[REVIEW] Innisfree White Tone Up Eye Serum

Hello readers! I apologize for the long over-due post, I've been so busy with thesis-writing and assignments since the Chinese New Year holidays. It's just sank in that there's only 2 months left before the deadline for my thesis...2 months = 8 weeks = no longer just a double digit countdown = panic mode. 

Pulling late-nighters is starting to become a frequent occurrence, and my body has not been peppy happy about it, especially the eyes. :( Two words: EYE CIRCLES. 

I think it's been so bad that I could be considered as a new addition to the Panda exhibition at the River Safari. 

Hello Jia Jia and Kai Kai, meet Apple. ><

In the midst of impending deadlines, late nights, and zombified eyes, I was becoming increasingly desperate for an eye cream that would really reduce the dark shadows that's been creeping wider and wider under my eyes. On a rare day when I was going to town with my mom (and staring in wide-eyed wonder at the new shops around), we happened to drop by Innisfree (yay! yippee!)!  

Being such an Innisfree fan, I decided to check out the store for a miracle eye-brightening cream. 

After imploring my problems of dark eye circles to the pleasant sales-lady, she recommended this to me!

Innisfree White Tone Up Eye Serum 

Product Benefits: 

Formulated with fresh berry ingredients to refine skin texture and vitamin B3 to brighten up skin tone. This whitening eye serum helps you to present a brighter and milky complexion of the eye area.

Natural Ingredients include:

Mulberry + Vitamin B3 - prevents formation of melanin, improves dark eye circles & reduces fine lines

Grape Seed Oil - contains whitening and hydrating properties

Brazilian berry, Blueberry & Western Snow Fruit

6-Free System: No parabens, No artificial fragrances, No ethanol, No artificial colors, No animal ingredients & No benzophenones.

Instructions for use:

The amount dispensed from half a pump

Apply an appropriate amount (about half a pump should suffice) onto eye area after essence (& before lotion) in the morning and evening. 

SUMMARY OF REVIEW:

My thoughts:
I must admit, I was initially a little apprehensive when I bought the eye serum, mainly because the eye creams I've used thus far (hahahs, okay I've only had two), hadn't reduced the pigmentation around my eyes. But I still got the product mainly because the sales-lady had informed me that this product's only purpose is to reduce dark eye circles. And I thought, most of the eye products we see out there claim to do two things at once, either anti-wrinkle and anti-darkening, or anti-darkening and anti-puffiness, etc, you get my drift right? So I thought, "well, since this product only carries one sole purpose, it should work, right?"

The only qualm I have is the pump - don't go trigger happy on it, a little goes a longggggg way

I have been using this product for about 2 to 3 weeks now, and it's AMAZING. The dark pigmentation under my eyes have reduced rather significantly, especially the area near the outer corners of my eyes!(sadly it's also where the pigmentation was the darkest)

Sorry Jia Jia & Kai Kai, Apple's not coming anymore 

Would I buy it again:
YES! And I'd definitely recommend it to others who are seeking for an affordable eye serum too! Of course, do bear in mind that this has been purely effective for reducing dark eye pigmentation only, and you'll probably need another eye cream if you want to reduce eye bags too. 

Price: $34 (30ml) at local Innisfree stores, 20000 won in South Korea,

Verdict: 10/10

Thanks for reading this! And do share your thoughts about this product!

♥ Apple

[REVIEW] Nature Republic Original Power Brightening Eye Cream

Hello readers! Today I'll be doing two reviews on products for dark eye circles! 

This review is on an eye cream which I had picked up during my summer school exchange in Seoul last summer. I had forgotten to pack in my eye cream along and was so worried about developing dark eye circles there that I picked up this eye cream: Nature Republic Original Brightening Eye Cream thinking that it should finish by the time I come home. 

I was wrong. 

This eye cream was bought for less than S$10 and carries 30ml. I had been using it daily for more than 6 months, and I think the contents haven't even been depleted in half yet. O_O

Product Benefits:

This brightening eye cream makes dull skin around the eyes look bright. And it's gentle and non-irritating to the eyes. 

Active ingredients: Fermented pearl extract and pearl powder formula that expresses the delicate eye area. 

Instructions for use:
Apply an appropriate amount to entire eye area using a gentle patting motion. 

SUMMARY OF REVIEW:

My thoughts: 
I didn't like this product because despite applying it dutifully twice a day, every day for more than half a year now, my dark eye circles persisted. In fact, with the increasing number of late nights that I've been pulling lately, the pigmentation around the eyes had actually worsened (oh the horrors). 

Would I buy it again: No. Although it is pretty value-for-money, it doesn't seem to exert an effect on my dark eye circles. I must give it credit for not worsening my eye circles though, and it doesn't cause any problems like being too oily or causing the formation of milia. 

(Click here for my review on a brightening eye-cream that actually worked! :D )

Price: S$17.50 at qoo10.sg, less than S$10 in S. Korea (sorry, I forgotten the actual price of it ><)

Verdict: 2/10

Thanks for reading this! And do share your thoughts about this product!

♥ Apple