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gently press the skin, rolling the finger gently, working from the inner corner of the eye out. When cleansing makeup from the delicate eye area, use a cotton ball moistened with almond oil.
If you want to tighten the eye area after cleansing, apply a light coating of buttermilk.
Puffy eyes can be caused by a food allergy, crying or exhaustion. Drinking nettle tea on a regular basis, avoiding allergens and getting enough rest are essential.
Home remedies for puffy eyes include lying down (on a slant board if possible) with a thin slice of raw peeled potato, melon, apple, or cucumber over each eye. Cooled moistened tea bags are another option. Use chamomile, cornflower, elderflower, eyebright, marshmallow root and/ or black tea. To make a compress to reduce puffiness in the under eye area, make a tea of any of the preceding herbs, strain and chill. Soak a small clean cloth in the chilled brew and lie down and relax with the compress over the eyes. Or use a cooled used tea bag over each eye.
At night, apply a bit of castor oil to the eyelashes to encourage their growth.
Eyestrain causes squinting and thus eye wrinkles. If you have to read or study for long periods of time, focus on a distant point once every hour. Gaze out the window or look at a pretty picture on the wall. Don't rub your eyes; exercising them is a much better idea. Try this exercise to firm puffiness: open the eyes wide, then squeeze them shut tightly. Repeat several times.
Sun Sensibility
Staying out of the sun altogether is the easiest way to avoid sun damage. Of course small amounts of sunshine are essential and can prevent vitamin D deficiency and promote healing and skin growth. Sunbathing can cause

 
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