If you use tea bags for preparing tea instead of tea leaves, don’t throw the tea bags away. Tea bags are an excellent way to reduce the dark circles around your eyes and get rid of puffiness.Tea has caffeine, tannin sand anti-oxidants all of which work together to treat dark circles.

Caffeine helps reduce the puffiness around eyes since it has anti-retention properties. Antioxidants help fight the free radicals present in the skin that are the leading cause of dark circles and acne. You can also use green, white and black tea bags for reducing dark circles. However, herbal tea bags aren’t a good option.

Once you have used the tea bags for tea preparation, wrap them in cellophane sheet and put away in the fridge for night. Tea bags should be used chilled when treating dark circles. If they aren’t cold the tea bags will not help you much. Instead they might cause further puffiness and redness on the eyes.

When you want to use the tea bags take two from the fridge. Lie down comfortably wrapping your hair in a band. Select a dark cool room for the treatment. Don’t even leave the lights on since the rays from artificial lights might absorb the moisture of the tea bags leaving them warm and dry. Dried tea bags aren’t of any use to you.

Once you are lying in a comfortable position, take the tea bags in your hands and close your eyes. Place a tea bag on each eye. The tea bags should be well in contact with the skin of the eyes for maximum benefit. They should also be placed well on the dark circles since your primary reason f using tea bags is to treat them. Leave on for 15-20 minutes, slightly poking the bags every 2 minutes or so.

Doing so will help keep the eyes moist with liquid from tea bags. Set an alarm clock for 15 minutes before you lie down to applying tea bags to your eyes. This way you won’t have to keep removing the bags and opening your eyes to check time.

Tea bags can be used for reducing dark circles every alternate day. But you must use fresh tea bags from the fridge every time. Regular use will diminish your dark circles to a great extent. Discard the used tea bags.