Beauty Tips
Smooth, poreless and a flawless skin has long been considered a mark of youth and beauty. But for some of us, achieving perfect beauty seems impossible. It simply takes work. With a bit of knowledge and a regular routine, your skin will look better and healthier - than you ever thought possible.


Under-eye circles
This is a very common problem, which is caused by: heredity, lack of sleep, mental and physical fatigue, stress and improper diet.
-- If your dark circles are hereditary, you can hope to lighten them by the points given below.
-- Sleep is very essential to both health and beauty. Lack of sleep is immediately visible by the dark circles around the eyes. Make sure you get your six-eight hours of beauty sleep. Some people need more and some people need less. Skin revives itself when you sleep. This means eight to 10 hours each night.
-- If you are suffering from fatigue consult your doctor .
-- A nutritious diet plays an important role in preventing dark circles. It is found that insufficient iron, which causes anaemia, is also responsible for dark circles. So, to get rid of those dark circles or prevent them, include the following in your diet.
• Eat a green leafy vegetable daily.
• If you are a non-vegetarian, include liver and egg - especially yolk in your diet.
• Iron supplement in the form of tablets can also be taken.
• Figs are also good sources of iron.
• Wheat contains more iron than rice’so include wheat at least once a day in your diet.
• Drink plenty of liquids, six-ten glasses of water per day. Moisture is the key to complexion.
-- Stress, mental and physical, also increases dark circles. To relax, close your eyes. Squeeze the juice from grated cucumber; dip a cotton pad and place it on your eyes or cut thin slices of cold cucumber and place it on your eyes.Put on some music, lie down for 15 to 30 mins.Dark circles also increase if you have been watching too much TV or working on the computer for long.
Tips for treatment at home for dark circles under eyes
At bedtime, cleanse the skin around the eyes using a cleanser by applying it on the areas and wiping it off very gently with moist cotton. Apply an almond based under eye cream around your eyes. Remove with moist cotton after 10 minutes. Cream should not be left on the skin around the eyes when you sleep, or for long periods. For day time you can try the following:
Make a powder of almond and store in an airtight bottle. In the morning, make a paste with milk and apply around the eyes. Keep it on for 10-15minutes and wash with water. Take care not to pull or drag the skin around the eyes.
Fresh air and exercise
Oxygen is vital to your skin. It has been observed that if you are continuously breathing in stagnated stale air (for example, if you work for 12hours in an air-conditioned office) you are prone to dark circles. To offset this, take a half-an-hour daily brisk walk and do some deep breathing exercises.