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| gently press the skin, rolling the finger gently, working from the inner corner of the eye out. When cleansing makeup from the delicate eye area, use a cotton ball moistened with almond oil. |
| If you want to tighten the eye area after cleansing, apply a light coating of buttermilk. |
| Puffy eyes can be caused by a food allergy, crying or exhaustion. Drinking nettle tea on a regular basis, avoiding allergens and getting enough rest are essential. |
| Home remedies for puffy eyes include lying down (on a slant board if possible) with a thin slice of raw peeled potato, melon, apple, or cucumber over each eye. Cooled moistened tea bags are another option. Use chamomile, cornflower, elderflower, eyebright, marshmallow root and/ or black tea. To make a compress to reduce puffiness in the under eye area, make a tea of any of the preceding herbs, strain and chill. Soak a small clean cloth in the chilled brew and lie down and relax with the compress over the eyes. Or use a cooled used tea bag over each eye. |
| At night, apply a bit of castor oil to the eyelashes to encourage their growth. |
| Eyestrain causes squinting and thus eye wrinkles. If you have to read or study for long periods of time, focus on a distant point once every hour. Gaze out the window or look at a pretty picture on the wall. Don't rub your eyes; exercising them is a much better idea. Try this exercise to firm puffiness: open the eyes wide, then squeeze them shut tightly. Repeat several times. |
| Sun Sensibility |
| Staying out of the sun altogether is the easiest way to avoid sun damage. Of course small amounts of sunshine are essential and can prevent vitamin D deficiency and promote healing and skin growth. Sunbathing can cause |
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