1. Every morning when I wake up I use a warm, wet washcloth on my eyes. I get in my tear ducts, look in the bottom rims of my eyelids to ensure I'm not eeking slimy strips of mascara from last night, and get any residue off my eyes. I follow up with another swipe of eye makeup remover. I am always thorough at night, but this just gives me an extra clean eye area, and a fresh canvas for more makeup today!
2. I always wash my hands before putting my contacts in. Always. I also wash my hands if I put product in my hair before I do my makeup so I don't cross-contaminate and get anything on my face not meant to be there! I've made the mistake of thinking I had an eye infection from certain products I was using but really I was putting a gunk covered finger straight into my eye. Just about anything can cause an infection, so be careful and wash your hands!
3. Eye drops are good, but only use as needed! I always carry them in my purse with me. If you use them tons over time, they are supposed to actually dry your eyes out worse, but if you just need a little boost every so often, feel free. Make sure if you wear contacts, you get some that are optimized for contact users. They also sell red eye drops, and allergy sufferers eye drops. If you've ever had eye allergies you know how itchy then can get, it's unbearable!
Little container thing for contacts- the bottom gray part is a neutralizing metal that reacts with the solution and cleans your contacts really well.
5. If you have really dry eyes or suffer from allergies, I recommend using a gel eye drop at night. I swear by Systane. It comes out like Vaseline from the tube, and I apply it with a clean finger to the rims of my eyes. You put it on at night because it can make your vision a bit cloudy since it's like a gel. But you wake up good as new! My eye doctor recommended Systane products and I love them.
6. Get a really chic pair of glasses and every few weeks wear them instead of contacts to give your eyes a break. Your eyes will love you for the break and the extra oxygen flow to your eyes!
7. Try to switch from contacts to glasses for at least 2 hours if possible before you get some shut eye. Your eyes will feel better the next morning if you let them get a little oxygen and not have to focus through a lens stuck to your eye.
8. Always remove your contacts at night and take special care to get all of your eye makeup off. Pull down your bottom lid and try to get any floating eye makeup out with a q-tip, but be gentle. If you wear waterproof mascara or liner, you will need special eye makeup remover to ensure it all gets removed.
It has taken me many years to get to the point where I feel like I'm actually very hygienic with my lenses. My eyes used to bother me so much and I'd always switch out my mascara, but now I know I just wasn't being very clean with my eyes!
Do you have a way that you take care of your eyes? Please share your tips!
Yours in Beauty,
Justina
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