Eyes may be tough but they need to be cared for, particularly from exposure to dirt, dust, pollution and smoky atmosphere.
Tips for healthy eyes
Get into the habit of starting the day by splashing your open eyes with cold water, so that they are thoroughly cleaned and stimulated.
Avoid using too much of eye drops, rather it is better to squeeze fresh cucumber juice into your eyes.
Drink 6-8 glasses of water daily.
Your sleep pattern should be composed of at least 7 hrs.
Make sure to remove all traces of eye make up before going to bed for it might cause infection in the roots of eyelashes.
Do rest your eyes at least every 30 minutes when you are reading, sewing, using a computer or the likes, by looking up and focussing at distant objects.
Make sure that your diet contains good sources of Vitamin A, such as cereals, celery, oily fish, egg yolk and liver. If your eyes are itchy, watery or bloodshot you could be lacking in Vitamin B2 which can be found in brewer's yeast, liver and whole grain cereals.
Do make sure that your computer and television screens are sharply focused.
Do not rub or stretch the skin under the eyes-it is very delicate and is easily damaged.
Don't read in poor light; the light should come from behind or above rather than from the front.
Don't look directly at the sun, as you might be tempted to do during an eclipse; even the darkened sun can cause severe and permanent damage. Similarly, avoid staring at any bright or glaring lights.
Don't read for more than two hours at a stretch. Give a rest in between to your eyes for 10 min by putting the palms of your hands over them and shutting out the light.
Do wear sunglasses when in bright sunlight.
While using beauty aids, use only herbal products or hypo-allergic beauty-aids. (Hypo allergic beauty aids are those products whose application doesn't cause any allergy.)
The skin around the eyes and eye-lids is very soft and delicate. Rubbing a little of almond oil, around your eyes before you retire, would keep the skin soft and glowing. The juice of a water-melon is also a very good substitute of almond oil, particularly in summers when you might like to avoid using greasy oil. This juice also takes away the wrinkles around the eyes.
If you are used to having alcohol. slash its consumption to the minimum. Alcohol not only adversely affects your eye-sight but also dries the skin, around your eyes, and leaves dark rings. The same is true for smoking.
Castor oil for beautiful eyebrows and eyelashes
Applying pure castor oil to your eyebrows and lashes, particularly those who have scanty growth will make them grow thick and long.
Friday, November 9, 2007
Best Eye Care Tips for You
Moisturizer For Eyes
Do I Need A Moisturizer For The Eye Area?
Eye area being the most sensitive area of the face needs to be taken care off cautiously. A basic moisturizer will work well as a hydrator for the eye area, but if you want to do a little more (in order to cure dark circles, crow's feet and reduce puffiness), you'll have better results with a moisturizer made specifically for the eyes.
The skin around the eyes is thinner than the skin on the rest of the face so it is very sensitive.
To avoid irritation, eye creams tend to have lower levels of active ingredients. They also contain substances not found in face creams - caffeine to reduce puffiness, vitamin K to minimize dark circles, plus light diffusers and silicone derivatives to plump up crow's feet. Always use the eye moisturizers for the eye area skin.
The Perfect Lash
The Perfect Lash - Perfect Eyelashes
The eyelashes always been the most prominent looking part on your face. If it is set well, all is set well. The final touch to your eye makeup is the lash. Try to always use an eyelash curler. It will make your eyes look wider, more alert, and more youthful. It's like an instant eye lift. Always curl lashes befor applying mascara.
Tips to get the Perfect Eyelashes
Heat eyelash curler with hair dryer for a few seconds. It will act like a curling iron for the eyes. Curl twice for a rounded curl. Place the open curl near the lash roots and arrange your lashes between the two rims. Squeeze gently for thirty seconds. Squeeze again at mid-lash for another thirty-seconds. It looks very natural.
Lightly powder lashes to give mascara a coat to cling to.
Lightly coat lower lashes.
Give upper lashes a second coat of mascara, concentrating on the tips by stroking the brush horizontally across the lash. Never wait when applying second coat of mascara to lashes. Mascara, especially waterproof mascara, dries quickly and can clump.
How To Create Beautiful Smoky Cat Eyes
Who do not want to have those Halle Berry's shrewd, sexy, cat eyes by which she had stolen the hearts of many. The cats eye is easy to done with the tips we are going to provide you here. So just pull your socks up for the meany and mighty eyes of people on you just because of this whole new look using cats eyes.
How To Create Beautiful Smoky Cat Eyes
In order to get the beautiful smoky cat eyes, you do not need to be a fully armoured beautician. This sexy look can be as subtle or dramatic as you wish. The tips below will create a more powerful look in black, but to achieve a more understated look simply select light grey, burgundy or dark khakis instead. Remember, a lot depends on your skin tone and hair color, so why not try a few different tones to see which suits you best?
Your tools for powerfully sexy eye makeup:
Eye shadow brush with thin bristles are best to maintain control.
Black eyeliner - The pencil and ensure that it is sharp.
Black eyeliner - The brush, thinner the liquid eyeliner, is the better.
Dark eye shadow. Irridescent rather than flat matt (too hard), or shiny (too messy).
Highlight shimmer for under the eyebrow. Avoid garish looking 'high glitter'.
Black mascara. Obviously choose a quality brand to avoid clumping and 'spider eyes'.
A good eyebrow pencil. Try to select the most natural shade for you as possible.
Eyelash curlers.
Step-by-step instructions for smoky cat eyes:
Here we have laid down the steps to get those smoky cat eyes. Apply your foundation, under eye concealer and powder. Using your black eyeliner pencil, start from the front corner of your eyelid. Draw a soft smudge line to the end of your lash line. Use your eyeshadow brush to apply the dark eye shadow over the top of the smudged line for a soft smoky look. Ensure that the edges are neatly blended. Then take the brush eyeliner and apply as close to your lashes as you can on the top lid only. Make the line as thick and pronounced as you wish, but make sure that the line is thickest at the outer corner, and thinner as you go inward. Apply another smoky coat of eye shadow with the brush to blend the harsh edges. Subtly blend your darker eye shadow up from your lashes to your eye crease. Then apply a shimmery highlight in white or cream under the outside corner of your eyebrow. Use your eyebrow pencil to make your eyebrow curve more pronounced. Curl your eyelashes, then apply thin coats of mascara, building the layers up gradually to avoid clumping.
How To Apply Fake Eyelashes
How To Apply Fake Eyelashes
The art of applying fake lashes is not too complex to be mastered only by your makeup artist or a professional. You can also master this technique by a little patience and practice. So always try it well in advance before going to a big party. There are different varieties of lashes available inexpensively at the drugstores. So why wait, get the best look with the best eyelashes available.
Tips to learn on how to apply fake eyelashes
Keep a piece of paper handy to hold the lashes, and a magnifying mirror, which makes the job a lot easier.
Using a tweezer, dip the base end of the lashes into the glue, then place the lashes as close to the baseline of your own as you can, filling in wherever you want the greatest impact (generally, the mid to outer lashes look fabulous in false lashes).
Press gently, but firmly with something blunt. Hold the lash in place for about 5 seconds until the glue has a chance to hold.
Let the glue dry, and then apply a dark eyeliner to camouflage the line of the fake lashes and then apply your mascara.
The mascara will help blend your own lashes with the fake ones, and make your eyes look fuller and larger.
To remove, gently pull them off with tweezers.
Following these tips will make you look like what you have desired for long.
How to get fab eyelashes?
Learn to use a lash comb. For some, lash combs are simply too fussy. But, for some makeup artists, they are a great invention and keep lashes perfectly separated. So, how should you use it?
Apply mascara at the lash base. Then wiggle the lash comb through the tips of your lashes, not into the lash comb. Get rid of clumbs by removing excess mascara from the wand. Wipe the wand on a tissue; this eliminates blobs before you start.
Sweep a clean, fresh mascara wand through lashes when they are wet. Don’t worry, you don’t have buy them.