. Fingers should go outside the eyebrows.
e. Shiatsu: Apply pressure with balls of fingers. End with gentle pressure on the temples.
5. MASK: Cut open and apply Repêchage® Lamina Lift™ Hydrating Seaweed Mask directly to face. Once mask is in place, remove the plastic front at the notch and discard. Adjust mask tightly to the contours of the face and leave on for 10-15 minutes.
6. HAND and ARM MASSAGE: While the mask is on perform a hand and arm massage using Repêchage® Sea Spa Hand Cream.
7. HYDRATE: Remove mask and mist skin with Repêchage® Algo Mist® Hydrating Seaweed Facial Spray. Blot skin with tissue.
8. FINISHING TOUCHES: Apply Repechage® Mineral Face Shield® and Repechage® Perfect Skin Liquid Foundation evenly over face.
FIRMING: Repêchage® Triple Action Peptide Mask
* For all skin types with a 15 minute express facial massage
Time: 30 minutes
Frequency: Weekly
Benefits:
- Reveals glowing skin.
- Combines the revitalizing benefits of seaweed with renewing peptides to help to reduce the appearance of wrinkles, and to drench and replenish skin with moisture.
- Skin will look more luminous, feel uplifted.
Protocol:
1. MAKEUP REMOVAL: Remove eye make up by saturating cotton with Repêchage® Opti-Cleanse™ Extra Gentle Non-Oily Eye Makeup Remover. Have client close eyes. Using downward strokes, remove eye makeup. Rinse the eye area well with water and cotton. Remove all face makeup.
2. CLEANSE: Cleanse skin with appropriate Repêchage® cleanser using circular motions. Gently remove with cotton saturated in lukewarm water. Repeat rinsing to thoroughly remove any residue. Pat skin dry with tissue. *Warning: Use caution when using around eye area.
3. TONE: Place a clean tissue over the client’s eyes and thoroughly mist face with Repêchage® Algo Mist® Hydrating Seaweed Facial Spray. Gently pat dry with additional tissue.
4. SERUM + FACE MASSAGE: Apply Repêchage® C-Serum® Seaweed Filtrate and perform the following 5 Step Massage:
a. Perform petrissage along the jawline, incorporating kneading friction. Perform 3 to 6 times.
b. Continue from the nostril to the top of the ear.
c. Starting from the cheeks, perform petrissage to the middle of the ear.
d. Start performing tapotement movements, patting along the jawline repeating 3 to 6 times.
e. Lightly tap all across the full face in a piano type tapotement movement with fingers tips. Repeat 3 to 6 times.
5. MASK: Cut open the Repêchage® Triple Action Peptide Mask, unfold mask and apply directly to face. Once mask is in place, remove the plastic front at the notch and discard. Adjust mask tightly to the contours of the face and leave on for 10-15 minutes.
6. HAND MASSAGE: While the mask is on perform a hand and arm massage using Repêchage® Sea Spa Hand Cream.
7. HYDRATE: Remove mask and mist skin with Repêchage® Algo Mist® Hydrating Seaweed Facial Spray. Blot skin with tissue.
8. FINISHING TOUCHES: Apply Repechage® Mineral Face Shield® and Repechage® Perfect Skin Liquid Foundation evenly over face.
*To find out how to offer the Glow and Go concept at your salon or spa call 1-800-248-7546, 201-549-4200 or email info@repechage.com
