By looking at the number of eye skin care products available today, there is no doubt that our society puts a high value on the beauty of our eyes. They are, after all, the most looked at feature and the one that shows the signs of aging first. Wouldn't you agree? So, before you go and buy all the makeup and eye skin care products the world has to offer for eye wrinkles, puffy eyes and dark circles, they will be useless and your money wasted if you dont take the proper precautions for maintaining your skin's health first. Building your own skin care regimen and sticking to it daily is crucial, so here are the top 10 eye skin care tips dermatologists recommend you start getting used to:
1. Be familiar with your skin type. In order to make the correct purchase on eye skin care products, you must first identify your skin type and know how it reacts to certain types of ingredients and formulas. Eye skin care products are available in various types and they are designed for the particular needs of your skin. For example, if you have oily skin as opposed to dry, you should search for products that are oil free to see the best results in your skin.
2. Drink A Lot of Water. Drink the required 8-10 glasses of water daily. It will not only keep your skin hydrated, but help prevent the accumulation of bacteria, helping you avoid further skin problems like acne.
3. Wash Your Face With Lukewarm Water At Night And Cold Water In the Morning. At the end of the day you most likely have been exposed to harsh environmental factors and your face needs to be cleansed and rid of those factors, so youll need to cleanse with warm water before bed. Using hot water can make your skin exceedingly dry. When you wake up in the morning, use cool-cold water to reduce under eye puffiness and close up your pores before makeup application. The cold water will help close your pores so that your makeup does not clog those pores.
4. Exfoliate weekly. When you do exfoliate, try not to to put too much pressure on the skin around your eyes. Using only a light scrub will ensure you eliminate the top layer of dead skin cells without damaging the delicate skin around the eyes, making it susceptible to wrinkling and becoming over-dryed.
5. Moisturize daily. Moisturizing is an essential part of your daily eye skin care regimen. By giving an extra dose of moisture to your skin that may be lacking, you are ensuring a brighter, more even skin tone. Always put your moisturizer on right after washing your face as the skin is most permeable at this time and the most amount of moisturizer will be absorbed.
6. Skip the bar soap for your face. Bar soap will strip your skin of its natural moisture. No amount of moisturizer can replace the oils stripped by bar soap. So just keep your bar soap for the body if you have to use it.
7. Avoid the Sun. We all need a little sun exposure to be happy, but when expecting to get sun exposure at length, apply sunscreen lotion or better yet, use a facial moisturizer with an SPF of at least 15. Make a habit of using sunscreen every time you go outdoors, even when it's cloudy. The easiest way to not forget SPF? Make sure it is in all your makeup products.
8. Exercise Can Brighten Up Your Face. A little bit of perspiration will do your skin some good! You will notice that people who exercise a lot tend to have clearer, smoother skin and this is because the perspiration cleanses the dirt from their skin.
9. Antioxidants are the anti aging secret. By adding antioxidants into your diet on a daily basis you are working to actually reverse, not just prevent, the signs of aging. Antioxidants can reduce and reverse free radical damage and this free radical damage is the number one reason we start to look like we are aging. A good food to keep in mind for getting your antioxidants? Berries! Blue, black, red - the darker the better!
10. Avoid or Learn To Cope Well With Stress. According to studies, this is one of the leading causes of wrinkles. Try to maintain a happy disposition when at all possible. This will not only improve the condition of your skin but increase the quality of your overall health as well. Who wouldn't want that?
Learning to add these tips to your daily skin care routine will help your skin to look as beautiful as possible. Won't it feel good to know that you've done everything you can to improve your skin and in turn slow down the aging process? Now, once you get used to these tips and they become part of your daily regimen, you can start the search for an eye skin care product that will work well on your skin type, and that product will then become a compliment to this top notch skin care routine. - 16004
1. Be familiar with your skin type. In order to make the correct purchase on eye skin care products, you must first identify your skin type and know how it reacts to certain types of ingredients and formulas. Eye skin care products are available in various types and they are designed for the particular needs of your skin. For example, if you have oily skin as opposed to dry, you should search for products that are oil free to see the best results in your skin.
2. Drink A Lot of Water. Drink the required 8-10 glasses of water daily. It will not only keep your skin hydrated, but help prevent the accumulation of bacteria, helping you avoid further skin problems like acne.
3. Wash Your Face With Lukewarm Water At Night And Cold Water In the Morning. At the end of the day you most likely have been exposed to harsh environmental factors and your face needs to be cleansed and rid of those factors, so youll need to cleanse with warm water before bed. Using hot water can make your skin exceedingly dry. When you wake up in the morning, use cool-cold water to reduce under eye puffiness and close up your pores before makeup application. The cold water will help close your pores so that your makeup does not clog those pores.
4. Exfoliate weekly. When you do exfoliate, try not to to put too much pressure on the skin around your eyes. Using only a light scrub will ensure you eliminate the top layer of dead skin cells without damaging the delicate skin around the eyes, making it susceptible to wrinkling and becoming over-dryed.
5. Moisturize daily. Moisturizing is an essential part of your daily eye skin care regimen. By giving an extra dose of moisture to your skin that may be lacking, you are ensuring a brighter, more even skin tone. Always put your moisturizer on right after washing your face as the skin is most permeable at this time and the most amount of moisturizer will be absorbed.
6. Skip the bar soap for your face. Bar soap will strip your skin of its natural moisture. No amount of moisturizer can replace the oils stripped by bar soap. So just keep your bar soap for the body if you have to use it.
7. Avoid the Sun. We all need a little sun exposure to be happy, but when expecting to get sun exposure at length, apply sunscreen lotion or better yet, use a facial moisturizer with an SPF of at least 15. Make a habit of using sunscreen every time you go outdoors, even when it's cloudy. The easiest way to not forget SPF? Make sure it is in all your makeup products.
8. Exercise Can Brighten Up Your Face. A little bit of perspiration will do your skin some good! You will notice that people who exercise a lot tend to have clearer, smoother skin and this is because the perspiration cleanses the dirt from their skin.
9. Antioxidants are the anti aging secret. By adding antioxidants into your diet on a daily basis you are working to actually reverse, not just prevent, the signs of aging. Antioxidants can reduce and reverse free radical damage and this free radical damage is the number one reason we start to look like we are aging. A good food to keep in mind for getting your antioxidants? Berries! Blue, black, red - the darker the better!
10. Avoid or Learn To Cope Well With Stress. According to studies, this is one of the leading causes of wrinkles. Try to maintain a happy disposition when at all possible. This will not only improve the condition of your skin but increase the quality of your overall health as well. Who wouldn't want that?
Learning to add these tips to your daily skin care routine will help your skin to look as beautiful as possible. Won't it feel good to know that you've done everything you can to improve your skin and in turn slow down the aging process? Now, once you get used to these tips and they become part of your daily regimen, you can start the search for an eye skin care product that will work well on your skin type, and that product will then become a compliment to this top notch skin care routine. - 16004
About the Author:
Alyssa Denure is an associate beauty editor for Eye Skin Care Secrets and it's her life's mission to be on the forefront of the latest and greatest in skin care technology and products. Her free eCoursefor getting rid of eye puffiness is available for a limited time.
