If you’re unsure how to manage your oily eyelids, experts have you and your shiny lids covered. Below, the best tips to mattify the oil and enhance your natural glow. Second, you may have an overproduction of the meibomian glands—aka, those tiny oil glands along the edges of your upper and lower eyelids (right near your lashes). “These glands produce oil to coat the eye, but when overactive can cause oily eyelids,” Woolery-Lloyd notes. And, finally, you might be stripping the area with harsh skin care products, like cleanser. As you may know, when your skin is parched dry, it tends to respond with even more oil production to compensate. If you’re a regular eye makeup wearer, you may be inadvertently doing this in the attempt to get off mascara or eyeliner at night. Make sure your cleanser or makeup remover isn’t too stripping on the area. Both skin care and makeup points, ahead: If you feel your lids need some extra care, Woolery-Lloyd says you can take your gentle cleanser and massage it into the area. Just don’t rub or tug! You never want to pull on the delicate lid skin, as you can create micro-tears and pave the way for wrinkles down the line.
