Skin care tips, best facial exercises to look younger, banish wrinkles

Best skin care tips: Facial exercises can help you look younger without resorting to cosmetics or surgery. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Over the past two decades, fitness trainer Yasmin Karachiwala can take credit for the perfectly sculpted physiques of many leading actors, including Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor.

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Karachiwala herself looks every bit the celebrity trainer. Her Instagram feed is an endless stream of her sweating it out at her studio, hanging out with A-list actors and snaps of healthy food. Her toned body is all sorts of #fitnessgoals. And don’t even get us started on how radiant her skin is.

Of late, Karachiwala has decided to share her pearls of wisdom for us non-celebs too. With short videos, she takes you through exercises that can help you achieve firm, smooth skin. Take a look.

In this video, she demonstrates facial exercises that help reduce existing wrinkles and prevent further formation of wrinkles around the lips and mouth.

#MakeoverMonday Don't we all wish our face had the ability to do Pilates or gym to get them toned as well? While you start using various creams to reduce lines, you must also start performing facial exercises. Facial exercises are known to be much effective in reducing wrinkles and further preventing formation of new fine lines and wrinkles. 1. Puffer Fish: Puff out your cheeks and gently tap each cheek for 30 seconds. This gives your face a nice stretch and helps with wrinkle reduction. 2. Say your Vowels: Say aloud an "EE", "OO" and "AH", to stretch your lips as much as possible. Repeat 10 times. Remember, the movement of your mouth and lips should be exaggerated. This exercise will reduce existing wrinkles and also prevent further formation of wrinkles around lips and mouth. Relax and repeat. Dont worry about looking funny! It just leads to a wrinkle free tomorrow😉 #befitbecauseyoudeserveit #yasminfitnessmantra #YasminsBodyImage #BeFitwithYasminKarachiwala #Pilates #PilatesMasterInstructor #PilatesIndia #BalancedBody #CelebrityTrainer #fitnessgoals #FacialFitness

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Here, she elaborates on how to reduce and prevent lines between the nose and lips.

#MakeoverMonday #FacialFitness Don't we all wish our face had the ability to do Pilates or gym to get them toned as well? While you start using various creams to reduce lines, you must also start performing facial exercises. Facial exercises are known to be effective in reducing wrinkles and prevent the formation of new fine lines. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ ✨✨✨✨✨ ♦️Today's exercise is Smile Smoother It helps reducing and preventing lines between the nose and lips. It also lifts the cheek, chin and neck area. 🔸1. For Fine Lines: Cover the teeth with the lips to make an 'O' shape with the mouth. While keeping the teeth hidden, smile widely. 2 sets x 6 repetition 🔸2. For Double Chin: Keeping the shape of the smile, place an index finger on the chin. Start to move the jaw up and down as you look up tilting the head back as much as you can and return to centre. Relax and repeat twice more. Dont worry about looking funny! It just leads to a wrinkle free tomorrow😉 ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ #befitbecauseyoudeserveit #YasminsBodyImage #yasminfitnessmantra #BeFitwithYasminKarachiwala #Pilates #PilatesMasterInstructor #PilatesIndia #BalancedBody #FletcherPilates #CelebrityTrainer #fitness goals

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Next, she shows you how to do a facial exercise that helps lift and tone the major muscles in front of the neck and tone the area underneath the jaw.

#MakeoverMonday #FacialFitness Don't we all wish our face had the ability to do Pilates or gym to get them toned as well? While you start using various creams to reduce them, you must also start performing facial exercises. Facial exercises are known to be much effective in reducing wrinkles and further preventing formation of new fine lines and wrinkles. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ ⚡Today's exercise helps lift and tone the major muscles in front of the neck and tone underneath the jaw area. ♦1. The Giraffe: Place the hands on the neck, tilt the head back gently and stroke the hands down to the collar bone and repeat. Now keep the hands on the collar bone, gently pull it down and stay as you pout the lips as much as you can. You should feel the neck muscles strengthen and tone. ♦2. Accupressure point: Using the thumb and two fingers, pinch and release the muscles along the jaw area. If you have any tension around the jaw area this is a wonderful exercise to release and do it regularly. Relax and repeat thrice from chin to jaw. Dont worry about looking funny! It just leads to a wrinkle free tomorrow😉 ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ #befitbecauseyoudeserveit #YasminsBodyImage #yasminfitnessmantra #BeFitwithYasminKarachiwala #Pilates #PilatesMasterInstructor #PilatesIndia #BalancedBody #FletcherPilates #CelebrityTrainer #fitness goals

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In this video, Karachiwala helps you tone and lift upper eyelids and also strengthen and tone lower part of the face.

#MakeoverMonday #FacialFitness Don't we all wish our face had the ability to tone our face while doing Pilates or gym? While you start using various creams to reduce lines, you must also start performing facial exercises. Facial exercises are known to be very effective in reducing wrinkles and further preventing formation of new ones. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨* ⚡Today's exercise helps tone and lift upper eyelids + strengthen and tone lower part of the face. Reduces and prevents lines and hollow under the eyes. ♦1. Flirty Eyes: Place index fingers under the eyes, cover the teeth with the lips and pull top and bottom lip away from each other. Look up towards the ceiling and flutter the eyes as much as you can. You should feel the muscle under the eyes engage. Go on for 30 seconds x 2 sets. ♦2. Accupressure Point: Place the index finger between the eyebrows. Pressing on this point increases blood circulation in this area which will improve the skin tone. This exercise also helps reduce stress and promotes better sleep. 10 times Add circles clockwise and anticlockwise then relax. 10 each side. Relax and repeat twice more. Dont worry about looking funny! Look at how silly I look😉. It just leads to a wrinkle free tomorrow😉 ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ #befitbecauseyoudeserveit #YasminsBodyImage #yasminfitnessmantra #BeFitwithYasminKarachiwala #Pilates #PilatesMasterInstructor #PilatesIndia #BalancedBody #FletcherPilates #CelebrityTrainer #fitnessgoals

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Have fun with these exercises. And if you feel you look funny, consider it the price you pay to look younger than your contemporaries!

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