We have all been there – go without sleep or do some all nighters and you will inevitably end up with dark purplish circles and/or bags (puffiness) under your eyes.  Now, for all practical purposes these go away with proper rest, but not always.  If you don’t get enough sleep, have excess stress, or maybe its just in your genes and they will stay and seem to get worse.  So, what can we do for a quick cure remedy for these circles or bags under the eyes?

Well, actually, the number one reason is obviously lack of sleep.  Most people do not get the proper amount of sleep.  For many mothers with little children this is very common because rarely do you get a good nights rest.  Instead you end up getting woken up periodically when your baby cries for formula, your toddlers bed is wet, or if one of your little ones has a nightmare or falls out of bed.  So getting proper sleep may be easier said then done.

This is where a gift from your spouse to a day spa will definitely come in handy and be a very welcome retreat. They will pamper you and make you feel better rested and put your mind at piece for a while.  This can be expensive however as day spas run from $200 to $1000 or more depending on where you live.  It may be cheaper to have a relative come over and help out or to hire a trusted babysitter for a little while so you can take it easy for a little while. 

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Another major contributor to circles and bags is dehydration.  It is so easy to become dehydrated.  I’m sure you have seen the national health ads that in the past proclaimed that everyone needs to drink an average of 6 to 8 glasses of water per day for proper hydration.  Well, it is still great advice. How do you know if you are dehydrated?  The easiest way to tell is that you are thirsty.  This is your body’s natural way of tell you to go get hydrated.  Try drinking your daily required amount of water (6-8 tall glasses of water per day) and you will see an improvement within a few days and maybe even immediately depending on your degree of dehydration.

Another great tip is to eat correctly.  Junk in equals junk out.  We are a very fast paced society and many times we find ourselves eating a quick burger, fries and a Coke or shake at McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s or some other fast food joint.  These are loaded with fats, sodium, and all sorts of harmful ingredients.  Try and eat healthier foods.  Take a visit to your local health food store like Trader Joe’s (Tip - Trader Joe’s is the lowest priced health food store I have come across and many of their prices are quite comparable to Walmart) and instead of eating all that junk food eat a salad.  Stock up on some good greens like spinach, baby spinach, butter lettuce, etc… There’s a reason why spinach is called a super food.  It will help replenish all the minerals and vitamins your body needs. 

Circles or bags under the eyes are nature’s way of telling you that you aren’t getting enough sleep, water and proper nutrients.  Now there are other tricks like taking cucumbers or cabbage and placing them over your eyes while you relax – spas use these and other high water content vegetables to hydrate the skin around your eyes.  Also cucumbers have nutrients that have a healing effect to the skin and can help make dark circles and bags disappear. 

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Another great tip that works great and is very healthy for your body is to take a cucumber and slice it thinly and place the slices in a pitcher of purified water (get a Brita or similar water filter if you don’t already have one).  The cucumber will give the water a pleasant taste, is healthy and will add extra minerals and vitamins to your intake when you drink the required 6 to 8 glasses of water per day.  Just be sure to replace the water every few days as cucumber slices left in water will go bad after a few days (you shouldn’t have to worry about that, though if you are drinking your 6 to 8 glasses of water per day). 

So try and get the proper amount of sleep (8 to 9 hours of sleep per night).  Drink 6 to 8 glasses of water per day and eat right.  Stay away from fast food.  Just go and watch the documentary Supersize Me and you will see that fast food can be bad very bad for your health.  Watch it once and you will probably never want to eat fast food ever again (you’ll see why McDonalds tried to squash its release – it hurt and still hurts their sales and reputation).  These are some great ideas to help you cure those dark circles and bags.