Aveeno Smart Essentials Anti-Fatigue Eye Treatment
I think that everyone has their makeup
‘thing’ that they need to try out. For a lot of my friends it’s lipsticks. They
need to try every lipstick they can find. But for me, it’s dark circle creams.
I have some pretty bad dark circles, which is a combination of genetics and a
lack of sleep (that I’m working on, I swear!) that is fuelled by the college
lifestyle. Because of this, when I received this Aveeno Smart Essentials Anti-Fatigue Eye Treatment, I could not get
it out of the package fast enough.
The Smart Essentials line is based
around the antioxidant southernwood extract, which is supposed to cleanse,
nourish, protect, and treat stressed skin. This product in particular claims to
infuse your
delicate under-eye skin with Vitamins A, C & E in a formula to combat dark
circles, hydrates to help immediately brighten eye area, and de-puffs under eye
area by massaging with a cooling roller-ball.
The packaging is shorter, stubbier,
and less curvaceous than a lot of other under eye rollers. When I first opened
the package, I thought that it might have been a sample size, but it is indeed
the full size version. While the same price as similar eye rollers, it is
considerably smaller (Garnier’s is 15mL, while this one is only 8mL). Because
of this, I was kind of expecting this to be a miracle product, worth paying
nearly double per mL for.
You give it a good shake and then just
slide it on. It goes on really nicely, after which I tap it in with my finger. I
like the metal roller ball, which does provide a wonderfully smooth cooling
sensation as you glide it on. I do notice that my eye area is more moisturised,
as claimed. Unfortunately, that is all I can report. I have been using this
product twice a day (morning and night, as recommended) for more than three
weeks now, and I haven’t noticed an improvement in my dark circles. This was
the feature that I was really needing the most, and I was let down. It’s also
worth noting that I don’t have an issue with puffiness, so I couldn’t test that
out. I reached out to a friend of mine who has used this in the past and she
said that she had a lot of improvement on under eye puffiness, but still no
improvement on her dark circles.
I am going to continue to use this
until it’s gone, just in case it takes a long
time to show effects, but I won’t be getting another. If you have problems
with puffiness, I would suggest giving it a try, but don’t expect it to do much
for your raccoon eyes.
The Aveeno Smart Essentials
Anti-Fatigue Eye Treatment retails for $12.99.