TLC for eyes – ten tips for younger looking skin

Buying the best anti aging eye cream in the world won’t do you much good unless you give the delicate skin around your eyes some good old fashioned Tender Loving Care.

Younger looking skin doesn’t just happen.

The skin around the eye area is much thinner than anywhere else on your face. You probably know that already – it’s the first place most of us start noticing lines and wrinkles.

Not only is the under eye skin more vulnerable to skin aging but it’s probably the part of your face that gets the harshest treatment.

Foundation, concealer, eye shadow, mascara, eye liner, eyebrow pencil – you probably put at least some of this lot near your eyes every day.

The real trouble for your skin of course comes when you have to take it off at night and when you’re rushing to apply your make up in the mornings.

That’s when the worst damage can be done. But if you want to prevent eye wrinkles, sagging and bags then you must take time and follow an extra gentle skin care regimen for your under eye area.

Here’s ten handy tips to keep the skin around your eyes wrinkle free for as long as possible.

1. Keep a handy supply of Q-tips on the dressing table. Moisten a Q-tip with eye make up remover and use to remov mascara or eye shadow smudges without pulling or rubbing skin.
2. Wear non-waterproof mascara – you’re much more likely to pull and damage the delicate skin trying to remove waterproof mascara.
3. Buy a gentle but effective eye make up remover Try Ahava Gentle Eye Make up Removeror True Gentle Eye Make Up Remover. Both are excellent at dissolving even the harshest mascara quickly and without dragging or pulling
4. Avoid using a facial cleanser for your eyes.  Many facial cleansers won’t dissolve mascara, will be too heavy for and may sting your eyes.
5. Use natural cotton wool pads to take off your eye make up – not paper tissues which will scratch the delicate surface of the under eye skin.
6. Saturate the cotton wool pad with your eye make up remover before applying – dry cotton wool fibers can stick to your eye make up and get in your eyes.
7. Wipe gently downwards to remove eye make up.
8. Buy a good anti aging eye cream.Cellex C Eye Contour Cream or DDF Erase Eye Gel are both excellent. Apply eye cream sparingly – too much and you overload the skin causing sagging and puffiness.
9. Apply eye cream to the eye socket area only.  Don’t put your eye cream near the base of the eyelid or under the lash area.
10. Use tapping to reduce puffiness.  Apply eye cream with a light tapping motion follow the orbital bone around the eye area.  Use the tips of your  fingers until all the eye cream is absorbed. Tapping helps drain fluid and will gently stimulate the skin.

Make these your ten golden rules of eye care and you’ll be surprised how quickly you and others will start to notice the difference.

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