Sali Hughes on beauty: eye creams that are worth using down to the last drop
The Guardian · Sali Hughes ·
Face cream is often enough, but if you want a separate product for your eyes, these new ones are terrific value
A hill I will die on: you do not necessarily need an eye cream. There are, I will admit, reasons why you might fare better with one. You may have a very dry eye area and oily skin elsewhere, for example, causing a skincare mismatch. Or, conversely, you may find your daily face cream is too rich for your eyes and makes them puffy, so they need something lighter. You may want a little cosmetic light reflection, or you might use active ingredients like retinol that your face tolerates perfectly well, but that your eyes can take only in a lower concentration.
It may, of course, be none of the above, but just that you find using an eye cream a pleasure, which is as good a reason as any.
My point is that eye creams are not the anti-ageing magic bullet that marketing campaigns would have us believe. Very many of us can do the same job with our facial skincare, saving time and cash. But if you would still like to try one without the considerable financial commitment that many require, there are some new eye creams that represent terrific value for money.
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