Today at The Amazing Blog we discover a new facial massage treatment that hails all the way from France. Some of you may already be familiar with ‘cupping’ techniques for body treatments which are used to break down cellulite. However, here we are talking about a similar technique but used in a gentler way just on the face, neck and decolletage to help tone and stimulate collagen in the skin. The Glowcup Duo Set is a set of 2 facial cups used in tandem with their natural Face and Eye Creams.
Glowcup, was developed in 2016, is the little sister of the Cellu-Cup, which is known for their ‘cupping’ products are used to helps the lipolysis (degradation of fat cells in the body) and remove the 'orange-peel' effect from the skin. Glowcup has been developed to be used specifically on the face. It was conceived by Cellu-Cup with the help of a doctor with a University Diploma (DU) in Morphological and Anti-Age Medicine.
The duo of Glowcups are made from eco-friendly food grade baby nipple silicon raw material. They are made up of two sizes, a face cup and a smaller special eye contour cup known as the Mini Glow, which is best suited for around the mouth and eyes. To use simply apply their creams to the face, pinch the cup and allow it to form a slight suction to the face contours. From there, move the cup over the face, being careful to keep a vacuum and not to release the suction, thus creating a massaging effect. Glowcup recommends using the cups for five to six minutes, depending on your sensitivity level. The massage stimulates the production of collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid helping to plump the skin. See their Glowcup User Manual. The blood microcirculation is activated for a more radiant complexion. They tell us that long term use of the Glow Cup can combat sagging skin and the appearance of wrinkles. There are clinical studies conducted by Dermscan laboratory conducted with 22 people (aged 36 - 65) over a period of 28 days. +8% saw more radiance, +5% more skin density, -12% saw less crow’s feet, 82% of users say that they noticed better skin and 77% of women said that the eye contour care with Miniglow drained morning skin oedema.
Let’s talk about their Glowcup Face Cream ‘Good About Myself’, it features more than 54 percent botanical ingredients. It reinforces the smoothing and plumping effect on the skin when used with the Glowcup. Key ingredients are the beech buds, which contain flavonoids which are antioxidants found in nature that help strengthen elasticity and fight against damage to collagen fibres. Other ingredients in the face cream include muscat rose oil a source of vitamin F and essential fatty acids, centella asiatica extract which produces collagen and helps repair the upper layer of the skin. The Glowcup Eye Cream, ‘For Your Beautiful Eyes,’ is lighter and more of a fluid formula, which we think also makes it a great primer to use before makeup. It has natural ingredients such as green algae and acacia gum fight signs of fatigue, dark circles and puffiness.
Both these Glowcups can remove some of the creams during the massage process, so we recommend using a light layer before the massage and following the treatment with more if necessary. If you would like to try the soothing massage of a Glowcup treatment for yourself, you can purchase the Glow Cups kit (of two) here for £18.00. The Glowcup Cream for the Face here for £16.20 and The GlowCup Cream for the Eyes here for £14.40.