Gua sha tutorials online tend to run twenty minutes and require memorizing facial anatomy. Here's the version for people who hit snooze twice: five minutes, three moves, done before the kettle boils.
Step zero: keep it cold
Store your jade roller and gua sha set in the fridge. Cool stone on a sleepy face is the entire secret — it wakes you up faster than the first sip of coffee. (Fans of serious cold go one further with an ice roller straight from the freezer.)
Move one: the cheek sweep
With light pressure, roll from the center of your face outward — nose to ear, five passes per side. The direction matters more than the pressure; you're encouraging fluid to move outward, which is what softens that just-woke-up puffiness.
Move two: the jaw line
Use the gua sha stone's curved edge from chin to ear, five slow passes per side. This is the move people photograph their results from.
Move three: the brow lift
Roll upward from brows to hairline. It feels like stretching, but for your face — and it's the best thirty seconds of the routine.
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