Dark circle problems....help?

[lawyergirl]

:o Question anyone have a good natural way of removing dark circle over the eyes. I just don't know.....With all the cream out there. I just don't know the best one for me. I trying doing a little reseach but at a stand still help? :eek:

[CompassRose]

It is a perennial problem, for those who have them. I think the short answer is "no, not really." They're usually genetic, and sometimes related to nutrition, sleep, and allergies. I have not only dark circles, but giant puffs under my eyes.

The puffs got better (a little) when I stopped letting the cats sleep with me, which sucks for the cats, but I guess I am allergic to the little critters to some degree.

One cream that helped a bit was a Firming and Brightening cream from Sage that had l-arginine in it. It wasn't a remarkable, miracle, gone the next day help, but after using it for a few weeks, the darkness was very definitely reduced.

I've seen even more improvement from my current routine, which is this:
At night, Benefit Eye-Con eye cream, after washing my face.

In the morning, Kiehl's Eye Alert, which is part of their "men's" line and meant to get jet-lagged boys' eye-luggage unpacked, but it was recommended for me by the nice young "I'm really an opera singer" lad at the Toronto Kiehl's, and it seems to do the trick for a lot of the puffiness. It has Vitamin C in it.

Then I apply Benefit Oo La Lift round the bags over and under my eyes, and then I use Smashbox Photo Op on the dark circle part. The Photo Op is subtle, and must be dabbed not rubbed, but it really brightens things up.

I also like the Smashbox I Prime concealer kit for those sleepless black-eye days. It's got a pink primer that brightens things up all round, and then a fantastic yellowish concealer for any remaining dark bits. It's very fine, so it doesn't sink into the tiny lines that those of us heading for a Certain Age might have.

The Physician's Formula yellow concealer wand worked for me, but the colour doesn't seem to be universal; it looks weird on a lot of people.

Lots of people seem to like Benefit Boi-ing; I hated it. It might work for people who wear more makeup. It's very heavy, emphasised my lines, and looked like spackle.

[cherylopal]

It is a perennial problem, for those who have them. I think the short answer is "no, not really." They're usually genetic, and sometimes related to nutrition, sleep, and allergies. I have not only dark circles,




The only thing that has worked for me is cliniques workout make up!

[CompassRose]

The only thing Clinique that doesn't peel my skin off is their Almost Lipstick. Their other products are like poison to me.

[Kayaksoup]

CR, thanks for the detailed reply. My sister suffers from dark, dark circles and extremely sensitive skin. I am going to pass your reccs on to her; hopefully she wikk find something that works. She looks ten years older than me ~ she is really 26.

[eks]

This is what I have found to be the best for dark circles. It is expensive but it really works.

http://www.skinstore.com/store/product.asp?catID=0&prodID=5810