If you ask us, cooling face treatments are a great way to jumpstart your day. In addition to helping wake you up, cooling products can be beneficial for those looking to learn how to depuff their face in the morning. And you don’t need trendy social media hacks (like a cold facial or ice globes) or a trip to the spa to enjoy the benefits of, well, chilling out. You can create a cooling face routine at home with Face Freezie, a collection designed to cool, refresh, and perk up tired skin. Here, we’ll introduce you to the line and teach you our easy cooling face routine—no ice cubes needed. Read on for the details.
What Causes a Puffy Face?
Type “why is my face so bloated?” into your favorite search engine, and you’ll be met with thousands of results (we know—we tried it for ourselves). This is reflective of the fact that there are several things that can contribute to a puffy appearance. Among the most common culprits is fluid retention. When you’re sleeping, you’re lying horizontally (or close to it). And being horizontal for an extended period of time can cause fluid to temporarily accumulate in your face. The result: a puffy appearance come morning. This is where depuffing products and techniques, which can help to reduce the appearance of puffiness, come into play.
Does Rubbing Ice On Your Face Help With Puffiness?
In recent years, social media has popularized a ton of techniques for addressing puffiness—from dunking your face in a bowl full of ice water to chilling out with cold compresses covering your face. The question isn’t whether or not these hacks reduce puffiness, but whether or not it’s necessary. Cold therapy may help address puffiness and swelling, but the shock of ice on your skin can also feel unpleasant. That’s why we recommend reaching for depuffing products, like those in our Face Freezie collection, instead. The two products in the collection—a primer-moisturizer hybrid and undereye patches—provide a refreshing cooling sensation, without leaving your skin so red that you look like you just came in from a day spent dodging snowballs.
How To Depuff Your Face With Face Freezie
Step 1: Pop Your Eye Patches In The Fridge
In order for your skin to reap the most benefits from this routine, you’ll want to make sure your eye patches are chilled. Leave the Face Freezie Cooling Reusable Undereye Patches in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes before using them. If you don’t have a fridge accessible, letting them soak in cold water works, too. Just be sure to let them get nice and cool. While you wait, we recommend getting started on your usual skincare routine (or planning out your makeup look for the day). .
Step 2: Moisturize and Prime
Next, cool, refresh, and depuff your face with the Face Freezie Cooling Primer + Moisturizer, a 10-in-1 vegan-formula moisturizer made with niacinamide and snow mushroom. The invigorating formula preps skin for makeup, evens, smooths, tightens, minimizes the appearance of pores, hydrates, sculpts, softens, calms, and revitalizes puffy skin—all while leaving the skin with a fresh, non-sticky finish . Apply the multitasking moisturizer to clean, damp skin, and use your fingertips to gently massage your face, working from the center outward.
Step 3: Apply Your Under-Eye Patches
While you wait for the moisturizer to absorb, remove your eye patches from the fridge and carefully place them beneath your eyes. In addition to helping cool, refresh, and depuff the skin around your eyes, these chilly patches help the Face Freezie Cooling Primer + Moisturizer infuse for added skin-cooling benefits. We suggest leaving the patches on for five to ten minutes. When you’re done, remove and save them for next time. From there, you can proceed with your usual makeup routine. Whether you keep it natural with no-makeup makeup or like to rock a full glam look, you’ll be fresh-faced and ready to take on the day.
Next: For more ways to achieve a wide-awake look, check out our article 10 Ways To Make Your Eyes Look Bigger With Makeup.
PRODUCTS USED
Face Freezie Cooling Primer + Moisturizer
10-in-1 benefits with snow mushroom + niacinamide
Face Freezie Reusable Cooling Undereye Patches
Reusable cooling undereye patches
