Wednesday, October 15, 2008

More Eye Cream Tips!

Eye Cream Product Guide
Jen Hopkins

Everybody has a first time, and not all those are good, especially with cosmetic products. Used the wrong way, could do more damage than good, aging you for a good five years more, exactly the thing you were avoiding. The first few products I tried, wasn’t exactly my best experience, so I learned to do a little more research on the net, my friends, and my doctor, then came up with a more or less harmless way of testing eye creams.

1. Test
Testing may be an obvious initial move for some people, but sometimes, women, and even men get too excited to use a product, they forget that everyone has different skin types, and testing is necessary. Remember that the skin around the eyes are very sensitive, before using any product on it, try it on other skin areas. I read somewhere and would most definitely recommend the skin under the arms, they’re also very sensitive. If it works, move on to the face, and if it’s still good, then proceed to the eyes, and keep close monitoring on it for any negative, or positive reactions.

2. Low Concentration
If available, choose the one with the lowest concentration and use that instead. High concentrations often have bad reactions in that area. If I don’t get anything, I usually proceed with higher concentrations until I get the good results, without the irritation.

3. Specialized versions
The wrinkle cream you’re using most probably has a specialized formula, just for the eyes. Use that one instead. In most cases, the products on that line would have more moisturizer, and is less irritating, just right for the eyes.

4. Discontinue use
If some minor irritation occurs, you can try the healing agents in the market. I use the copper peptide creams, look for it in the ingredients. If the irritation persists, or if the irritation is significant, please do stop. It would be harder to get rid of the lines if more damage is done.


Pre-Eye Cream Kitchen Remedies
By Best Eye Cream

These may not be guaranteed solutions, but I love home remedies on solving skin problems, or just for pure beautifying routines. Some of these tips I got from my friends, those who spend most of their time in the kitchen. If you run out of your favorite eye cream, or waiting for the next delivery, you can't just get through the days without doing anything to maintain your skin's health. These regimens can help assist your eye creams, and the best of all, they're all natural, straight from your kitchen.

Reduce Eye Puffiness - The favorite cucumber to take away the puffiness in the eyes. Get a quarter of cucumber and slice them thinly. Before putting the cucumber on your eyelids, spritz your eyes with water. Allow the cucumber to remain in your eyes for ten minutes while you lie back and relax.

Tighten Baggy Eyes - To tighten the bags under the eyes, slice ¼ raw potato in thin slices, spritz your eyes with water, and allow them to remain on your eyes for ten minutes or more. Basically similar to our puffiness regimen, only this time with a different vegetable.

Reduce Crow's Feet - Crows feet is a bit more difficult to reduce. No more slicing this time. For this regimen, beat 1 egg white until soft peaks are nearly formed. Dab the solution around your eye, along the cheekbone and outer eye area. Allow it to settle and let it remain for 10 minutes. After the specified time, removing the film requires a little more effort than the previous two. Just spray the applied area with water, and then use a cotton ball dipped in cool water, or a soft washcloth to slowly wipe it off. Be careful of the applied pressure, or we may create new lines instead of reducing them.

Thicken Eyelashes - This is a bonus. Not necessarily an eye problem, but will also help with your overall appearance. To get thicker and healthier eye lashes, simply dab a cotton swab with castor bean oil, then apply on the lashes, the oil may be allowed to remain the entire day. Repetition of this will help lashes become thicker, and healthier looking.

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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Wrinkles=Expensive Treatments?

Wrinkles are not pleasant marks on your young face so in order to eliminate it your immediate reaction is a treatment from your doctor. Botox, dermabrasion, laser treatment, and expensive anti- aging products that promises quick and instant results are some of the rampant temporary solutions you are presented without informing you of their possible harmful threats.

Botox may pose various complications to your health especially if you go with the cheap botox promos. You could be using a diluted version of botox and this can harm your health in the future.

Laser treatments pose a risk of scarring, burning, hyper-pigmentation, and may cause dormant viruses to be triggered leading to a more serious infection.

Dermabrasion peels your wrinkled skin but exposes your young fragile skin to external threats such as bacteria.

These wrinkle treatments don’t help with your cell renewal. They simply rub off your old wrinkled skin but the main cause inside your body is still active and will still produce wrinkled skin in a few weeks. Don’t you wonder why you are advised to maintain these expensive treatments? That’s because if you don’t, wrinkled skin will still appear and you’re back to your wrinkled face. You’re wasting money for expensive temporary and harmful solutions instead of targeting the main cause deep inside your skin.

Friday, August 29, 2008

Baggy Eyes

Baggy eyes are different from other eye problems, ergo, treating baggy eyes and reducing the bags are also very different.

Baggy eyes are the result of fat build up in the delicate eye area. When this happens, the thin layer that envelops the eye called septum becomes weak and tends to sag. This layer results to the layer of fat, drooping, with a bag-like appearance.

For baggy eyes, eye creams or eye gels that promote elasticity would be best. These cosmetic products may help with minimizing the bags, but, for extreme cases, plastic surgery may be necessary.

Monday, August 18, 2008

Wrinkle Creams Tips and Products

Here is a blog and an article I found about wrinkles, eye problems, and tips on how to avoid them. Feel free to go over the two!

Eye Care Beauty - Kitchen Remedies
If you run out of your favorite eye cream, or waiting for the next delivery, you can't just get through the days without doing anything to maintain your skin's health. These regimens can help assist your eye creams, and the best of all, they're all natural, straight from your kitchen.

Anit-Aging Skin Care
Everyone of us tries to preserve our healthy looking skin by using various anti aging skin care products. Our busy lifestyle can cause stress and can lead to aging. This is the reason why most women are more concerned with their appearance and are willing to invest more money on a skin care product.

Repair Sun Damaged Wrinkles
Sun damage is one of the greatest causes of eye wrinkles, dark spots on the eyes, and basic skin damage. The sun and the damage it produces on the skin is actually easily avoided by sun block and hats, but unfortunately, as children, we don’t really realize these, nor do our parents. Thus, we end up with minor wrinkles and discolorations even during our 20’s. The good news is, as easily as it is avoided, given that the sun damage is not as extreme as hoped, it can be repaired slowly.

Friday, August 15, 2008

Life Cell Free Trial

Life Cell Trial

Whenever I visit anti wrinkle or eye cream sites, I love trial offers because it gives us a chance to actually see if the product really works for us or not. It’s also proof of the kind of trust the company has for their product, and not just backed by their own opinion of what effects their cream has to offer. With that singular move, they’ve already proven their worth and honesty of not just wanting to rob us of cash. This is why I was ecstatic when I saw this post on an eye cream reviews site.

I've seen it virtually eliminate dark circles from under eyes, reduce puffiness, remove bags from under the eyes, and get rid of wrinkles and fine lines around the eyes over and over again.

It is really good stuff.

This is also good:

Positives:

  • People often come back to me after buying it and they always say it worked for them
  • Real testimonials from real people
  • Before and after photos
  • 120 day, 100% Guarantee
  • Real life alternative to botox
  • Medically backed
  • Contains Dithiolane-3-Pentanic Acid, Idebenone, Ascorbyl Palmitate (the good kind of vitamin C), Deanol, Acetyl Hexapeptide-3 (alternative to botox)
  • Try it free for 30 days (they don't even charge your card for 30 days)
  • Order by internet, phone, check
  • 2 day priority shipping”

But I liked this part the best, I agree with the cheesy looking website by the way:

Negatives:
- It's expensive. It's also the best.
- Their website is really cheezy looking

Monday, July 28, 2008

Avoid Puffiness, Avoid Wrinkles

One of the main causes of fine wrinkles around the eyes is eye puffiness. When we suffer from puffiness of the eyes, the skin expands because of the excess fluid in the soft tissues around the eyes, so if you wish to avoid wrinkles, one of the best ways is to avoid puffiness. Here are 4 simple tips you can follow to avoid these beauty hazards:

  1. No more midnight drinking

I’m not referring to just alcohol here people, this includes all liquids like water. Drinking in general is actually healthy, we all know this, but during sleep, the body is at a relaxed state. The liquids taken in before the sleeping mode are retained in the body, and the swelling occurs causing puffiness.

  1. Sleep on your back

Gravity is powerful, and the constant pull, thought very gradual, produces effects on our skin. Lying face down allows gravity to pull on the facial vessels causing the eye puffiness. Sleeping on your back though, helps alleviate the problem.

  1. Less salt

Salt does not only come when we choose to pick up salt shakers. We also have to be careful with processed food, usually high in salt. Sodium chloride, popularly known as salt, retains water in our body, and as we have mentioned, retained water causes the puffy eyes.

  1. Use teabags

Teabags may probably be the most useful popular tip against puffy eyes. Tea acts as an astringent for our face, as well as tightens it because of the caffeine which helps drain the fluids. Just steep the teabags, place them in the fridge for half an hour before placing them on your closed eyes!