Sunday, April 7, 2013

Review: L'oreal Youth Code Rejuvenating Eye Essence

Product description: Claims to improve sagging, puffy lids, dark spots, fine lines/wrinkles, dark circles and eye bags (wow). 


My thoughts:
I feel that this eye essence is just as good as any other lower-end ones I have tried, like those from Garnier or Ginvera. It feels soothing and hydrating on my dry undereye area, however it didn't diminish the fine lines or make my dark circles better (my two concerns). I have used up half a bottle of this already over the past month or two. I use less than one full drop for both eyes, because the essence spreads really easily, and using a full drop will be too much and will be hard to absorb. I use this day and night. In the day, I find that it helps to prevent my undereye concealer from caking up or settling into my fine lines. I like that it is hydrating, and helps plump up that area slightly, however temporarily. Perhaps I should have used another light eye cream over this, as the sales lady said since this is an essence, I can apply another light cream over it, just like how we treat our faces with essence first, then moisturizer. I may try that, but I am afraid of getting milia seeds on my undereye area. I am prone to milia seeds and this essence did not give me any of those.

I may actually repurchase this, because it is hydrating without being too rich. I have tried the higher-end eye products, e.g. from Clinique, and either they are expensive and totally useless, or they work (reduced my lines) but gave me milia seeds. It is hard to find a balance of both, and this eye essence is pretty close to that.