Under eye dark circles is the most common thing that can be seen in almost every individual. Around nine out of ten people have dark circles under the eyes.
Causes of Dark Circles
The various causes of the dark circles under eyes are:
- Age: With the preceding age the skin becomes thinner and the veins under the eyes become more prominent.
- Fatigue / Lack of Sleep
- Stress or depression
- Nutrient deficiency – lack of balanced diet can cause various deficiencies in the body and ultimately the under eye circles
- Hyper pigmentation
- Sun exposure
- Excess use of drugs and medicines
Home Remedies for Dark Circles
Apply a paste made from a teaspoon of tomato juice, half teaspoon lemon juice, a pinch of turmeric powder and a pinch of gramflour. Keep it for 10 minutes. This is very effective and one of the famous home remedies for dark circles under eyes.
Eight hours of sleep is necessary and recommended for all.
Apply cucumber or potato juice on the eyes with cotton balls. This is a very useful dark circles remedy.
Apply a mixture of lemon and tomato juice on the dark circles twice a day. Good Home Remedy for Dark Circles.
Application of used cold tea bag will soothe the eyes and cure dark circles of the eyes. Another Good Home Remedy for Dark Circles.
Drink tomato juice with some mint leaves, lemon juice and salt. This is a good diet for dark circles.
Make a mixture of lemon juice, cucumber juice and lanolin cream, apply under the eyes and keep for 10-15 minutes. This remedy is very simple and good home remedies for dark circles under eyes
Use sunglasses when going out in sun to protect the eyes from the harmful rays.
Drinking good amount of water also helps in lightening the dark circles under the eyes.
Apply a paste of turmeric powder with pineapple juice for treatment of dark circles under the eyes. This is very effective home remedy for dark circles under eyes.
To reduce the puffiness and dark circles of the eyes apply freezed cucumber juice. Good home remedies for Dark Circles.
Dark circles remedy - Almond oil is considered best in removing the dark circles. Massage the area with the oil at night before going to bed.
Application of cream with vitamin E and C also helps in reducing the dark circles.
Apply crushed mint leaves under the eyes for 20 minutes. This is a very effective dark circles cure.
Sarvangasana is the best yoga posture to reduce puffiness and dark circles of the eyes and it should be performed daily. Among yogic kriyas Jal Neti is the most beneficial and should be done 5 times a week.
Massage with almond oil under and around eyes at bed time daily for 3 weeks. This is effective in reducing dark circles around eyes and is also one of the good natural remedies for dark circles under eyes.
Keep cotton balls dipped in rose water under the eyes for 10 minutes daily.
Diet for dark circles - Eat vegetables and fruits that are rich in vitamin E for healthy eyes.
The cream applied under the eyes should not be left for longer time.
User Recommended Home Remedies for Dark Circles:
Vitamin C and Iron: Vitamin C and iron together help to reduce the dark circles under your eyes. Eat skinless chicken and red, yellow and orange peppers. These are rich in both and will help in reducing dark circles. - Veena Gupta
Make a mixture of crushed almonds with a few drops of milk to form a paste. apply under eyes every morning for ten minutes. - Shaneela
Everyone needs a different amount of time for sleep, there are average times for men women and children, however you will need to gage your own time. Once you have When you sleep this amount of time you won' have dark circles
but i do and it sucks.
remedy??
2 tsp. lemon juice
1 tsp flour
6 drops tomato juice
1 pinch turmeric powder
1 liquid vitamin E capsule
pierce the capsule and mix the juice with all of these ingredients. it should make a paste. apply to your face and leave on for 10-20 minutes. rinse off, alternating warm and cold water.
ive also heard of these ingredients working wonders to those bags and circles:
banana, vitamin K, vasaline, fish oil capsule, yeast, honey, unflavored gelatin, milk,cucumber, potato, oatmeal powder, almond oil
its not a bad idea to try to make your own personal recipe.
i hope i helped someone
The below is a home remedy I created myself and it does work.
1. Wash the face with a mild soap using warm water and gently pat your face with a face clothe ( do not rub the face or dry completely leave face moiste.
2. Use an exfolient and gently with a cotton ball cleanse above the and below pat dry with a dry cotton ball ( do not dry completely leave top and bottom of eye moiste.
3. Use a facial moisterzier under both the top and bottom of the eye and gently rub in a circular motion.
4. Take 5 slices of cucumber apiece of 1" long Aloe and 2 green tea packets ( empty the tea ) and put all into a blender.
5. Add 1oz of rosewater into the blender and put blender speed crush. Crush until is find then blend for 30 seconds.
6. Take ingrediants and gently apply to bottom on the eye rubbing in slow circular motions.
7. Leave on eyes for approx 30 minutes.
8. After the 30 minutes are up use warm water to rinse off and gently pat the eye dry.
NOTE: This works for me and others I have recommend it to but please keep in mind that this is something that needs to be done when you have the time and atleast 3 times a week for several weeks. You will however notice a slight change in the darkness of the cirlces to be a little lighter.
APPLYING CONCEALER, COVER-UP AND POWDER
When applying make up.
1. Use a concealer that is a shade lighter than your cover-up and gently blend in a circular motion.
2. The use a yellow and a blue concealer under the eye and gently blend in a circular motion.
3. When putting your cover-up on do not blend in by your eyes. ( being the cover-up is darker than the concealer if you blend in under the eye you will make the cirlces darker because of the cover-up.
4. Lightly dust the facial powder onto your face and under the eye.
DRAWING ATTENTION TO THE UPPER PART OF YOUR EYE AND NOT THE BOTTOM
1. Use a liquid eyeliner on the top eyelid not the bottom. You need to use black and black only.
2. Do not use shades pink and purple eye shadows. By doing do will then enhance the dark circles under your eyes.
3. Do not put mascara on your bottom lashes once again this will draw attention to the bottom of your eyes
Im 15 now and they are terrible.
No matter how much I sleep they dont seem to fade.
I have tried ice, and keep spoons in the fridge but they just get rid of the puffiness not the actuall dark circles.
I go through a concealer a week and its becoming quite expensive and it doesnt stay on throughout the day.
I also read that its genetic but no one in my family has them.
Is there a cheap, effective way of getting rid of them as they really make me lack confidence.
And whats the best food which contains a lot of fibre as i lack that too.
Thanks.
xxx
But this fantastic solution worked for me.. and i want to share it with you also! Because it really does work =P
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Mix honey and flour to form a sloppy mixture.. along with a few drops of lemon juice! Add water to allow it to become just that little less solified and apply below your eyes! Keep it on until the flour hardens and starts to crumble. This should be about 10-15 minutes. Once its off.. wash your face with warm water! Apply every day- have a fixed time! I used to do it every evening =D.. And you'l have the WOW-FACTOR in no time!
Look beautiful.. Feel beautiful [X]
one word...HYLEXIN!!! it'll cost ya $95 but...works wonders...just apply under the eyes 'dark circles', see the difference in a couple of days to a week!
it's easy and it actually works!!!
I bought Hylexin for $100 and used it for 8 months now and it did not help one bit! So home remedys are the way to go. Until you've done them all don't waste your money.
I have large dark circles AROUND eyes.
Very hard for me to get more then 7 hours sleep a night.
can one please email me a sure enough way to rid this embarrising look from my face. I also have very pale face and skin in general. 30/m needs help. please
is there a way to get rid of them with out putting gross stuff on your eyes????
(the coffe mixed with cold water)
its a quick fix though, and not permanent.
Gd luck
A yellow tinted stick concealer (best is Physician's Formula Gentle Cover Concealer Stick in Yellow). Apply it as much as needed to cover any dark areas. Then apply a slightly lighter shade (than you would use on the entire face) of liquid foundation over the under eye area and blend. Next, take a mineral foundation (I use Physician's Formula Talc-Free Mineral Wear Loose Powder) and dust it over the under eye area (this mineral loose powder also works wonders on the whole face and gives it a nice glow). If after those steps the under eye area is too light to match the rest of your face, simply take your bronzer and lightly sweep it under your eyes but make sure to blend the bronze color to match the rest of your face for a nice summery glow and no dark circles! Hope it works for ya'll!
COTTON WOOL SOAKED IN COLD MILK WITH ICE, LEAVE ON EYES FOR 10 MINUTES
OR
CUCUMBER MUSH MIXED WITH COLD YOGHURT FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES
OR
TEA BAGS MIXED WITH ICY COLD WATER LEFT ON EYES FOR ABT 10 MINUTES
OR
HONEY MIXED WITH YOGHURT AND A BIT OF TEA WATER, APPLY FOR 15 MINUTES!
and please try all of these things b4 you try something iccky like some of the examples above...
k GOOD LUK!
I always use tea bags for my dark circles.
Never leave a cream overnight on your eyes ,it makes it worse
im gonna try the tea bags n the milk with honey thing..
hope it works..i'll let yall knw..
btw thanks for those suggestions .every1!!
Thanx
*Milk
*Flour
*2 egg yolks
*Melted Chocolate
*Molasses
*Grated cheddar cheese
*Tomato Juice
*Minced Garlic
*Lime Juice
*Rose Water
Apply it on twice daily, i swear it works!!!
I hate these dark circles...they really make a person look unattractive. I hesitate to make eye contact with people....I hope it helps... :)
DARK CIRCLES SUCK!
Try this :
GET TWO TEABAGS. SOAK THEM IN HOT WATER THEN OUT IN FRIDGE FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES. TAKE THEM OUT AND PLACE ON EYES FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES. THEN CUT TWO SLICES OF POTATO AND SOAK IN TEA JUICE PLACE IN EYES FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
This really helps the colour fade.
Hope i helpedd, xx
I'm very busy and i hardly have any time to sit around. Also, i need stuff that i'd find sitting around in my cupboard, not some crazy chemical i've never heard of before. I'd really appreciate some help.
thanks a lot(:
TRY IT IT WORKSS
!!! GOODLUCKKK
but i have a double wammy. my facial structure causes my eyes but be sunk in i guess you could say and my skin there is really thin.
*mix nutmeg and milk together
it is a get way to reduce the bags
*apply around eyes before you go to sleep and wear it all night. you will notice they are lighter so depending on the darkness it will help. then durring the day put on some cover up. i am happy with the results. i noticed a dramatic reduction in my bags i hope this helps some one.
i have it dark circles all around my eyes and i am lookin for something natural to experiment with but this is good for now untill something comes along.
and for that comment about pee? are u serious? thats kinda werid ... anyone else tried it?
Get:
A concealer that is almost white compared to your skin tone... make sure it's not a liquid concealer, but rather, one of those cream ones in a stick or a pot
A tan bronzer
Use your ring finger to pat on concealer (don't rub or you're wasting your time) until it's even all over your dark circle areas. Then take a contour brush and put the bronzer over the under-eye area.
The light concealer and the bronzer work miracles together, cancel out in colour, and in many cases end up with an airbrushed effect.
Always take off your makeup with eye-makeup remover designed for waterproof stuff. It's a bit oily, but you can wash off any residue, and there's less vigorous rubbing on the eye-area.
Make a paste of garlic, clove & mint of equal proposition adding to one table spoon. Add lemon & sparow drops of equal proposition to the earlier paste & apply evenly to the eye & upto the nose. This is because the skin stretches on drying. You can also make this paste & add amla (04 pieces) and consume for cleansing. This has worked wonders, try it.
hope it works!
I think whether or not these remedies depends on what has caused the dark circles under your eyes. So if these haven't worked I'd suggested seeing a Beauty Therapist (don't be afraid to ask about his/hers qualifications.) Perhaps your skin is prone to having bags or you need moisture more often or whatever it is.
Naturally this will cost money but these people are trained and shall be knowledgeable about all facets of the skin.
They may advise a product. These products are more often then not expensive. Keep in mind though that unlike supermarket skin ranges these are being sold to a very informed consumer. They have to be clincally tested and contain concentrated things like Vitiam A which doesn't come cheap. Most home remedies are effective because they contain a lower dosage of vitiams or whatever naturally. This isn't really helpful if your problem isn't completely average.
What I do when see a Beauty Therapist after the treatement is I ask for a sample. Why should I be spending money without first hand evidence? I also find out what the active ingredient is and see if other skin care companies sell a similar product for cheaper. Make sure that it doesn't contain alcohol as this will ruin the skin in the long run. (Like ProActive which rids the skin of pimples by completely robbing of it's natural oils which can lead to early wrinkles.)
Also ask about natural or cheaper remedies. I have to be careful with mine as I have very fragile skin. So I explained that I really can't afford anything. I was thus advised to always wear sunscreen and told about a rather cheap effective mask which can be made at home.
If the Beauty Therapist doesn't help complain about them to your friends so no one will go there. hahaha
Then see a Doctor and find out if the problem is caused by a lack of iron or whatever. Or perhaps ask your local chemist if they still any treatments and which one rated the best in clinical tests.
You can do something by making yourself informed about the cause of the problem and researching the various solutions.
I don't whether or not that was helpful but I hope it was. Good luck in banishing those bags!
I'm going to try the cucumber thing.
it seems like everyone is getting these..and i thought i was the only one.
but PLZ PLZ PLZ if anyone gets a good remedy that is natural, doesn't need tons of stuff, and one that ACTUALLY WORKS Plz tell me!!! Thanks..
1. Go to bed at 9:30 the latest.
2. Get a warm flannel or cloth and lay on your eyes untill it goes cold.
3. Rub some Mouisturiser around the dark circles in a circular mosian.
3. Get at lease 9 hours sleep.
4. In the morning slip on Some plain teabags to reduce the bags.
5. Your eyes will feel dry so slip on two slices of cucumber to freshen them up, it will also brighten up your eyes, also you could dry brightening drops if you need to.
6. Get some concealer and try your best to blend it in and dab some pressed powder over the top.
7. Also you could try some brown eyeliner which will make your dark circles less noticable.
Hope this helps! Good luck x
take a mixture of milk+turmeric powder+lemon juice=remedy for dark circles....IT NOT JUST LESSEN'S D DARCIRCLES BUT ALSO CLENSES THE FACE...........
KEEP THE MIXTURE FOR 15 MINS...AND IT WORKS WONDERS............................
ALL D BEST......TAKE CARE......
1/2 cup sugar
baking powder
1/6 cup oil (soy)
1/2 cup water
1 egg
1 t vanilla
mix dry ingredients
add oil and water
mix
add eggs
mix
pour in pan
bake medium heat
Let me know when one of you meth-addict vampires tries this one... I'm starving.
-thank you for the help-
thanxs for help
What you will need:
*moisturizer
*orange lipstick (matte with no shimmer)
*concealer
*powder
First apply a moisturizer all around your eye. Then dab a very small amount of the orange lipstick on the dark circles. Next use your concealer over the orange (you can also use it on your eyelid which makes your eyeshadow last a lot longer). Lastly you lightly apply a powder foundation over the concealer under the eye.
Hope this works for some of you!
OK...the thin skin under your eyes are loaded with tons of capolaries..tiny veins that contain blood of course...and what happens is...blood escapes from these and rise to the surface...much like a bruise
NOW...a quick, free and easy fix is simple...while your watching your favorite TV show...use 1 or 2 fingers and tap around the eyes..what this does is 1. Increases blood flow and 2. will loosen the blood cells that are sitting under the skin...do this for 20-30 mins depending on the severity of the circles.
AFTERWARDS....your eyes will feel hot or warm...this is good...now take a wash cloth and run it under hot water...dont burn yourself...wring it out..but leave damp...lay back and place on your eyes...when cloth begins to cool...flip it over and use other side...what this does is the heat from the cloth..expands the veins, and also loosens the blood cells stuck benieth the skin...also the warmth with bring color (redish,pink) around your eyes...also helping to eliminate the darkness.
NEXT...take that wash cloth..and run it under cold water....and lay back and place on your eyes...what this does..is now that your veins are expanded..and the blood under the skin is active and moved away from the skin...when you apply the cold cloth...this shrinks the veins...preventing blood to get to the surface...maintaining the work you have done previously with the warm cloth...when cloth warms...flip over and use other side...
FINALLY...apply lotion (or even better, use a hemroid cream) what this does is tighten and moisturizes the skin...reducing bags under the eyes...
NOW LOOK IN MIRROR AND SMILE ;)
i'm tring garnier now
you no wat you should do... burn your faces sso no one can look at you..HAHAHAHAHA
YOUR UGLY
UGLY
you guys were on this website for ah dam reason right? that'z because you have dark circles too so shut the f up! i bet your uglier you mom dint even want you.
btw im a guy, should i try concealer?
INTERNAL BLEEDING FROM TINY BLOOD VEINS FROM EYES, NOSE, HEAD ETC,
DEAD BLOOD CELLS DEPOSITED UNDER THE EYES,
AVOID DUST, FUMES, SMOKE ENTERING INTO YOUR EYES OR NOSE, AVOID DAMAGES INSIDE YOUR EYES BY RUBBING, AVOID DAMAGING YOUR NOSE BY BLOWING ETC, EAT VITAMIN A AND E ENRICH FOOD, DRINK MORE WATER, EAT VEGETABLES.
Cucumber, ice packs, gel masks, tea bags are likely to slightly improve puffiness or bags, but don't make any difference to dark circles.
For both problems drinking lots of water and having a good diet will help.
However, I've tried several of the solutions posted here, and they DO WORK!!!! But not every single one of them will work for every person so be patient and just keep trying new ideas.
Best Wishes to all the beautiful women out there!!!
Who r YOU to tell ppl that their comments aren't neccessary?? They can post whatever they want. But positive as well as negative feed back IS "neccessary". Positive-so other ppl can try too & negative-so ppl won't waste time trying a lot of things that have not really worked. But meanwhile GOOD LUCK to all trying to find a cure because it can really change your life and make a huge difference. Please don't give up..... again GOOD LUCK!
wanna make ur eyes shine without dark cicles
den believe me
take 1 spoon of coffee powder(caffine),n half tea spoon of salt mix both of dem with rose water or lemon juice n apply on ur dark circles and massage gently 4 5 min n leave 4 other 10 min n wash with cold water
it works really
within 3 days u can find the difference
OH and ASAP please
THANK YOU
wish me good luck while i try this allll
plz dnt take it as a criticism bt an advice frm ur frnd:)
guyz..u need 2 change ur attitude towards dark circles...dey r smthin dat can b hided so no need to worry abt..u wud b amazd 2 know dat most of our celebrities hv enormous dark circles under their eye...bt still dey rule over millions of heartz..
face dis world wid full self confidence...u cn tell d world dat ur dark circles r d result of ur restless nights spent in doin researches...or studies..or partying..wich cn atleast make u luk sincere..
try to bcum beautful frm within..
drag d attension of ppl wid ur charmin smile...n a gud sense of humour..n believ me ppl will b attracted 2 u howevr dark circles u hv..:)
dark circles r nt result of ne crime u commit..so ders nothin to feel low..
b smart enuf...
finally u hv 2 face god nt d ppl ..n god will nt c ur dark circles..bt ur kind heart..so b gud at heart..radiate +ve energy all around..
hv enormous faith in god..n belive me it will giv a divine glow 2 ur eyes(its frm ma personal experience)..
ders no harm in trying natural products n removing d circles..bt along wid dat u need to hv a tension free mind..dnt at all worry abt d dark circles..if dey r let dem b...
infact start loving urself wid dose dark circles...
tell d world dat i cud hv removd dem bt i m nt removin dem bcoz i luv dem..dey r part of ma face..n i luv 2 b natural..as god has made me..god knows bttr how i shud b...
bcoz untill n unless u start luvin urself...no1 else will luv u...
ur dignity shud command respect...n dignity is nt connected wid outside beauty..bt d inner 1..
frns 1 vv important suggestion is dat reduce long sittings infront of ur desktops or laptops..bcoz d rays comin out frm dem r harmful 4 eyes..dey put a lot of strain on eyes n cause irritation n dryness..n r also responsible 4 dark cicles...
eatin of beetroot also helps in reducing dem...so include dem in ur salad evryday..
so..best of luck 2 all ma frns who r trying d given remedies out!!!
ill pray to god 4 all of u..
n ya..u all luk vry beautiful..beleive dat..n den whethr u hv dark circles or nt..luv urself..n let ppl luv u as u r..!!
REASON WHY WE HAVE
DARK Circles is:
GLARE From any monitor devices, like your computer, television, cellphones, hand helds.
Everyone is spending 16 hours a day staring into monitors every day.(even you right now)
Reduce the time you expose your eyes to comp/tv and try home remedies + time and it should go away.
What a lot of people don't realize is that sinus problems can lead to dark circles (part of my problem since I have mild allergies), and even how you sleep at night will affect it. I sleep on the right side of my face, and the bag under that eye is significantly worse.
My remedy?
One night I slept with two pillows under my head, so my head was higher than the rest of me, and resolved not to toss and turn. I took some vitamins (I am iron deficient anemic, another cause of dark circles) also took a benadryl for allergies. The next morning, my usually black bags were almost completely gone.
Of course, if I get a cold or sleep funny, or eat terribly, they come back.
tl;dr? Basically, the most effective cures are going to be lifestyle changes, not topical treatments. Sleep with your head up, get enough iron, eat right and get rid of allergies. Cheap and effective. :)
SOMEBODY I NEED REAL RESULTS!