Modern day living has put our body under much stress especially our eyes. Besides eye vision problems, the common complaints about our eyes are dark eye circles, puffy eye bags and crow’s feet.

What are the causes for dark eye circles?

Quite often we find that dark eye circles are something that we inherited from our family genes. If this is so, there is nothing very much you can do about it except to improve on certain aspects of the diet or lifestyle for overall health. However, they are specific physiological explanations for the appearance of dark circles below the eyes. For example an allergy condition can cause the area under the eyes to appear darker. A lack of certain nutrients such as iron and vitamin K can contribute to the dark circles as well. Another common reason we can identify with is poor blood circulation, so a simple eye massage if done properly may help to a certain extent. Hormonal imbalance is also a possible reason.

The other common reasons are stress, lack of sleep or sleep deprivation and medications.

As we age, dark rings tend to be more noticeable as the skin surrounding the eye area becomes thinner. Thus the blood that passes through the veins close to the surface of the skin, give the eyes a bluish and darker appearance.

What are the natural home remedies for dark eye circles?

There are many but here are a few of the following homemade remedies in the comfort of your home:

• Apply slices of raw potato over the eyelids and leave it for about 20-25 minutes. Do this 3-4 times a week.
• Another is to apply crushed mint leaves around the eye area for about 10-15 minutes.
• Do light massage around the eye area using almond oil.

Besides the home remedies, there are many vitamin enriched eye creams available for dark eye circles and other puffy eyes. One final self treatment is to ensure that you get at least 8 hours of beauty sleep at night.

For more home remedies on other ailments, you should check out Homemade Medicine Remedies.

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Makeup to some people is just a vain attempt to look good. However looking good is something personal and it is a fact that not all of us are blessed with perfect looks. It is therefore natural to resort to some form of cosmetic aids to enhance certain features to appear more perfect. Just like basic skin care, learning how to apply makeup is a skill that should be acquired as soon as we are old enough to use them. We learn how to makeup also to avoid the risk of overdoing it.

For a start, remember to choose make-up that contains pure, organic natural ingredients without the harmful chemicals that may get absorbed by the skin. The basic touches of safer colors like bronze and earthly tones will goes well with all skin tones. The intensity of the color much depends on the occasion you are going for. The day look is very different from the evening look. If you are under strong light constantly, the make-up tone should be slightly intense. There are so many colors and tones available that one has to experiment with them to get the best natural beauty looks. For eye shadows, pastels like violet, pink or light blue and the plum colors, black or brown shades are favorite choices for the smoky looks. Eyeliner and mascara could be used to add a more glamorous look. Next finish it with a nice sheer lipstick for day wear or a matte lipstick with glossy finish for a evening out.

Foundation MakeUp Tips

· Choose a suitable foundation color by testing on the upper hand. Never go for too light or too dark colors that will make you look unnatural.

· The type of foundation depends on your skin type. If your skin is oily, go for the powder foundation whilst a normal to dry skin, the translucent or a liquid foundation is best.

· Before applying a foundation, make sure that you put on a sun-screen and a moisturizer for protection.

· Apply foundation in an upward manner using your finger tips.

· Start by dotting on foundation onto the uneven areas of the face that is needed.

· If it suits you, use a wet small sponge when applying foundation. You’d like the results better.

· Foundation helps to even out skin tones and give you’re a sheer layer of coverage. But if you have skin blemishes, do not cover them as it can make them worse.

· Remember to blend the foundation well between the hair and jaw line. You don’t want your face and the neck sticking out in two different colors.

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