Under eye skin care. How to take care of the skin around the eyes at home. Tibetan wrinkle mask

25.04.2019

The very first wrinkles female face appear in the area around the eyes. Aging, unfortunately, is an irreversible process, and no one has yet managed to stop it completely. Many women discover their first wrinkles as early as twenty-five years of age, or even earlier. This process is considered individual and depends on many factors, including the characteristics of the epidermis. So the dry type of skin is especially prone to the formation of wrinkles, and in order to slightly push back the time of their appearance, a woman needs to make a lot of effort. So let's talk about what the skin around the eyes needs, wrinkles, how to restore it, folk remedies, how to moisturize in order to push back unpleasant phenomena on it for a longer time.

What is the problem?

These places on the face differ from others in that they have practically no fat layer. In addition, the blood vessels here are located quite near the surface of the epidermis. It is these characteristics that explain all cosmetic problems, characteristic of the condition of the skin around the eyes - the appearance of black circles, swelling and swelling, redness and irritation.

How to restore the skin around the eyes?

You can easily cope with all these defects, while responding to them in a timely manner will help you achieve a stable and good noticeable result. To do this, you need to outline an action plan. I sketched his steps and briefly painted what to do.

1. cleansing

Before you begin to moisturize and nourish such a sensitive area, it is important to cleanse cosmetics, as well as the dust accumulated during the day. For this purpose, you can apply various lotions and tonics, as well as milk. Avoid using alcohol-containing products, because they greatly dehydrate the cells of the epidermis, which makes the skin in the area around the eyes even more sensitive to external stimuli.

Cleaning should be carried out with particular delicacy, avoiding stretching thin skin and injuring it. If you have a couple of minutes of free time, put a couple of sponges moistened with lotion on your eyes. After a while, simply swipe them from the outer corner of the eye to the inner, removing the remnants of cosmetics. The reverse direction of movement will only stretch the skin.

2. How to moisturize the skin around the eyes and nourish?

In the store you can find a wide variety of products aimed at caring for the skin around the eyes. You can choose different creams and cream-gels, as well as serums and lotions. All of them are aimed at saturating the epidermis with vitamin elements and moisture. In addition, such products have a wonderful tonic and smoothing effect. It perfectly prepares the skin for further makeup application. Please note that the minimum content chemical substances more preferable, because they have a drying effect.

To care for the areas around the eyes, various oils of natural origin are often used to soften the skin and saturate it with nutrients. In this case, oils from jojoba and arana can be used, and funds from walnut, camellia and shea butter will also benefit. In addition, many of these preparations contain vitamin E. This remedy is simply indispensable during skin care, due to its natural antioxidant abilities.

This vitamin is able to protect the skin from pathological effects. free radicals, slow down the aging process of epidermal cells and deep hydration. In addition, a substance called hyaluronic acid is also involved in moisturizing. This substance remarkably retains moisture in the cells, preventing its evaporation.

3. Cream application

It should be borne in mind that any inaccurate movement can greatly damage the integrity of the epidermis. That is why during this procedure it is necessary to avoid any sudden movements rubbing and rubbing. For the most gentle application of the cream on the skin, use ring fingers. With the help of patting movements, spread the product in the direction from the outer corners to the bridge of the nose. The index fingers are stronger, respectively, they press on the skin more than necessary. It is best to apply the product in the evenings - shortly before bedtime, as well as in the early morning, immediately after washing.

4. Massages

In order not to notice small wrinkles for a longer time, massage the area around the eyes daily. This procedure can improve blood circulation, effectively smooth out the smallest mimic wrinkles, eliminate fatigue and add freshness and radiance to the look. Perform the procedure in the evenings, after cleansing the face. big and middle finger fold with a pinch and apply to the middle of the forehead. With gentle pinching movements, move towards the temporal part. Then gently pat the area from the bridge of your nose to your cheeks with your fingers. Repeat three to five times.

5. Folk remedies

Rubbing the skin with a small ice cube has a wonderful effect. It helps to hydrate the epidermis and add elasticity and adds blood flow. In addition, such an ice wash wonderfully awakens and adds vigor. To prepare the cubes, you can use various herbs, such as chamomile, mint or parsley.

For skin care around the eyes, it is useful to make various compresses, for example, from calendula flowers. For this purpose, it is necessary to insist a tablespoon of vegetable raw materials in a glass of boiling water. In the resulting infusion, moisten a cotton swab and apply it to tightly closed eyelids.

With systematic skin care around the eyes, you can always look great, retaining youth and beauty for many years.

To fight the signs of aging, many women spend an incredible amount of energy and Money. We try to remove cellulite, deep wrinkles around the mouth and on the neck, forgetting that skin care around the eyes should be the most thorough. How to tighten and protect this delicate dermis at home? What creams to choose?

Homemade skin care folk remedies

In the first place during the care of mature eye skin should be protection. Of course, nutrition and hydration also play an important role, but it is very important to protect your face from tearing factors, especially in winter.

We recommend using olive oil for this. Its clear advantage over all other recipes is that home care for the skin around the eyes with its use is not limited in time. Those. it can be applied at night, and before leaving the house, and for the whole day, without checking the time every minute, so as not to miss the deadlines for removing the mask.

If olive oil is not on hand, then use aloe. This plant is known not only for its antibacterial properties but also protective. Thanks to the unique substances that aloe juice contains, the thinnest protective film is formed on the skin. It can also be applied before bed.

A wonderful recipe for protecting and caring for dry skin around the eyes is jojoba oil and green tea brewing. Together, these ingredients give us hydration (oil) and protection with antioxidant properties (tea). The neck, by the way, will also noticeably smooth out with this method.

With help proper protection can be effectively prevent crow's feet and dry eyelids. Cleopatra's recipe is very popular. Herself Egyptian queen devoted her entire conscious part of her life not only to the development of various economic strategies, but also to the search for ways to prolong youth. According to rumors, she, to some extent, managed to suspend natural process aging. Since the age of 21, she has placed the protection of her beauty in milk baths.

With this approach to self-care, even after 35, the queen looked 20. What is the reason? Milk proteins provide intensive care and protection of the dermis from irritating factors, whether it be heat in summer or cold and wind in winter.

Further, nutrition. How more skin receives nutrients, the better it looks. This is an axiom. In order to look several decades younger after 40, rub into the skin daily for 20 minutes Castor oil. Thanks to its properties, not only wrinkles around the eyelids will be smoothed out, but eyelashes and eyebrows will also begin to grow better, they will become darker and more expressive.

It is very useful to wipe the skin around the eyes. oil vitamin E, with its help you can quickly get rid of mimic wrinkles and prevent the appearance of new grooves. This The best way keep youth. When nourishing the skin, we recommend using a complex of oils, which will not only eliminate the need for blepharoplasty of the eyelids, but also create the effect of a neck lift.

To nourish and tighten the skin, we need:

oils (linseed, castor, coconut);
honey (natural flower);
fabric strips.

Photo - Vegetable eye masks

We heat honey, and mix it with oils (two drops of each). Then we apply the resulting mixture to strips of fabric, and make compresses in the area around the eyes. With the neck, you can do otherwise. Take not thin strips, but a napkin, smear it with a product and put it on problem area. We hold a compress on the dermis near the eyes for 10 minutes, on the neck - 15. Such a treatment program is also suitable for tightening and nourishing problematic aging skin, the main thing is regularity and correct execution. Repeat the procedures at intervals of three days.

Far from last in the nutrition of the skin around the eyes are vegetable masks. Folk medicine is generally very fond of various means, which are based on herbal ingredients. The most famous is the cucumber mask. It is also the simplest - just crush the vegetable in mashed potatoes and apply to the eye area.

Very good feedback and about natural remedies based on potatoes. The fact is that starch, which is the basis of this root crop, helps aging skin to resist external factors, saturates it with useful amino acids. Eat different ways preparation of potato anti-aging masks:

grate a fresh peeled vegetable on a fine grater, mix with olive oil and apply a thick layer around the eyes. We hold 20 minutes;
boil the roots, make a puree, add apricot and rose essential oils, a spoonful of milk, apply to the problem area.

Good care sensitive skin face and around the eyes will provide fruit masks , folk recipes which are often used in professional cosmetics.

For example, to whiten and moisturize the skin around the eyes, you need to prepare the following mixture:

oatmeal - two tablespoons;
milk - one and a half;
strawberries - five pieces.

Wash the berries and crush them into a puree, first pour the oatmeal with milk and leave overnight. In the morning, mix all the ingredients and apply the mask on the skin. Keep 20 minutes.

Variations of this tool are possible. For example, to improve blood circulation and increase the elasticity of the dermis around the eyes, use cherry puree (of course, in the spring such a remedy is more available).

If you need to eliminate deep wrinkles around the eyes and nourish the skin, then regularly make masks from oatmeal, milk and apples in the fall.

Exercises and gymnastics for the skin of the eyes

Photo - Gymnastics for the skin of the eyes

Compresses cannot provide complete care for the skin after 25 around the eyes and on the contour. Definitely needed special gymnastics. To perform it, you need to prepare a restoring balm (its recipe is given below), a massager (you can do without it, although a roller for mesotherapy is very desirable) and a coarse fabric, such as terry or natural cotton.

It is necessary to force the blood to circulate in the problem area, so we will tighten the skin, get rid of bruises under the eyes and remove dark circles. Proper massage are soft but confident movements and knowledge of technology.

Gymnastics Tips:

if you use a massager, then it should be smooth, without needles;
can be successfully replaced this procedure using ice (cryomassage at home is an excellent anti-aging care behind the skin of the face and in particular around the eyes);
use jade balls.

Balm recipes vary for manual and training use. In the first case, it is honey, aloe and coconut oil. In the second, serum, vitamin E and rose (extract). Why are the recipes different? The point is that doing finger massage around the eyes, the skin needs to be worked out, honey makes upper layer dermis to stretch, which has an excellent anti-aging effect.

In the second, the skin is saturated essential substances, due to which it is smoothed out. The composition is extremely important here.

How to do gymnastics for the skin around the eyes?

Close your eyes with force, open sharply - repeat the movement 10 times.

Ideal for tired skin around the eyes next exercise- apply honey balm around the eyes, rub it with your fingertips, pull the skin towards the ears, relax, pull it again. Repeat 20 times.

Squint your eyes, open them fully. Repeat 20 times.

The whole secret is to alternate massages, gymnastics and masks - in the complex you get an excellent anti-aging system.
Video: how to care for the delicate skin around the eyes

Review of professional cosmetics for eye skin

Taking care of the skin around the eyes with folk remedies is a very laborious process. Agree to pick suitable recipe, buy ingredients, prepare a mask or balm according to the instructions. Moreover, all folk beauty recipes are united by one drawback - they quickly deteriorate. So sometimes professional care more appropriate. We have created a table in which we tried to describe all the most effective modern anti-aging agents. Quality and professional tools self-care: an independent review.

Name	Peculiarities
olay total effects	This series has an excellent eye gel with coenzyme Q 10
Owl About Beauty	All for the beauty of the eyes, contains seaweed extracts.
advanced eyes	A great way to smooth wrinkles around the eyes.
Ahava	Contains useful material, including nona juice.
Biodroga	This is German-made cosmetics, affordable, but at the same time very high quality.
Koko Chanel	Chanel is made from materials that protect, nourish and moisturize the skin at the same time.
Christina	This is Israeli professional cosmetics with the unique substances of the Dead Sea.
Clarins	Elite cosmetics of the French production.
Guerlain	One of the most popular French beauty brands.
Lierac	French brand of luxury cosmetics. Main Feature Lierak is that each remedy solves a specific problem of the dermis.
Mary Kay	Mary Kay - french cosmetics luxury
Be Loved	This is a very good and affordable American cosmetics. We recommend trying a lifting complex for the skin around the eyes.
Estee Lauder Idealist Micro-D	This is a unique system that contains skin whitening ingredients.
Akkura	Japanese cosmetics that are different natural herbs in composition.
all inclusive	Good funds.
Clinique	There is one very entertaining serum in Clinique cosmetics, which is suitable for extended eyelashes and nourishing the delicate skin around the eyes.
Diacosmetics	Smart anti-aging cosmetics will help get rid of wrinkles and prevent their appearance. Allowed to use from 21 years old.
avon anew	Does not contain parabens. Makeup is essential at any age decorative cosmetics Avon organizes appropriate care for the skin of the face and around the eyes and will become a worthy companion in applying make-up.
Shiseido (Shiseido)	Another Japanese company that uses herbal extracts in its products.
Skin Doctors Eyecircle	An excellent remedy from Australia for dark circles under the eyes. This gel emulsion truly works wonders, the whole program is designed for a month of use.
vichy oligo 25	Oligo cream from Vichy will help improve the complexion and skin around the eyes in particular.
Muse Illuminating Gommage	Another professional cosmetics made in Israel.
Cosmetics Roland	A Japanese company that constantly releases new products in the beauty industry.
Hydradermie	It is also used for the décolleté area.
PAYOT AOX Contour des Yeux	These cosmetics are often used by Shahnoz Shaha herself, so the company can really be trusted.
system nanogreen profi	Excellent medical cosmetics for daily use.
Modo	Good anti-aging cosmetics that contain Vitamin B 5.
Fluid	Contains yoghurt fluids that effectively smooth out wrinkles.
natura siberica	Natural remedies based on extracts of medicinal herbs.
Academy Hypo-Sensible Normalizing & Matifying Care	On this cosmetics there is a sticker “hypoallergenic”, suitable for any type of dermis.
secrets of east	Chinese cosmetics, which has no analogues in the world
Yoshi Ya Mamoto	Alginate complex that tightens the contour of the face, smoothes wrinkles on the neck and around the eyes.
Alpecin Hypo-Sensitive	Hypoallergenic.
sea of spa	Another Israeli cosmetics.
Rich & Beauty	A very famous company, quite widespread in our country.
Loshi	Excellent Japanese cosmetics.
care & beauty	This cosmetics of the Dead Sea.
Jade	Manufacturer - Israel.
Amrita	Medical cosmetics from natural ingredients
Bremany cosmetics	Elena Krygina praises her very much
Green Mom	This quality creams and gels for lips, eyes and face. This company is skin health in tubes.
Garnier	High-quality cosmetics, hypoallergenic and affordable.
Black Pearl	Thousands of girls have already made sure of the excellent quality of this cosmetics, which is produced by the Nevsky Plant.
Loreal	Basically, this French company produces care products for 30+.
Oriflame	This stylish way look young and fresh.
Avon	Remarkably, there are series for both men and women.
sisli	We recommend trying the antioxidant complex.
Clean line	Domestic company, very good and affordable.
Eyebright eye cream Original ATOK	Good care for young skin.
Helena Rubinstein	We highly recommend trying regenerating eye capsules.
Tiande	This cosmetics is quite widespread in Russia and Ukraine.
Medical cosmetics Rassvet	Often used in salons, aesthetic cosmetology praises this company very much.
Doctor nona cosmetics	It is clear from the name that the main methods by which Doc Nona products are made are nona juice extracts.
Eye cosmetics Styx	A great way to cure wrinkles and age spots.
Crimean rose	Excellent and affordable domestic company, which is located in Simferopol. Its products can be bought in St. Petersburg, Voronezh, Cheboksary, Zaporozhye and Saratov.
Ayurveda	Chic oriental cosmetics for the eyes, which has a reasonable price and hypoallergenic ingredients.

Cautions

For which diseases you can not use cosmetics and the device gezatone:

eczema;
psoriasis;
lichen (of any kind);
individual intolerance.

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Fastest age-related changes become visible on the skin around the eyes. This is due to the fact that it is in this place that the skin of the face is the thinnest. Therefore, it reflects all the consequences of the lifestyle that is characteristic of specific person. But with the right care, you can keep the eye area healthy.

What is eye care?

First of all, sleep affects the state of this area. Its duration should be at least 7 hours a day. Of course, occasionally you can afford not to get enough sleep.

Proper nutrition and good rest help for a long time do without the use of various masking or corrective means. also in certain age you should start using certain drugs that support the skin condition. But this should not become a habit. Nap in the morning makes itself felt with dark circles and bags under the eyes. And the more often this is repeated, the more the skin suffers. Ladies, as a rule, try to hide this problem with various masking agents. But the tinted cream for the skin around the eyes gives only cosmetic effect. He won't solve problems.

What are the methods of care?

There are several ways to maintain healthy skin in the eye area:

applying cosmetics;
using the properties of natural products;
massage;
special procedures.

These methods can be combined: for example, massage using cosmetics. The procedures include the use of compresses, as well as skin care in the cabin. Important role plays the cosmetics that are used for makeup. It also affects the condition of the skin. Therefore, you need to choose it carefully and make sure of its quality before use.

Save yourself from the sun

Care of the skin around the eyes also includes its protection against ultraviolet rays. To do this, it is necessary to select high-quality Sunglasses. It is also worth making sure that the cream has a sufficient level of SPF. For mature skin this figure should be at least 50.
It is worth remembering that sunscreen essential even on cloudy days. Ultraviolet radiation has long and medium wavelengths (UVA and UVB, respectively) that reach the earth's surface. It is UVA rays that have a constant effect on human skin during daylight hours and cause photoaging. Sunscreen for the face should include zinc oxide and titanium dioxide. A chemical filter is also desirable.

Use of decorative cosmetics

For eye makeup exists huge selection cosmetics, which must be used very carefully. This is especially true for girls under the age of 25. They always strive to look older with cosmetics. women more middle age On the contrary, they try to look younger with its help.

Without special need, do not abuse various masking agents. To create a natural make-up and give the skin healthy looking it is better to use a special tinting cream for the skin around the eyes. It has a light texture and does not clog pores. For young skin, the rule is: the less, the better.

Proper make-up removal

Removal of cosmetics is milestone in preparing the skin for sleep. Sleeping with makeup on is out of the question. The skin needs a good rest. For these purposes, it is better to use special products that not only remove makeup, but also cleanse the skin. It can be milk, cream or lotion.

The product is applied to a cotton pad, which is applied to the eyelid for a few seconds. Then, with light movements, you need to wipe off the makeup. For removal waterproof mascara you need to use a special tool that can easily remove it.
After washing, apply a moisturizer to the skin. For example, it can be a balm for the skin around the eyes.

At what age should you start taking care of your skin?

Usage anti-aging cosmetics it is not recommended to start before the age of thirty. Only if necessary, it can be resorted to after 25 years. Until this age, care consists only in observing the quality and quantity of cosmetics used, as well as proper make-up removal. You can also add a light massage. As cosmetics, gels are usually used for the skin around the eyes. Compared to creams, they absorb faster and are less greasy in texture. The gel should be selected according to your age and skin type. After forty years, a special oil for the skin around the eyes helps fight wrinkles. You should not use the cosmetics that are intended for older women.

What should be in an eye cream?

For daily care, products with a light texture are suitable. For example, moisturizing gels for the skin around the eyes, which include various plant components and chitosan, which has the ability to retain moisture.

For those who want to get rid of small mimic wrinkles, creams with hyaluronic acid, allantoin and panthenol are suitable. Formulas containing vitamins for the skin around the eyes and aloe extract rejuvenate the skin more intensively.

To fight the grid deep wrinkles need funds with collagen and elastin, as well as high content natural oils and a complex of antioxidants. The most effective are drugs that contain fatty acids, such as oleic and linoleic. For example, Aevit capsules for the skin around the eyes include necessary set vitamins to prevent aging or fight wrinkles that have already appeared.

To hide the presence of small wrinkles, you can use products with reflective particles, or apply a cream with the effect of skin tension. But they give only a short-term result and will not help in the fight against wrinkles.

Nutrition for mature skin

Due to the fact that the skin loses its ability to produce lipids and collagen with age, it is necessary to choose cosmetics with a lifting effect. It most often includes natural oils and biostimulants, as well as phytoestrogens, lecithin and squalene.

Natural macadamia, shea, avocado and peanut oils have the most nutritional properties. Royal jelly of bees and ginseng juice are suitable as biostimulants.

Phytoestrogens activate the action of natural female hormones that maintain a sufficient level nutrients. Lecithin stimulates cell regeneration and thus prevents the formation of new wrinkles. Squalene improves the elasticity of the skin, and also has a softening and moisturizing effect.

Applying products to the skin around the eyes

Not only its effectiveness, but also the condition of the skin depends on how a cream or other remedy is applied. excessive mechanical impact can hurt thin skin or stretch it, which will lead to premature flabbiness and wrinkles. Apply the product should be on the upper eyelid from the inner corner to the outer, and on the lower in the opposite direction. In the area under the eyebrow, the product is distributed from the bridge of the nose to the temples. Make-up must first be removed from the skin. Do not apply the cream too close to the eye, as this can irritate the mucosa.
An eye serum or other anti-wrinkle product is applied pointwise and distributed with light patting movements. Special attention it is worth paying attention to the amount of funds. The layer should be thin.

Proper massage

One type of massage that helps get rid of swelling and bruising around the eyes is called lymphatic drainage. It encourages work lymphatic system and improves skin condition.

Before the procedure, you need to clean the skin and apply a moisturizer to prevent stretching. For these purposes, the best cosmetic oil for the skin around the eyes. The procedure is performed with the fingertips of both hands as follows:

with the index and middle fingers to do clockwise 10 circular motions at the outer corners of the eye;
hold with light pressing movements of the fingers from the temple to the nose for the lower eyelid and in the opposite direction for the upper eyelid - repeat 3 times;
for a few seconds, lightly press the skin of the lower eyelid with the pads of four fingers, then do the same with the upper eyelid;
with tapping movements, walk from temple to nose for the lower eyelid and from nose to temple for the upper;
with the edge of the middle finger, carry out rolling movements, while turning the finger with another edge, along the bone under the eye from the temple to the bridge of the nose - repeat 5 times;
do the previous exercise upper eyelid in the opposite direction;
make ten light pressures under outer corner eyes, then use the edge of your finger to make rolling movements to inner corner and repeat 10 pressures - do the whole procedure 10 times;
repeat the previous movements for the area under the eyebrow in the opposite direction;
perform pressing movements on the muscle around the eye, while capturing the superciliary part and the upper cheekbones;
finish the procedure with tapping movements of the fingers around the eyes.

This massage takes no more than 20 minutes. After that, you should wash yourself, alternating cold and warm water.

The use of folk remedies

Skin care around the eyes does not have to be accompanied by the purchase of expensive cosmetics. You can use creams and masks of self-preparation.

Thin skin around the eyes, on which wrinkles are most noticeable, requires gentle care. Before applying any cosmetics, you should conduct a test and look at the reaction of the skin. TO folk remedies this applies in the first place, since the concentration of substances in them is much higher than in products sold in stores. To smooth wrinkles, you can use any oil that is in the kitchen. It is better to apply it at night with tapping movements and do not wash off until morning. You can also make a mask of bread and warmed butter. It is applied for 15-20 minutes, then washed off warm water.

Oatmeal has good nutritional properties. Based on it, they prepare various masks for aging skin. by the most simple recipe is oatmeal drenched in hot milk. The resulting swollen porridge is smeared on the skin and left for 20 minutes. Wash off with warm water.

To moisturize the skin, use whipped egg yolk, which is applied to the area around the eyes and after 20 minutes is washed off with slightly warm water. If you mix the yolk with oil, you can also achieve wrinkle smoothing.

Restorative procedures

With the help of some simple actions, you can significantly improve the condition of the skin. Puffiness of the eyelids and bags under the eyes become less noticeable after application cosmetic ice. It is usually made from mineral water or herbal infusion that is frozen.

Cubes of such ice are rubbed around the eyes every morning. The skin becomes tightened immediately after the procedure. It also improves its color.

Compresses with herbal tinctures allow you to quickly restore the skin. Contrasting compresses are the most effective, increasing the elasticity and firmness of the skin. They are applied as follows: first, a cloth soaked in warm infusion is applied to the eyelids for several minutes, covered with a terry cloth on top to maintain temperature. Then they change to a cloth soaked in cold infusion. For cooking, any medicinal herbs and even tea leaves are suitable, which perfectly relieves inflammation during lack of sleep. Additional effect from the compress will depend on the selected herbs. To prevent the appearance of wrinkles, you can use calendula flowers, and cornflowers perfectly relieve fatigue from the eyes.

Salon procedures

Those who do not have the time and opportunity to engage in daily care at home, can use the services professional cosmetologists. A number of procedures offered in the beauty salon, which include skin care around the eyes, can be done just a couple of times a week, and some even once every six months.
In addition to wearing masks, salon care includes procedures such as cryotherapy. Girls under 30 are also suitable for ultrasound and microcurrent therapy. For the skin of ladies over thirty years old, mesotherapy will be more effective, after forty you can start peeling.

The look of a woman can tell everything. Dry skin around the eyes, dark circles, puffiness, wrinkles do not add attractiveness to the look, but make it tired and add years. To keep the skin around the eyes young and elastic, it is important to carefully and carefully care for this area from youth, regularly nourish and moisturize it. To cope with such a task is within the power of homemade masks.

Rules for the use of masks for the skin around the eyes.
Masks for the area around the eyes are most conveniently applied with cotton pads. The prepared composition is distributed on them, applied to the area around the eyes and pressed. To withstand such masks should be twenty minutes. It is advisable at this moment to lie down, take comfortable posture and relax. After the specified time, remove the cotton pads, wash off the remnants of the mask boiled water room temperature or use milk or herbal infusion. After the procedure, the skin around the eyes must be moisturized, for which it is ideal to use natural oils (jojoba, olive, sweet almond, sea buckthorn, grape seed), gently driving in with your fingertips. After ten minutes, wet the skin paper napkin. Oils can also be used other than as additional procedures, but in the form of independent masks. Masks may have miscellaneous action(rejuvenate, nourish, moisturize, eliminate swelling, etc.). They can be alternated. Enough 2-3 procedures per week.

Mask for the skin around the eyes for nutrition, moisturizing, skin rejuvenation, combating swelling and dark circles under the eyes, recipes.

Oatmeal honey mask.
Action.
Perfectly nourishes the skin, supplying it with the necessary substances.

Ingredients.
Honey - 2 tsp.
Oatmeal - 2 tbsp. l.
Strongly brewed tea - 1 tsp.
Warm water - 1 tsp.

Application.
Combine the ingredients, put on water bath and warm up a bit. In a warm form, apply to the area around the eyes and leave for twenty minutes. After the specified time, wash off the mask with boiled water at room temperature and lubricate the skin under the eyes with a moisturizer.

Mask of sour cream and parsley.
Action.
Nourishes, refreshes, has a decongestant effect, reduces the so-called "bags under the eyes", softens, relieves inflammation.

Ingredients.
Chopped parsley - 1 tsp.
Sour cream 30% fat (or cream) - 2 tsp.

Application.
Grind sour cream and parsley into a paste, put it on the eye area and let stand for twenty minutes. Rinse with boiled water at room temperature and apply a moisturizer.

Berry mask.
Action.
Nourishes, vitamins, tones.

Ingredients.
Honey - 1 tsp
Strawberries - 2 large berries.

Application.
Crush the strawberries into a pulp and combine with warm honey. Distribute the mixture in two gauze swabs and apply to the entire eyelid area for twenty minutes. After the specified time, remove the swabs, and wipe the area around the eyes with a cotton pad previously moistened with warm milk. At the end of the procedure, moisten the skin under the eyes with a cream.

Nut mask.
Action.
It has an intensive nourishing effect, refreshes.

Ingredients.
Walnuts crushed in coffee grinders - 1 tsp.
Butter - 1 tsp.
Lemon juice (or pomegranate juice) - four drops.

Application.
Combine the ingredients and apply to the skin around the eyes. After twenty minutes, wash off the mask with cool water or any herbal infusion and apply a cream with a moisturizing effect.

Aloe mask.
Action.
It has a moisturizing effect, softens the skin, makes it soft.

Ingredients.
Aloe leaf - 1 pc.

Application.
Cut an aloe leaf, hold it in the refrigerator for ten days. Then squeeze the juice and moisten the skin with it.

Honey mask with aloe juice.
Action.
It has an intensive nourishing, moisturizing, refreshing, anti-edematous effect, smoothes wrinkles.

Ingredients.
Aloe juice - 1 tsp
Honey - 1 tsp

Application.
Aloe leaves cut off, hold in the refrigerator for ten days and only then squeeze the juice. For one procedure, one medium leaflet is enough. Combine the juice of the plant with honey, spread on gauze swabs and apply to the skin around the eyes. After half an hour, remove the tampons and wash with warm water. At the end of the procedure, moisturize the skin with cream.

Herbal mask.
Action.
Moisturizes, soothes, relieves inflammation and fatigue from the eyes.

Ingredients.
Sage herb - 1 tsp
Herb chamomile - 1 tsp.
Boiling water - 125 ml.
Olive oil - 1 tsp
Cottage cheese 9% fat - 1 tbsp. l.

Application.
Chop the herbs and pour boiling water, wrap and let it brew for twenty minutes. Drain the water, add cottage cheese and butter to the herbal mass. Grind everything into a paste and refrigerate. Before applying the cold composition, the skin around the eyes should be well lubricated. nourishing cream. Keep the mask for twenty minutes, rinse with cool water. At the end of the procedure, lubricate the skin with a cream with a moisturizing effect.

Cucumber mask.
Action.
Moisturizes and tones the skin.

Ingredients.
Fresh cucumber - 1 pc.

Application.
Grate cucumber on a fine grater. Distribute the cucumber mass on two gauze swabs and apply to the eyelids for fifteen minutes. After the specified time, remove the tampons, wash with cool water and apply a moisturizer.

Mask with carrot juice.
Action.
Vitaminizes, smoothes small wrinkles, rejuvenates. Apply daily for a month.

Ingredients.
Carrot medium size- 1 PC.
Almond oil - 1 tsp

Application.
Grind the carrots and squeeze out the juice. Add oil to it. ready mix Place in a jar with a lid, shake and leave to cool in the refrigerator. After two hours, apply the mask on the area around the eyes and leave for forty minutes. Rinse off with cool water. After the procedure, moisturize the skin with cream.

Spinach mask.
Action.
Rejuvenates, refreshes, relieves swelling and reduces circles under the eyes.

Ingredients.
Spinach juice - 1 tsp
Sea buckthorn oil (or grape seed) - 1 tsp.
A solution of vitamin A in oil - 5 drops.

Application.
Squeeze juice from fresh spinach leaves and mix it with the rest of the ingredients. Spread the mixture on the area around the eyes and hold for half an hour. Remove the mask with a cotton swab dipped in warm milk.

Cabbage mask.
Action.
Smoothes wrinkles, refreshes, tones.

Ingredients.
White cabbage leaves - 2 pcs.
Brewer's yeast - ¼ tsp
Honey - 1 tsp
Almond oil - 2 tsp

Application.
Squeeze the juice from the cabbage and combine with the rest of the ingredients. Apply the mask on the area of the eyelids and the skin under the eyes for twenty minutes. Rinse with cool water and apply a nourishing cream.

Apple mask.
Action.
Removes or reduces swelling, refreshes, tones.

Ingredients.
Fresh apple - 1 pc.

Application.
Grind apples, spread the mass on gauze swabs and apply to the skin around the eyes. After fifteen minutes, remove the swabs and wash with cool water. Be sure to lubricate the skin under the eyes after the procedure with a nourishing cream.

Potato mask.
Action.
Relieves swelling, vitamins, refreshes, tightens the skin, removes dark circles.

Ingredients.
Raw potato small - 1 pc.

Application.
Rinse the potatoes thoroughly and dry them, without removing the peel, chop in a blender. Distribute the finished gruel (1 tsp each) into two gauze swabs and apply to the skin around the eyes, pressing down slightly. After fifteen minutes, remove the swabs, and wipe the area under the eyes with a cotton pad dipped in tea leaves, and smear with cream.

Potato-milk mask.
Action.
Removes puffiness and dark circles under the eyes, fortifies.

Ingredients.
Chopped fresh potato mass - 2 tsp.
Flour - 2 tsp
Warm milk - 2 tsp

Application.
Combine all the ingredients in one mass and distribute it in two gauze swabs and apply to the eyelid area. After ten minutes, remove the tampons and wash with cool water. Moisturize the skin after the procedure.

Parsley Root Mask.
Action.
It has a decongestant effect, eliminates dark circles under the eyes.

Ingredients.
Parsley root - 1 pc.

Application.
Chop the parsley root and apply the resulting slurry to the skin around the eyes. After twenty minutes, wash off the composition with warm water, and lubricate the skin with a nourishing cream.

Cucumber mask with sour cream and coriander.
Action.
Stimulates blood circulation in the skin around the eyes, fights bruising and swelling, tones, refreshes, moisturizes.

Ingredients.
Chopped on a fine grater fresh cucumber- 1 tsp
Finely chopped coriander - 1 tsp.
Fatty sour cream - 1 tbsp. l.

Application.
Combine the ingredients into a homogeneous mass, which is applied to the area around the eyes. After fifteen minutes, wash off the composition with cool water and lubricate the skin with cream.

Cucumber mask with sour cream and cinnamon.
Action.
Nourishes, tones, moisturizes loose skin, eliminates circles under the eyes.

Ingredients.
Chopped cucumber - 1 tbsp. l.
Fatty sour cream - 1 tbsp. l.
Cinnamon powder - 1 tsp

Application.
Mix the components, distribute the area around the eyes and leave for fifteen minutes. Wash off the mask with boiled water at room temperature. At the end of the procedure, moisturize the skin with cream.

Bread mask with milk.
Action.
Nourishes, smoothes wrinkles, tones, tightens.

Ingredients.
White bread crumb - 1 slice.
Warm milk - a small amount.

Application.
Soak the crumb in milk until a homogeneous slurry. Distribute the resulting mass on two gauze swabs and apply to the eyelid area, gently pressing down, for fifteen minutes. Then remove the tampons, wash with warm water and apply a nourishing cream.

Potato mask with sea buckthorn oil.
Action.
Nourishes, moisturizes, tones, improves skin elasticity, smoothes fine wrinkles.

Ingredients.
Boiled potato - ¼ part.
Warm milk - 1 tbsp. l.
Sea buckthorn oil ½ tsp

Application.
Mash hot potatoes with milk and butter. Spread the warm mass on gauze swabs (single) and apply to closed eyes. After ten minutes, remove the tampons, wash with warm water, lubricate the skin with a nourishing cream.

Mask with chamomile and arnica.
Action.
Tones, refreshes, soothes, relieves puffiness and irritation.

Ingredients.
Chamomile grass - 1 pinch.
Arnica herb - 1 pinch
Boiling water - 100 ml.

Application.
Herbs combine and pour boiling water. Insist under a lid and a towel for twenty minutes. Soak cotton pads in warm infusion and apply on the eye area for fifteen minutes. After removing the mask, you do not need to wash your face, just additionally moisturize the skin with cream.

Mask with chamomile and linden.
Action.
Eliminates puffiness, relieves inflammation, improves firmness and elasticity, prevents the formation of wrinkles.

Ingredients.
Chamomile herb - 1 tsp
Linden blossom - 1 tsp
Boiling water - 200 ml.

Application.
Mix herbs and pour boiling water, insist under a warm cap for twenty minutes. Soak cotton pads in warm infusion and apply on closed eyes. After twenty minutes, remove the discs, additionally moisturize the skin with cream.

And finally. Before using any mask, be sure to test for the presence of allergic reactions. Masks for the skin around the eyes are an additional supporting procedure for maintaining youthful skin. It is very important to lead healthy lifestyle life, eat right and give up bad habits including squint and frown. In sunny weather, do not forget about special glasses, never go to bed with unremoved makeup. For the rest, live brightly and smile! Good luck!

Facial skin is constantly affected external factors. At the same time, it is sensitive and thin, especially the area around the eyes, and in its own way physiological structure most prone to drying out. Therefore, the first age-related changes appear here. And if you do not moisturize the skin around the eyes, early wrinkles cannot be avoided.

In fact, there are a lot of reasons for dry skin in the eye area and they are caused by external and internal factors.

Internal causes

External causes

TO outward signs include: dust, wind, cold, bright light, dry air, radiation, temperature changes.

If anatomical features and the climate is almost impossible to resist, and it is quite difficult to eliminate diseases on your own, then a number of external causes man creates himself. Moreover, these factors most often provoke the appearance of dry skin around the eyes:

How to prevent dry skin around the eyes, how to properly care

If dryness of the skin of the face and around the eyes is caused by hormonal changes or illness, you must contact the clinic for testing and treatment. Until the body copes with the disease, all other efforts will be in vain.

In other cases, when the reasons are not so serious, it is enough to follow simple rules:

Homemade recipes for moisturizing the skin around the eyes

To make the skin around the eyes moisturized, and, therefore, healthier and younger, are capable of compresses, masks and creams prepared on their own at home. Their recipes are simple. The main thing is to stock up on the necessary natural products and desire, since caring procedures should be carried out regularly.

masks

"Banana"

Banana (without peel) thoroughly mash, add oil, mix and apply. The duration of the mask is 20 minutes.

"Banana-cucumber"

Take equal pieces of banana and fresh cucumber, grind them in a blender. If the mixture is too liquid, squeeze the juice. Lubricate the problem area and keep for about half an hour. The mass can be applied directly to closed eyelids by placing it in small gauze bags.

Stir and apply on the eyelids very carefully so that the product does not get into the eyes. Remove after 15 minutes.

Mix and apply to the problem area for a quarter of an hour.

This tool will not only moisturize the skin, but also make it brighter.

"Orange + Lemon"

Mix all ingredients and apply for 15 minutes

With lemon juice, you must act very carefully, it can cause irritation. If the skin is pale and thinned, this ingredient is best excluded.

"Potato"

Grind the potatoes with a fine grater, add butter and sour cream to this gruel and mix. Apply the mask to the eye area and hold for a third of an hour.

"Egg-honey"

First mix the milk powder with liquid honey to avoid the formation of lumps, then add the yolk and mix everything. It is necessary to keep 20-25 minutes.

Powdered milk can be substituted if desired. oat flour with the same proportions.

"Egg with butter"

Judging by the reviews, this mask is especially effective. And it's very easy to cook. It only takes one quail egg and half a teaspoon vegetable oil. Separate the yolk and mix with olive, linseed, sunflower oil - which is at hand. Hold for a quarter of an hour.

"Blend of oils"

Raise the level of moisture in skin around the eyes will help a mixture of various oils, which are presented in abundance in pharmacies. For this purpose, it is better to purchase essential oils of fennel, dill, parsley, juniper. Take 3 drops of each remedy.

Or take a few drops essential oils sandalwood or neroli and 10 ml wheat germ oil.

Apply the oil composition for 1.5-2 hours, then blot the skin with a napkin without pressure and rubbing.

Cut off a leaf from aloe, cut it into fragments 2 cm long and each piece lengthwise into two parts. Put the resulting plates in a plastic bag and put in the refrigerator. After a week, the product can be used: wipe the skin around the eyes with a piece of aloe.

You can speed up the preparation of the mask. Extract juice from fresh leaf(teaspoon) and mix it with the same amount of vegetable oil.

Masks "Mono product"

To combat dry skin of the eyelids, you can use individual products without adding other components. Deal with it just fine raw potatoes, fresh cucumber, strawberry, apple, banana. Cut a separate fruit or vegetable into thin slices, lie down so that the head is in horizontal position, and apply “tasty” pieces to the eyes for a period of 10 to 30 minutes.

You can also use freshly squeezed juice from these herbal products. This option can be called an "express tool", as it is prepared very simply, but it works surprisingly effectively.

Compresses

One spoon of crushed medicinal herb(dried or fresh) pour 100 g hot water and let it sit for about 30 minutes. Strain the broth and divide into two parts, one slightly warm, the other, on the contrary, cool. cotton pads or wet wipes alternately in cold and warm liquid and apply for several minutes on the eyes.

Herbs are suitable for a compress: sage, chamomile, coltsfoot.

Compresses can be done using ordinary tea bags. To do this, you must first put a few moistened (can be used for brewing) bags in the freezer. Apply warm and cold sachets alternately.

Such products are effective before bedtime, it will moisturize the skin and relieve tension and fatigue from the eyes.

Cream

Pork fat (melted, unsalted) - 1 tablespoon
Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons (preferably olive oil)
Essential oil (apricot, peach) - a few drops

Thoroughly mix the ingredients and place the resulting mass in a jar with a tight lid, you can put it in a container that has been freed from any cream. Apply the mixture to the problem area twice a week in the evenings and do not rinse until morning.

Keep the product in the refrigerator, but not more than a month.

The skin around the eyes is especially sensitive, so when choosing a product to care for it, you need to show attention and caution. Some foods can cause irritation, such as strawberries, lemon, aloe juice, honey.

Therefore, before preparing the mask, it is necessary to conduct an allergy test in advance. Literally a drop of the juice of the component that causes concern, apply with a fingertip to the skin around the eyes. If after a while you feel a burning sensation or a slight redness appears, wipe the area thoroughly. wet wipe. And remove the ingredient from the recipe. Even removing allergenic products from the masks presented above, the products will do an excellent job of moisturizing the skin.

Every woman has in her "arsenal" recipes for face masks. It is important to remember that not all of these products are suitable for the eyelids. Even if the miraculous composition has proven itself in matters of care and beauty, it can be difficult for the eyelids.