Though we may curse our crow’s feet constantly, the lines around our eyes mark a life full of laughter, love and fun.
But that also doesn’t mean we can’t try our darndest to at least minimise the appearance of eye bags, dark circles and all the other fun signs that come along with age (or lack of sleep, thanks kids).
Lucky for us, eye bags and dark circles are two things we can do something about, with a little help from some skin care tricks.
So pop these in your back pocket the next time you need to look wide-eyed and awake, and your soothed and smoothed peepers will thank you for it.
#1 Try a cold compress
Whether you prefer to pop some spoons in the fridge or be like Kate Moss and plunge your entire face into icy water, a cold compress can help to depuff the eye area, reducing the appearance of bags. The cooling sensation helps to stimulate blood flow and reduce swelling, which can be particularly effective on morning eyes. Our only advice is to never apply ice directly to the skin. Instead, wrap it in a moist towel or cloth if you’re going to try this method.
#2 Seek the help of a superstar product
If you’re after instant visible results (um, yes please), Remescar Instant Wrinkle Corrector and Eye Bags & Dark Circles effectively diminish eye bags and dark circles from the very first application. In fact, both get to work in just minutes. The highly concentrated formula of active ingredients makes these a product like no other, and as such, the application is a little different to most skin care.
To get the best results, follow the step-by-step provided with the chosen product carefully. Key things to remember are to start with clean skin, use the recommended amount and warm it up before applying. After this, you’ll need to keep still and expressionless for 2-3 minutes while the product gets to work.
You’ll know it’s working when you start to see a decrease in fluid retention, a tightening of skin and a reduction of the visibility of dark circles. Sound good? The best part is that it also works well with makeup, providing the perfect prep for a fresh and youthful look.
#3 Colour correct before concealing
Rather than piling on layers and layers of a cover up that matches your skin tone, look to the colour wheel to cancel out your dark circles.
Colour correcting products that have tones of orange or red are typically best for counteracting purple and blues. By applying these underneath your concealer or base makeup, you’ll find you need less product to create a camouflage.
#4 Teach yourself lymphatic drainage techniques
Treating yourself to a lymphatic drainage massage as part of your skin care routine is not only a great act of self care, but it can help with fluid retention in the face too.
So if eye bags are your main bugbear, find yourself a tutorial on YouTube and you’ll soon discover there are plenty of pressure points and movements you can do with your fingers to increase blood flow. Not only will this help nix your under eye bags, but it can depuff other areas of your face too.
Have you tried any of these techniques? What’s your best tip for younger looking eyes?
What a great tip, misfortune8. I’ve tried it and it works! Thank you.
Hydration- heaps of raw fruit and veg daily!
I tap along my orbital bone, working from the inside to outer edges. This makes a surprising difference to puffy eyes.
Colour correcting is something I might try next time I need to cover up. A good nights sleep is important, it really shows on my face if I have too little sleep.
I find using a gua sha helps to depuff my eye area
Stress gives me under eye bags and darkness. Exercise and meditation helps.
Glad to help, maggieball!
Does Remescar come in litre containers…….I’ve got good skin, but I’m struggling with dark circles.
I’ve often wondered if they really do work. Might look into getting one.
Will definitely need to try Remescar Instant Wrinkle Corrector Eye Bags & Dark Circles, sounds like it would be amazing. Need something that works.
A jade roller can help
I’ve found the ordinary’s caffiene solution good for my dark circles, but would be keen to give remescar a go to see if it was more effective
I’d never heard of lymphatic drainage before this article. Great info.
I have eye masks that I keep in the fridge so when I put it on it keeps my eyes cool and it looks much better
Gonna give that tip a go misfortune8 – my eye bags only started appearing a few months ago.
Start young and always be gentle with your eyes. IF I see someone madly rubbing at their eyes it always freaks me out and I want to yell at them to be gentle…LOL
Very encouraging article!! Would love to trial that Remescar if it comes up for trial!!
Concealer & natures instinct DARK CIRCLE + WRINKLE CORRECTION EYE CRÈME are my go to.
Making sleep a priority.
I hope it works for you, Kassalee!
Number 3 I had no idea about
All great tips!
thank you these are great tips to go by and use.
Love that we learnt no.4 from bh at the EA event that night last year when we had a lot of fun pampering ourselves with EA products!! Oh the memories of before Covid! Yes so I do the tricks we learnt that night and I use a special pink quartz gesha tool to do it with too.
lol I know meedee I think ‘yikes, please be a bit more gentle’ in my head!! ; D
Need something for my under eye bags which are hereditary, currently using a face roller and FreezeFrame revitaleyes which help a tiny bit. Have used the ordinary caffeine serum as well for a while.
I’m often told I look tired, even when I’m not. Very self conscious of my eye bags.
I think thats something that I used to tell my girls often. Dont rub your eyes and always wear sunscreen.
I’ve tried the jade roller and prefer a gua sha tool or kansa wand but works best if used over the whole face.
Starting to get crows feet 🙁
Good ideas. I have heard the idea of a cold compress especially with chamomile teabags. Not sure if it works though
I would try the cold compress as a start. The rest I will do after.
need to start these asap
There’s some really good tips here. For me, I think I really just need to stop scrolling on my phone before bed to get more hours of sleep!
Thanks for the great tips.
The Remescar products look really good, I loved reading the reviews and my eyes definitely need help with my saggy eyelids and crows feet
Some good tips here. I think be gentle with your eyes and find a good eye cream.
Love all these tips but No. 2 appeals most.
I suppose Remescar would be a good fix for those days when you want to look extra good. I don’t think it’s a product I’d use every day because I’m more into products that give long term benefits rather than temporary.
Good tips. I’ve also read cold teabags are good
Good tips 🙂
Thanks for the tips.
I think hydration with skincare or eyecare helps a lot or even an eye mask.
That looks like a great brand
Interesting…
I love the tip about lymphatic drainage. I have to try that out
I need more sleep! But it is proving to be elusive.
I think that whatever products you use, once you reach your senior years it is very difficult to look very young and I guess one should be grateful that one has been lucky enough to live a long life.
a very innovative product
Sleep is the best – if you can get enough
good read