Friday, 13 July 2012

The Body Shop Vitamin E Eye Cream

I started using an eye cream daily at the beginning of the year and so far I've tried both Clinique All About Eyes creams and the Philosophy Eye Hope. Whilst I liked all three of those, something inside me baulks at the idea of paying £25-£30 (or more) on 15ml of eye cream, despite knowing that I'll only use a little each day. So, I decided to give The Body Shop's best selling eye cream a go.


I much prefer face moisturisers that come in tubes; I'm not the biggest fan of sticking my fingers in jars, especially when my nails are quite long. Eurgh! So, the Vitamin E eye cream gets points for coming in a tube. I find it really easy to control how much product I squeeze out so I don't waste any.


Texture-wise, it's a lot more lightweight than I was expecting. I actually prefer a lighter texture if I'm wearing it under make up so this is a perfect daytime eye cream. It's hydrating without being greasy or causing my under eye concealer to crease. At the moment I'm using this at night as well but I think when the weather gets a little colder, I'm going to want something a bit more heavy duty for night time. 

I have quite dark under eye circles because I have pretty sallow skin so I know that no eye cream will really help those and I've not noticed much of a difference when using this cream. I don't have a great deal of fine lines in the eye area yet either but I'm planning to go down the 'prevention is better than cure' route with those for now and I believe the hydration the Vitamin E eye cream offers is helping with that. 

The Body Shop's Vitamin E eye cream is available online (link) and in stores. It's £9.50 for 15ml. I think it's a great value product and I'd recommend trying it if you're not sure where to start with eye creams or if you want something light for daytime. 

Stace xx

4 comments:

  1. Great post! Ive been looking for a eye cream, its something i've never really looked at and like you said I'm not up for spending a small fortune when I'm a eye cream beginner! i'll definitely be picking this up next time in The Body Shop! x

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    1. Definitely watch out for offers online too - I think I only paid £4.50 for this online with free delivery :) xx

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  2. Lovely post! I'm just starting out with eye creams at the moment so I think I'll give this one a go as a day time! At the moment I'm using the olay one at night, I quite like it! :) xxx

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    1. I've not tried any Olay eye creams - do you like it?Xx

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