How to Slim Your Face

Chin Lift

The most common reason to look for how to slim your face is because of the dreaded double chin. The act of lifting your chin in this movement will lengthen and tighten neck muscles to diminish the look of your second chin.

To complete this move, sit or stand up straight with your shoulders back. Lift your face towards the ceiling until you feel the stretch throughout your entire neck and jawline. Now, pucker your lips like you would when kissing someone. Hold for 10 seconds, release, and repeat 10 times.

Lip Pull

This yoga-style move is designed to firm your entire face. Sit or stand facing forward then pout your lower lip. This means push your lower lip out as much as possible. Lift your face slightly, hold for 15 seconds, then release. You will feel the pull around your cheekbones, jawline, and forehead. Repeat 10 times.

Fishy Kiss

Target your cheekbones directly by making the “fish face”. This is done by sucking in the corners of your lips and cheeks so that your lips look like the mouth of a fish. This exercise will help tone your cheek muscles fast. Hold the expression for 5 seconds, feel the tension throughout your cheek bones, release and repeat 10 times.

Air Bubble

Chubby cheeks and double chins are banished with the simple act of acting like you are blowing air bubbles. Sit or stand straight and tilt your head back so you are facing the ceiling. Inhale a deep breath and exhale slowly. Attempt to make your exhalation last for 10 seconds. Repeat 10 times. All muscles of the jaw, neck, chin, and cheeks should feel engaged during this movement.

Jaw Drop

This move for how to slim your face will make your jaw drop – literally. All you need to do is drop your lower jaw as far as you can and hold it for 10 seconds. Resume normal position and repeat 10 times.

Tongue Sticks

Have you noticed that when you stick out your tongue at someone, your cheek muscles feel tight? This movement has the ability to stretch and tighten facial muscles as well. Open your mouth wide and stick out your tongue, arching it like you want to lick your chin. Hold for 10 seconds, release, and repeat 10 times.

Oooo & Ahhh

Take a dramatic approach to saying "oooo" and "ahhh" to quickly burn fat from your cheeks. To complete this move, open your mouth wide and say “ahhh”, first, holding it for 10 seconds. You will notice your temple and cheeks feel engaged. Next, open wide and push your lips into an O shape for “ooooo”, hold for 10 seconds and release. Repeat both moves 10 times.

Select Contour Colors

Contouring is the process of using darker shades to recede areas of the skin, and using lighter colors to make some features appear larger. Choose contour colors that are one or two shades darker and a luminous highlighter lighter than your natural skin tone. Using a brush to blend your makeup is a must-do. This prevents streaks or uneven color patches.

Swipe on Natural Lip Color and Mascara

Choose to either play up your eyes or your lips. This is done by adding a plush volumizing mascara or bright lipstick. Skip eye liner if you want to play up your lips or opt for a lightly tinted lip balm if you want to play up your eyes.

Apply Darker Color Along the Nose

Using the same approach as above, add small lines of the darker foundation along each side of the bride of your nose. The line should extend from between your eyebrows to your nostrils.

Apply Lighter Color in Areas to Highlight

Once the dark color is applied, add the lighter color down the center of the bridge of your nose, directly below your lips, down the center of your chin, below your eyes and on top of your cheekbones, and across the center of your forehead. This will help bring these features to the front.

Blend with Foundation

Dab your makeup brush into your everyday foundation. Start at your neck and brush the foundation on using a circular motion. Work your way up to the jawline. Carefully blend together the areas where you applied the dark and light foundation with your natural tone foundation. Be careful not to be too aggressive or you will merge the colors into one.

Apply Highlighter and Bronzer

Apply a touch of highlighter across your forehead and down the bridge of your nose to help illuminate that area. Also apply a touch of bronzer along temples and below cheekbones.

Video

Make up is an easy solution for how to slim your face instantly. Try out different styles of makeup to see which works best for you. It might be easier to use a combination of both cream and powdered products to get the best results.

Here's a video demonstrating how to slim your face with makeup: