New and effective eye care routine

Your eyes not only reflect your soul, they reflect your age. The smoother, fresher and more rested their outline is, the more youthful you will look. Focus on this sensitive area that requires some special attention. 

The eye area is an overactive area. Did you know that you make 15 thousand lash beats per day? Well, the skin in this area is 5 times thinner than the rest of the face, because it contains only few fibers and the blood and lymph circulate slower in this area. So, this area is particularly sensitive; it indicates how healthy you are, and reveals the signs of aging. Therefore, a specific product and a particular application routine should become essential for you, especially that some active ingredients in your day cream can cause problems once they reach the ocular membrane.

“The formulation requires a particularly careful choice of ingredients to avoid any risk of irritation in the event of accidental introduction into the eye" explains Lionel De Benetti, director of research at Clarins.

"In our laboratory, we avoid excessively greasy textures, we adjust the product's pH to that of tears, and we recommend a gentle application, by a light tapping followed by smoothing for optimal effectiveness”.

Deflate under-eye bags

For a long time, it was believed that under-eye bags were the result of lymphatic engorgement (which is true in the case of "puffy eyes" when you just got out of bed after a long sleep). But in reality, the pockets are made up of visible fatty lobules, depending on the skin tone. Aside from blepharoplasty, a cosmetic surgery technique aimed at removing fatty tissue, there is still no cosmetic treatment, although research is being done in laboratories. Meanwhile, two alternatives make it possible to “de-swell” swollen eyes: a refreshing draining gel, the day after a sleepless night (icy compress effect with Depuffing Action Eye Gel Benefit and Eye Detox Contour Gel Talika), or an anti-sagging balm that also prevents dehydration (Lancaster Aquamilk Eye Contour and Sisley Effective Eye and Lip Contour Balm).

Sisley Effective Eye and Lip Contour Balm

Lighten the dark circles

The periphery of the eye is irrigated by a network of capillary micro vessels. When they dilate (from heat, alcohol, fatigue…) and lack tone, red blood cells cross the membrane and coagulate in adjacent tissues. However, the skin of the periorbital region is so transparent that this deposit gives rise to a more or less dark halo depending on the nature and the pigmentation of the skin. Aside from the concealer which skillfully camouflages "panda eyes", the treatments do not completely erase blue circles but help eliminate cellular waste thanks to multiple draining and toning active ingredients. (Anti-Pollution Complex in Clarins Enhancing Eye Lift Serum, lightening peptides in the famous Hylexin, sold at Sephora, or high-tech complex in La Prairie Cellular Revitalizing treatment).

La Prairie Cellular Revitalizing treatment

Dark Circle Eraser - Hylexin

Lift the eye’s contour

The gaze is an area of ​​expression that is extremely solicited: we squint, we blink ... Over time, collagen fibers degrade and break and the eyelids become droopy which causes wrinkles on the corners of your eyes, the famous crow's feet. The ideal way to avoid early crow's feet is to start using a preventive moisturizer at the age of 25, right when the first wrinkle appears. (Sensaï Kanebo Moisturizing Eye Cream contains a silk extract to improve skin resistance).

When you’re 40, your skin needs a stronger treatment to repair its structure, coupled with tensing active ingredients with smoothing effects. Hyaluronic acid and filler active ingredients are present in La Roche-Posay Redermic Yeux, while an extract of lifting fern and draining peptides are found in the heart of the Fermes de Marie Lift Alpes Eye Contour Gel Serum. Guinot Age Logic Regenerating Eye Cream contains a cocktail of fifty-six cellular active ingredients to energize the skin.

Redermic Yeux - La Roche Posay

Smooth out the eyes

We just love eye patches because they erase traces of fatigue in ten minutes. Apply them on the eye contour and dab with your fingers so they adhere well and leave them for 10 to 15 minutes. Their fresh effect relaxes the contour, smoothes the wrinkles and the puffiness. Chanel's Ultra Correction Total Eye Revitalizer Precision kit combines a firming serum and a patch packed with moisturizing active ingredients. Biolift Repair Estherderm Eye Contour Patches contain a rejuvenating complex of retinol, hyaluronic acid and caffeine.

Chanel's Ultra Correction Total Eye Revitalizer Precision kit