Do your under-eyes often look dark, shadowy, and tired? This can happen for a number of reasons. While genetics sometimes plays a part, everything from dehydration to sleep deprivation to nutritional deficiencies can cause dark circles and shadows to develop under the eyes.
Although dealing with the root cause of the problem should be your priority, this can sometimes take a while. Combine your efforts with the right skincare, however, and you’ll be able to brighten eyes that look dull and lackluster in no time. Keep reading as Introstem explains how!
Cleanse Your Eye Area Twice a Day
If you aren’t properly cleansing your eye area, it will soon look duller and darker. Not only will impurities gradually build up on your skin’s surface, but they’ll also delve down, causing free radical damage. Over time, this will only make your under-eyes look even more tired.
Plus, if you aren’t properly cleansing your eye area, the rest of our tips aren’t going to make much of a difference. Skincare products struggle to penetrate through the layer of oil, dirt, pollutants, and more that coats the skin. Apply them to clean skin, however, and they’ll work like a charm.
Twice-daily cleansing is usually the best way to go, just like it is for the skin on the rest of your face. However, if you usually use quite a powerful cleanser, leave your eye area out and then return to it with a gentler formula. The skin around your eyes is very delicate. Any damage to that skin barrier will only exacerbate your problems. A moisturizing cleanser, like the Introstem VitisCell Fresh Cleansing Mousse, will cleanse your skin in a way that leaves your skin barrier feeling strong and intact.
Use an Eye Cream Designed for Dark Circles
Did you know that the skin under your eyes is some of the thinnest skin anywhere on your face or body? The outer section of your skin in this area consists of just three layers, compared to the 15+ layers that are found elsewhere. This is why experts always recommend using dedicated eye care products – they cater to the fragile nature of this skin in a way that regular facial skincare products aren’t able to do.
If your aim is to brighten skin that looks dark and shadowy, use an eye cream that has been designed for that purpose. A formula like the Introstem VitisCell Radiance Dark Circle Eye Cream contains a range of ingredients that hone in on the various causes of shadowy-looking under-eyes. Collagen amino acids provide hydration and keep the skin barrier feeling supported, while antioxidants help to lighten the look of hyperpigmentation. Meanwhile, caffeine and resveratrol will soothe the look of inflammation, which can also cause the under-eye area to take on a darker finish.
Make the Most of Antioxidants
When it comes to skincare, there’s not much that antioxidants can’t do. If you’re trying to brighten skin that looks tired and shadowy, antioxidants should be a big part of your skincare routine. They neutralize the look of free radical damage, which the appearance of dark circles can often be attributed to. Antioxidants also have a brightening effect on the overall complexion, giving it luminescence and bounce.
Which antioxidants should you be using for your under-eyes? Vitamin C, which you’ll find in the eye cream featured above, is one of the best. Plant extracts are also excellent sources of antioxidants. Again, there are plenty in our eye cream, but your skin would benefit from an extra layer of these potent compounds, which is where the VitisCell Luminous Firming Eye Serum comes in.
This eye serum is loaded with antioxidant-rich botanicals. From green tea extract to grape stem cells to vitamin C, these ingredients will all leave your under-eye area looking more radiant. The addition of peptides will help as well, giving your skin a smoother finish that enables it to better reflect light.
Pamper Your Under-Eyes With Eye Masks
Looking for a way to instantly illuminate the look of your under-eyes? Eye masks can sometimes provide very quick results. The right mask will immediately give your skin a smoother, plumper, and brighter finish, with these effects often lasting for days.
Need a good eye mask to add to your skincare arsenal? Start with Introstem’s Pure Soothing Eye Jelly Masks Limited Edition. The intense hydration that these masks provide instantly leaves the skin under the eyes looking perkier and healthier. Meanwhile, a selection of plant extracts works to soothe the look of puffiness and inflammation, which boosts light reflection.
The Stem Cell Rejuvenation Facial & Eye Mask would be another great option. Again, it’s infused with sodium hyaluronate and other humectants. These ingredients bind moisture to the skin, providing quick hydration. At the same time, grape stem cells offer up potent antioxidant properties that give the under-eye area a fresher and more vibrant appearance.
Protect Your Eye Area From the Sun
While there are plenty of skincare products out there designed to brighten skin, these won’t have a significant impact if, at the same time, you’re allowing the sun’s UV rays to damage your skin. UV radiation contributes to dark circles in a few different ways. Firstly, they stimulate melanin production – too much of this leads to skin discoloration. They also cause the skin to thin, allowing the blood vessels that lie beneath the eye area to show through in the form of shadows.
This is why SPF is a must if you’re hoping to see results. However, with the skin around the eyes being so thin, you’ll need an SPF formula that isn’t going to cause any irritation, just like Introstem’s PrismaStem Face Shield Cream SPF 30. This SPF moisturizer contains a number of ingredients that replenish and strengthen the complexion, making it a great product to use under your eyes, as well as on the rest of your face!
Give Your Under-Eyes Extra Hydration
As the skin ages, it thins out. This can leave the under-eye area looking more sunken and shadowed. Thin skin is also more prone to moisture loss, and the dehydration that the eye area commonly deals with only adds to that shadowy look.
One way to turn things around for your complexion is to compensate for some of that increased moisture loss by giving your skin some extra hydration. Hopefully, your skincare routine is already filled with hydrating ingredients, but certain products could help to bump up the hydrating power of your regimen even further.
The Introstem String Lift Sculpting System is the perfect example. It contains six forms of hyaluronic acid, one of the best hydrating ingredients out there. The way in which this innovative system is applied enables you to easily focus the bulk of that hydration under your eyes. This will have an immediate impact on how bright that area looks.
Give LED Light Therapy a Try
Innovation is rife in the skincare world, with LED technology being a prime example. It has quickly infiltrated the skincare industry to the point where at-home LED light therapy devices are now widely available.
If you’re trying to brighten skin that looks tired and discolored, LED tech is definitely worth exploring further. Red light therapy gives the skin a thicker finish, countering the appearance of dark circles and shadows caused by thinning skin and visible blood vessels. Meanwhile, blue light therapy is great for smoothing away the look of puffiness and inflammation. It quickly leaves the skin looking calmer, brighter, and better balanced.
The IntroLite Jade Eye Device offers two modes, giving you access to both red and blue wavelengths. It’s easy to use, and the vibrating sensation it emits as it’s massaged around the skin feels extremely relaxing!
Exfoliate…But Do So Gently
Exfoliation is an important part of skincare. Ideally, you should be exfoliating both your face and your body regularly, including the skin around your eyes.
However, as we’ve mentioned, the skin here is very thin. It doesn’t take much to damage it, which is why you need to be very careful when exfoliating. Using an exfoliator that’s too rough or too acidic could result in your eye area struggling even more.
If your exfoliator contains ingredients that aren’t best suited to the delicate skin under the eyes, give the Introstem VitisCell Fresh Revive Peeling a try. From mandelic acid to bamboo powder, it makes use of exfoliants that are effective yet gentle. It’s also infused with the likes of vitamin C, grape stem cells, and green tea extract – ingredients that have a brightening effect on the complexion.
Chill Your Skin
If your eye area is looking tired and puffy, one age-old quick fix is to apply a cold compress to the area. The cold has a constricting effect on the skin, while also soothing the feeling of inflammation.
Take this one step further with a cooling globe, like the one found in the Introstem Collagen Cooling Set Limited Edition. Refrigerate the globe for a couple of hours and then spend a few minutes rolling it over your skin after moisturizing. Your skin will immediately feel revitalized!
Another way to make the most of cold temperatures is to store your skincare products in the fridge. While not all skincare products are suitable for this, most eye care products are. This means that in addition to benefiting from the topical ingredients you’ll be applying, the cold temperature of those products will leave your eye area looking calmer and brighter.
Enjoy Brighter-Looking Skin With Introstem
Due to how thin the skin under the eyes is, it can be a tricky area to care for. It doesn’t take much for the under-eyes to look dark and shadowy, but, fortunately, there’s plenty that you can do to turn things around. Implement the tips that we’ve shared above while also trying to solve the root cause of your tired-looking eyes, and it won’t be long before your skin looks brighter and more radiant than ever.
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