How do you take care of the skin around your eyes? Are you making these common mistakes? In general, the main mistake is the lack of a separate product for the skin around the eyes. Even if you have this product, you still have to learn how to use it correctly: depending on the time of day, age and the needs of your eyelids. What other mistakes do you make?
You start looking after your skin too late
The big mistake is to start caring for the skin around the eyes when the problems are already evident: wrinkles, pigmentation, bags, blue stains etc. Moreover, one should not think that, when the situation is absolutely bad, you will simply come to the cosmetologist (or surgeon), ask to make you “beautiful” again, and everything will happen after just one miraculous procedure.
The more neglected the situation is, the more complex and multi-stage measures will have to be applied. You will surely be prescribed home care. Feel free to use creams for delicate eye skin since 25 years. Let your first remedies be creams rich in moisturizing ingredients.
You apply the cream incorrectly
As a rule, the instructions for each cream describe in detail how to apply it, so do not be too lazy to read it. The most important rule is to moisten only the orbital bone rather than the movable eyelid. When applied close to the ciliary edge, the cream will not stay in one place, it will be distributed within a radius of one centimeter, reach the mucous membrane of the eye, and cause irritation.
It also makes sense to choose an eye cream from the same line (or at least one brand) as the main facial product: as a rule, the same brand adds the same ingredients to all its jars, which means that if you are not allergic to one product, you will not suffer from it after applying the product for the eyelids.
You apply too much product
A large amount of the product will spread over the skin and reach the area of the mobile eyelid. The rest you know. In addition, an excess of cream will work against your skin rather than for its benefit, preventing the cells from breathing. It is optimal to apply as much product as the size of a match head.
You do not apply night cream at the same time
Do not apply night cream for the area around the eyes just before bedtime. The product does not have time to absorb and will simply end up on the pillow. So plan your evening care ritual half an hour or an hour before bedtime.
You stretch the skin of the eyelids
We are sure that you know everything about it. And yet, let us reiterate the issue. The skin around the eyes is deprived of the amount of subcutaneous fat, so it does not contain collagen and elastic fibers that other areas of the body and face are endowed with. Therefore, almost any gross manipulations are fraught with ruptures of the collagen frame and the appearance of creases. The right tactic is to apply the product with pointed, delicate taps and then gently pat the skin with your fingertips until the product is completely absorbed. By the way, this rule also works well for decorative cosmetics.
You use the same remedy for the skin of the eyelids for a long time
Do not forget to update creams depending on your age and problems (if they suddenly appear). The skin is constantly changing its needs. If it needed only effective hydration a couple of years ago, after some time it will require neutralizing the signs of fatigue and an anti-aging effect.