There are plenty of potent eye cream products on the market. Most of them are infused with chemicals that have long-term drawbacks despite short-term perks. That’s why the best eye cream you can access is the one concocted in the comfort of your very own home. The following eye cream recipe is all natural and devoid of mystery.

Eyes are the window into the soul, but if you’re not getting enough sleep or if you naturally experience dark under eye circles, you may be compromising your deserved glow.

This recipe is infused with the power of evening primrose oil. Evening primrose is a wild medicinal plant with Central American origins. It is a skin-healing agent, shown to effectively combat dermatitis. It has also exhibited the ability to suppress chronic inflammation, a key feature in battling puffy under eye bags. The substance’s long-chain fatty alcohols are the compounds with anti-inflammatory effects. Evening primrose oil also softens the skin and diminishes fine lines, wrinkles, skin irritation and dark circles.

The coconut oil in this recipe acts as a moisturizer, leaving the skin supple and radiant. The addition of vitamin E oil helps to protect the skin from oxidative stress, reduce inflammation and tighten the skin, keeping the sensitive skin around the eyes healthy looking and young. Together, these three ingredients make for the best eye cream recipe you’ve ever used.

Best Eye Cream Recipe

Good for 1 month

Ingredients

• ½ cup coconut oil, liquid
• 5 capsules vitamin E oil
• 1 tablespoon evening primrose oil

Directions

In a small bowl, stir together the coconut oil and vitamin E. Add the evening primrose oil and mix until smooth. Store in a glass container and let set in the fridge. Once hardened, remove and store at room temperature in your toiletry cabinet.

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At one point or another, every one needs to know how to get rid of under eye circles.  

Dark circles are difficult to hide, and they are the difference between appearing energized and happy and looking sad and tired. Even if you feel great on the inside, your under eye circles may be giving off a different impression.

There are many reasons why you may have dark circles under your eyes. When you rub your eyes, you may break small capillaries under the skin, causing discoloration and some puffiness. For some it indicates allergies, kidney weakness, an antioxidant, iron or vitamin K deficiency or anemia. For some, it’s simply hereditary.

If fussing as little as possible with your eyes and getting enough sleep isn’t working to minimize their dark, puffy appearance, consider going to a doctor to find out if the problem is more serious than meets the eye – if it points to a severe allergy or deficiency in some vitamin or mineral.

In the meantime, there are topical treatments that can alleviate dark under-eye circles. Unfortunately, many of the game-changing creams on the market are also fraught with toxic ingredients that ultimately do more harm than good.

Put your freshest, happiest face forward by focusing on how to get rid of under eye circles naturally, with this recipe for a dark circles eye cream that will literally cool your under eye bags, revealing a less puffy complexion without the harsh chemical ingredients. The treatment also lightens the area under your eyes so dark circles are not so obvious.

How to Get Rid of Under Eye Circles DIY Recipe

Makes up to 15 sessions

Ingredients

1 raw potato
7 mint leaves
3 tablespoons water

Directions

Add all the ingredients into a food processer and blend until smooth and darkened. Dip as many cotton pads as possible fully into the cream and set them on a tray, not overlapping. Place the tray into the freezer. When frozen, remove them and place them into a Ziplock bag to store. Taking 2 pads at a time, lie down and place the one over each eye, being sure to cover the dark circles. Let them rest for 20 minutes. Toss the pads when you are done.

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Okay, full disclosure. I just woke up from a nine hour, nap? How’d that happen? It was nighttime when I went to sleep, and now it’s nearing high noon. And before the sleep police come after me waving their pitchforks spiked with espresso, here’s the one downside – I now have puffy eyes that look like I stuffed my face in a basket full of pollen-dipped cats. But there must be a way to get much-deserved (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it) sleep without looking like an inflated version of yourself. And there must be a way to do it naturally, right?

Puffy eyes are caused by a myriad of issues. Hormones can cause water retention – yes, even around your eyes. At the same time, dehydration can also puff out your eyes, be it from a hangover or just too little liquid. Medication, heredity, and allergies are also culprits. One beauty expert advises that you should treat your eyes like you would the skin of the newborn baby. Since most of my friends have puffy eyes from lack of sleep due to a newborn baby – see how it’s all cyclical? – it won’t be hard to make this connection.

The solution?

Awhile back, I wrote about some eco-friendly and/or natural products for your eyes. Click here to peruse what’s new on the natural cosmetics market. Or check out these natural tips for deflating your eyes from fatty to fab.

1. Some suggest gently (may we emphasize the gently) tapping your eyes where the fluid seems to be. This can encourage fluid to disperse and drain more easily.
2. Drink as much water as possible. Yes, it seems counter-intuitive when you are retaining water, but hydrating will reduce puffiness. So down a glass of H2O next time your notice your eyes making like a mask.
3. Get enough sleep. (Done and done!) Too little sleep will cause puffy eyes. But too much may as well. Walk the line.
4. Use an ice pack over your eyes for as long as you can stand it. This will lessen the look of fatigue and puffiness. Chilled cucumbers may achieve the same result.
5. Create a potato eye mask. Peel one small potato. Shred it, and then place it in clean gauze. Cover your eyes for ten minutes. Rinse off with water of cold chamomile tea.
6. And for the truly creative or just fall-festive – peel and seed a slice of pumpkin. Cook it in two cups of water until it is soft, and then mush it with a teaspoon of honey. Please inside clean gauze and cover your eyes for ten minutes. Go the extra green mile and make your ingredients all organic.

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