I spent the last week moving. There was 14 years of dust lurking inside and under things. (Note to self: don’t just dust the areas people can see. It seems like you’re getting away with something at the time, but your eyeballs might pop out of your head 14 years later.)
The dust caused a horrible allergy attack, which then turned into a cold. I pretty much couldn’t inhale oxygen for an entire week. Red, swollen eyes, dark circles, ghostly pale skin.
I was pretty much Uncle Fester with hair.
So to treat myself, or at least not to frighten small children, I went to Sephora to buy a soothing eye treatment. I had seen the Shiseido Benefiance Pure Retinol Instant Treatment Eye Mask in action in an online video and it looked pretty impressive.
It’s formulated with ginseng extract and vitamin C derivative to effectively improve the appearance of dark circles and dullness and Retinol to help with fine lines and crow’s feet.
It looked more expensive than the other eye treatments, but it actually had twice as many patches, which made it the cheapest of the bunch.
Can I just reiterate: when I bought these I looked like an Albino pig.
The patches come in little trays and are soaked in the moisturizer. (Keep the box right side up). After applying the patches, I applied the left over moisturizer to my eyelids. My eye area immediately felt soothed and refreshed. After 15 minutes, I removed the patches.
I can’t even tell you how good these things are. My under eye area looked more alert, moisturized and had a dewy, reflective glow.
Since they are expensive, I would never use them the 2-3 times a week they suggest. But I would definitely use them once a week, or before appearing at the Oscars. (You never know).
If they could make my eye area look bright and perky, they’ll do wonders for a person, who doesn’t look like they have the Ebola virus.
It’s formulated with ginseng extract and vitamin C derivative to effectively improve the appearance of dark circles and dullness and Retinol to help with fine lines and crow’s feet.
It looked more expensive than the other eye treatments, but it actually had twice as many patches, which made it the cheapest of the bunch.
Can I just reiterate: when I bought these I looked like an Albino pig.
The patches come in little trays and are soaked in the moisturizer. (Keep the box right side up). After applying the patches, I applied the left over moisturizer to my eyelids. My eye area immediately felt soothed and refreshed. After 15 minutes, I removed the patches.
I can’t even tell you how good these things are. My under eye area looked more alert, moisturized and had a dewy, reflective glow.
Since they are expensive, I would never use them the 2-3 times a week they suggest. But I would definitely use them once a week, or before appearing at the Oscars. (You never know).
If they could make my eye area look bright and perky, they’ll do wonders for a person, who doesn’t look like they have the Ebola virus.
Feel free to use the Google "search the web" box to the right to find out where you can get them at the cheapest price.
Great that those worked for you! I would have been afraid to use somethig with Retinol, ginseng extract and vitamin C on irritated eyes. Mostly because I associate Retinol and Vit C with side-effect of irritation... Was it really so soothing? No tingling, itchiness? I am always looking for good eye products to resolve my morning (or en-of-week-exhausted) puffy eyes problems :-(
Posted by: Beauty Talk | February 03, 2009 at 10:18 AM
It was a little irritating on the eyes but my eyes were already irritated so it's hard to tell what was what. But my eyes/eye area looked happy after so I imagine for me it wasn't that irritating. If you look on the reviews on Sephora there was one or two people who found it irritating, the rest didn't. Guess it depends on the person. How's that for a non-helpful answer:)
Posted by: jenny | February 03, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Girl I am so glad that you are back! I was having withdrawals from not reading your updates! I seriously have no time to try out products and have purchased many a product based on your reviews! Never mind the fact that your descriptions are such a hoot! Many a morning I have spit coffee on my screen laughing at your musings! My favorite was the little baby image with the stache for Embodi-which I'm still hunting for locally! (Plus my son thinks he's being real naughty when he says the name of your blog!) Keep up the great reviews!
Posted by: Dawn | February 03, 2009 at 05:30 PM
Thanks Dawn! Some days it's hard to motivate to write this when there are so many other things I have to do. It's the support and kind words of people like you that get me to the keyboard. Thanks again! And can I pay your son to go around town saying the name of my blog? It would be an avant-garde ad campaign, but it just might work:)
Posted by: jenny | February 03, 2009 at 11:00 PM
I used it once only cos it was damn expensive (equal to $5 per sachet). I felt my eyes were fresh after application, but too bad I didn't wear it on regular basis.
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