Ultimate Facercise: The Complete and Balanced Muscle-Toning Program for RenewedVitality and a MoreYo uthful Appearance

Having recently turned 60 and suddenly going from looking 20 years younger to close to my age (no, I do not do HRT for both moral and health reasons), I found myself growing a bit desperate and wondering if I might have to resort to "going under the knife", a procedure that I have NEVER wanted to do and hope that I never do for a variety of reasons, one of which is the unnaturalness, both of doing it and how obvious those procedures are on a person, be it surgery, botox (put a diluted version of one of the most venomous poisons that exist into my system???? NOT!!), saline, what will you. I have no problem with becoming older - hey, guys, even stars/planets live and die! I just want to age more gracefully and slowly. So...I started doing research on Amazon, and after much comparison and consideration of contents and reviews, decided to give Carole Maggio's system a try, purchasing both her Ultimate Facercise dvd set and her books (yes, both - I wanted to compare, plus, I'm a bibliophile). In all sincerity, I can give you my word that her books live on my bedside table and her dvd by my player. THEY WORK. End of story. BUT in this day of "time pressure", instant gratification, too much "boredom" because nothing keeps people's attention because they are not WILLING to GIVE IT TIME, you HAVE to be diligent and disciplined about this!! TWICE A DAY, approximately 15 minutes each time, for a couple of weeks, and then you can HALVE the time by going to her 8-minute sessions! Within THREE DAYS of doing the 16-minute routine TWICE a day, I saw differences, literally from my forehead down to my neck and everywhere in between. In 5 days, people who hadn't seen me for a couple of weeks were taken aback and asking me, what have you done?? You look FABULOUS! It's now been two weeks, my face and neck keep getting better (I am sticking to the 15-minute session - because I AM WORTH IT), and I am not slacking off, I am not missing a session. The dvd and book are wonderful complements to each other. The dvd is clear, straightforward, both written and verbal directions, plus excellent presentation of which muscles are being worked and improved with each exercise. The book goes into everything in more detail and is written with insight, understanding, knowledge, wisdom, and clarity. I love learning, so I can honestly say that I enjoy reading the book, highlighting, writing notes in columns or by the pictures. An added bonus is that Ms. Maggio is gracious and generous enough to be available to answer questions by e-mail and/or through her site. As well, the book has sections written wisely concerning diet, sleep patterns, state of mind, history of the exercises' development and evolvement, lots of before and after photos that are just wonderful testaments to the miracle of her system, as well as written testaments.Truly, there is no need to inject unnatural solutions into your body or to be cut up and risk a botched, but always obvious anyway, surgery, not to mention the expense, the healing, the "downtime", and the always artificial appearance when with a few minutes per day twice a day, this book can literally transform your life for a fraction of the expense and time and give you such peace of mind - not to mention the wonder of turning the clock back and "aging" with youthfulness, grace, and happiness.But it is up to you - PLEASE do NOT complain that it doesn't work if you can't give yourself the gift of 1/2 hour per day for two weeks and then 15 minutes per day. If you can't give yourself the present of those few precious and worthwhile minutes, I would re-examine your priorities, lifestyle, and sense of self-worth. But don't blame a lady who has given us an extraordinary means of looking and feeling fantastic! Ms. Maggio's system works, and if you can't afford the dvds at the moment, the book is a gem worth keeping and following!

Hello. The book itself is great. Very detailed with pictures and explanations. The problem is it came damaged, there is a big cut on the cover of the book

It wasn’t really clear how to make exercises

This was the first book that I purchased on facial exercising. When my husband found out I ordered this book man did he ever mock me. But I stayed the course did the exercises and in a few weeks he admitted he could tell it was doing something. I appreciate what I learned in this book yet I had a hard time with the whole "visualization" aspect of some of the exercises (some of the exercises I stopped doing because I just plain couldn't figure out what I was supposed to be doing). All around I also felt it was limited in the range of exercises contained as compared with other programs out there. This made me (and my husband) a believer in facial exercising, yet the only reason for the three star rating is just the limited aspect of it, it's only "ok".

When something works -especially in very scammy arena of anti-aging and beauty stuff - I have to shout it from the rooftops. This is me shouting from the rooftops ...Aside from the miracle that is Latisse eyelash grower, this is the most effective thing I have done to change the appearance of the person I see in the mirror everyday. Twice a day for about 10 minutes, I close the shades and make faces like a dork ... and I see results! I am *cough* 49 years old and after performing the exercises in this book twice a day for a few months, I can see a difference. I cannot afford a face lift but I truly think this has been the next best thing for a) lifting my sagging jowly jaw, b) bringing my cheekbones back up and c) beginning to smooth those lines on my upper lip that betray all the cigarettes I smoked in my misspent youth. It does more than that but those other areas aren't my main concerns.The caveat? Just like bicep curls, it doesn't work if you don't do the work. And even though it's only a few minutes a day, it isn't a magic bullet. Buying the book won't change your appearance ... doing what the book teaches you, day after day after day, will change your appearance. For goodness sake, it's not going to make you look worse than you already do and what have you done in the past 90 days that has made any difference at all? Try it, do it full out and then judge.I do agree that some of the exercises take awhile do get the hang of but we're all grown ups here. You know when your muscles are working and when they're not. My cheeks and mouth and jaw ACHE when I am doing this correctly.In closing, this is an exercise program, not a bullet. Work it and it'll work. At least it did for me.

These facial exercises really work.I have seen the results 👍👍👍

The book is very informative, easy to follow and put into practice. I am really pleased with this purchase

J'ai commencé par lire le livre et je commence à faire les exercices pour le visage demain donc je ne peux juger de son efficacité pour le moment.Par contre le livre explique très bien les exercices à faire et c'est très bien illustré. donc semble très facile à suivre.Je pourrai donner une appréciation des exercices dans 1 mois. A+

Good for face exercise.Will try for few days and again reviewExercises can be explained in more detailswith more diagrams.

Je suis déçue de ne trouver aucune photo en couleur, les photos en noir et blanc sont d'une médiocre qualité qui ne permet pas de bien voir les détails. Cela est pourtant nécessaire pour les exercices afin de bien comprendre la position. Quant aux photos avant/après, il est bien difficile d'être vraiment sûr que le changement est induit par les exercices, dans la mesure où l'on constate des différences de position (ou d'attitude : /ex.: sourire) et à cause de la mauvaise qualité des photos.Pour les explications, c'est plutôt clair, et facile à traduire.En ce qui concerne les effets des exercices, seul le temps pourra le dire.