23 Most Useful Eye Care Tips

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One of the most attractive features of your face, the eyes is your strongest asset. They smile, they laugh, they cry and at times they are sly too. So when your eyes have so many things to do for you, it’s your responsibility in turn to make them look beautiful. The makeup you do to your eyes usually hides all your emotions. So isn’t it better to make your eyes look beautiful in a natural way? If your eyes are beautiful, they’ll speak volumes for the opposite person to understand without your saying anything at all.Eyes are one of the most powerful tools a woman can have. With one look, she can relay the most intimate message. After this connection is made, words cease to exist!

In today’s world, with the work load and studies, your eyes have lost their natural beauty. You get dark circles, puffiness, redness, itchiness, wrinkles and what not. Even after waking up in the morning, your eyes look tired and dull because of the dark circles and under eye bags. And you use plasters of makeup to cover them up. Why spoil your delicate eye area with cosmetics? We have some very inexpensive eye care tips for you to take care of your eyes.

Dark Circles:

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Don’t they make your eyes look ugly and all fatigued? You can know more about why dark circles appear here. These are the best eye care tips ever!

Eye Tip 1: Tea bags

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Apply plain cool teabags over closed eyes. Don’t use herbal teabags, because most aren’t as effective.

Eye Tip 2: Chilled cotton balls

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Dip cotton balls in chilled water and keep for 5-10 minutes on your eyes.

Eye Tip 3: Cucumber

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Cucumbers work wonders and is easily one of the best eye care tips that we can give you!
Place two slices of cucumber over your eyes and rest for a while. Besides its cooling properties, it also helps to lighten dark circles.

Some more Eye Care tips for dark circles

Looking for a few more options? Here they are!

Eye Tip 4: Cucumber juice

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• Extract cucumber juice by grating them and squeezing them through a muslin cloth.
• Dip cotton pads in the juice for 2 mins.
• Place on eyelids and darkened area.
• Relax for 15 mins and then remove.

Continue this procedure for 2 to 3 days and you will see remarkable results!

Eye Tip 5: Tomato pulp, turmeric, and lime juice and gram flour

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• Mix t tsp of tomato pulp, pinch of turmeric, ½ tsp of lime juice and 1 tsp of gram flour till it becomes a paste
• Apply gently on eye lids and darkened area
• Let it be for half an hour
• Remove gently with moist cotton pads

Follow this for a week for best results.

Eye Tip 6: Almond oil and lime juice

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• Alternate hot and cold compress under your eyes for 10 minutes.
• Then apply a teaspoon of almond oil mixed with half teaspoon of lime juice on the dark surface every night before going to bed.

This is a good beauty tip that can be tried at home for dark circles.

Eye Tip 7: Rose water

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Do they require a special mention when it comes to eye care tips? Multi-faceted and multi-talented. The rejuvenating feature of rose water can be also effective to reduce dark circles!

• Just apply cotton balls soaked in rose water on closed eyes for 15 minutes or so.

This method is considered to be one of the most popular and easiest cures for dark circles. This tip is so convenient that you can do it anywhere and everywhere even if you are on a flight. Share this beauty tip with your friends also!

Here is a detailed tutorial on hiding dark circles.

Sunken eyes

Sunken eyes are an illusion when you have dark circles all around your eyes. Try these simple eye care tips to delete them out of your life. 

Beauty tips for sunken eyes:

Eye Tip 8: honey and Almond oil

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• Mix 1 tsp of honey with ½ tsp of almond oil.
• Apply at bedtime.

You’ll see results over a period of time.

Eye Tip 9: Almonds and milk

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• Soak 5 almonds overnight.
• Next day, first thing in the morning, peel the almonds and eat them by chewing well.
• Follow with a glass of milk.

Practicing this for 21 days should definitely help.

These tips will certainly make sunken eyes a dread of the past for you.

Puffy eyes:

Why wake up every morning with swollen and red eyes giving others the impression that you either spent the night crying or drinking? Follow these eye tips. You will certainly look fresh.

Beauty tips for puffy eyes

Eye Tip 10: Cucumber/ potato pulp with basil tea

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• Slice or grate small raw potatoes or cucumber and blend to fine consistency. Strain juice and preserve pulp.
• Prepare a cup of basil tea and the pulp to it.
• Pour the mixture into ice tray and make cubes.
• Dab them onto puffy eyes.
• Rinse and then pat dry.

Eye Tip 11: Chilled spoon

Yes you read it right. We are talking about using a chilled spoon here!

• Place a rounded spoon in the fridge for a few minutes.
• Once cold, pull it out and hold it against the puffy portion.

This is very effective in reducing puffiness!

Eye Tip 12: Cold compress

You can make cold compress either out of cold water or bags of ice cubes. When you feel them warm up, dip either in cold water or add more ice depending what you are using.

• Place the cold compress on your eyes.
• Repeat till the puffiness drains out.

Eye Tip 13: Tea Bags

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The natural astringents in tea i.e. tannins work wonders in reducing puffiness!

• Warp a tea bag around a tissue.
• And place them on closed eyes. 

Special beauty tips for eyes for those using computers or contact lens:

Computers play a very important role today. There is hardly any work we can do without this electronic machine. And lenses have become a part of fashion for most modern women. Like bags and shoes, they use lens as their accessory. But the harm that these two objects cause when used without care is ignored!
Here are few tips to help rest your eyes.

When you are in front of a computer:

Eye Care Tip 14: After every 20 to 30 mins of staring at the screen, look at something distant and blink several times. This improves your ability to focus.

Eye Care Tip 15: When on a computer, the number of times we blink tends to reduce. Make it a point to blink frequently to avoid dryness of eyes.

Eye Care Tip 16: Splash water on your face every time to take a break. This will not only refresh you but it will also cool your eyes down.

Eye Care Tip 17: Step away from the screen when you take a break.

Eye Care Tip 18: Fix an anti-glare shield to the monitor on your system or use anti-glare glasses when you work. You can also adjust the direction to ensure that you see the least of glare on your screen.

When you are using your lens:

Eye Care Tip 19: The first and foremost job of contact lens users is to keep their lens clean.

Eye Care Tip 20: Change your lens solution every 2-3 days.

Eye Care Tip 21: If your lens is troubling you, its time you visit a doctor at the earliest.

Eye Care Tip 22: Wash your eyes properly with cold water after you remove your lenses.

Eye Care Tip 23: You may also use 2-3 drops of rose water on your eyes for a soothing effect. Aren’t these eye tips simple and easy? They make your life better giving you a wonderful sight.

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