DARK UNDEREYE CIRCLES AND ME
I have had dark undereye circles as long I can remember, even as a young child. People tend to ask if I am tired because of my dark circles. It is difficult to conceal the darkness with makeup very well, and even if I do, there is still the puffy undereye bag. I have tried various products over time, and while some products do lighten to a degree, nothing seems to be able to eradicate them.
OPTIONS FOR DARK, PUFFY UNDEREYES
The best option I have found is a three-prong attack: reduce the puffiness, find a good light deflecting product to visually obscure the darkness, and make sure that product is creamy enough to apply concealer on top, yet not so greasy that my makeup wears off. And when possible, contain anti-aging ingredients to combat wrinkles and sagging.
A tall order indeed.
SKIN2SPIRIT ORGANIC CAFFEINE EYE WHIP CREAM: HOW TO SACK THE DREAD MORNING PUFFY EYE
The Skin2Spirit Organic Caffeine Eye Whip Cream is a coffee-scented, highly creamy de-puffying eye antidote that helps to reduce the appearance of under-eye bags and dark circles. While dark circles occur for a variety of reasons and can be treated with various degrees of success, a good product can sack undereye puffiness with success.
Skin2Spirit does just that with a host of soothing ingredients.
INGREDIENTS: AN INTERESTING COMBO TO SHRINK BAGS FAST
While eye creams boast about having 2-5 good ingredients, this one has a whole slew of them including nourishing Aloe, skin texture improving Rosehip Oil, conditioning Coconut Oil, soothing anti-inflammatory Green Tea and Cucumbers. These soothing ingredients keep the eye area dewy looking while caffeine removes excess fluids and tightens the bag pronto.
While many eye creams contain caffeine, Skin2Spirit does something unusual by pairing caffeine with multiple anti-oxidant fruits and natural anti-aging ingredients that aid in youthifying the eye with wrinkle reduction, improving elasticity, and promoting Collagen production. Increased collagen means a stronger undereye bag that is less susceptible to wrinkles, sagging and puffiness. Collagen also reduces undereye discoloration due to sun exposure. This gives an immediate improvement in the appearance of the under eye bag, plus provides the skin with the ingredients for improvements in skin structure, coloration, and texture.
The fruit combination is a nourishing one: it contains power anti-oxidant fruits such as Acai, Blueberries, Goji Berry, Noni Berry, GAC Fruit, Mangosteen, Grapeseed, Brown Seaweed, Pomegranate. High in Vitamin C, these provide short term a short-term antioxidant remedy and long-term Vitamin C induced collagen production to tighten and lighten the actual undereye bag.
Another important ingredient that is used almost exclusively in expensive eye creams is Sea Buckthorn. Sea Buckthorn soothes sensitive skin conditions and heals skin damage such as burns and abrasions. It encourages the skin to produce more collagen by treating aged skin as if it was wounded skin that needs to heal. It is very gentle and ideal for the undereye area and immediately plumps wrinkles and lines. It is also very nourishing with over 200 skin nutrients.
APPLICATION AND USE
A notable detail is this is a large bottle for an eye product, almost 2-3 times the size of other eye products I own. And you only need less than half a pump for both eyes. I also like to use some on the side of my eyes up to my temples.
It is very creamy but melts in beautifully without a residue or greasy feel. I wait about five minutes just to allow it to absorb and shrink the eye bag before applying any concealer or foundation on top.
RESULTS:
My left undereye bag is naturally larger and longer than the right, it seems puffier and makes my eyes look uneven. I was pleased to see about 10 minutes after product application that the extra puffiness on the left was dissipated, which made my eyes look even! Nice! It also left a lovely light deflecting property on the skin that was both dewy looking and obscured any fine lines around my eyes. My makeup applied smoothly atop the cream and did not melt quickly. I was very pleased!
CONCLUSION: I am excited to see such a powerful group of ingredients to make a nourishing eye cream, as well as to have a product in my beauty arsenal that can eradicate under eye puffiness so quickly and thoroughly. My circles are especially dark, so the dual approach of plumping fine lines and wrinkles while deflecting the light upon application combined with long-term benefits of the fruit cocktail including Vitamin C and other helpful anti-aging ingredients makes the best of a life-long dark circle problem. Organic Caffeine Eye Whip Cream leaves undereye skin looking good enough to go out without even concealer, which for me is a pretty big deal.
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I received this product at a discount for my unbiased review and received compensation for my time and effort. However, my experience with the product and the opinions expressed in this review are 100% mine.