The Benefits of Multi-Functional Skincare Products with La Fervance
Multi-functional and versatile skincare products are increasingly gaining popularity, and for good reasons.
Vanessa Noy
June 7, 2024
Clinically Proven
New Era in Anti-Ageing Eye Creams
The best in natural anti-ageing eye creams.
The first signs of ageing typically creep into our lives (and faces) around the eye area, and these signs can be seen as early as our late twenties. The skin around our eye area is thin and lacking in the support of underlying fat, it is vulnerable to dryness and dehydration along with frequent muscle movements that fold and stress the skin here, leading to lines and wrinkles… Along with the dense capillary network that attributes to redness and dark circles, is it any wonder we need a little extra help here?!
All-natural eye creams of today are leveraging science-backed ingredients to strengthen the skin, delay the need for invasive procedures, and address concerns like firmness, elasticity associated with undereye bags along with fine lines and wrinkles. In this journal we will also recommend a couple of products that work in perfect harmony with other treatments like Botox to maximise results and help keep our eyes bright and youthful. After all, ageing is about embracing our confidence at every age and feeling good in our skin.
Why Use an Eye Cream?
While eye creams are very beneficial, their effectiveness varies depending on formulation and ingredients. The hard truth is they can’t solely combat lifestyle factors like lack of sleep, dehydration, or poor diet, nor can they address significant fat depletion that comes with ageing. Enter, the new era in eye care formulations from leading independent clean beauty brands VENN, AMALA, and Dr.Alkaitis. What makes these brands special? Through extensive research and development, they offer eye creams that are formulated with specific ingredients that address the finer skin around the orbital bone to address the concerns associated with the ageing of the eye area. These formulations target firmness, elasticity, hydration and provide antioxidants and vitamins to help build more resilient skin function helping to prolong further damage that shows as ageing.
Why not just use a daily moisturiser you ask? Good question, while our daily moisturisers provide protection and moisturisation to our skin, they are not targeted treatments that are ideally suited in texture, actives and specific ingredients that uniquely benefit the more delicate skin around the eyes.
Looking for La Prairie’s Eye Caviar Luxe Eye Lift Cream alternative? Make the switch to the VENN Age-Recharge Compound K Eye Concentrate
Optimising ground-breaking ingredient technology this advanced formulation, the Age-Recharge Compound K Eye Concentrate contains a blend of potent ingredients such as caviar extract, peptides, algae extracts, and other botanicals. These ingredients are carefully selected for their ability to hydrate, firm, and rejuvenate the skin around the eyes. VENN products are known for their luxurious textures and sensorial experiences. The Age-Recharge Compound K Eye Concentrate is no exception, offering a rich and indulgent texture that glides smoothly onto the skin.
Clinically Proven Results – to visibly reduce dark circles, visibly reduce bags and puffiness under the eyes, improve elasticity around the eye area, and reduce the appearance of crow’s feet and wrinkles around the eye area.
Key Actives –
Ginsenoside Compound K: stands out as a rare and potent bioactive element found in Panax ginseng. Backed by clinical research, it offers a range of proven benefits for skin health and anti-ageing. This includes combating dryness, hyperpigmentation, wrinkles, loss of elasticity, and signs of skin photo-ageing caused by prolonged UV exposure.
Bakuchiol, at 1% concentration: emerges as a compelling natural substitute for Retinol, offering a host of benefits minus the drawbacks commonly associated with Retinol use. Notably, Bakuchiol boasts both photochemical and hydrolytic stability, making it suitable for daytime application. Supported by clinical evidence, it demonstrates effectiveness in addressing various signs of ageing, such as dryness, fine lines, wrinkles, uneven skin tone, dullness, as well as loss of elasticity and firmness. With its promising profile, Bakuchiol presents itself as a valuable addition delivering results without the potential sensitivities linked to Retinol.
Myralis: emerges as a remarkable organic COSMOS-certified natural active. It is meticulously purified in gentiopicroside and derived from organic wild yellow gentian roots. This potent ingredient is specifically formulated to rejuvenate both the upper and lower eye contours, effectively combating signs of aging in the delicate eye area. With its organic certification and carefully sourced origins, Myralis offers a promising solution for those seeking to address concerns related to eye contour ageing in their skincare routine.
How to Use: Apply on clean, dry skin in the morning and evening. VENN aestheticians recommend warming the product between fingertips and gently tap and smooth the cream into skin in a semi-circle around the eyes, starting at the inner corner under the eyes to the outer corner, and then up underneath the brow bone. Continue to smooth the cream into the skin by gently tapping in that pattern until the product has been fully absorbed.
VENN Age-Recharge Compound K Eye Concentrate
The La Mer’s The Eye Concentrate alternative? Switch to AMALA Targeted Wrinkle Treatment
Meet a powerful flash serum that visibly tightens and smooths the look of fine lines and wrinkles, plumps the skin, and improves elasticity. Powered by Summer Snowflake Bulb, a safe natural alternative to botulinum toxin, skin appears firmer, smoother and more youthful looking immediately and over time.
Clinically Proven Results – in a 28 day in vivo independent clinical study, at the Derma Consult GmBH, Bonn, Germany, testers reported a
- 100% reduction in wrinkle depth and an improvement in skin hydration.
- 95% claimed a smoother texture while
- 90% saw an improvement in firmness.
Key Actives –
Summer Snowflake Bulb: a key active ingredient renowned for its multifaceted benefits in skincare. This potent extract doesn’t just address one concern—it targets several, including the reduction of fine lines, puffiness, and skin tightening. Rich in Dormins, Summer Snowflake Bulb offers a natural solution to combating signs of ageing. Dormins are cell proliferation inhibitors derived from plants in their dormant stage, effectively hindering muscle cell contraction to diminish and prevent fine lines and wrinkles. This natural alternative to botulinum toxin not only aids in reducing visible signs of ageing but also promotes healthier skin by slowing down cell proliferation, resulting in a smoother, more youthful complexion. With its remarkable properties, Summer Snowflake Bulb stands as a safe and effective choice for use in eye care formulations.
Living Beauty BioActive Complex: An ultra-concentrated blend of bio-active nutrients, an exclusive cocktail of skin-revitalising Peony, skin-renewing 23K Rose Gold, Vitamin C-rich Amla, and antioxidant Spirulina all known for their firming and lifting properties. The AMALA Living BioActive Complex helps to support the skin’s natural collagen and elastin production, resulting in a firmer and more lifted appearance over time.
Acai and White Tea Extract: contain a blend of antioxidants and vitamins, including vitamin c, which help to soothe and calm the delicate eye area while offering repair and protection from environmental aggressors.
How to Use: The roller ball applicator offers a cool and gentle massage. Apply on clean skin before serum and moisturisers using gentle linear strokes, focusing on lines and wrinkles. Use morning and evening for best results, and this formula can also be used along the lip line, deep frown lines and marionette lines.
AMALA Rejuvenate Targeted Wrinkle Treatment
The Chanel Sublimage La Crème Yeux alternative? AMALA Powerhouse Eye Cream
The AMALA Powerhouse Eye Cream is a highly regarded for its luxurious safe vitamin A-rich formulation, and ability to target various concerns around the delicate eye area, disappearing into the skin, making it ideal under makeup.
Clinically Proven Results – AMALA products are not only Nurture Certified, and free from synthetic fragrances this product is Vegan, Pregnancy safe and clinically by an independent lab.In a 28 day in vivo independent clinical study, at the Derma Consult GmBH, Bonn, Germany, testers reported
- 100% Improvement in firmness around the eye area.
- 95% Reduction in wrinkle depth around the eye area.
- 90% Improvement in elasticity and a smoother texture around the eye area.
Key Actives –
Hyaluronic acid: prized for its ability to deeply hydrate and plump the skin, diminishing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes. Additionally, it aids in firming and rejuvenating the delicate eye area, promoting a more youthful and refreshed appearance.
French Pine Extract: this potent active ingredient works wonders by fortifying the skin’s intracellular matrix, revitalising and safeguarding collagen and elastin. Its anti-inflammatory properties are particularly effective in combatting the adverse effects of photo ageing, while its abundant antioxidants play a crucial role in neutralising harmful free radicals.
Moth Bean: your natural and gentle alternative to synthetic retinol. With its rejuvenating properties, Moth Bean revitalises the skin, promoting a firmer and refreshed appearance. This powerhouse ingredient visibly diminishes the appearance of lines and thinning skin, without the irritation commonly associated with retinol.
Cupuaçu Butter: derived from the seeds of the Amazonian Cupuaçu tree, this luxurious butter boasts a soft, creamy texture and is packed with hydrating Omega-3 essential fatty acids that provide nourishment and protection to the delicate eye area.
Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract: a powerful anti-ager offering antioxidant-rich benefits to combat ageing signs like wrinkles and sagging skin while providing soothing hydration. Its natural sugars and humectants help retain moisture, keeping the delicate eye area supple and refreshed.
How to Use: with ring fingers, dab 2 spots of cream under each eye, and one on the outer brow bone. With light tapping motion gently pat the product with fingers, moving along the lower orbital bone. With the same motion tap along the outer brow bone and out to the temples.
AMALA Rejuvenate Youth-Renewing Powerhouse Eye Cream
The Clarins Multi-Active Eye Cream alternative ? Dr Alkaitis Eye Cream
A great value product that packs a mighty punch for the dollar. The Dr. Alkaitis Day Cream is the perfect anti-pollution formula for addressing the first signs of ageing. The complex formula also offers a lightweight texture for combination and oily skin types as well those looking for a product that addresses the impact of blue light and UV rays on the eye area.
Organic Raw Skincare, PETA Certified Cruelty Free and Vegan – Insiders of the green beauty scene often affectionately refer to Dr. Alkaitis as “the Godfather of Organic Skin Care”. Dr. Alkaitis comprehensively studied the skin’s tasks, its interaction with, and reactions to, various influences. From this knowledge comes his holistic approach to skin care; he treats the skin as the whole living organism it is, not as a collection of concerns. Dr Alkaitis products help guide your skin into its own unique balanced state and help to maintain that balance. Think of them as health food for your skin.
Key Actives –
Dr. Alkaitis makes created his own extracts, using sophisticated techniques that allowed him to work with the intelligence of raw whole high quality plants, root, stem, leaf, and flower. Being able to preserve the integrity and therapeutic value of a whole plant in an extract is both an art and a science.
Dr. Alkaitis’ Signature Herbal Eye Renewal Complex: features a unique base of raw extract from the Ilex Paraguariensis leaf, renowned for its abundance of polyphenols. These potent antioxidants effectively combat free radicals, smoothing the skin and boosting moisture levels while reducing puffiness. Enhanced with Wild Rose Buds and Green Tea, known for their anti-pollution properties, this formula provides essential protection for the delicate skin around the eyes against environmental stressors.
Dr. Alkaitis Eye Rejuvenation & Support Complex: fortified with the unique oil of the Sacha Inchi seed—an exceptional source of Omega-3 essential fatty acids. This potent complex is further enriched with Jojoba seed oil, Mountain Rose Hip seed, and Sea Butter, delivering natural vitamins A, C, and E to nourish, brighten and revitalise the delicate skin around your eyes.
How to Use: Apply one pump of the Organic Eye Creme around your eye area, then gently and lightly massage it in with ring fingers. The Organic Eye Creme works beautifully under makeup as a primer allowing it to easily set in. It can also be blended with concealer for a dewy, glowing look.
DR ALKAITIS Organic Eye Cream
When Do I Need to Start Using an Eye Cream?
When to start using eye cream depends on individual concerns. Incorporating an eye cream into a skincare routine is typically recommended in your twenties, as you establish a good skincare routine.
When Do I Apply Eye Cream?
Always on clean skin over your daily or nightly serum, before your moisturiser. Brush your teeth or do your hair, giving your eye cream a moment to be absorbed by the skin before applying your next product.
The Natives Co. Eye care Tips
Always remove eye makeup with a gentle all-natural oil. Oils love dirt and provide a gentle cleanse that is both effective and nourishing to the delicate eye area. Our top picks for removing eye makeup are the Les Huilettes Cleanse and The Jojoba Company’s Activating Oil Cleanse.
All-natural eye creams offer a compelling solution for skincare enthusiasts, harnessing the potency of natural ingredients without the potential harmful effects of synthetic compounds that offer zero benefit to the skin. By opting for these products, and staying consistent with your routine, we prioritise skin health and sustainability, promoting a more holistic approach to our beauty regime.
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