How To Reduce the appearance of Eye Bags
Help eyes to look fresher, brighter, and depuffed with my tips and tricks on how to reduce the appearance of eye bags with skincare.
- 6th September 2024
- By Charlotte Tilbury
8 minute read
Help eyes to look fresher, brighter, and depuffed with my tips and tricks on how to reduce the appearance of eye bags with skincare.
8 minute read
Darlings, I love designer bags, but not under the eyes! Bags under eyes can cause concealer to crease and look crepey and make eyes appear droopy and closed off – they are an accessory that my makeup can do without! Don’t fret, darlings, if you are experiencing bags under your eyes, I’m sharing my secrets on how to reduce the appearance of eye bags with skincare.
Discover what causes eye bags to appear, then learn expert skincare tips that can help your eye area to look smoother, brighter, and revived!
Bags can appear under the eyes due to pockets of fluid developing around the eyelid. When fluid builds up around the eyes, this can cause swelling and puffiness to occur. Fluid retention can happen naturally and can also be exacerbated by lifestyle factors such as a poor diet that is high in salt, drinking alcohol to excess, and lack of sleep.
Developing bags under your eyes is a natural part of ageing. Over time, gravity causes the skin on our face and body to drop, which is associated with sagging around the eyes. With age, our skin also loses its elasticity and can begin to fatigue, making it more prone to drooping and forming under eye bags.
Eye bags can be hereditary; some people are biologically predisposed to having bags under their eyes. If you are living a healthy lifestyle, staying hydrated, eating well, and getting plenty of sleep but still experience eye bags, it could be likely that genetic factors are coming into play.
Eyes can be extremely sensitive and are easily aggravated by allergies. Allergic reactions can cause the eye area to become puffy and inflamed which can emphasise the appearance of eye bags. During allergy season, you may notice your eye bags appear more prominent and feel tender to the touch.
A healthy sleep schedule is the secret to looking bright-eyed and well-rested. Too many late nights and not enough beauty sleep can cause eye bags to appear and can make your eyes look tired and sapped of life. Get plenty of sleep every night to allow your body and mind to recharge.
Sleeping on your stomach or your side can cause fluid to collect underneath your eyes and lead under eye bags to appear. Sleeping on your back with your head slightly elevated might help prevent fluids gathering under the eyes.
When you become dehydrated, your body has to work harder to store water which in turn can cause water retention under the eyes. Dehydrated skin around the eyes is prone to dehydration lines as well as eye bags that appear puffy and crepey due to a lack of moisture in the skin. Staying hydrated by drinking plenty of water might help the eye area to look smoother and healthier.
Salt is known to make our bodies retain water, so a diet that is rich in salt can lead to the emergence of eye bags. Common salty foods include cured and processed meats, canned and frozen foods, jarred sauces and salad dressings, and savoury snacks like crisps and pretzels. Changing your diet and lessening your salt consumption might help to reduce the appearance of eye bags.
No – Eye bags are a natural occurrence and are experienced by the majority of people during their lifetime. It is unlikely you will get rid of eye bags permanently with skincare, however, you can use products like eye serums and eye patches that help to reduce their appearance. To help reduce the appearance of eye bags, follow a supercharged eye care routine with products that specifically target bags under eyes.
Yes – You can use skincare to help reduce the appearance of eye bags over time. Reaching for eye care products that are powered by firming, lifting, and smoothing ingredients like caffeine, hyaluronic acid, and retinol is an effective way to reduce the look of bags under eyes. I recommend hydrating products like my Immediate Eye Revival Patches that are designed to quench thirsty under eyes while smoothing and brightening the look of your eye area.
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96% AGREE PUFFINESS APPEARS REDUCED*
Say goodbye to puffy-looking eyes, darlings! Immediate Eye Revival Patches are my Hollywood Skin Secret for fresher-looking under eyes! In just 10 minutes, my eye patches hydrate, smooth, and brighten the look of your eye area, making them appear red-carpet ready and immediately revived. These hydrogel eye patches are designed to hug the contours of the eye area to provide an immediate eye revival while helping to reduce the appearance of eye bags over time. 
95% agree skin FEELS INSTANTLY FIRMER**
Eye serums are rich in supercharged skincare ingredients that specifically benefit the delicate skin around the eyes and target concerns like eye bags. I created Cryo-Recovery Eye Serum as an alarm clock for your under eyes! It’s powered by invigorating ICEAWAKE™ and energising caffeine to help enliven and stimulate the eye area, helping it to look refreshed and more awake. This supercharged serum is designed with a cooling metal tip which is perfect for massaging the eye area which can help prevent fluid from collecting below the eyes. For best results, apply Cryo-Recovery Eye Serum onto eye bags in the morning as an energising step in your morning skincare routine, and in 8 weeks skin will appear firmer and more lifted**.
Eyes appear less puffy by 79%***
A supercharged eye cream like Magic Eye Rescue can do wonders for your under eyes, darling. I was inspired by my iconic, award-winning, instant-turnaround moisturiser, Charlotte’s Magic Cream, to create a rich, nourishing eye cream that helps skin around the eyes appear smoother, brighter, and firmer. It’s powered by a Botanical Eye Contour Complex that helps to reduce the appearance of puffiness around the eyes and Winter Daphne Stem Cell Extract and Time-Released Retinol to help smooth and firm the feel of skin. Applying this eye cream every evening after wearing your Immediate Eye Revival Patches is the secret to magic skin around the eyes.
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Darlings, the before and after results of my Immediate Eye Revival Patches are amazing - you won’t believe your eyes! In just 30 days of use, bags under eyes appear reduced. Each jar contains 30 pairs of eye patches, and when used consistently, their results are proven to increase significantly. Seeing is believing, darlings! Look how smooth and radiant their under eyes look!
While eye care can instantly hydrate your eye area, it will take a number of weeks to see visible results for eye bags. With consistent use of eye serums, eye creams, and eye patches, your eye area will look more radiant and eye bags can appear significantly reduced. My Immediate Eye Revival Patches are clinically proven to reduce the appearance of eye bags in 30 days*, and my Cryo-Recovery Eye Serum** and Magic Eye Rescue eye cream*** are clinically proven to help the eye area appear firmer and more lifted in 8 weeks.
Reducing the appearance of eye bags starts with skincare, but you can also use makeup to help your eyes look brighter and more open. Discover my makeup tips and tricks for bags under eyes:
Eye bags can make your eyes look more closed, but gliding a brightening shade of eyeliner along the waterline can help eyes to look bigger, brighter, and more open. If you find white eyeliner to be too stark, I suggest reaching for a nude eyeliner to create an illuminating effect that looks more natural. To create this eye-opening eye look, reach for the peachy shade from my Sleep Cheat Liner Duo or the ivory shade from my Exagger-Eyes Liner Duo – both look fabulous in the waterline and have subtle shimmer that helps to brighten the appearance of tired eyes.
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You can disguise the appearance of eye bags with eyeshadow, darlings! This eye trick involves smoking a darker shade of eyeshadow like a mahogany, taupe, or chestnut brown underneath the bottom lash line to add depth to eye makeup and hide the look of eye bags. Take any of the smoke shades from my Luxury Palettes on my Eye Smudger Brush and blend along the lower lash line; this creates a grungy, smoked-out look that unlocks a smoke and mirrors effect for eye bags.
Bags under eyes can be crepey and dehydrated, so it’s important to choose a concealer that’s infused with hydrating ingredients in order to bring moisture back to the under eyes and help prevent creasing. I recommend Charlotte’s Beautiful Skin Radiant Concealer, my hydrating concealer with Golden Vitamin C and niacinamide! This buildable formula acts like an eye cream, improving the appearance of your eye area of time while providing beautiful coverage that smooths and perfects the look of skin around the eyes.