The Potato Eye Trick
Hi everyone,
Have you ever heard of putting potatoes on your eyes as a way to reduce bagginess and dark circles? Well it works! Potatoes have a cooling effect and can actually lighten dark under-eye circles. Who would have thought?! Mr. (or Miss!) Potato head should be proud! Take a cue from him and next time you have dark eyes wrap up a bit of grated raw potato in something like cheesecloth or gauze. Rest it on your eyes for about 10-15 minutes and that's it!
If you don't have any potatoes, you can always use cucumbers. Watch the video below to learn my DIY Ice Cucumber Pad method for puffy eyes and click here to read my blog post on it.
Have you ever heard of this potato trick before? Let me know if you give it a try!
<3 Mish
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This is gonna sound crazy, but in the movie Miss Congeniality Sandra Bullock played Gracie Lu Freebush, and in a scene model trainer told her to put cream on her eyes. The cream I thought was antibiotic ointment. So with that said, I used my ring finger and put a little of that on my dark circles......and it worked! My dark circles were lightened, and it reduced bags. The sad part is that I'm almost 13 and I have bags under my eyes, and dark circles so bad that teachers have literally asked me if I was ok, and a kid in my grade asked me if I had gotten hit and got a black eye! But seriously people, try it before you hate it. -
Wow that's so interesting! How on earth does the potato work I wonder? In terms of chemical reactions and the like.
Hey May (post 41), thanks for your tip! Is it correct to assume that you don't add any water to the powdered milk and mix it in dry? I'm interested in trying it out, cheers!
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I wish I had a juicer or a blender to try this out! I've always had problems with dark circles and dry eyes.
Do you think that finely grating cucumbers and collecting the juice that way would work too? It's easy at that point to squeeze them out with paper towels or cheesecloth so I would think you'd get the same effect as if you juiced/blended them.
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I'll try it :) I have large circles under my eyes due to lack of sleep and staring at the computer .. This is the perfect tutorial I could ever get. I'll try it <3
THANKS MICHELLE :)
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I use a mask of powdered milk with honey and potatoes. It works great for removing stains from your face.
Potatoes are perfect for removing stains of the face or clarify some specific parts of the face for example the darkcircles :D -
Yo utilizo una mascarilla de leche en polvo con miel de abeja y papa. Me funciona muy bien para eliminar manchas de la cara.
Las papas son perfectas para eliminar machas de la cara o aclarar algunas partes especificas de la cara.
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Thanks for the trick very useful!
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haha I think I would be scared to put potatoes on my eyes.
xo Emilie
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I' ve heard of this trick before but I never tried it. I will try it today.
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seems like a great and affordable idea :D
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I made the cucumber pads and they work, dont know if i Will try potato, i use cucumber and it works so dont know why i would changes something that works. But maybe potato works better so maybe i Will try one day<3
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I have try it before! :D and it works!... but, I think that it's not in all the people or not have the same effect, I've dark circles, but I think it's already part of me, but it really helps for resting my eyes a little bit and then keep working at the computer, and the skin and all the eyes area looks pretty healthy!
I did the cuccumber stuff too, but with slices of the cold cuccumber and it really, but. really feels sooo good!! :D
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I just tried this, but I chilled the shredded potato before I put it on, and it worked pretty well for me...! My dark circles are half gone! <3 I'm so glad I tried this one out...!
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I've been wanting to do the cucumber pads but I always eat them before I do it lol and I don't know if my parents would get angry if i do that because they use the cucumbers alot lol
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I've tried tea bags, they kind of work. I don't want to go to the trouble of buying cucumbers or potatos when we aren't going to eat them
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Hi Michelle!
I have tried this before and to be honest the first time i didnt really notice anything,do u have to do it constantly?and can I put the potato directly on my eye?
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