Cons: Too much talk about Carole Maggio's life.. Some exercises are difficult to understand.
The Bottom Line: This book could do a better job helping its readers perform certain exercises, however it is an essential beauty product that I recommend 100%.
shoplmart's Full Review: Carole Maggio - Carole Maggio Facercise
When I heard Carole Maggio on television talking about how exercising the face would help with aging, I was intrigued. I am a realist who believes that there is no easy way to fight aging. Since exercising the muscles in our body helps our physique stay young and firm, why wouldn't it work just as well for the face? This reasoning is what inevitably lead me to the purchase of Carole Maggio's Facercise The Dynamic Muscle Toning Program which has been revised from her original Facercise program in 2002.
The Book:
Carole Maggio's Dynamic Muscle Toning Program is a book designed to help those regain and maintain a more youthful appearance without having to go through extreme measures i.e., cosmetic or plastic surgery. Carole Maggio claims in her book that when using the Facercise program your skin tone will regain a more youthful glow, your nose will shorten, lips will become full, eyebrows will raise, under-eye puffiness will diminish, your jaw line will become more firm, and there will be an increased amount of blood circulation and oxygen throughout the entire face. Facercise The Dynamic Muscle-Toning Program is a paperback book filled with 127 pages of info about the author (Carole Maggio), face exercises, testimonials, and much more.
My Experience:
When I first purchased Carole Maggio's Facercise I was extremely disappointed with the lack of photography and detail when it came to teaching one how to exercise the face. Though not entirely, much of the book is about how people should understand wrinkles and how Carole Maggio came to construct an exercise program for the face. I was hoping for a more hands-on approach to doing face exercises, not just a bunch of skin care facts and tips that have little or nothing to do with facial exercises. I also found that many of the exercises that are described are a little difficult to understand at first. For example, each exercise only provides 2 black and white photos of the actual exercise and a short description on how to do the exercise. I do feel confident that most people who buy this book will learn how to do the exercises, however it's just that an easier to understand approach would be beneficial. I have also purchased Facercise on VHS which is much easier to use.
Gripes aside, the exercises that Carole Maggio has created for the face really do work. When I first purchased the book I started out only doing the eye exercises which require a few (I call them) eye push-ups. In the first week I noticed a dramatic improvement in the quality of my skin and my sagging eyelids became unbelievably toned which gave my face a more lifted appearance. Since the eye exercises worked so well I decided to do the entire 20 minute face exercise program five times every week, this has helped provide a more toned face, less wrinkles, and a more youthful appearance overall.
So does my face look like Arnold Schwarzenegger's? One question that I frequently get when I tell someone that I do facial exercises is if I am afraid my face will take on masculine characteristics. On the contrary, my face feels and looks more feminine now that I have started doing Carole Maggio's facial workout than before. My skin has become increasingly softer, my eyes look rested (even in the morning), and my jaw line has not looked as defined as it does now since I was a teenager.
Price/Avilability:
For the price of one bottle of skin cream you can buy Carole Maggio's Facercise book. At around $14.00 at Boarders or around $8.00 on eBay you can purchase the Facercise Dynamic Muscle Toning Program.
Final Thoughts:
This book could do with a lot less garb and more pics and detailed descriptions, however it is a book that has proved to be an excellent addition to my beauty care regimen. If you are looking to firm up your neck or just help give your eyes a more youthful lift, I highly suggest checking out Carole Maggio Facercise: The Dynamic Muscle Toning Program.
Carole Maggio is a world renowned skincare specialist who has developed and perfected an amazing facial exercise program over a twenty year span. This...More at Barnes & Noble.com
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