Spa-At-Home: Recipes for Puffy Eyes and Dark Circle Remedies
85With stress, age, and insomnia, it's no wonder your eyes look like they do. Every third commercial on television seems to advertise a new miracle eye cream or expensive remedy. The fact is, you can get the same (or better!) results at home, with common household ingredients, without the bother of sorting through the subtleties of the mass of products on store shelves, or shelling out a wad from your wallet.
Try these simple, at-home recipes for spa-quality eye treatments. You'll be amazed at, and rejuvanated by, the results.
Green Tea Cucumber Slices
A variation on the traditional cucumber remedy, with twice the results.
Ingredients:
- ½ cucumber
- 1 green tea bag
Instructions:
Brew green tea, steep, chill. Slice cucumber and add to green tea. Refrigerate until cool. Place soaked cucumber slices over eyes for 10 minutes.
Potato Puffiness Cure Cream
Moisturize and soothe your eyes with this simple recipe.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 raw potato
- 1 tsp urea-free moisturizer
Instructions:
Peel potato, grate finely. Measure 2 teaspoonfuls into moisturizer, mix well. Apply liberally around eyes, cover with damp cotton pads or gauze. Let rest 10 minutes. Rinse with cool water.
Sour Cream & Parsley Pillows
Reduces puffiness and increases circulation.
Ingredients:
- 2 tsp sour cream
- 1 tsp fresh parsley
- 2 squares cheesecloth
Instructions:
Chop parsley finely, mix into sour cream. Place half of mixture into the middle of each square of cheese cloth, fold into "pillows," put one on each eye for 10-15 minutes.
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Easy Herbal Compress
A nightly treatment for ongoing eye care.
Ingredients:
- 1 tsp sage
- 1/2 cup water
Instructions:
Boil water, steep sage leaves for 10 minutes. Strain, separate water into two bowls. Soak two gauze pads or cotton balls in each bowl, and put one bowl in the refrigerator, then alternate application to eyes: 10 minutes warm, 10 minutes cool.
Alternatively, try substituting chamomile or dill weeds for sage.
Avocado-Almond Rinse
A rich masque for your eyes.
Ingredients:
- 5 drops almond oil
- 3 slices ripe avocado
Instructions:
Blend almond oil into avocado, smear around eyes. Rest 5 minutes. Rinse with cool water.
Other Tips
For immediate relief of irritated eyes, mix a teaspoon of salt with 3/4 cup filtered water and flush the entire area.
If you know that you tend to have problems with puffy or dark-circled eyes, take extra care to avoid the things that irritate them. Drink plenty of water. If you work a desk job, take breaks of at least 60 seconds from staring at the computer screen every 15 minutes during the day.
The best cure for puffy eyes is the simplest, yet somehow the hardest to achieve: Get more sleep.
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Comments
Yay! Thanks for the tips and recipes ;)
These are all great recipes - Thanks!
Thanks for the tips! My aunt and I are giving my grandma a spa at home for her birthday, so these will come in handy.
I like the tips.tanks and i will work for it
These are awesome recepies can,t wait to start using them. Thank you!
thanks for the tips and recipes! ive been needeing some fatigued eye remedies! THANKYOU
Wow Maddie, yet another great hub from you.
I'll have to try out some of these home spa recipes and see for myself.
Need a little rejuvenation today!
Cheers
Going to try the sour cream and parsley pillow tonight! Thank you for the tips!
Awesome remedy recipes - thanks!
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awesome hub!
O! thank u so much fOr posting these thinGs!
i hOpe tO use this with me and get great results!
God bless u and mOre Power!
Natural is best! I think I'll try the potatoes with the sour cream and parsley, then I'll eat them. Thank you for the info.
ilove these! ima use em all for my upcoming bday party/sleepover!
These sound interesting! Thanks for another good hub.
good and useful tips ----------thanks!
thanks so much! i had really puffy eyes but the green tea cucumber slices worked
thanks for the great tips!
Your recipes sound great. Can't wait to try them!!
It's ya boy Chris Breezy trust me it works
nothing beats the cucumber slices for me. they're cool and refreshing.
Gave this presentation to my class covering Stress management; Trust me these remedies really work. Thanks
Good tips !Thank you !
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Kim
i would also try with aloe vera related products and also castor oil related ointments.
i used to have similar problems and as i said these two ingredients helped me a lot!
rebecca smith
Great tips thanks Can't wait to give a few of them a try.
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thanks for this beautiful tips.I use this tips and i get great result for it.Thank u thank u sooooooooooooooo much.
lenkir says:
2 years ago
Very interesting and well written- organized, straight forward and clear.