This facial oil contains natural sun guards that will not replace a sunscreen but will boost its
effectiveness and shield your skin from mild sunrays in wintertime. Many plants contain natural
sun protection mechanisms, which are the best way to support the skin’s own production of
melanin.
Combine the oils in a pretty glass or china bottle and shake vigorously.
Green Eye Care
There’s an old saying that the eyes are the mirrors of your soul. From a nutritionist’s point of view,
your eyes and the skin around them also mirror the health of your circulatory and digestive systems.
Not only do our eyes reveal our natural radiance and allure, but also lack of sleep, water, and fiber in
our diet, too much junk food, and too much sun exposure.
Just like our facial skin combines too many “skin types,” the skin around the eyes has different
areas that should be treated accordingly. The skin in the eye socket has very small pores, and it’s the
thinnest on our face. Blood vessels are only a fraction of an inch away from the surface of the skin,
and constant movements of the eye require this skin to be pliable yet taut. The skin on the outer sides
of the eyes, near your temples, is more similar to the facial skin on your cheeks and forehead, but it’s
prone to easy wrinkling because of the way we smile—and I hope you smile a lot!
Any eye treatment product should not be applied to the eye socket area. No matter what you choose
to make your eyes look brighter and younger, keep the product at least one-quarter inch away from the
lash line. You may apply a firming cream to your brow bone area, but make sure to keep it away from
the eyelids.
There are a lot of skin care products aimed at the eye area: creams, lotions, serums, gels, patches,
and masks. In your twenties, you don’t need a special moisturizer for your eye area. If you use a
natural, lightweight moisturizer and regularly shield your eyes with durable UV-coated sunglasses,
then you can use your regular moisturizer under the eyes, making sure not to rub it into the eye sockets.
When I hear a recommendation that I should use a product that is specifically formulated for the eye
area, I usually ask, “What’s so different about it?” I usually hear that “these products are designed to
be light enough for the eye area, yet still deliver a lot of moisture.”A close examination of the
ingredients list doesn’t reveal any dramatic difference. For example, Kinerase Intensive Eye Cream
contains the following ingredients: water, a blend of synthetic fatty acids and fatty alcohols that work
as emollients (glyceryl stearate, laureth-23, isopropyl palmitate, stearic acid, cetyl alcohol, stearyl
alcohol), penetration enhancers (propylene glycol, imidazolidinyl urea), slip agent dimethicone,
preservatives (methylparaben, propylparaben), triethanolamine, and a few plant ingredients such as
safflower seed oil, soya sterol, and aloe leaf juice. The cream also contains the powerful natural
antioxidant N6-Furfuryladenine (kinetin) and a totally useless collagen and elastin that were proven
ineffective as antiaging components many years ago.
Now let’s take a look at Kinerase Cream, a favorite celebrity product that has a cult following. We
see the same water, fatty alcohols as emollients, propylene glycol, silicone, safflower seed oil, soya
sterol, aloe leaf juice, kinetin, and the same blend of preservatives. Not a single ingredient is
different, except the concentration of the active ingredient, kinetin. The eye creamcontains 0.125
percent, and the face creamcontains 0.1 percent. The difference of 0.025 percent, or a microscopic
0.2 mg (worth a few cents when kinetin is bought in bulk) causes a double increase in price.