Lack or abuse of sleep, you often wake up with puffy eyes that make you look sleepy. An unflattering swelling of the eyelids that is usually related to being stretched out overnight. If the eyelids deflate on their own during the day, sometimes we need to speed things up to be more to our advantage. Here are our effective tips to get rid of congested eyes and make them deflate.
Dark circles, puffiness, swollen eyelids … The signs of tired eyes do not forgive and tend to make the whole face look tired and not well awake. It's not easy to start a day off on the right foot in these conditions! Fortunately, there are many solutions to treat the small edema that formed when you were in the arms of Morpheus and make your eyes deflate faster.
Here are our tips to relieve swelling of the eyelids and our smart tips to avoid waking up with swollen eyes in the morning.
Tip # 1: apply cold to your eyes to make them deflate
If this grandmother's remedy has survived the ages, it is not for nothing! The famous teaspoons, to put in the evening in the refrigerator so that they cool and can be applied to your puffy eyes in the morning, do miracles. The cold of the spoons thus has an immediate soothing and decongestant effect on the eye area. A quick and pleasant way to get rid of puffy eyes, which also requires no purchase.
And for those who would not want to use their cutlery, there is an equally effective ancestral beauty accessory: the jade or rose quartz roller for the face. In Asia, these beautiful stones have long been attributed a healing and soothing effect. Their fresh and smooth surface is not only very pleasant to the touch, but rolling them over the skin also stimulates blood circulation and metabolism. Ideal for relaxing expression lines, but also for decongesting tired eyes.
Our shopping suggestions:
Jade Roller at € 29.99 from Marionnaud
Pink quartz roll at Sephora for € 19.99.
Tip # 2: apply roll-on eye care
In the morning are you in a hurry and don't have five minutes to give your swollen eyes? Never mind, you can also count on eye care. Their formulas based on witch hazel, green tea or caffeine give a little boost boost to the eye area to decongest it right away. And in this game, the roll-on treatments with a massage ball with a refreshing effect are the champions in all categories. Even more practical for effectively camouflaging signs of fatigue while treating the swelling: roll-on tinted for the eyes that immediately conceal the shadows that darken your eyes and illuminate the eye area to give you a fresh look. They can be applied under the eyes in no time and provide a pleasant feeling of soothing freshness.
Our shopping suggestion:
Cream Care Miracle BB Eye Cream Roll-On tinted by Garnier, available for just over € 10 at Amazon.
The extra thing: to enhance the refreshing effect of the roll-on ball, you can put your eye care in the fridge.
Tip # 3: get a decongestant eye massage
Swollen eyes are linked to an accumulation of lymphatic fluid in the area around the eye, while it is usually drained. During the day, it is the multiple blinking of the eyes that activate this lymphatic micro-circulation. At night, the absence of these eye movements often leads to edema. A quick massage can do wonders in this situation, however. To decongest your eyes, you just have to gently massage the area under the eyes with your fingertips, making movements from the inside to the outside. Again, you can count on the roll of jade or rose quartz to achieve this relaxing and soothing massage around the eyes.
Tip # 4: drink lots of water
Proper hydration also plays a key role in the disappearance of edema in the eyes, because it prevents water retention. In case of swollen eyes, remember to drink enough. But beware: it's not about drinking anything. Caffeine, if it is more than tempting in the morning, can for example help to dehydrate the skin. Not ideal to help reduce the appearance of puffy eyes… So prefer to drink plain water or tea but not sweet.
Tip # 5: cool tea bags to decongest
And speaking of tea, you can kill two birds with one stone by reusing your tea bags to replace the cold decongestant spoons. Just like chilled spoons, tea bags can relieve swelling around the eyes. The tannins present in tea have soothing properties and theine boosts blood circulation which makes puffy eyes deflate. Just boil two tea bags, enjoy your beauty drink and put the bags in the fridge for a while. Once they are cool, place them on the puffy eyelids and enjoy their decongestant, soothing and refreshing action. For particularly sensitive eyes, you can also bet on chamomile tea bags which are softer with the eye area, and even more soothing.
Tip # 6: makeup, the faint hope solution
If your eyes are particularly swollen and the remedies are struggling to reduce edema, you can always count on makeup to help you improve the appearance of your swollen eyes. However, it should be used properly for it to have the desired effect or you may even stress your signs of fatigue. For example, overusing concealers will tend to accentuate rather than conceal your dark circles and pockets. Keep your hand light and above all, remember to moisturize the eye area beforehand. For this, bet on a specific moisturizing eye treatment that will help decongest the area. Tap the product with your fingertips under the eye, going from the inside to the outside of the face to stimulate circulation and drain the area a little. It is only afterwards that you can apply a little concealer on the shadow created by the coloring of dark circles and puffy bags, remembering to blend well so that the makeup does not create extra thickness. The concealer will thus have a corrective effect on the color of the dark circles, but also an illuminator on the skin, which allows to hide the volume created by the bags under the eyes.
Our shopping suggestions:
Energizing Eye Cream Anti-puffiness, Concealer from Nuxe Bio available at Sephora for 29 €.
Radiance Reveal Concealer, Illuminating Corrector with Bourjois Hydrating Formula, available on Amazon for less than € 10.
The extra thing to enlarge your look which seems closed due to swelling: also apply mascara on the eyelashes, making sure to add a little more on the outside of the eyelash fringe, and draw a thin line of eyeliner on the along the upper lash line. You can even extend the line a little by a comma to the outer corner of the eye. In this way, your eyes will appear larger and more alert.
Good to know : Is your swollen eye problem recurring? Be aware that salt and alcohol are to be avoided, as excessive consumption of alcohol or salty foods can reduce lymphatic flow. It is therefore in your best interest to limit your consumption if you are subject to swollen eyes.
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