The eyes are one of the first things people will notice about you – so don’t let them give you away! While the latest ‘It bag’ will be on everyone’s wish list, eye bags certainly won’t – so here a few tips to make sure dark circles, puffiness and crow’s feet don’t come home to roost around your peepers!
Sleep
Unsurprisingly, this is the easiest tip to follow – simply make sure you get your beauty sleep each night. Lack of sleep strains the eyes and irritates the nerves. While sleeping, try to avoid putting heavy objects on your eyes – such as your arms on your face to shield your eyes from light. Make sure you’re gentle with any sleepy dust too. Don’t just force it off your eyes with your fingers. Use cotton swabs dipped in warm water to avoid stress on the eyes.
Cucumber
You’ve probably seen it in movies and TV shows, but putting cucumber on your eyes is not just a cliché – it really is quite effective in reducing puffiness and eye bags. Cucumbers are natural moisturisers, and can provide anti-inflammatory benefits too.
The salad vegetable has a high concentration of water content, and this results in additional hydration for the skin. To fully maximize its potential, store cucumber in the fridge before placing slices on the eyes. The cold temperature can help decrease the blood flow around the eyes and alleviate swelling. If you want an alternative to cucumber, gel masks also do the job.
Protection
Even if you lead an active lifestyle, be sure to not ignore the health of your eyes. Invest in some over-sized sunglasses to help shield peepers from dust and other particles as well as UV rays. This should also help prevent squinting – which can cause crow’s feet. Make it a point to rest your eyes if you’re too focused on a single point of attention. This also applies when you’re working on the computer all day.
Cream
As the old saying goes, prevention is better than cure. And it certainly pays to starting using an eye cream as part of your skincare regime sooner rather than later. Skin around the eyes is very delicate – which means it needs specialist products, not just a standard face cream.
Quality products can help stimulate microcirculation, which can help alleviate puffiness and dark circles. NuBo’s anti-wrinkle eye creams and serums are designed to tackle both the cause and the visual effects of ageing by ‘rebooting’ cells and reminding them how to behave youthfully, while also tightening and brightening skin around the eyes.
