Is there anything we hate more than cellulite? The most obvious natural way to limit that unsightly fat deposits (we don’t promise to eliminate it forever) is to learn how to massage yourself. That’s good, we found the right anti-cellulite massage technique!
Cellulite affects 4 out of 5 women, at all ages and regardless of our build. Located mainly on the buttocks, hips and thighs, cellulite (the famous “orange peel”) gives the skin a padded appearance caused by fatty deposits under the skin.
The technique against fatty deposits
The self-massage technique is an essential tool in the fight against cellulite. he goes drain and stimulate your lymphatic system. Lymphatic drainage consists of pressure movements in the direction of lymphatic circulation.
When you vary the pressure, it stimulates the flow of lymph, which causes the tissues to drain.
This anti-cellulite massage helps “crush” fibrosis and decompartmentalize cellulite tissue. For this you must adopt the technique of palpating and rolling.
Imagine that you are rolling a sheet of paper between your fingers. It is this same gesture that you must reproduce on your skin. You grab a bead between your fingers, then roll it forcefully between your thumbs and forefingers.
A homemade oil for your anti-cellulite massage
For convenience, you can also purchase a self-suction cup. It is a small, very simple, inexpensive mechanical device. It looks like a rounded, fairly deep suction cup that you place on your skin. You create a vacuum there, which sucks up the tissues. You then move the device over the cellulite areas, so as to cover them entirely.
In all cases, perform this massage every night, before going to bed. It will be even more effective if you use a massage oil (see below) that is both anti-inflammatory and anti-infiltration.
In an opaque or dark bottle, first pour 10 cl of organic base vegetable oil that you choose according to your skin: argan if it is dry, lawyer if it is oily, sesame if it is normal, Almond if it is fragile.
Then add 5 drops of essential oil of juniper, 5 drops of essential oil of cypress, 5 drops of essential oil of helichrysum, 5 drops of essential oil of Atlas cedar, 5 drops of essential oil of lemon, 5 drops of wintergreen essential oil and 5 drops of ylang-ylang essential oil. Mix well and store protected from light and heat until your next anti-cellulite massage.
The properties of the 7 essential oils
You will use this homemade oil to perform your anti-cellulite massages. Each essential oil acts in its own way on your inflamed, partitioned and fibrotic tissues.
- Essential oil juniper improves blood circulation.
- the cypress thanks to its essential oil decongests and stimulates lymphatic circulation.
- Essential oilhelichrysum is venotonic and anti-inflammatory.
- Essential oil lemon is soothing and infiltrating.
- the Atlas cedar thanks to its essential oil tones the walls of the vessels and relieves water retention.
- Essential oil lying wintergreen is highly anti-inflammatory.
- Essential oilylang ylang acts on another level. It is very soothing, which will help you find a peaceful sleep.
This homemade anti-cellulite massage oil, perfectly natural, thus acts at all levels: it calms local inflammation, improves blood circulation and promotes the elimination of waste infiltrated into cellulite. In addition, a little icing on the cake of your slimming, it smooths the surface of the skin and quickly makes the “orange peel” disappear.
The active ingredients will not immediately penetrate deeply. It is gradually that they will infiltrate, as your cellulite tissue decompartmentalizes. So insist : perform this anti-cellulite massage every evening, for 10 to 15 minutes, for at least a month.
For your part, do you have any advice for self-massage or a good homemade massage oil recipe to share? We are watching your comments …