Eye Circles Masks
Many folk remedies have been created to help remove circles or bruises around the eyes. One of the most effective remedies should be considered raw and boiled potatoes.
The following will be presented the most effective and easy-to-prepare masks:
- Place two slices of peeled raw potatoes over the eyes so that they are completely covered. In this position, you need to lie for about 20 minutes. It is also permissible to prepare a mask from mashed potatoes, which should be cooled down during use. A similar mask is applied for 20 minutes, after which the residues are washed off the skin with warm water;
- Raw potatoes are grated on a fine grater, after which two teaspoons are mixed with one spoonful of olive oil or some other oil. The skin next to the eyes is smeared with this oil and only after that it is permissible to apply the mass. After a maximum of half an hour, the mask must be washed off with strongly brewed green or black tea, diluted 50% with warm water;
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One raw potato without peel is grated. The final mass is mixed in equal amounts with oat flour (half a teaspoon is recommended). A small ratio of milk is added to the solution to form a thick slurry, and after that the mask can be applied to the skin near the eyes for 25 minutes.
In addition to potatoes, you can use cottage cheese, tea and even walnuts:
- The first of the components makes it possible to remove circles under the eyes, if you rub it with a spoon, and then apply it on the eyes for no more than 25 minutes. The excess is removed with a cotton swab, which must previously be soaked in chilled tea;
- With blue around the eyes, they make lotions from cooled tea, and also apply the already used tea bags;
- Peeled walnuts are ground to a flour consistency in a coffee grinder. Two tablespoons of the resulting product are mixed with one and a half tablespoons of softened butter. Also add a few drops of uncanned lemon or pomegranate juice there. Apply the mass to the skin next to the eyes and leave for half an hour, then wash off with a little warm water.
Masks made from fresh cucumbers or using parsley will be no less effective:
- The cucumbers are rubbed on a fine grater, then take at least half a tablespoon of the mass and add to it an equal ratio of finely chopped either parsley or coriander (cilantro). Then 50% of a spoonful of sour cream is added, everything is mixed and laid out on the eyes. After no more than 15 minutes, the mass should be washed off with warm water. It will also be equally useful to lie down with cucumber circles for about half an hour;
- Chop the leaves and parsley stalks as much as possible. After one spoonful of herbs is mixed with two tablespoons of softened butter. This is done to form a creamy homogeneous composition. The presented type of mixture is recommended to be applied before going to bed, while rubbing thoroughly;
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One spoon of finely chopped parsley is poured over 50% of a glass of boiling water and infused for 15-20 minutes. Next, two cotton pads are moistened in a warm infusion and applied to the eyes, not pressing hard. It is recommended to do this while lying down. You should lie with such a mask for at least 20 minutes, and then wash off the remnants with cold water;
- One tablespoon of chopped parsley (any of its parts) is ground with two tablespoons of high-fat cottage cheese. You should also add a little milk (instead of dairy ingredients, you can use half a tablespoon of sour cream). Apply the mask directly to the dark circles around the eyes and leave for a while, after which it is necessary to wash with water at room temperature or a weak tea leaves.
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In addition, you can always resort to such simple recipes as:
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One teaspoon of dried sage is poured into 1/2 cup boiling water, covered with a lid and left for at least half an hour. The resulting tincture is filtered and poured into two parts. One of them can be frozen, and the other should be heated. Make sure that both parts are used at the same time. After that, a cotton pad is moistened in a hot infusion, the area around the eyes is wiped, and then wiped with the resulting ice. This procedure should be performed six more times. This contrast effectively removes dark circles and puffiness in the eyelid area. According to a similar recipe, you can resort to an infusion from a mixture of one spoonful of dried chamomile flowers with an equal ratio of dill;
- Cornflower and rosemary infusion is also an excellent preparation made with two tablespoons of fresh or dried cornflower pieces (one spoonful of rosemary can be used instead). All this is poured with a glass of boiling water and insisted for 20 minutes. This solution is used in the same way as the infusion presented earlier. It should be kept in a cool place for several days, and warmed up immediately before use;
- Ice, which is prepared from tea leaves, will be no less effective. To do this, pour a glass of boiling water over one teaspoon of black or green tea. Also, the mask can be prepared from infusions of dried herbs, for example, sage, chamomile and cornflower flowers, dill or parsley. The application of this mask is extremely simple - the solution is used to wipe clean skin next to the eyes. This is done daily in the morning and evening;
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Freshly harvested mallow leaves are moistened in cooled milk and applied to the eyes for at least a quarter of an hour. You can also warm up the milk and, after waiting for it to cool completely, moisten cotton pads in it, apply them to your eyes. After 15 minutes, the mask is washed off with mineral water;
- A crumb of white bread is taken, which is moistened in cooled milk to a state of gruel. The mass is applied to the eyes in large quantities and left for 20 minutes. Then it is removed with cotton wool, which should be dipped in cooled milk. If you do such a mask often enough, then the circles under the eye area, if they are not caused by pathological conditions, will disappear very soon.
The author of the article: Sokolova Nina Vladimirovna | Phytotherapist
Education: Diploma in "General Medicine" and "Therapy" received at the Pirogov University (2005 and 2006). Advanced training at the Department of Phytotherapy at the Peoples' Friendship University of Moscow (2008).
