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Daily Mail
15-07-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
This £125 eye cream has 'amazed' aestheticians with its ability to target crow's feet and hooded eyes
Daily Mail journalists select and curate the products that feature on our site. If you make a purchase via links on this page we will earn commission - learn more A £125 eye cream has 'amazed' aestheticians after it was found to help reduce the look of users' crow's feet and hooding in just five weeks. Calecim is a smart skincare brand with a line of skincare products powered by the age-fighting prowess of stem cells. Their Eye Contour Lifting Cream, in particular, has gained much attention thanks to its ability to enhance volume and improve skin quality, thanks to its unique combination of clinically proven active ingredients. Calecim Eye Contour Lifting Cream Loved by beauty insiders and aestheticians alike, the Calecim Eye Contour Lifting Cream uses the power of stem cells to help firm, brighten, and lift with every swipe. And while this all sounds great, the Eye Contour Lifting Cream has impressed in clinical trials. With five to seven weeks of use, users in the clinical trials found noticeable improvements in the firmness, discolouration and puffiness. £125 Shop Fine lines and folds are a natural part of ageing and can be the first to show on the fragile eye area as it's the area of the face with the least amount of sebaceous oil glands. That combined with the fact the eye lid skin is four times thinner than the rest of the face, it's no wonder why many need a little help with maintaining eye shape and contour as we get older. That's where the Calecim Eye Contour Lifting Cream has impressed with its patented technology that penetrates to the deepest layers of the skin to rejuvenate from the inside out. The hero ingredient in the Eye Contour Lifting Cream is Calecim's patented PTT-6®. PTT-6®, is derived ethically from the cord lining of red deer and contains stem cells and exosomes, which have been scientifically validated. It should be noted that the extraction of these stem cells is conducted under extreme ethical considerations with no harm to any animals. The benefits are that it contains over 3,000 proteins, including growth factors, cytokines and exosomes that signal cells to regenerate. Over time, this is proven to increase the production of collagen and elastin, therefore reducing crepiness and translucency by thickening both epidermal and dermal skin layers. In short, this is far from your bog-standard eye cream. Other key active ingredients include caffeine extract, fruit acids and niacinamides, which all help achieve younger-looking skin by aiding in elasticity, reducing crepiness, and improving the look of tired eyes. And while this all sounds great, the Eye Contour Lifting Cream has impressed in clinical trials too. With five to seven weeks of use, users in the clinical trials found noticeable improvements in the firmness, discolouration and puffiness. Tons of Calecim shoppers seem to love this product too, including doctors. 'I am amazed I can already see a difference in texture, tone and pigment after 1 week of using the Eye Contour Lifting Cream! My eyes already look much fresher!' says one verified reviewer. Another agreed, adding: 'I'm a fairly difficult to impress 50 year old hospital consultant. My medical training has left me skeptical of too good to be true claims made about serums and creams... BUT this particular eye serum made a noticeable difference in just a few applications'.
The Sun
10-07-2025
- Health
- The Sun
‘Miracle' high street eye cream finally banished my dark circles – but shock effect means I'll never use it again
With no time or cash to get expensive eye bag surgery, busy writer and mum-of-two Emma Ponsford, 48, from Reigate, Surrey, tried a budget cream that's got the beauty world buzzing. But can it really deflate bags she's been carrying since the Nineties? EYE SAY 'Miracle' high street eye cream finally banished my dark circles – but shock effect means I'll never use it again THEY say the eyes are the window to our soul, but it has always been my belief that what lurks beneath them has a far more interesting story to tell. Despite being a good sleeper, my 48-year-old eyes have been propped up by huge, dark bags that look like they were stolen from Gollum – the bleary-eyed character from Lord of the Rings movies – since I was a child. Advertisement 4 Emma Ponsford tried the new 'Oreal Paris Revitalift Laser Eye Bag Instant Eraser Eye Cream which promises to banish eye bags Credit: James Rudland 4 Emma after using the cream which promises to banish eye bags, puffiness and wrinkles Credit: James Rudland Rachel Reeves' puffy peepers, which drew cruel comments online after the Chancellor was pictured crying in the Commons, have nothing on mine. So when I heard about L'Oreal Paris Revitalift Laser Eye Bag Instant Eraser Eye Cream, which promises to be the beauty fix I have spent a lifetime looking for – I was almost clammy with anticipation. Or was that just the perimenopause? I am ashamed to admit that my search for the best eye bag fixes has cost me an amount I am not brave enough to tot up. But according to beauty brand Olay, nearly 80 per cent of women suffer from eye bags and puffiness at some point in their lives, so I know I'm not alone. Advertisement Under-eye creams, concealers and brighteners do not come cheap, so at under £30 L'Oréal's new wonder product sounded too good to be true. Despite never suffering from acne or an uneven skin tone as a teenager, my dark eyes meant that even at secondary school I was never able to leave the house fresh-faced and makeup-free. My toxic twenties did nothing to help – burning the candle at both ends with long working days and big nights out made the problem worse. I didn't know it at the time, and sadly I do not have a clock I can turn back, but alcohol consumption on those boozy evenings out will only have worsened the appearance of my under-eye luggage. Booze, including my tipple of choice, red wine, dehydrates the body, causing the delicate skin around the eyes to become prone to sagging and making under-eye bags appear more prominent and darker. Advertisement A heavy drinking session can also lead to fluid retention, contributing to yet more puffiness around the eyes. By the time I got married, aged 30, I was ready to settle down – unlike my eye bags, which refused to flatten. I'm 52 but look 25 - don't waste £100s on anti-ageing buys, Superdrug's 'magic' eye cream plumps skin & smooths wrinkles In preparation for my wedding day, I handed the problem over to a professional, but the first make-up artist I trialled opted for a traditional peachy palette that included smothering my eyelids in beige eyeshadow. The ghoulish colour perfectly matched the dark circles under my eyes and when I left the salon and bumped into an old friend, she approached me with concern and asked if I was ill. Add a few years of juggling two very energetic boys, now aged 15 and 13, and cramming school runs in between running my own press agency, and by the time I was blowing out 40th birthday candles I was facing a new problem: wrinkles. Advertisement The thick concealers from MAC and NARS that had previously offered enough coverage to hide the darkness now clung to my under eyes like it had been trowelled on by a builder's apprentice and resembled pockets of plaster. 4 The cream says it tightens and smooths under-eye skin for up to eight hours Credit: L'Oreal I'm ashamed to admit I even once got sucked into such impressive before and after eye bag photos on a box of eye cream I splurged £200 on a single pot no larger than a thimble. It made absolutely no difference to my panda pallor, but was way over the £25 I would normally fork out on beauty products. In 2018 I even came close to investing in tear trough dermal fillers, a reportedly painful surgical procedure which involves having hyaluronic acid injected into the area beneath your lower eyelid and upper cheek. Advertisement The gel-like substance reduces the depth of the tear trough making the skin fuller and tighter, reducing the shadows for up to a year and draining the family budget by up to a whacking £800. But with hypochondria to rival Madagascar's Melman the giraffe, I realised I would never be brave enough to let someone that close to my eyeballs with a needle. So when I was asked to try L'Oreal Paris Revitalift Laser Eye Bag Instant Eraser Eye Cream, I dared to hope this was the answer I had been looking for. The promise that a single cream could lift me from a lifetime of darkness was so exciting, not least because, at under £30, it was one of the most cost-effective options I had heard of. L'Oréal claim the results would be dramatic, tackling eye bags, puffiness and wrinkles by tightening and smoothing for up to eight hours. Advertisement 4 Rachel Reeves' puffy peepers, which drew cruel comments online after the Chancellor was pictured crying in the Commons, have nothing on mine Credit: PA According to their trials, 94 per cent of testers said their under eyes were smoother after using it. 95 per cent said their eye bags were visibly reduced. Applying the cream was easy, as all that had to be done was gently dab a pea-sized amount under my eyes with a finger and wait for it to set. I did this makeup-free, but the instructions say it can also be applied over makeup. A cross between a cream and gel, it was easy to dab in place. The hardest part was remaining expressionless for 15 minutes, as per the instructions, until it was time to look in the mirror. At this point, I was immediately pleased to see that my under eye area looked slightly fuller and, as a result, it did visibly improve the appearance of shadows. Advertisement However, despite claiming to be 'ultra comfortable', when the product had fully dried I was left with the feeling I had put on an eye mask and forgotten to peel it off. This tight, unrelaxing sensation remained for the eight hours the product promises to work for. I can certainly say there was an improvement to the dark shadows. But the minute I cracked a smile, the lines were back – appearing even deeper, meaning this product aged my under eyes by at least five years. There was radio silence from my husband and kids on my 'transformation', but my mum did say I 'looked well' when she saw me a couple of hours after on younger skin it would achieve better results. Advertisement But staring down the barrel of 50, the gel-to-tape technology laser 'eraser' sadly did not quite manage to transform me from Gollum to gorgeous.
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
My holy grail anti-aging eye cream is on sale for Amazon Prime Day — plus 15 more Amazon beauty deals worth your money
When I turned 40, with a baby on the way, it became much more challenging to conceal the puffy eyes and dark circles of a sleepless night. A few years later, I added another kiddo and tired eyes became my trademark look. I tried dozens of products to revive the delicate under-eye area, but it wasn't until CeraVe's Eye Repair Cream that I actually started to notice long-term improvements. As someone with easily irritated eyes, this lightweight cream is my daily go-to. I'm not the only one who loves this affordable beauty product — according to our data, hundreds of Yahoo Canada readers have also snapped it up. Right now, it's on sale for less than $25 during Amazon Prime Day 2025. Keep reading to see why I love it — plus more Prime Day beauty deals you'll want to snatch up. With continued use, this lightweight cream claims to help reduce the look of puffiness and dark circles. This fragrance-free, ophthalmologist-tested eye cream contains three essential ceramides and hydrating hyaluronic acid. It's made with a patented delivery system that continually releases the ingredients so your eyes stay moisturized all day long. With continued regular use, you will notice a reduction in dark circles and under-eye puffiness. Apply a few dots of the cream to your under-eye area in the morning and evening, and gently smooth until fully absorbed. It works great alone or under makeup. The CeraVe eye cream, developed with dermatologists, is non-comedogenic and great for all skin types. It's great for sensitive eyes: I love how the CeraVe cream moisturizes without irritating my sensitive eyes. It absorbs quickly and is a great primer for my under-eye concealer. Each application requires just a few dots of the product, so the little tube goes a long way. Dermatologist-approved: I also appreciate that the product has been recognized by the Canadian Dermatology Association and has been well-tested by experts. It's not just some gimmicky eye cream but one that has a lot of science behind it, which matters to me. Great for hyperpigmentation: With more than 3,600 reviews and a 4.3-star rating, it's clear I am not the only one who swears by this hydrating cream. One shopper said they wished they had found it sooner as it significantly "reduced hyperpigmentation" under their eyes. They stated that their under-eye area became 30 per cent lighter, which they say is a "big win." Not greasy: Another reviewer mentions how "non-greasy" the cream is and that it doesn't irritate sensitive eyes, while another person calls it a "wonderful product." $20 $24 at Amazon The very best Amazon Prime Day 2025 deals in Canada: Save up to 88% on Apple, Dyson, Yeti, Shark and more | LIVE UPDATES The best Prime Day Apple deals on AirPods, Apple Watches, iPads and more on Amazon Canada Amazon Prime Day 2025 Kindle deals: Paperwhite, Scribe and more models are on sale for up to 35% off It's not a quick-fix eye cream: This product is great, but it's not a fast-acting wonder cream. You need to use it for several weeks, if not months, to see any remarkable improvements. Also, you can't skip applications, or it will set your results back. Commit to using it for a solid six months before you assess if it's working for you. Some Amazon reviewers mentioned they saw no visible difference after a few weeks; however, from personal experience, the cream takes time to do its thing. I promise, if you stick with it, your under-eye area will improve — just don't give up! It's not as hydrating as other eye creams: The eye cream could be a tad thicker; however, it probably wouldn't absorb as well if it was. CeraVe has a unique formula that may take a while to work, but once it does, it's great. My advice? Don't throw in the towel just yet. With hundreds of five-star reviews, I am far from the only fan of CeraVe's Eye Repair Cream. One reviewer, who has struggled with "hollow eyes" and "hyperpigmentation" their "whole life," says the eye cream has made their under-eye area "about 30 per cent lighter" — a "big win" for them. They write that their dark eye bags are "barely noticeable" after applying makeup. "I will definitely be buying [it] again." You can currently shop my favourite anti-aging eye cream for $20 during Prime Day. Another shopper agrees it's a "great cream for dark circles," adding that it works "way better than expensive eye creams." "Every dollar spent on it is worth it," they write. "My advice," echoes a third shopper: "Throw out all your expensive skin care" and only buy CeraVe products. They're "reasonably priced," and, importantly, "they work." Despite thousands of five-star reviews, some warn it's "not a miracle product" and agree it can take a few months to show noticeable results. I love CeraVe products, and this one is no exception. It's gentle on my eye area, and after using it for a few months straight, I saw significant improvements in my dark circles and under-eye puffiness. That said, if you are looking for something to quickly erase a night out with the girls or a long overseas flight, this is probably not going to provide the quick fix you need. This lightweight cream will yield results, but it's going to take some time. Right now is the perfect time to grab it while it's on sale during Amazon Prime Day 2025.
CTV News
05-07-2025
- Health
- CTV News
Product Testing: 5 Canadian Skincare Products I've Been Loving This Month
From body oil to hand wash, I've got you covered with these homegrown finds. Skincare is one of my favourite things to shop for, and I'm always on the lookout for new heroes to add to my routine. While I regularly rotate products (it is my job to test them for you), I'm extremely selective. To help you discover new formulas for your own routine, I've been sampling skincare must-haves from Canadian brands. Here are a few of my go-tos for June. Here are five Canadian skincare products I am loving right now: If You Want Your Dark Circles To Disappear, Add At Least One Of These Eye Creams To Your Cart The Absolute Best Vitamin C Serums You Can Get In Canada Right Now This Canadian-Made Hypochlorous Acid Spray Will Be The New MVP Of Your Skincare Lineup Disclaimer: The prices displayed are accurate at the time of publication. We'll do our best to keep them as up-to-date as possible, but you may see slight changes.
The Independent
12-06-2025
- Health
- The Independent
I'm 41 and this CeraVe eye cream plumped my fine lines
CeraVe 's skin renewing eye cream (£23, launched over the summer with the lofty promise of reduced fine lines and crow's feet. With these in mind, our five testers put the eye cream to work. Initially, with people paying a premium to minimise the development of their fine lines, we were sceptical. However, given its impressive ingredient list (a peptide complex, ceramides and caffeine), CeraVe's most recent development looked good on paper. And it's no surprise, with best-sellers, such as the SA smoothing cleanser (£14.50, and advanced repair ointment (£11.50, already under the brand's belt. In order to get an all-encompassing overview of the brand's first-ever anti-ageing eye cream, which is available exclusively at Boots, we dished it out across ages and skin types. Keep reading for the verdict. Applying the CeraVe cream to the under-eye and eyelid area, our team of five testers (aged between 23 and 40, with varied skin types) noted our impressions, both immediately and after a full eight hours of wear. We noted any instant differences in the under-eye area, the texture of the cream, how it felt on the skin and how it worked with other products. With the former criteria – differences to the under-eye area – we paid close attention to the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and crow's feet. Here's how we got on. In terms of the product itself, the skin renewing eye cream features a whole host of skincare buzzwords including niacinamide to manage shine, hyaluronic acid and glycerin for hydration, nourishing ceramides and the previously mentioned peptide complex (the formula's USP) with caffeine for a youthful plumping effect. Rating: 4/5 My 40-year-old skin lacks hydration, so I stick to products that help counteract this and I was instantly impressed by how intensely smoothing and moisturising the balm-like eye cream is. The cream has a richness which feels nourishing and comforting to apply, whether in the morning or before bed. I used it with my evening skincare routine and applied it underneath make-up, with the product offering an even base for concealer. The delicate skin around my eyes is easily irritated so I'm often cautious of using products on this area, but I noticed a gentle soothing effect and didn't see any reaction at all. Let's be honest, this cream won't eradicate wrinkles, but it did work on my fine lines, giving a temporary and subtle plumped-up feeling. As the skin around my eyes loses elasticity and becomes thinner with age, hydration-promoting hyaluronic acid, niacinamide to help with texture and barrier-protecting ceramides are all components I look for. It's pleasing to apply to the skin, has a silky-soft finish and doesn't leave any lingering greasiness. Plus, the results I've seen with this eye cream are akin to far more expensive products I've used, so I think it delivers value for money, too. Buy now Tester: Samuel Mathewson Rating: 4/5 Age: 33 Skin Type: Dry skin I have a sensitive eye area and have broken out in rashes with several (more expensive) eye creams in the past. But this one is soothing and moisturising, even better, I felt no traces of sensitivity. I've used it for a few days, applying the thick cream liberally before bed and have found that my eye area feels more hydrated, thanks to the heavy formula. While you'll find peptides on the ingredients list, the eye cream is unlikely to magically zap away your wrinkles, but my first impressions are very positive. Buy now Tester: Daisy Lester Rating: 4.5/5 Age: 27 Skin type: Normal skin On first impressions, CeraVe's formula is everything I look for in an eye cream: thick, smoothing and firming. The squeeze tube and precise applicator help the product go on with ease. Infused with hydrating and nourishing ingredients (think peptides, caffeine, hyaluronic acid and niacinamide), the formula locks in moisture for a glowy finish. My under-eye area immediately felt soothed, soft and smoothed, while the once dull area looked visibly brighter (reversing the effects of a busy weekend). It works nicely as a primer too, and concealer can be comfortably layered without any pilling. Buy now Tester: Lucy Smith Rating: 4/5 Age: 28 Skin type: Oily skin I immediately notice the topical filler-like feel of the cream. Much like a silicone-type deep wrinkle filler (the sort I'd spot in my granny's bathroom), this eye cream has a smoothing, line-blurring effect upon application. It's not quite as intense as a deep filler and feels lighter for use among a larger age bracket, but it still works to hide the little creases that have appeared under my lash line as I've eeked into my late 20s. The feel of the cream is immediately soothing and, as someone who suffers from many a streaming eye come hayfever season, this seems just the calming ticket. Buy now Tester: Ellie-Anne Walmesley Rating: 4.5/5 Age: 24 Skin type: Combination/sensitive skin I often wake up with puffy eyes, and even before fully rubbing in this eye cream, I noticed its cooling effect. Owing to my sensitive skin, I'm always cautious of skincare products, but I experienced no stinging or tingling. The cream's consistency is perfect for me – a thicker gel-like formula is not too heavy, unlike others I've tried that have caused milia around my eyes. Overall, I'm impressed with how soothing it is and would recommend it to other people with sensitive skin. While our testers had mixed reviews, with some wondering about the efficacy of the cream in eliminating wrinkles and others enjoying its smoothing and soothing qualities, the product's average score came out at a generous 4.2/5. Overall, we mostly enjoyed the texture of the CeraVe eye cream on the skin, its ability to layer with make-up and how comfortable it felt for those of us prone to sensitive eyes. As for how it works as an anti-ager long-term? Watch this space.
