• Before we begin: Make sure you skin is wet or has oil on it, never use your Gua Sha tool on dry skin. Facial oils are perfect for going on the skin before a Gua Sha massage. Your tool will slip and glide over your face with minimal friction. 

• On the face always go from centre of the face outwards, and upwards, and it's good if you can end your sweeps by then going down the neck to clear lymphatic. 

• Hold your Gua Sha tool at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to your skin. The higher the angle at which you 'scrape', the more intense the effect and a redness can occur, the lower the angle to the skin the more gentle the massage. 

• When working the tool across your skin, always move in one direction, not back and forth. 

• Start at your neck stroking down from beneath the ear to the collarbone, to drain the lymphatic. Do both sides. Using the curved edge. This is like cleaning a kitchen surface before beginning to prepare a meal. 

• Now you can begin the routine - going up the neck from collarbone, giving the Gua Sha tool a little wiggle when you get to the top of the neck, to stimulate the acupressure point and release tension. Be gentle when going up across the front of your throat. 

•Puffiness should be reduced, and muscles will be relaxed, through the stroking action. A redness / flush may occur as you stimulate the blood flow. Make sure you don't press too hard, allow the weight of the gua sha to do the work for you. 

• Now using the top of the Gua Sha go along the jaw with the indent at the top of the tool locking along the jawline, start at your chin and sweeping up to the ear, then down the neck to drain, Repeat 8-9 times. This can really reduce the tension kept in the jaw.

• Now using curved side sweep from the side of the nose up to the temple, up to the cheek bone but not above on the delicate eye area.

• Carefully go across the eyebrows using the indent top of tool and sweep up.

• On the forehead - hold skin taut and go up from eyebrows into hair line using curved side, always giving a little wiggle at the top. 

• Any wrinkles or frown lines can be focused on with the bottom of the Gua Sha tool, wiggle it right into those areas to stimulate collagen and aim to lessen the frown lines. 

• If you want to go around the eyes simply press the cold Gua Sha tool along the delicate under & above eye area, do not scrape. 

• Now go from forehead back into hairline, this is great at reducing tension and headaches. 

After completing the face and head always then go back down the neck from under ear to collarbone on both sides, to drain all the lymphatic system and stagnant energy that you have unlocked with your Gua Sha massage.