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How To Make Homemade Eye Cream

Mary Smith
By Mary Smith. Updated: January 16, 2017
How To Make Homemade Eye Cream

The skin around the eyes is undoubtedly the most delicate and thin skin of the face, which is why it tends to wrinkle more easily than other areas. In addition, daily exposure to external pollutants affects this area twice as much and it is therefore important to moisturize twice a day and ensure that all traces of make up are removed as these dry and age the skin. As always, at OneHowTo we focus on natural cosmetics as there are certain products that are real gems for beauty treatments; read this article and discover how to make homemade eye cream.

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Steps to follow:
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Due to the high sensitivity of the skin around the eyes it is essential to moisturize this area daily, both morning and evening, to combat swelling and slow the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines. But before this it is essential that the skin be completely clean and ready to receive the nutritional components of the eye contour cream. So first wash your face with a gel cleanser and water, apply a facial tonic and finally your usual moisturizer. After that, you can extend on the skin around the eyes one of the homemade creams shown in the following steps.

How To Make Homemade Eye Cream - Step 1
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The first homemade cream for the eye area that we offer you is a recipe with very high rejuvenating properties thanks to its combination of ingredients: coconut oil and vitamin E. Coconut oil is one of the best natural moisturizers available and is ideal to deeply moisturize skin; meanwhile, vitamin E is excellent at preventing wrinkles and gives the eyes a much younger and shiny appearance.

To prepare this cream, you need to mix half a cup of coconut oil with 3 capsules of vitamin E, which can buy health food stores and pharmacies. First heat the coconut oil in the microwave for a few seconds and then add the liquid in the interior of the vitamin E capsules and stir the mixture. Place in a bowl, cover with plastic cling film and store in the refrigerator for 60 minutes.

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Grapeseed oil stands out as a powerful natural product that can moisturize, renew and purify the skin. It is rich in antioxidants, moisturizing components and also contains astringent properties. Thus, it becomes a great option to keep the skin around the eyes firm and smooth . In this case we will also add some aloe vera to the homemade cream making it ideal to refresh and regenerate the dermis.

To make this cream you just have to mix in a bowl 5 tablespoons grapeseed oil, 2 tablespoons of aloe vera and 1 tablespoon of beeswax to reach an adequately thick consistency.

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Another of the best products that can be used to improve the skin around the eyes is rose water. Not only does it soften skin, it also rejuvenates and reduces inflammation, making it great for women who have eye bags or who often suffer from the appearance of dark circles.

Try this cream and see how your eyes become dazzling with light; you only need to melt a tablespoon of cocoa butter in the microwave for a few seconds and then add two small spoonfuls of rose water and stir until it becomes a smooth paste.

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The last homemade cream for the delicate area around the eyes is an incredible lotion that will bring extra antioxidant power and moisture to the skin; it combines green tea, a great natural rejuvenator, and yogurt, which is very good to deeply nourish facial skin.

If you want to see the results this offers you can prepare it by mixing an infusion of green tea with 2 tablespoons of plain yogurt, stir both ingredients and keep the cream in the refrigerator to cool. Then you simply apply it.

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How do you apply these creams?

Once you have chosen the cream you want to use it is important that you apply it correctly to get best results. This will prevent the appearance of wrinkles in the eye area and stop the skin from drying out and being prematurely damaged.

The best way to apply these creams for the contour of the eyes is to take a small amount of product with the ring finger and begin to spread it on the skin, giving light touches with the fingertip, without rubbing or applying sudden pressure at any time. Also apply some cream on the area in which you get those unsightly crow's feet so to prevent or mitigate their presence.

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marine
Dear sir, I am having a very deep black eye line. What will use clear it little bit
OneHowTo Editor
Hi Marine,
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