Eye Cream: The Little Cream That Could

Once you have your day and night cream needs covered, the next thing you should be thinking about is an eye cream. Why you say? Becuase nothing makes you look older than wrinkles around your eyes. And if you're already using a day and night cream for the rest of your face you're goning to look mighty strange in about 20 years when your face is pristine and smooth and the area around your eyes is wrinkled.

So, you've established that you don't want to have wrinkled eyes, excellent first step, but why use a seperate eye cream?

Well, think about it, the skin around your eyes is some of the most delicate skin anywhere on your body. And, the skin around your eyes has nothing holding it up, making it more suseptible to wrinkles and damage. This delicate skin needs special care, and a special cream.

This delicate skin also needs it's own special method of application. Although cream on the rest of your fcae can be applied any old way, cream for the area around your eyes requires something special. First, take a small amount of the cream (eye cream tends to come in a tiny container, but you only need a very small amount), then, using your ring finger, gently pat the cream into the skin, don't rub as this can cause strain and damage to the delicate skin. I've advised that you use your ring finger, I did nto just pick this finger at random. The ring finger is the best to use becuase it does not have the strength your thumb, pointer or middle fingers have, which reduces the risk of damaging the skin with excess pressure, but it also has enough dexterity to do the job, unlike your pinky finger.

Now, if you've read the posts on day creams and night creams, you will know that I am a fan of the Nivea DNAge line, and you might suspect that I'm going to suggest the DNAge eye cream. However, you'd be wrong. There is nothing wrong with the DNAge eye cream, it is a perfectly fine option, however, I have found something better.

The Mary Kay TimeWise Firming Eye Cream, is my current eye cream of choice. I like it becuase when I dab it on I can feel it contracting the skin around my eyes.

I switched from the DNAge eye cream to the Mary Kay eye cream without a thought becuase one appeared to work better than the other, and I am not a believer in the theory that you should and/or must use products all from the same line. Sure, if you find that one particular line works amazingly for you, go right ahead and use everythign they have. However, if you have a line in which you love the face wash and toner but the moisturizer just doesn't cut it for you, go ahead and try some new moisturizors, and keep trying until you find one that works perfectly for you.

When looking for a new product (be it a cream, a wash, a toner, etc), a skin care line that you already like is a great place to start. If the line is working for you, try out what they have to offer but, don't feel you have to always stay with that line. There are tonnes of options out there, so pick and choose what works best for you to really customize your personal skin care.