April 24, 2009
When I was in Californie last week, LilSis and I were wandering around SuperTarget in search of the Garnier Nutrioniste Anti-Puff Eye Roller. We found that, plus this other intriguing product that neither of us had heard of. It's made by University Medical and is called Face Lift WrinkleFree Eyes. The package screams that it's a “20 Minute Botox” treatment! Of course, we bought into the marketing strategy…hook, line and wrinkle. Yep, we forked over our $30 and bought it.
Adios to Wrinkles??
Here's what you get in the 2-week starter kit, according to the manufacturer's web site:
Includes 2 sets of MICRO-CHARGED EYE PATCHES with Retinol 4X™ Activating Creams – each patch treatment reduces the look of wrinkles in only 20 Minutes & lasts up to a week. The kit also includes daily treatments of Retinol 4X™ Intensive Cream (for nighttime use) and 24 Hour Face Lift™ (daytime use) to maintain your results between patches.
Since I had to get back to Texas and my real life – ding dang it – LilSis and I split up the kit and each took half the ingredients to try. I did my first treatment tonight. I tried the eye patches first. You smear the retinol product on each patch, apply to your under eye area, and leave it for 20 minutes. The patches are supposed to be “micro-charged” to deliver the retinol product to the skin more effectively. That may be malarkey, but it sounds good, right? I was a little nervous about applying a retinol product that close to my eyeballs, but I was very careful not to get any in my eyes. The patches felt a tad bit tingly, and my eye area might have felt a little twitchy, but then again it may have been my crazy wild imagination because of the “micro-charged” claim.
After 20 minutes, I removed the patches and cautiously rinsed off the remaining product. There was a tiny bit of irritation, but I really think it was from the adhesive stuff on that tender skin more than it was from the retinol. The under eye skin did FEEL a bit softer, but did it look smoother? Did the crows feet look softened? Did the fine lines appear to be lessened? Did I look as though I'd had Botox (which I've never had, so I don't really have an educated basis for comparison)? Ehhhhh…maybe a little bit?? I can't really say yes to any of those questions. Yet.
There are two other products in the kit. One is a nighttime retinol product and the other is a daytime line filler. I don't want to go crazy and use all 3 in one fell swoop in case there's a reaction of some negative kind, so I'm going to wait and try the retinol nighttime product tomorrow night and hollah back when I can give the system a thumbs up or thumbs down.
Meanwhile, you can check out some reviews that other folks have done on this product. Blissful Style has commented on it, as well as Cleveland Moms Like Me and LiveStrong.com. How about you, LilSis? Have you tried this yet?
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April 24, 20095:54 pm
Seriously how is it I never see any of this stuff at the store. Oh I guess it’s because I’m always buying dishes.
April 25, 20099:47 am
I’d never noticed it before either, since I usually fly through Walmart or Target with my list and don’t pay much attention to other things. Target has great dishes and houseware items, don’t they?