ms_pookie's Full Review: Neutrogena Healthy Skin Eye Cream
When my friend in graduate school told me she'd been using an eye cream for years, I thought it was odd. Why would someone so young use an anti-aging product? The answer: Prevention! Prevent fine lines and wrinkles from appearing around the eye area is important.
The Product
Neutrogena Healthy Skin Eye Cream is packaged in a petite 0.5 oz (15 gram) tube with a screw off base. The multi-vitamin cream is dispensed through a long, thin tube. Neutrogena Healthy Skin Eye Cream is readily available at stores such as Walgreens, Target, and Longs Drugs. The eye cream sells for about $11 for the 0.5 oz.
Neutrogena Claims:
· Alpha-hydroxy reduces appearance of fine lines.
· Melibiose smoothes away fine lines.
· Vitamin A and Pro-Vitamin B5 softens and smoothes skin.
· Increases skin firmness.
Directions:
Pat gently around eye area until absorbed. Can be used alone or under make-up.
Miscellaneous and Contact Information:
· For external use only. Avoid contact with eyes. If product gets into eyes, rinse thoroughly with water.
· Made in USA.
· Website = www.neutrogena.com
Warning:
For external use only. Avoid contact with eyes. If product gets into eyes, rinse thoroughly with water.
My Experience
I’ve been using Neutrogena Healthy Skin Eye Cream for years now and have yet to see any fine lines. Unfortunately, unlike a true scientific experiment, there was no “control.” Perhaps the skin around my eyes would have been line and wrinkle-free even without the use of Neutrogena Healthy Skin Eye Cream. Or perhaps using the eye cream helped prevent the lines and wrinkles from appearing. Hmm … regardless, the skin around my eyes still looks great – line and wrinkle-free!
A tube of Neutrogena Healthy Skin Eye Cream lasts quite a while. I’ve had the 0.5 oz tube last me at least four months, though I will admit that there are nights when I forget to apply the cream. I usually apply the eye cream prior to sleeping. I have had no problems in terms of breakouts since using this cream. The directions call for a pearl size amount of the cream but I often find that amount to be excessive. I usually dispense a very small dab onto my fingertip and dab it onto my skin. The cream is thinner than a usual cream, but is not watery by any means. The cream has a very, very faint chemical scent. When I apply the cream to the skin around my eyes, I notice that it isn’t very fast absorbing. I usually dab it gently until most of it is gone. When the cream is absorbed, the skin isn’t greasy nor is it sticky. The cream doesn’t leave any residue or sticky-filmy feeling behind.
My mother has also been using the same eye cream. The skin around her eyes needed to have a boost in firmness. Furthermore, she had fine lines and some wrinkles in the area around her eyes. When she began to use the cream, she was hoping that it would help decrease the appearance of the fine lines. Unfortunately, faithful use of the cream has not increased firmness nor has it decreased the appearance of fine lines. In her situation, lines, wrinkles, and puffiness had already developed prior to using the eye cream. The cream could do very little to reverse the damage.
Though Neutrogena Healthy Skin Eye Cream has kept the wrinkles and lines away for me, I’ve noticed that a new problem has emerged. I am beginning to get circles under my eyes and am thinking of changing eye creams soon to try to find a cream that will prevent lines and wrinkles while also brightening the under eye area. Too much to ask for in an eye cream? Stay tuned! We’ll see.
Final Recommendation
Neutrogena Healthy Skin Eye Cream is a delicate eye cream that has nourished the skin around my eyes. So far, I am wrinkle-free and fine-line-free! Hooray! Too bad I’ve developed dark circles around my eyes. If you’re looking for a cream to prevent wrinkles and fine lines, give Neutrogena Healthy Skin Eye Cream a whirl!
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