Eco-friendly Eye Care Routines for Great Skin

Look after your eyes with eco-friendly, natural eye care

Eco-friendly, all-natural skin care recipes have been used for hundreds of years. Although there are many brands of chemical-based skin care products, many people today are interested in natural solutions, making green choices, and seeking out the ”old recipes.”

It is safe, cheap, and easy to make your own natural recipes in your own home, using pure skincare ingredients from your pantry or refrigerator.

The eyes are the window to the soul!

Here are some recipes for eco-friendly eye moisturising creams, puffy eye aids, dark circle reducers, eye soothers, and eye make-up removers.

First, some tips on eye care:

• The skin around the eyes requires extra care because it’s more fragile than the skin on the rest of your face. It should not be rubbed or scrubbed hard, as this can stretch the skin too much and help to cause the formation of wrinkles and lines.
• Avoid putting concentrated substances such as essential oils around your eyes. These can cause burning, stinging, redness and watering.
• Make eye care products in small quantities. It is better to make small quantities frequently than to make large quantities that will sit around indefinitely and become contaminated with bacteria.
• Avoid applying rich creams and oils around your eyes. They can promote puffiness and even cause possible allergic reactions.

Eye Moisturisers

Both papaya and pineapple can be used separately as an eye cream, but together they are even more powerful. Both fruits contain highly-effective exfoliating properties similar to alpha-hydroxy acids, which help reduce the appearance of wrinkles.
Take 1 tsp. very ripe papaya and 1 tsp. pineapple, mash very well and combine. Using your fingers, gently dab around the eyes where you are most prone to get wrinkles. Leave on for 5-10 minutes and gently remove with warm water.

Natural pure honey is a favourite for many beauty recipes – its usage goes as far back as the ancient Greeks. It keeps skin hydrated and retains moisture, making it an effective natural skin moisturizer and it also helps to absorb impurities from our facial skin pores. Honey’s natural antioxidant benefits help with anti-aging, and its anti-microbial properties help with protection from skin sun damage.

Another popular all-natural skin care recipe ingredient is olive oil. The benefits of olive oil have been enjoyed by Italian woman for hundreds of years. It made their complexions soft and was a wonderful luxury to add to the bath.

 Eye Saviours – Reduce puffiness, lighten dark circles

Cucumbers contain a highly beneficial ingredient. They have a mild astringent that is wonderful when it comes to swollen eyelids, puffy eyes and eye bags. Simply cut thin slices and place them on your eye skin area. Sit back and relax for a few minutes. What could be easier!

To lighten dark under-eye circles, wrap a grated raw potato in cheesecloth and apply to eyes with dark circles for 15-20 minutes.

Eye Soothers

The simple act of getting enough sleep will go far to reduce redness and dark circles under the eyes. If you haven’t been getting enough sleep, use one of the following and close your eyes and rest for 15 minutes. You and your eyes will feel refreshed afterwards.

Chamomile Tea Bags are very soothing. Boil 1 cup of water and add 2 chamomile tea bags. Allow the water to cool to lukewarm with the tea bags in it. Remove the tea bags and squeeze the excess fluid from them. Place the tea bags on your closed eyes, and leave them in place for 15 minutes. Remove them from your eyes and discard.

This infusion can be stored in the refrigerator for up to three days and used as a hair rinse or facial rinse.

Fennel is another great eye soothing ingredient. Take 3 tbsp crushed fennel seeds and add to 1/3 cup water, boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and immediately strain the seeds from the infusion. Let the infusion cool to room temperature. Soak cotton pads in the infusion, squeeze out the excess fluid, and place on closed eyes for 15 minutes. Remove and discard. The leftover infusion can be stored in the refrigerator for up to three days and used as a skin rinse.

Eye Make-up Removers

Dab just a small amount of coconut oil onto an organic cotton swab to quickly and gently remove all traces of eye make-up.

Tip:  this recipe can be used as a light moisturising oil as well as an eye make-up remover.

• 1/8 tsp rosehip seed oil
• 10 drops evening primrose oil
• 10 drops vitamin E (use 400 IU per gel cap or concentrated liquid vitamin E 32,000 IU per fluid ounce)
• 10 drops jojoba oil

Mix all of the ingredients together.  Gently massage a drop or two of the mixture into the skin around your eyes.  Store any remaining oil in a small glass bottle.

Do you have any eco-friendly skin care secrets that you’d like to share?  Let me know in the Comments below.  

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