How To Naturally Lift & Sculpt Your Face, Define Your Jawline & Age Better Without Injectables

September 24, 2026

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How to Naturally Lift & Sculpt Your Face, Define Your Jawline & Age Better Without Injectables

The face has 42 muscles, yet most people never think to exercise them. As one guest put it, "We work out our body. Why are we not working out our face?" The disconnect runs deep: many assume facial exercise creates wrinkles, but when done correctly and combined with massage and lymphatic drainage, it can actually build facial structure. The problem is that modern life—soft foods, poor posture, mouth breathing, and a reliance on injectables—has been quietly weakening our facial architecture from the inside out.

The Structural Problem Beneath the Skin

The core insight is that what looks like a skin issue is often a structural issue underneath. The guest uses a mattress analogy: your bone structure is a king-size mattress, and your skin is the fitted sheet. As the underlying structure weakens and shrinks, the sheet starts to sag and wrinkle. This structural decline happens through a process called mechanotransduction—bones need mechanical stress from muscles to stay strong. When you stop using your chewing muscles and other facial muscles, the bones stop receiving the signal to maintain themselves.

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What you'll learn

1 (00:14) **Why We Should Work Out Our Face** - The episode opens with the core premise: we have 42 muscles in our face, yet we rarely exercise them, despite knowing muscles respond to training.
2 (01:05) **The Structural Problem: Jaw Recession and Modern Soft Foods** - The conversation links modern diets of soft foods and pouches to a receding jaw and poor facial structure, especially in children.
3 (03:10) **It Starts With Your Feet: The Full-Body Connection to Your Jaw** - The discussion expands to show how everything from walking posture to shoe choice and straw use affects the jaw.
4 (04:59) **The "King Size Mattress" Analogy for Aging Skin** - A powerful metaphor explains why sagging skin is often a structural issue, not just a skin issue.
5 (07:14) **Mouth Taping: The Overnight Jawline Tool** - The hosts and guest discuss the benefits of mouth taping for tongue posture, nasal breathing, and facial structure.
6 (09:31) **Actionable Steps to Transform Your Jawline (Age 30+)** - The guest provides a clear, step-by-step starting point for listeners who want to change their jawline.
7 (12:44) **Fascia Release: How to Smooth Deep Wrinkles and Creases** - The guest distinguishes between wrinkles and folds, explaining that deep creases are a fascia issue.

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Show Notes

#1,009: Join us as we sit down with Shelly Marshall – also known as Beauty Shamans is an esthetician, former nurse injector, and founder of Beauty Shamans Skincare and the Skin Within Studio. After years of helping people pursue beauty through injections and cosmetic procedures, Shelly began noticing their limitations and that these methods didn't truly solve what people were seeking. Today, Shelly teaches a functional approach to beauty that focuses on restoring facial health, structure, and vitality from the inside out. In this episode, Shelly gets real about facial manipulation, facial exercise, lymphatic drainage, fascia release, and the connection between muscle, bone, and skin as we age. She breaks down how tongue posture, nasal breathing, chewing, posture, and modern habits can impact jawline and facial structure, plus her approach to mouth taping, mewing, myofunctional therapy, and daily facial rituals. Shelly also shares her perspective as a former injector on fillers and injectables, why foundational practices matter, and how to build a more natural, intentional approach to aging well.

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