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Natural Remedies for Under-Eye Bags and Circles
“You look tired…” Ah. Those dreaded three words. Thanks to the lovely dark circles and bags that appear for a laundry list of reasons; heredity, water retention, allergies, toxins, hormones, etc., at times we don’t seem as alert and vibrant as we’d like. Try the natural solutions below and you’ll be struttin’ around, wide-awake before you know it.
Prevention
• A healthy well balanced diet is key but there’s new info that says eating two kiwis a day in yogurt can help to eliminate bags.
• Plenty of H20. Drinking water helps flush the toxins from your body as well as reduce water retention. Try restricting caffeine as this can also bloat you.
• No more salt. This is such a simple little tip with big results. Try limiting salt for a week and notice the difference.
Nautral Remedies
• Place cotton balls soaked in milk under your eyes for a few minutes. The lactic acid in the milk helps reduce puffiness and darkness.
• Take protective eye wear or swim goggles; fill with water and freeze. Place on eyes for five minutes.
• Freeze a couple of spoons over night. In the morning rest them on your eyes until they are not cold any longer. If you make an effort to do this every morning you will see a big difference in about two weeks.
• Slice one small piece off of a potato, and cut the slice in half. Put each slice under your eyes and leave them under your eyes for 20 minutes.
• Place two thin lemon slices directly onto your bags or circles. Don’t squeeze your eyes tightly but be careful not to open. After 20 minutes carefully rinse off with cold water.
• Soak two cucumbers in lemon juice for 3-5 minutes. To help get rid of dark circles and puffiness place cucumbers on your eyes for about 10-15 minutes.
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add your comment »Paula, you mentioned twice the products called "Made from Earth" in your comments. Is that really what they're called? I can't find anything with that name.
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Ladies, the Made from Earth Olive Night (eye) cream does exactly what it says. Finally!
Apparently it was one of the Glamour magazine's top products for 2007, so I reluctantly bought it. I have dark circles, puffiness and fine lines. I used to keep my concealer next to my lipstick in my purse. I model on a national shopping channel at all hours of the day and night, and would have to cake on concealer to hide my under-eye scaryness on air. I tossed my concealer!
I might dab a little light colored eyeshadow under my eyes for extra brightening but the Made from Earth "Olive Night Creme" has completely taken away my dark circles and puffiness. I hope they never stop making it!
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I have to say, I have used a lot of other face creams and the PURE ALOE face treatment from the Made from Earth skin care is the only cream that makes my face softer, glowy and dewy after a few weeks use.
I've been using the pure aloe face treatment for a couple of years now and I always notice that if I switch to a different cream (often when I run out of the Pure Aloe Treatment), I always can tell the difference..my skin gets dry/tired looking. Also noticed more pimples.. When I apply the Pure Aloe on my skin, it is always noticeable smoother, tighter and almost translucent looking. My rosacea also subsides and I have a more even skin tone. No marketing ploy here. Just have a great experience using this cream. Also, just to note, this cream is not made to reduce wrinkles, but more to prevent them. If you already have wrinkles, you can't expect miracles that they would go away using this product. …from the Made from Earth product line and highly recommended.
That's why its always good to start using this product early to prevent signs of aging (sun spots, laugh lines, freckles, etc..)…
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Thanks for the advice..........
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Sometimes it's iron that is underyour eye's. I had racoon eye's past 8 months before. It was after I had blackened both eye's from a car wreck. Sometimes you just have to wait for the iron from the blood pulling to leave.
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dear Emily, tks for the arnica tip for puffy eyes, cld you please tell me if you only use it at night or is it ok under eye make up or does the make up tend to run?
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I'll try .......:)
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I will try.......:)
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Alas, not only are my black eye circles hereditary, dark eye circles are a sign of an immune system that isn't working well.
I have tried many a remedy, good diet, allergy shots and, of course, eye creams and not one of them has helped my circles. Beware of not eating certain foods and then reintroducing them: allergies can be created this way.
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