Do I really need an eyecream?
July 6, 2009 by Jo · Leave a Comment
A few myths surrounding eye creams and whether they hold true.
“Eye cream is essential as people usually start to show their age around the eyes before anywhere else.”
True. Usually they do – but this is going to happen with or without using an eye cream. You don’t get wrinkles in the eye area because you haven’t used an eye cream. The area around the eye does benefit from regular moisturising. A good moisturiser with no irritating ingredients will help to maintain and support the function of the skin and is all you need to use for both the eye area and the face.
“Skin in the eye area has different needs to the skin on the face”
A look at the ingredients in most eye creams will show you that is really no difference in most cases to the ingredients in the average moisturiser. However, they are nearly always smaller and nearly always more expensive! No area of the face should have ingredients in the skin care products that are used that could cause irritation – we don’t want them near the eye area and we don’t want them on our faces. The skin around the eye area has exactly the same needs as our faces – to have natural moisturising factors to keep the area well hydrated, antioxidants and active ingredients to protect and support cellular function.
‘Face creams aren’t formulated to cope with the particular challenges the skin around the eyes face”
Skin functions around the eye the same way in which it functions on the rest of our face. We seek to support that function with natural skin care products that help to maintain the integrity and function of the skin barrier and maximise the health and appearance of the skin. Therefore a well formulated natural skin care product with no irritating ingredients will be as effective on our eye area as on our face. If we are gentle in cleansing and putting on moisturiser where the skin can be more delicate around the eye this will be enough to look after this area.
Eye creams, neck and decollatage creams are all an unnecessary expense and complicate a skincare regime. Keep yours simple with a basic routine of cleansing and moisturising which only requires two products and two minutes of your time.