Natural Remedies for Dark Circles

Dark circles may show up on any age within a matter of few days, and may take forever to go on their own. I am presenting some age old tested natural remedies for dark circles including eye masks that will cheer your eye area up. First, let’s a have a look, what exactly causes the appearance of dark circles.

Causes Of Under Eye Dark Circles

Inadequate Sleep or Sleep Disorder: Sleep is essential for overall health and beauty. Our body nourishes and heals itself. Lack of sleep , first of all and most of the times, affect our under eye area. Our under eye area is very thin and it lack nourishment could be easily seen here.

Iron Deficiency: Every body knows we should be eating healthy and balanced food. In case our body lacks vital nutrients, specially Iron and Vitamin B12, results into improper oxygenation of bodily tissues. Bluish veins on our under eye area becomes more prominent, giving an illusion of dark circles around the eyes.

Hyper-pigmentation: Pigmentation can occur on any body part. When your body produces too much melanin, your under eye area could be receiving a lot more than required.

Medical Condition Including Hay Fever: Certain medical conditions can also take a toll on your under eye area. Chronic diseases definitely show on your eye area.

Lack Of Hydration/Moisture: If you do not keep your body hydrated it’s ill effect shows on skin. Being very fragile, you under eye area may look fatigued and dehydrated giving rise to dark circles.

Loss Of Collagen: Our body depletes collagen, and the area under eyes could deplete it more rapidly, inducing dark circles.

Thinning of eye area: The area around eyes is very think, and due to medical or cosmetic issues, it could further thin away making the blue veins lying under more prominent.

Deep Set Eyes: A deep set pair of eyes are very likely to develop dark circle if adequate sleep and nutrition is not received.

Genetics: You could have inherited them from your parents or grand parents.

Improper Habits: Rubbing your eyes with pressure frequently can damage the tissues around your eyes. Another cause for dark circles.

Natural Remedies That Reduce Dark Circles

Natural remedies are the best when it comes to skin problems. You should move to a commercial product only when you see no progress with natural remedies. It is quite easy to get dark circles but take a lot of efforts to minimize or get rid of them.

Apply Potato Juice

Potatos are high in Vitamin B6 and a good source of potassium, copper, vitamin C, manganese, phosphorus, niacin, dietary fiber and Pantothenic acid (Vitamin B5). They work like magic on any kind of pigmentation.

Clean a potato, peel it and grate it. Squeeze out the juice out of the grated potato. Apply this potato juice under and around your eyes. You will be amazed at the results within one week. It will significantly take away the discoloration under your eyes. The under eye area will look brighter and firmer.

Keep on using this remedy to maintain the effects and the results will keep on improving with each application. This is a tried and tested remedy for dark circles.

Cucumber Juice

Cucumbers are high in water content and so in other minerals. Cucumbers have a refreshing and lightening effect. Specially during summers, rub few slices of cucumber under your eyes and also on your face, to rejuvenate your skin. Daily application of cucumber juice helps in bringing down the darkness around your eyes. Be gentle if you run cucumber slices.

You can also grate and prepare juice of cucumbers to be more efficient. If you tend to stay under the sun, cucumbers will not only cool down your eyes but your overall skin. They have a soothing effect on sun burnt skin.

Almond Oil

Almond Oil has given nice result to me personally. I have used sweet almond oil many years back for my dark circles. At night, after cleaning your face, take few drops of almond oil, massage under your eyes for few minutes. Either you can wipe it off after 15-20 minutes or go to sleep. You will notice the difference within a week or so.

Almond Oil is loaded with Vitamin E, Protein and lipids.
It helps to form lost collagen.
this oil is non sticky.
It is lightweight and absorbs quickly.
Moisturizes skin very well.
Natural and effective.
No side effects.

Raw Milk

Raw Milk contains lactic acid which is gentle, moisturizing and brightening in nature. It works the best on dry, mature and problematic skin. Under eye area can really use the brightening action of raw milk.

Using the pores of your ring finger massage your eye area for few minutes before washing it with cold water. Raw milk can be used to brighten even the dark joints.

Tomato Pulp

Tomatoes & Limes/Lemons are known for it’s brightening effects, but they can give little tingling sensation. Under Eye area is very delicate, so using acidic ingredients like these is not advised. Instead of using limes and lemon, you can use tomato puree mixed with honey.

Tomatoes contain citric acid which works great with hyper pigmentation, sun tan and skin darkening.
Loaded with Vitamin A which is great for ageing, mature and sagging skin.

Homemade Under Eye Mask For Dark Circles

I don’t like to use harsh ingredients on my under eye area. When you use highly acidic, abrasive ingredients on your eye area, it gets more distressed. You don’t need clay packs for your under eye area. Use hydrating masks. Be gentle.

Green Tea + Rose Petal Eye Mask

It’s as simple as it sounds. If you have used Rose Green Tea Face Mist, you will love this eye mask too. All you need is two ingredients.

Prepare some green tea water. You can boil a tea spoon of green tea, or simple use a tea bag.
Crush some fresh rose petals in the green tea water. You can use a hand blender. Prepare a usable paste.
For extra chilling effect, put the paste refrigerator for half an hour.
Lie down, put on this chilled eye mask on and around your eyes.

Use at least twice a week. It’s natural so you can use it more often. Your eye area will be rejuvenated because green tea and rose have excellent anti ageing properties. Rose have moisturizes and brightens up eye area.

Cucumber + Rose Petal Eye Mask

Cucumbers are great to freshen up tired and dull eye area. When mixed with fresh rose petals, give superb bright results.

Blend together some cucumber pieces and fresh rose petals.
Put in the mixture in refrigerator, allowing it to cool down.
Put on this mask and take a nap.
Use as often as you like it.

Cucumbers are hydrating and so are the roses. Rose have anti ageing, anti inflammatory and brightening properties.

Honey+ Milk + Oats Exfoliating Scrub

Eye area should not be exfoliated using harsh ingredients, but oats combined with honey are moisturizing and does a good job in taking away the dullness.

Soak a spoon of oats in two spoon of milk for some time so that the oats gets soft.
Add a half a spoon of honey to the soaked oats.
Mash the mixture with spoon and use the scrub on and around your eyes.

You can use this scrub once a week. Without being harsh, this exfoliating mask takes away dullness from your eyes.

All In One Eye Mask

Potato+Curd+ Tomato Puree+ Green Tea Eye Mask is one amazing eye mask, in case you want to go full throttle in your dark circles.

Prepare green tea water. Boil a spoon of green tea in half a cup of water. Or use soak a tea bag in hot water cup.
Don’t through away the green tea. It will be used as an excellent scrub.
Grate a small potato and take out juice. Add to the green tea mixture.
Add a spoon of curd, and a spoon of tomato puree to the mixture.
Apply this mixture on and around your eyes.
Massage your eye area with your ring finger while being gentle.
Wash away with cold water.

You can use this pack 2-3 times a week and you will notice a great change in your eye area pigmentation. It has got all the potent ingredients, so you will not be disappointed.

Which Natural Ingredients Never Worked For Me?

I have a pair of deep set eyes and have chronic dark circles. My eye area could feel really dry and stretchy if I do not apply a moisturizer. Here are few things that I have tried but failed to work.

Coconut Oil : Coconut oil works like a charm for my hair, but it could never work to reduce the appearance of dark circle around my eyes. I have used it continuously for about 40-50 days, but to avail nothing.

Aloe Vera: I vouch for Aloe Vera for face pigmentation but it could not heal my dark circles.

Honey: I think honey is a great moisturizing agent, but it cannot work ij terms of brightening a pigmented area on it’s own. I use it in my DIY eye masks for it’s moisturizing properties.

Do’s For Healthy Under Eye Area

Like your face, your under eye area too needs moisture. Even if your face is oily, your under eye area needs proper hydration. Even if you do not apply moisturizer to your face, at least apply under your eyes.
Dab some moisturizer using your ring finger.
Make sure to put only high quality makeup on your eyes.
Use some masks specially for under eye area to pamper it.
Drink lots of water and eat fresh
Get good 7-8 hours of sleep.
Be gentle while applying makeup to your eyes.
Use a good quality makeup remover to remove eye makeup. You can also use an oil based eye makeup remover to remove waterproof eye makeup.
If you don’t have time for natural remedies, use a moisture rich eye cream.

Don’ts for Healthy Under Eye Area

Never scrub/rub harshly your under eye area or use harsh cleansers on your under eye area.
Do not load your under eye area with loads of chemicals.
Never share your eye makeup with anyone.
Do not use laptop, phone or TV non stop.

I conclude this post here. I hope you got an idea how to take care of your delicate under eye area. Try these home remedies and be amazed.

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Nisha Malik ❤

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