Water\Aqua\Eau , Glycerin , Butylene Glycol , Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) , Squalane , Cetyl Esters , Dimethicone , Methyl Gluceth-20 , Polyethylene , Glycereth-26 , Polybutene , Sucrose , Magnolia Officinalis Bark Extract , Sigesbeckia Orientalis (St. Paul'S Wort) Extract , Algae Extract , Molasses Extract\Saccharum Officinarum\Extrait De Mélasse , Sapindus Mukurossi Fruit Extract , Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 , Whey Protein\Lactis Protein\Protéine Du Petit-Lait , Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12 , Trifluoroacetyl Tripeptide-2 , Caffeine , Phytosphingosine , Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 , Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 , Yeast Extract\Faex\Extrait De Levure , Glycine Soja (Soybean) Protein , Caesalpinia Spinosa Gum , Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer , Glyceryl Polymethacrylate , Sucrose Stearate , Caprylyl Glycol , Peg-8 , Sodium Hyaluronate , Simethicone , Polysorbate 20 , Carbomer , Sodium Hydroxide , Dextran , Hexylene Glycol , Sodium Citrate , Phenoxyethanol , Mica , Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891).
I try to mark the sunscreen ingredients in red and other possible irritants in lilac. Ingredients thought to be good and useful for skin I mark green. Learning as I go, google is my friend etc...
Thoughts:
- Sometimes burns my eyes/my eye area when I apply it, it's a little strange because I try to be careful
- First time I applied the cream for the night, I felt my eyes were a bit swollen in the morning. The swelling never happened again.
- Haven't noticed it helping my dark under eyes in any way, hasn't brightened/evened out any part of my eye area
- This is not a negative, but this eye cream is not nourishing type at all, so if you have dry eyelids it's not necessarily for you
+ Doesn't clog my eye area, no milias, or other irritation (than the burning when applying sometimes)
+ Feels very light and absorbs in 10-20 minutes (after this I can't feel it much anymore on my eyes)
+ Feels hydrating/moisturizing, actually quite a perfect balance between lightness and moisture! Zero oiliness feel. Ok for oilier eyelids, as this one doesn't add any heaviness.
+ Doesn't affect eye primer/eye makeup on top (I do let it dry for 10-20 mins before adding primer)
+ No fragrance
+ No shimmer, white cast, etc.
- First time I applied the cream for the night, I felt my eyes were a bit swollen in the morning. The swelling never happened again.
- Haven't noticed it helping my dark under eyes in any way, hasn't brightened/evened out any part of my eye area
- This is not a negative, but this eye cream is not nourishing type at all, so if you have dry eyelids it's not necessarily for you
+ Doesn't clog my eye area, no milias, or other irritation (than the burning when applying sometimes)
+ Feels very light and absorbs in 10-20 minutes (after this I can't feel it much anymore on my eyes)
+ Feels hydrating/moisturizing, actually quite a perfect balance between lightness and moisture! Zero oiliness feel. Ok for oilier eyelids, as this one doesn't add any heaviness.
+ Doesn't affect eye primer/eye makeup on top (I do let it dry for 10-20 mins before adding primer)
+ No fragrance
+ No shimmer, white cast, etc.
+ Easy to apply without dragging the eye area
* I have been using my free 7 ml sample size now for a while. Several months, maybe 3? Difficult to say how much is left. But the tube feels significantly emptier. I used to not use eye cream at all, because everything seemed to disagree with my eyes (irritation, make eye area more dry, or the cream never absorbed and I felt it all day long, getting bumps on eye area etc.) or I didn't like their look (shimmery, etc.). So I must say Clinique's Pep-Start Eye Cream is the first one I have kept in my routine, even though it doesn't do much else than moisturize. EDIT: I think the tube lasted me overall 5 months, but I didn't use it everyday.
* I just bought a mini 5 ml Paula's Choice Ceramide Eye Cream with retinol and vitamin C, will be interesting to see how it will turn out to be. I'm going to use it for my night routine. I want to start doing anti-age treatments for my eye area as well.
* I can't comment if Clinique's eye cream reduces puffiness, as I very rarely have any around my eyes (that's why I was alarmed when I had the first time I used this cream). I think my bigger problem is the very dark under eyes. But I think there might not be any solution for them and I should just accept them, sleep more, continue taking my iron supplements and move on.
Price:
24-36 € / 15 ml (full size)
Bought from:
Free sample
Buy again?
No, probably not. But I would use it if someone gifted me one. Also if I can't find another eye cream that delivers bigger results, I might repurchase until I do. So is it maybe then?
Worth the money?
What can I say, it's not amazing. It is ok? I believe you can find a moisturizing/hydrating eye cream for a lot cheaper if your eyes aren't fussy. I don't know if the peptides do anything in this one. But the consistency is very nice, it is fragrance free, it is not wildly expensive, so I see it being worth it if you struggle finding an easy-to-use eye cream for oily/easily clogged eye area (like me). Also it spreads very well so you don't need to use much. I honestly think the full sized one would last me a year. But I'll update when the 7 ml one is finished!
What can I say, it's not amazing. It is ok? I believe you can find a moisturizing/hydrating eye cream for a lot cheaper if your eyes aren't fussy. I don't know if the peptides do anything in this one. But the consistency is very nice, it is fragrance free, it is not wildly expensive, so I see it being worth it if you struggle finding an easy-to-use eye cream for oily/easily clogged eye area (like me). Also it spreads very well so you don't need to use much. I honestly think the full sized one would last me a year. But I'll update when the 7 ml one is finished!
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