Skincare Tips: How To Choose Your Eye Care Product?
There is a lot that can be revealed through a person’s gaze and a person’s eyes. Signs of happiness, emotions, age, tiredness, dehydration, lack of sleep and even overall health can be observed just by a mere study of the eye area. It is also one of the most important parts of our bodies, so it deserves a whole lot of pampering and attention.
The eye contour area
The eye contour area is a circle that spans from the inner corner of your eye to the outer corner below the end of your eyebrows, and the area underneath your eye up to your brow bone. The skin around this area is particularly thin and fragile, hence, fine lines and wrinkles are the first to form and make an appearance here.
Considering that this area is low in sebaceous glands and is without the hydrolipidic film which protects the skin, the eye area does age faster than the rest of the face. Hence, the eyes need more hydration and care.
Taking care of your eye contour area
Sufficient sleep and healthy diet aside, there are other ways that you can help boost your eye contour area with certain eye care products, especially because the skin there is thin and fragile. Several questions may arise, such as why there is a need to use products specifically catered to the eye area, and if these products really do make a difference. It all boils down to what your eye skin issue is, and which product or eye skincare to use to help tackle it.
Choosing the right eye contour cream
Your lifestyle, sleeping habits and diet ultimately contribute to your eye contour area. Stress, lack of sleep, ageing and dehydration are common culprits, and these problems manifest through fine lines, eye bags, crow’s feet, puffiness and dullness. These issues can be countered and disguised with the right type of cream.
- Puffiness, fine lines and dark circles
This is a common problem faced by mature skin - usually for people aged 50 and above. Due to the ageing process, the tissues and muscles around the eyes weaken. The fat that supports the eyes can sag, making the eyes look puffy. To counter this, a rejuvenating and anti-ageing eye cream product such as the Total Eye Lift would work best. This intensive eye serum blends high-performing plants such as Harungana and Cassie Wax which work to lift the eyelids, smooth crow’s feet and lips, restore density to the skin, brighten the eyes and beautify the lashes.
- Puffiness and wrinkles
Puffy eyes are typically caused by water retention resulting from a diet high in salt, dehydration, stress and a plethora of other factors. Water retention manifests all around the body, but it is even more evident in the eye area.People who are 40 years old and above may notice this happening frequently and are highly recommended to give a firming eye product, such as the Total Eye Smooth eye contour balm, a go once or twice a week as a 10-minute mask. Not only does it reduce the appearance of dark circles and puffiness under the eye area through its revitalising blend of Albizia, White Horehound, Kangaroo Paw, Girdlepod, Furcellaria and Succory Dock-Cress extracts, it also contains a new generation of pearls that provide a touch of radiance to the skin for a brighter and more illuminated eye area.
- Tiredness and first signs of ageing
Those looking to start their anti-ageing regime can never start too early. However, if there is a recommended age that one should start with, it would definitely be 25 because that is the age during which the skin’s renewal process slows down. This is where the Total Eye Revive comes in. On top of providing anti-pollution protection, the Total Eye Revive gel-cream formulation instantly brightens and decongests the eye area to eliminate signs of fatigue for a fresher, more youthful look.
- Tired and dry skin
A dry eye contour area can easily make the eyes look tired, and vice versa. Counter this issue with a hydrating eye mask such as the Total Eye Hydrate balm-mask. Its cooling formula includes organic Leaf of Life that helps to boost the skin’s ability to retain moisture. Simply dab a tiny amount onto the eye contour, working it from the inner corner to the outer corner of the eye to instantly revive tired eyes for that fully rested effect.
- All-around enhancing eye treatment
Enhancing your contours is no longer limited to just your jawline or silhouette — it’s time to take it further for bigger, brighter and bolder looking eyes with the V Shaping Facial Lift Eye Concentrate. Formulated to cater to Asian eyes, the concentrate is packed with botanical extracts such as Horse Chestnut escin, White Horehound, organic Agropyron, Red Algae, Guarana and Zerumbet extracts that help to depuff, brighten and visibly lift the eye area for a more wide awake look.
How to apply eye contour cream
Ideally, the eye contour cream should be applied on a cleansed and moisturised (including serum application) face. Only a small amount of product is required and lightly dotted on the skin around the eyes. Using the ring finger (as this is considered the weakest and gentlest finger), slowly massage—not rub—and disperse the product from the inside corners of the eyes towards the outside corners. The same movement should be applied under the brow arches.
Here are some other ways to apply Clarins’ eye serums:
