My Dark Circles Blog Forum

[SageMother]

During the summer I like to either slice a cucumber and place in on my eyes while doing a home facial or throw it in a blender with a very small bit of Witch Hazel and spread the result around my eyes.

What is your favorite home remedy?

[technoflutemom]

If I'm going on and need a quick fix, used, cooled off tea bags rested on the eyes can reduce the puffiness and bring down the tone a little bit. I've found the best results with good old black tea.

[SageMother]

[ACCER]

Exactly how well do these remedies actually work? Is there a natural remedy that works better for very fair people than the others?

[RoxyMoron]

I never really thought that cucumbers actually helped. So is it just the coolness factor or is it really something in these things that help relieve the problem?

[FourBear]

I think it is both the cool feeling and something within the cuke that helps, although I'm not sure exactly which chemicals and helpful stuff cucumbers contain.

[huntress2000]

Another vote for the teabags as well. I could never do the cucumbers. I like them too much. They wouldn't stand a chance of staying there very long. I would smell them and then they would be gone! lol

[Calypso]

I've never tried tea bags, but many of my friends swear by them. Next time I need a quick fix, that sounds like a good idea.

[admindc]

I like to add peppermint leaves to any of the home remedies.. I like peppermint very much..

[Alan]

Like other have said, I too keep cucumber on my eyes to avoid dark circles (as they have the natural, harmless bleaching effect that would help us to get rid of dark circles). I used to massage my eyes with almond oil at bed time daily and it really helped me a lot to get rid of dark circles.

[littlecat123]

Cucumbers definitely decrease puffiness.   Plus they feel great on your tired eyes -- nice cool cucumber resting on the eyes.

[harmony_mom]

I use a little bit of honey and some cucumber juice to make an ointment and then massage under the eye for a minute, very gently of course.  I read about this in a magazine and I forget what the honey does, but the cucumber has the bleaching effect as mentioned before and the massaging helps increase blood flow.