Tips For Shining Eyes

Shining eyes make you personable, make your face appear fresh and wide awake and give you a youthful look.

Beautiful eyes and an alert look appear young, dynamic and personable. But shining eyes don’t always look at us from the mirror. We have tips for bright eyes  for you – even if the night was a little shorter than it should be.

Bright eyes make the difference

A person with bright, fresh and alert eyes looks very different from the same person whose eyes look tired and sad, with dark circles under the eyes, puffy bags under the eyes and perhaps also slightly reddened eyeballs.

Of course, it is not a matter of course to discover shining eyes in one’s own reflection every morning, but luckily there are tips and tricks to help, literally wake up your eyes and give away shining moments.

The following tips are very useful:

Causes of dark circles under the eyes

The dark circles under the eyes are darker, the worse the blood vessels underneath are supplied with oxygen-rich, fresh blood. There are many reasons why the blood circulation is not optimal there:

• Lack of sleep : The most straightforward reason is simply not getting enough sleep. After a few nights of heavy sleep, the color of the dark circles should return to normal.
• Smoking causes blood vessels to narrow. And the narrower the blood vessels, the worse the blood flow. And the darker the shadows under the eyes.

• Also, alcohol reduces the blood flow. In addition, alcohol consumption in the face fills certain cavernous bodies with water, which can also worsen blood circulation. So alcohol consumption is visible!
• Allergies can also cause dark spots to form under the eyes. Mostly it is due to allergy-causing cosmetics in the eye area or contact lens care products.
• Iron deficiency generally leads to a poorer oxygen supply. This makes the blood appear darker and also makes dark circles more visible.
• A lack of fluids affects almost all body functions. The ability of the blood to flow is reduced and the blood flow decreases. If you drink enough, you will also look more alert!
• Drug consumption is a cause that can be seen in the face of the user for a very long time. Noticeably dark shadows under the eyes are a very distinctive feature that only regresses months after drug use.

Kidney, liver, gallbladder, and thyroid disorders are also possible causes, which is why you should see your doctor for any kind of unexplained, persistent dark circles or discoloration of the skin under the eyes.

If you want to prevent the dark shadow, you should read through the causes again and make sure that it does not come to that.

Causes of swollen “bags under the eyes”

The name “bags under the eyes” is misleading because many people think that the tears that one shed when crying, for example, are formed in the bags under the eyes. It’s a funny idea, but it has nothing to do with reality.

Rather, the bags under the eyes are a “sewer” that ensures that the eye is drained. When we cry, for example, tear fluid is drained into the nose through the bags under the eyes, which means that our noses always run when we cry.

Bags under the eyes are completely invisible because they run in a bone canal. What you always mean when you speak of “bags under the eyes” are swollen areas of the tissue that surrounds the eye.

Strictly speaking, it is lymphedema, i.e. tissue fluid that is temporarily or permanently stored there.

In old age, the connective tissue slackens and the so-called “bags under the eyes” (which are not at all!) Become visible.

These are mostly visibly slack muscles or fat pads that are no longer supported by tight connective tissue and thus stand out. These are unavoidable, it is part of aging that the connective tissue (not only in the face!) Loses strength and stability.

What helps?

If your “bags under the eyes ” are a short-term phenomenon because you looked too deeply into the glass, slept too briefly or for other reasons stored water around your eyes, the following tips can help you:

Cucumber slices

Do you have a cucumber in your fridge? Great! Cut two slices of it and place it on your eyes until it no longer cools.

Then you cut two more slices – until the eyes are puffy. The cold causes the vessels to contract and at the same time the cucumber supplies your skin around the eyes with refreshing moisture.

Cold tea bags

The tannins from the tea ensure that the vessels of the skin contract and water is washed out. If the used black tea bags were previously in the refrigerator overnight, the cold still supports the effect.

Drink

Large amounts of fluids in the morning (for example water, lemon water or tea) get the lymph flow going again. This in turn ensures that the excess water around your eyes is effectively transported away.

But it should be at least half a liter!

Cold spoons

If you always keep a couple of tablespoons in the refrigerator, you’ll have a small emergency ice cream on hand in the morning.

Just put the cold tablespoon on your eyes! If the spoons were in the freezer, please do not place them directly on the delicate skin of your eyes – this could cause frostbite!

Then place a thin linen or cotton cloth between the ice cream spoon and your eye. After approx. 10 minutes your eyes should look “going out” again!