How To Apply Eye Gel
What is the proper way to apply eye gel or eye cream?
Applying small dots of gel on the bone area is key to success.
Sounds simple, but most people do it wrong, and it results in redness or swelling of the eye area. Follow these easy instructions to get the most out of your eye gel, and insure that you don’t damage the eye area, or cause swelling and irritation.
Start with a small dot on one finger tip. You do not need a dime sized or nickel sized amount. We’re talking about the size of an eraser on a #2 pencil. With that small dot on one finger (I prefer my pinky) I take and wipe half of the dot onto my OTHER pinky… so that I have two matching pinkies, each with “half a dot” of cream on it. This way, I pretty much have the same amount of gel or cream on each pinky and can be sure not to apply more on one eye than on the other. You want to be sure to treat each eye equally, or else you could wind up looking funny. 
The next step is application. Dot little spots of cream on the bone area surrounding the eye. NOT inside the orbital area. Trust me, applying it to the bone area that surrounds your eye socket is close enough. What happens is that the eye gel WILL absorb into the skin and spread into the orbital area, so even though you aren’t touching that area with your finger, the benefits of the cream WILL spread to that area. If you were to go rubbing the eye cream inside the orbital area, you’d highly increase the chances of getting product into the eye, or into the lash area, which will cause swelling and irritation.. thus not only feeling horrible, but making your eye area look puffier.
Once you have applied the little dots (just like the picture above) around the bone area of both eyes, simply gently pat the dots until the product is absorbed. You don’t have to do any rubbing.. just a gentle pat of the product, so that it absorbs into the skin. If you feel like you need to rub, just be sure to rub AWAY from the eye area, and do it extremely gently.
Common mistakes: People apply too much product, rub into the eye too firmly, or get product too close to the open eye. These mistakes cause puffiness, eye irritation, and even stinging. There is no benefit to rubbing the product directly into the orbital area, so just skip that mistake.
Follow these easy tips and you will not only get better results from your favorite eye gel, but your gel will last longer, and you’ll be more comfortable.
