It boosts the effects of my eye cream.
It does not matter how many hours of sleep I get or how much water I drink, my under-eyes always behave like a neglected child; they’re puffy, dark, and dull. A few good eye creams have helped improve this situation, but never more so than when I employ my $10 hack: Beautistin’s Reusable Eye Patches.
When I am not in a rush to get out the door, I apply a thick generous layer of eye cream and then put these little silicone beauties on top. I leave my under-eyes to marinate for anywhere between 10 to 20 minutes. When time’s up, I strip off the patches, gently rinse them, and leave them to dry before putting them back in their storage tin. Afterwards, the puffy hillside terrain of my under-eyes has been flattened and my dark circles are the closest they’ll get to invisible; I look perky and awake.
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Before I shared this info with the masses, I wanted to make sure this was medically sound advice. I spoke with dermatologist Dr. Ava Shamban who signed off on this hack. “Eye patches can be beneficial for immediate visual improvement to the under-eye area,” she tells InStyle. She explained that using eye patches this way “deliver the ingredients covered and sealed, which speeds up secure coverage over the area.” She noted that “applied on top of a serum or eye cream, they help seal in ingredients and (presumably) help with penetration.”
The reusable eye patches can be applied on top of whatever eye cream and serum you already use. Dr. Shamban says you’ll see the best results when paired with ingredients like caffeine, glycerin, hyaluronic acid, vitamin E, niacinamide, vitamin C, and an encapsulated retinol or a botanical bakuchiol. (You’re likely to find at least one or two of those ingredients in your go-to eye cream’s formula.) She says that with products like Beaustistin’s Eye Patches “you’ll see an instant boost… to overall moisture retention and brightening.”
These Beutistin Reusable Eye Patches have been my $10 lifesaver, and thanks to a dermatologist sign-off, they can become yours too. Head to Amazon to shop the patches and check out some complementary eye creams and serums, below.
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