Both of these products are essential to your daily routine because due to our polluted world, our skin dries out quickly and these particular areas dry out the quickest! The skin around your eyes is even the thinnest skin on your face, so it needs extra special care to avoid dark circles and dryness. As for lips, they have to face all of the elements too, plus coming into contact with foods, drinks and passionate kissing! All of these can wear down your delicate lips, potentially leading to dryness and/or cracking.
Firstly, I would like to point out that eye creams are essentially glorified moisturisers, unless they have ingredients proven to help with anti-ageing, dark circles, puffiness etc.. If your eye cream does not target any of these, you can simply use your regular facial moisturiser! Before you dab it on, gently cleanse the eye area first (but make sure your cleanser is gentle enough for using around the eyes). You can generally use eye creams twice a day, especially if you are using one for the anti-ageing benefits. Remember, do not exfoliate the eye area - it will increase discolouration and dark circles!
To keep lips looking smooth and plump, use a lip scrub weekly and a lip balm daily as and when needed to keep them from drying out, even if that may be more than twice a day.
Just like all moisturisers, for both the lips and eyes, use one that matches your skin type and anything that is applied to your face should have very little or no fragrance.
Thanks for reading! Until next time~
Love, Miss Emma-Lily xx
Firstly, I would like to point out that eye creams are essentially glorified moisturisers, unless they have ingredients proven to help with anti-ageing, dark circles, puffiness etc.. If your eye cream does not target any of these, you can simply use your regular facial moisturiser! Before you dab it on, gently cleanse the eye area first (but make sure your cleanser is gentle enough for using around the eyes). You can generally use eye creams twice a day, especially if you are using one for the anti-ageing benefits. Remember, do not exfoliate the eye area - it will increase discolouration and dark circles!
To keep lips looking smooth and plump, use a lip scrub weekly and a lip balm daily as and when needed to keep them from drying out, even if that may be more than twice a day.
Just like all moisturisers, for both the lips and eyes, use one that matches your skin type and anything that is applied to your face should have very little or no fragrance.
Thanks for reading! Until next time~
Love, Miss Emma-Lily xx
What is a lip scrub?
ReplyDeleteIt is essentially an exfoliator for your lips. :) Find out more in this post: http://missemmalily.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/5-exfoliators-and-facial-masks.html
Delete-Emma-Lily xx
Thank you :)
DeleteYou are so very helpful and kind!
Do you have any advice for people who suffer from zits like me? It seems a get a big fat zit on my forehead every week. Am I not cleaning right or something? I cover it up best I can, but it always seems to show itself. It's so embarrassing to have something like on me all the time :(
ReplyDeleteWell, if your daily skin routine isn't helping, try changing your product one by one to see if that helps. That does work out expensive though if it's taking a while to find out which one isn't helping! Instead of doing that, I just use these:
Deletehttp://www.superdrug.com/clearasil/clearasil-ultra-rapid-action-pads-x-65/invt/143855
They work so quickly and are perfect for when you get that one annoying spot that won't go away or is huge and visible. Just wipe a pad over the spot after cleansing each day, then continue your routine! The spot should fade within a few hours of each application and disappear completely after about 3 days.
-Emma-Lily xx