Eye creams have been trending in the skincare world.
They offer quite exciting ingredients like retinols, peptides, Coenzyme Q 10 and even AHAs dedicated especially to the delicate eye area.
But people are quite often divided on whether they need one or not.
For some, eyes do not need a special treatment while others swear by their eye cream!
To keep it simple, if you do not have any concern related to your under eyes, you probably don’t need a special cream for it. A good moisturizer can and will help out with the eye area too.
So when do you need eye cream?
if you have under eye bags
if you have dark circles
if your skin around the eyes have started showing advanced signs of aging, meaning prominent crows feet and fine lines.
An anti aging cream might also work for the later, but eye creams would generally have a thicker texture for greater moisturisation benefits and a higher percentage of actives for a targeted treatment.
These type of eye creams contain antioxidants, anti pigmentation ingredients and some good sources of vasoconstrictors, like caffeine and green tea for dark circles.
Then there are some designed to cool your eyes after extensive screen time. These help to combat premature aging due to ''blue light'. They are lightweight and some have a gel texture. They might help younger skin but would fall short for nourishing a mature skin.
The biggest challenge is to find a healer for dark circles.
Dark circles may be caused by a number of reasons like lack of sleep, stress, genetics and vitamin deficiency to name a few.
And your eye cream can only go so far if your problem lies elsewhere.
Therefore, it becomes important to understand what your skin needs, before you choose a product.
And just because a product is popular, it does not mean that it is going to do wonders for your skin.
Skincare, as we know now, is a very personal experience. And unfortunately a lot of trial and error goes into what works well for you.
A netflix detox and some greens in your diet might just work wonders before you decide to invest in a heavy duty eye cream.
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