Have you ever heard of face taping?
In case you have, it’s most likely due to Olga, founding father of The Pure Faces aka @naturalfacebible. After intuitively avoiding Botox 20 years in the past and changing into obsessive about pure magnificence practices, Olga is proof that you just don’t have to spend a ton of time or cash on invasive procedures.
From face taping to widespread developments she’s truly in opposition to, she is right here to inform us all concerning the energy of pure options to realize youthful, wholesome wanting pores and skin.
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Introduce your self to The Skinny Confidential viewers.
Olga: Hello 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 Pure Faces. I focus on a pure method to skincare, magnificence, and growing old – and I’ve by no means had Botox.
In my late 30s, lots 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. Perhaps it was instinct or my pure method to magnificence and wellness.
On the identical time, I used to be beginning to really feel involved concerning the strains forming on my brow. I didn’t need to ignore them, however I additionally didn’t know what pure options have 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 practically 9 years in the past and what began as curiosity became a deep ardour. I went on to check a wide range of superior methods 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 needed to share my data with others.
Please give us a top level view of your journey and the way Pure Faces got here to be?
I began a TikTok account in 2020 desirous to share my pure method to skincare and alternate options to Botox. One of many first movies I posted was on face taping, a technique I had been utilizing for years. It went viral however not with out controversy. On the time, face taping was just about unknown within the U.S., and the video stirred up lots of confusion, criticism, and even hate, particularly from injectors and skeptics.
However I saved sharing what I knew and step by step a supportive neighborhood 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 Pure Faces. The most important problem was sourcing my go-to face tape. It took practically a yr to construct the appropriate relationships and convey the high-quality, genuine Japanese face tape I had been utilizing in my very own follow to the U.S. Immediately, that very same tape is trusted and beloved by 1000’s all over the world.
On the time, the pure method to skincare and growing old wasn’t practically as widespread as it’s now. I seen lots of artificial, low-quality merchandise being marketed to youthful generations and I needed 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 straightforward routines and high-quality merchandise that really work. My love for holistic strategies, particularly conventional Japanese magnificence rituals, turned the muse of The Pure 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 individuals to know is that the true face taping methodology is not only a magnificence device but additionally a strong wellness device. When practiced appropriately, it will probably provide unimaginable assist even for considerations like neck pressure, TMJ ache, complications, post-op swelling, and a lot extra. However 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 yr. 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 usually get requested how lengthy to see outcomes nevertheless it varies. I at all times encourage individuals to take a look at the “Earlier than/After” spotlight on my Instagram to see a number of the actual outcomes from my neighborhood. Some individuals can have seen enhancements in only a few days or perhaps weeks, and others it might be months. The timeline will depend 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 so on. However consistency at all times pays off!
What’s your desert island skincare product? You may solely take one factor!
Wow that is laborious! I’d need just a few but when I needed to choose only one, it will undoubtedly need to be my face tape. How might it not? It’s extremely versatile and goes manner past wrinkle management. I can use it to defend focused areas like my nostril or brow from the solar, which not solely offers me SPF safety but additionally helps stop 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 identical 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 just swear by to maintain a youthful look?
Completely. Behavior quantity #1: Keep away from pointless magnificence procedures or remedies. As a lot as we need to beautify ourselves, these remedies usually setback our facial tissue vitality and correct capabilities that finally result in untimely age-related adjustments. And that may even prevent some huge cash higher used for a trip.
Listed here are my free magnificence and wellness practices that can take your magnificence loads additional: Correct tongue posture, physique posture, and every day physique motion. I additionally strongly consider in sustaining a comparatively secure physique weight all through (after all 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 usually brought on by yo-yo weight-reduction plan.
Lastly is holding a optimistic, youthful mindset. And don’t neglect to inform your face and pores and skin “thanks” and “I really like you.”
Stroll us via how you’ll manually launch pressure from the face and jaw at house in 5 minutes.
Should you solely have 5 minutes, right here’s an excellent easy trick I usually do within the evenings to soften the day’s pressure away. Seize a luxurious towel and run it beneath scorching water, then press and maintain it in opposition to 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 only a few minutes you’ll really feel fully reborn.
For an excellent deeper launch, you possibly can comply with up with just a few 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). Increase, all your face pressure will evaporate.
What’s your morning skincare routine?
I consider pure oral care follow is an enormous a part of skincare. A balanced mouth microbiome is deeply related to intestine well being, which is deeply related 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 instances every week I’ll add in oil pulling. Whereas 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 normally don’t wash my face both. I’m 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. Within the dry winter months, I lean into richer, extra nourishing textures like a Collagen Cream enhanced with Japanese Pearl Powder. Within the humid summer time, I’ll attain for a lighter cream or serum. General it’s a easy 2–4 product routine.
What’s your night skincare routine?
Within the evenings I at all times begin with face cleaning, which is probably the most foundational step in any skincare ritual. For years now I’ve rotated between a Japanese Rice Bran Cleanser and Oil Cleaning. Cleaning is nearly every thing. If we get this step proper, every thing else we apply after will add to the skincare recreation. But when we mess up the Cleaning step through the use of harsh, stripping, or poorly formulated cleansers, even probably the most luxurious lotions utilized after will wrestle to make a distinction.
After cleaning, I usually do the nice and cozy towel compress I discussed earlier. Preserving 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 individuals to grasp this.
Then comes product software, which varies night time to nighttime. I at all times begin with just a few spritzes of hydrating Japanese Toner, and comply with up with one chosen product, both a cream or oil, blended 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 usually, or the jaw space if I’m feeling pressured. I by no means advocate taping the entire face however as a substitute at all times educate 1-3 focused purposes without delay. With taping, and skincare generally, extra just isn’t higher.
You gained’t discover me layering ten merchandise (tape, patch, masks, and so on…) and posting a morning shed video within the morning. Our facial tissues and receptors don’t admire overstimulation at night time.
How do you eat and drink for magnificence? What makes a noticeable distinction within the well being of your physique, vitality and pores and skin?
I give attention to high quality, collagen-supportive, extremely nourishing meals. One in every of my favorites is home made bone broth that I make and drink frequently and sometimes for breakfast. Being Russian, caviar has been a part of my weight loss program since childhood and is a superfood. Different favourite pores and skin meals are good-quality butter (a number of butter for me) and buckwheat.
I consider it’s vital to take a look at what you keep away from as effectively, which is why you’ll by no means catch me consuming something icy (even chilly drinks are a rarity). I persist with heat or room temperature meals and drinks which can be much more supportive for our intestine well being and due to this fact, for the pores and skin. I additionally am cautious about sugar because it causes pores and skin glycation, which damages collagen.
Dietary supplements are additionally vital and I’m not referencing the fashionable ones. I depend on dietary supplements that actually work from inside, like my beloved Spermidine and CoQ10 (for some individuals), each of which assist collagen manufacturing, mobile well being, and longevity.
Is there a skincare follow or secret that’s ‘nearly’ nearly as good as a process?
I feel 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. Folks jumped on Botox and Fillers left and proper, however many are actually taking a extra cautious method after many findings. We’ve been led to consider that so as to decelerate pores and skin growing old, we have to do issues to our pores and skin, however is that really true? The established hallmarks of pores and skin growing old embody irritation (particularly repeated or extended) and barrier harm, each of that are precisely what many magnificence procedures set off. Particularly after they’re repeated, aggressive, or achieved on already compromised tissues.
Pores and skin CARE isn’t about slathering infinite merchandise or procedures, however about defending, supporting, therapeutic, and strengthening the pores and skin’s barrier and pure capabilities. As a result of as soon as these are compromised, the indicators of growing old solely speed up.
Are there widespread procedures that you just don’t completely love? Aka, ice baths, crimson gentle remedy, sauna, and so on.?
Sure, as a result of usually they’re used with no clear objective, correct method, or an understanding of how they really work. I actually consider each device or follow ought to have a transparent set objective. For the appropriate individual, on the proper time, with the appropriate method a few of these may be unimaginable. However for others, they are often pointless at finest and dangerous at worst.
For instance, crimson gentle remedy may be wonderful and provide a variety of advantages, however the system sort, wavelength, depth, and protocol must be tailor-made to your particular objectives (pores and skin beautifying, deeper irritation, ache, trauma, and so on.). In any other case you might be simply sitting in entrance of crimson bulbs.
What’s a guide, podcast or useful resource you advocate? (magnificence, enterprise, self-help, philosophy)
My present favourite podcasts are The Him and Her Present, Nicely with Arielle, and Biohacking Magnificence Podcast. These are nice podcasts to listen to specialists of their area and are extremely academic.
For books, I extremely advocate The Oxygen Benefit by Patrick McKeow, and Breath: The New Science of Misplaced Artwork by James Nestor.
The place can everybody discover you? And what are you as much as subsequent?
You’ll find me on all socials beneath @naturalfacebible! I’m at all times engaged on my model, The Pure Faces, to carry you the very best pure merchandise. Proper now, I’m centered on making our merchandise extra accessible to our rising worldwide neighborhood.
What’s subsequent? Simply as I launched Face Taping to the US viewers again in 2020, I’m now centered on educating individuals concerning the variations between the true face taping methodology and the various dupes which have now flooded social media. My mission is to assist extra individuals uncover and fall in love with actual face taping and proceed providing pure instruments that assist pores and skin well being and higher growing old.
Hope to fulfill all of you on my Instagram!
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Would you ditch Botox for face taping? Olga, the outcomes are too good to not attempt it.
You should definitely comply with her @naturalfacebible for face taping tutorials, earlier than and afters and extra pure instruments to age fantastically.
x, The Skinny Confidential workforce
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