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Olay Total Effects Anti-Aging Eye Cream

May 30th 2007 03:51

I impatiently waited for my local chemist to stock the new Olay Total Effects Anti-Aging Eye Cream on the shelf. After being pleasantly surprised by the results of Olay Total Effects moisturiser on my face, I had high hopes about this particular eye cream. Yes, I had been burned and been very disappointed by the empty promises of Avon Anew Clinical Eye Lift but I thought, the Olay moisturiser didn’t turn me down so this one has to be better than Avon.

Total Effects Anti-Aging Eye Cream

Total Effects Anti-Aging Eye Cream makes the following promises –
1. Improves the dullness for a radiant glow
2. Lessens the appearance of dark circles
3. Visibly reduces the look of fine lines and wrinkles
4. Helps minimise the appearance of puffiness
5. Evens out skin tone
6. Intensively hydrates the skin
7. Noticeably softens uneven texture

The directions of application tell you to thoroughly cleanse your face first, rub the cream between your forefinger and thumb to warm the cream for better absorption. You then dab the cream along the top of your cheekbone under your eye from the outer to the inner eye, patting it into the skin until it’s completely absorbed.

Unlike the other eye creams I’ve used, this one is skin-coloured and when I applied it to my eyes, it left a trail of glitter – but not enough to make me think I’d accidentally used an eyeshadow. After about half an hour, the glitter was gone. The cream was smooth and was easily absorbed into the skin. Anticipating great results, I took a Before and After picture of my eyes –

Before Total Effects Eye Cream

Three Months Later

VERDICT : No results. No improvement on the dullness, no lessening of the appearance of dark circles (maybe a teensy weensy little bit, but that could be the lighting), no minimizing of puffiness, and no reduction in the feathery lines at the base of my eyes. If anyone sees otherwise, let me know.

I’ll keep using this cream until I’ve used up all the bottle. If I see any results after that, I’ll post it. But as of now, very disappointing.

RATING : 1/5

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Posted By: Aimzster - Category: Skin Care, Face, Eyes

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Review : AVON ANEW CLINICAL EYE LIFT

May 26th 2007 11:04

Perhaps it's because I've crossed the threshold into the 30s, but I find I'm even more aware of my sagging eyelids and puffy eye bags. Being of Asian descent, I was never endowed with lids you could freely apply any shade of eye shadow to. But with the years passing, my eyelids have been getting heavier and heavier that I feel, within the next decade, they would droop right down to my line of vision and I would have to pry them up with a peg – or get plastic surgery. Nowadays, when I stare at someone, I make the conscious effort to raise my eyebrows slightly so I don’t look like I’m growling at them.

In the past three years, I've tried different eye cream products - from Clinique to Jurlique to Loreal. I’ve tried applying cold spoons to my puffy eyes, going so far as to use them while sitting at my work desk in the mornings, prompting colleagues to whisper “Is she alright?” to each other. I’ve done the cucumbers – and ate them in frustration afterwards. I was even tempted to try the haemorrhoid cream but scrapped that idea when I read it could be dangerous if you inadvertently rub your eyes anytime during the day.

None have produced results as promised.

Just when I thought I'd have to risk getting wrinkles on my forehead from raising my eyebrows all the time, or pulling on the sides of my face to stretch the skin so my eye bags wouldn’t be so prominent, a testimonial from a woman online about the new Avon Anew Clinical Eye Lift caught my attention and sent my hopes soaring.

The woman said that she was very impressed by the product, having achieved INSTANT results. INSTANT!!!! She proceeded to explain how, when she smeared the orange gel on her upper lids, she felt it was a little too sticky and there was a 'sheen' there she couldn't quite smooth out. After a few seconds, she realised this 'sheen' was deliberate and it actually pulled the lids taut so she felt like someone had put a sticky tape on her lids and pulled them up.

Well! I thought, this is too good to be true but then going through other online testimonials with 80% of them praising the products, I just thought I would have to try it. After all, I had tried so many products, wasted too many cucumbers and froze too many teaspoons without any results that the promise of walking around, looking like I had just had a Brazilian wax was sounding very good indeed.

So I waited impatiently for my samples to arrive and dabbed them on my eyes eagerly when I received them.

The cream has two separate applications - an orange gel for the upper lids and a light yellow cream for the bags. The product looks attractive, resembling the eye itself and is to be used in the morning and at night on a daily basis. I applied them, as per the directions, twice daily and used them for six weeks.

VERDICT : What tautness? What sheen? Yes, the orange gel was sticky but it was so sticky that whenever I blinked my eyes several times, parts of my skin on my lid would stick together and I'd get a second eyelid. The cream for the eyebags produced no results at all – they remained as puffy and as dark as if I had cried myself to sleep.

So, sadly, along with every other products and cucumbers used, this small bottle of Avon Anew Clinical Eye Lift is going into the bin.

RATING : 0 out of 5

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Posted By: Aimzster - Category: Skin Care, Face, Eyes

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Billion Dollar Brows!

July 17th 2006 04:12

Audrey Hepburn

I've always preferred beautiful, thick, well-groomed brows to those thin over-plucked quizzical ones. They're much more natural looking, and give the face more dignity and character. This is probably the reason I have always admired Audrey Hepburn's features, and the way her brows bring forward her entire face, rendering it dramatically striking.

It's also the reason I curse the sparse patch of pathetic excuse for eyebrows I was born with. In conjunction with my teenage obsession with the tweezer, my poor browline was at one stage invisible; I looked like one of those frighteningly evil children with no eyebrows.

A passing sympathist has recommended a brow enhancer on the internet called Billion Dollar Brows. It's a three step system that boosts brow growth with a vitamin treatment, a brow pencil to further darken brow growth, and a brow gel to keep the new fur in place. Although the only useful part is probably just the brow treament, I still think it's a pretty nifty little thing, as long as you don't end up like Salma Hayek in Frieda.

Brow Boost Kit

The whole kit only costs USD$36, which is temptingly cheap. I can't wait to get my hands on my mother's credit card!!

*images taken from www.chariho.k12.ri.us and www.billiondollarbrows.com and are used soley for commentary purposes.

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Posted By: Bunbury - Category: Eyes

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L'Oreal Lash Architect: False Lash Effect Mascara

June 29th 2006 08:47

Disturbingly close resemblance to my lashes

The decreasing level of my financial wellbeing has forced me to forsaken department store beauty counters for Priceline. To my delight I came across an updated version of L'Oreal's Lash Architect, and old favourite of mine. This one boasts a patented brush design that volumises, extends, and curls your lashes to the fullest extent. I excitedly purchased a daring "Midnight Black" shade expecting to flutter my way to work and play.

The conspiracy theorist/loathing customer in my immediately deduced that they must have slapped a new lables on expired crappy original Lash Architects and launched it to and unsuspecting market. What a load of garbage.

For the price of $22.95, this little wand was not cheap. The expense delivered the final blow to my disappointment as I gawked in the mirror at my common, unassuming lashes after feverish application. Upon closer inspection, there was even the dreaded "spider-leg" effect on my lids. I looked like a pre-teen wannabe (at least my eyes) who had found my mother's discarded makeup case and piled a glob of rotten mascara onto my eyes. My lashes stuck together and formed thick, clumpy battallions of fugly. Ironically, after shrieking hysterically, I immediately attempted to remove it with an inefficient L'Oreal eye makeup remover which smudged the residue all over my face.

Swearing off L'Oreal cosmetics. For life (two months of it).

Loreal Lash Architect: False Lash Effect

*Images taken from ebay.com.au and wikipedia and are used solely for commentary purposes

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Posted By: Bunbury - Category: Eyes

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Mascara Diorshow: Longer, Thicker Lashes

June 15th 2006 05:05

There are essentially 3 ways to create a false-lash effect that give your eyelashes that sweeping sultry look that is oh-so-sexy. The most straight-forward way is obviously to stick on some fake lashes. However this requires much skill, precision, time, and is quite costly(if you screw it up alot). You can of course get semi-permanent false lashes attached but that can turn out to be a bit of a hassle as well. For those of us particularly skilled at picking off glued plastic with a tweezer and skillfully trimming and sticking it to one's lids, kudos.
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