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

Clinique All About Eyes Rich

I've owned this little sample sized pot of Clinique's All About Eyes Rich for a wee while now and I've been using it every night before bed. I didn't bother too much about eye creams because I didn't think I needed to but I started noticing that my under eye concealer wasn't going on very smoothly any more so I decided to do something about it.

I think this product really works! It would be too heavy for me to use in the mornings as I think it would make my concealer just slide off but when I have it on overnight to work its magic, my under eye area looks lots better in the morning.

The consistency is very thick (I saw someone describe it as 'a paste' earlier this week) so you only need a little bit. It does take a little while to sink into the skin but that doesn't bother me at night time. As I said, I think it would be too heavy for during the day unless the skin under your eyes is really, really dry.

 

All in all, I'm really pleased with this little pot of wonder. When I run out, I can see myself purchasing the full size. It's £23 for 15ml which may sound expensive but I'd expect it to last for ages! I would prefer if this was in a tube rather than a little pot, though. 

Do you use an eye cream? Let me know what your favourites are!

Stace xx