The Sunscreen Project, Part 12

/ Tuesday, November 6, 2012 /
Like I've written in my last post, I'm trying out new sunscreens in order to find a really good sunscreen  to use for the upcoming months/perhaps even years. I have been using an eye cream with sunscreen for a long time and didn't even realized I had been using such an SPF product for such a long time. Thus I will review it.

Avon Anew Rejuvenate 24-hour eye cream, SPF 25 (for my eyes)



Now, according to one of John Su's articles from Futurederm, eye creams aren't really necessary, but I wanted to try this product out anyway because I wanted to see the exact difference between an eye cream with SPF versus just a normal SPF product on the eye area.

Well, there are actually two parts to this product - as you can see - the bluish cream as a nighttime cream and the white cream as a day cream with SPF 25.

I wanted to try it.

Ingredients (source):


Ingredients for A.M. Eye Cream:

Active: Octinoxate (7.5%), Octisalate (5%), Avobenzone (2%), Homosalate (2%), Other: Water, Glycerin, Dimethicone, Butylene Glycol, Peg-8, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Phenyl Trimethicone, Cetearyl Alcohol, Isodecyl Isononanoate, Phytol, Polymethyl Methacrylate, Tinospora Cordifolia Root/Stem Extract, Pinus Taeda Bark Extract, Retinol/Saccharomyces Polypeptide, Phaeodactylum Tricornutum Extract, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Seed Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract, Plankton Extract, Hydrolyzed Milk Protein, Sodium Hyaluronate, Andrographolide, Panthenol, Tocopherol, Kaempferia Galanga Root Extract, Oryzanol, Cetearyl Glucoside, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetyl Alcohol, Carbomer, Tromethamine, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Chlorphenesin, Phenoxyethanol, Disodium Edta

Ingredients for P.M. Eye Cream:

Water, Cyclopentasiloxane, Glycerin, Dimethicone, Butylene Glycol, C30-45 Alkyl Cetearyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Isocetyl Stearoyl Stearate, Isodecyl Isononanoate, Cetyl Peg/Ppg-10/1 Dimethicone, Phytol, Tinospora Cordifolia Root/Stem Extract, Pinus Pinaster Bark/Bud Extract, Phaeodactylum Tricornutum Extract, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Seed Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract, Plankton Extract, Hydrolyzed Milk Protein, Lagerstroemia Indica Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Andrographolide, Panthenol, Tocopherol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Oryzanol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Magnesium Sulfate, Lauryl Peg-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Chlorphenesin, Phenoxyethanol, Disodium Edta, Chromium Oxide Greens

Now, the original price of this product is $38 for 0.66 oz of product. I actually got it for about $6 on Amazon. Lolz. (And it was a new product!)

AM Cream first::
Pros:

  • Very emollient and hydrating
  • Did not sting my eyes
  • Protects against UVA and UVB rays
  • Saw slight firming of eye skin
  • Lasts a long time
Cons:
  • Jar packaging
PM Cream:
Pros:
  • Very emollient and hydrating
  • Saw slight plumping of skin
Cons:
  • Felt really greasy
  • Jar packaging
The overall fact is that I do not like the jar packaging. It is not good and makes the product susceptible to contamination more quickly than usual. Not cool.

Currently I have finished the night cream but am still working on the day cream, which has lasted me about 6 months already, with nightly use! Can you imagine that? 6 months of use and still going strong?

Anyway, I don't think I will repurchase the product because (1) jar packaging and (2) eye creams aren't really that necessary. However, I do think the use of this product was a good experience.



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