Hollywood has always had some creative beauty tricks up its sleeve. Some celeb-approved hacks, however, don’t call for experts or anything fancy. Cue Jamie Lee Curtis, who uses humble cans of soft drink to “decompress”, cool and soothe her eyes.
Whether pre or post-makeup application, Jamie Lee shared via Instagram that she’s invented “a really cool way to just decompress”. She went on to explain that her signature hack is to use “two very cold cans held against my eyes for five minutes.”
She’s so confident in the results of her little trick that she made a statement that may shock skin care devotees: “No need for those jade rollers.”
There’s merit to the approach Jamie Lee is taking, we assure you. Skin can feel hot and flushed right out of the shower, or you might just need help winding down after a long day. It also just feels damn refreshing, so what’s not to like?
Whilst we personally prefer the cleaner surfaces of jade rollers, ice globes or a cool gel eye mask, any kind of cold compress can be used to cool and calm the eye area.
If you’re following suit, be sure to wipe the cans down with a makeup wipe prior to contact with the face. You don’t want to transfer any germs onto your skin now do you?
It’s a little out of the box, but hey, it’s definitely an affordable option. Plus, you get to finish with a refreshing drink…
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Have you tried Jamie Lee’s eye-cooling hack before? What’s your favourite method for cooling the skin?
It’s really wondering that she used Coca cola for eyes
Yes -not so clever after all !!
The title is bit misleading, anything cold will work, gel masks , cold spoons etc
I have heard of cucumber, surely much easier I would think
I thought she actually meant the liquid!
I did too -not really a special trick
I don’t buy cans of soft drink (of any kind), but I rate my jade roller.
Must say I have never heard of this.
Better than drinking it, I suppose!
It is an old trick to load cold against your eyes -ie cold tea bags ,cucumber all do the same
Yes exactly, anything cold but cucumber has something special in it’s juice.
I dont see an issue with it. Reading the articles heading I thought she was putting the liquid on her eyes and thought that was crazy but using the cold cans is not such a big deal and makes total sense
yes an old trick to reduce puffiness -not necessarily with Coke-any cold item
Yep, even fanta will do the job.
If I lay on the floor like that I would have trouble getting up again.
Oh @Normap, me too!!!!
The weird thing is when I get an aura, I have to grab two cans to take to the bedroom and put them across my eyes, etc. Not sure about helping eyes look wide awake but it sure helps with an aura/migraine.
Maybe once the aura goes and the heachache comes, maybe my eyes do look wide awake, must check it out next time then.
I thought she was wiping her eyes with COKE! Ha ha, so glad to see she is just using it for its cooling effect while it is still in the can!
Could use any cans or anything that is really cold, why is she promoting Coke?
I haven’t tried it, but it does seem to make sense.
I can think of better things to use.
A little like the cold teaspoons for your eyes.
Of course it could be any can eg Sprite, you’d definitely need to wipe them down first
yes the condensation produces a lot of cold water
Well could be cold cans of anything lol
I was surprised at first. But she use the can to cool her eyes.
I feel like it would be too cold using cans for five minutes. I would probably wrap the cans in a tea towel first to reduce the temperature a bit.
I would use chilled teaspoons. No Coke cans in this household.
She looks amazing!
I’ve definitely used Pepsi Max as a makeshift Ice pack many times! Haha
I think my arms would get tired holding the coke cans??
I’ve used spoons before which works, helps take my puffiness down a notch.