Eye's and Health
Eye Liner Pencil Safety
Before using, sharpen your eye liner pencil to remove any bacteria that has built up.
Eye Makeup and Eye Infections
If you have been suffering from recurring eye infections, it could be your eye makeup. These products can easily be contaminated with germs and as a result, be the cause of the infection.
Bloodshot Eyes
An easy way to reduce the redness is to scoop cold water into your hands and splash it on your closed eyes. This should be enought to reduce the capillaries. If this isn't enough, mild drops that can be found at your local drug store may be required. Also be certain that the cause of the redness is not attributed to an irritation to your eye shadow or mascara.
Remedies For Puffy Eyes
- Take a metal spoon and run it under cold water. Place the metal on the puffy area for at least 60 seconds.
- Thin cucumber slices used as compresses over closed eyes will relieve sore, puffy eyes.
Lining Your Eyes
It's sometime very difficult to apply eye liner with perfect results. Here are a few tips.
A thin layer of translucent pressed powder should be applied to the upper and lower lids. This will help liner to stick better.
Liquid eyeliners will give you that straight defined line, pencils will give you a softer look.
Let's begin, start in the middle of the eyelid, most people begin at either corner of the eye. Draw the line towards your nose first. Then go back to the middle and draw the line to the outer corner of the eye.
Bonus Tip: This is not widely known but using the eye shadow pencil directly on the eyelid (drawing a line under the eye) could cause you to stretch the skin. The best way to apply an eye shadow pencil is to put some colour in the palm of your hand and gently apply with your finger.
How to get rid of Baggy / Dark Around the Eyes
Sleeping
Should your eyes be more swollen in the morning, consider adding another pillow, as raising your head a bit may help drain excess fluids.
Nutrition and Lifestyle
The saying goes that we are born with the face given to us, but at forty we have the face we made ourselves. There is a lot of truth in this, as your mental attitude to life does reflect in the way you look, our lifestyle also impacts on our face greatly and if we follow a sub-standard diet, with essential vitamins, minerals and nutrition missing, our face again will pay the price.
A fact to keep in mind - the body requires vitamin C to synthesize collagen, and if vitamin C is lacking in the diet, then collagen cannot be formed as and when needed.
Eyestrain
Some people believe that placing slices of cucumber over their eyes is helpful, but take note that many people have allergic reactions to cucumber when used this way.
Cigarette smoke
Even though you may not be smoking yourself, secondary smoke can affect your eyes just as much.
Your eyes may respond violently by turning bloodshot, watery or will immediately start to swell in an allergic reaction.
To remedy this, if you cannot get out of this environment, try to introduce as much fresh air as possible, and here again, vitamin C can help to contain some of the reactions and damage - as smoking kills vitamin C.
COVERING IT UP
The cover up those dark spots under your eyes, use liquid concealer; Rub it in under the eye from the inside to the middle. This should help hide the darkness. Then... Apply your makeup as usual.
Using The Right Eye Shadow
If you have brown eyes, beige, copper, bronze and coffee colours, highlight your face and enhance the colour of your eyes.
If you have blue eyes, a dark blue will give your eyes a really blue look, purple, taupe and grey are also great colours for you.
If you have hazel or green eyes, greens are your best colour, brown and purple will enhance your eye colour also.
How To Make Your Eye Shadow Last Longer
We all have that problem of having to touch up our makeup. Well here's a way to help your eye shadow looking fresh all day.
Apply a thin layer of face powder to your eye lid with a damp eye shadow brush and allow it to set. Then apply eye shadow and forget about it until it's time to take it off.
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