Happy Wednesday, ladies! How’s the week going for you so far? I just remembered that I haven’t done polls in a while. I thought that this might be a good time to do one, since it’s the middle of the week and I’m bored :p
My question for you today is: do you use eye creams?
This is actually quite a touchy subject to broach upon. There has been a lot of speculation as to whether we actually need eye creams. After all, when you really do look at the ingredients of eye creams, there really isn’t much (if not any) difference to moisturisers. With that in mind, eye creams are also packaged to much smaller quantities and sold at pretty much the same price as moisturisers. So do eye creams really work, or are they just another genius marketing ploy by cosmetic companies to make us think that we do need them after all?
To be honest, for me, they don’t work. I’ve yet to come across an eye cream that actually reduces the fine lines below my eyes, nor the massive eye bags. And I had to find out the expensive way by trying out different eye creams on the market to learn that there is no way of eliminating wrinkles and fine lines short of surgery. If there is, we’d all know of the miracle potion by now, and none of us would have any wrinkles!
For now, yes, I am still using eye creams, but that’s just to finish up the previous creams I bought. After they are finally finished, I won’t be purchasing another eye cream (unless I get them for free :P). Yes, certain eye creams do reduce the puffiness around the eyes, but this is just a temporary measure. Cold tea bags or even the back of a cold teaspoon gently pressed against closed eyes for a few minutes can do the trick.
This is not to say that you don’t keep the skin around those peepers properly hydrated. If the skin around your eyes is dry, then you’d definitely need to moisturise that area. Personally, I don’t think it’s necessary to have to purchase a special eye cream just keep the area well-moisturised though when your moisturiser should suffice. Although I wouldn’t recommend anything too rich and heavy around the eyes. Some people have claimed to have developed millia because of over-emollient eye creams.
These are just my opinions, of course. If you do use eye creams, and they worked for you, that’s great. It’s just too bad I’ve never seen any improvements on my fine lines and eye bags.
What do you think? Do you use eye creams? If you do, which eye cream did you use, and how has it helped you?
The poll closes in a month.
