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Recently I finished my last sample of su:m37 eye cream, so it's time to review! It's my first su:m product and I was encouraged to try it by few very positive reviews on other blogs, including My Asian Skincare Story. Let's see how it worked for me.
Product description: Eye cream with fermented ingredients, smooths and regenerates eye area.
Why fermentation is such a big deal? In general fermented (in other words broken down) ingredients nourish our skin better than normal ingredients and are able to penetrate our skin better. Our body is home for over a 10 thousand different microorganisms - some of them are using fermentation to help cells get energy. Su:m37 has copied this process and created a fermentation complex, that includes five types of microorganism fermentation: Sphingobacterium, Sphingomonas, Corynebacterium, Lactobacillus and Bacillus.
Except of microorganism fermentation we can also find many other fermented ingredients in this cream, like fermented extracts of rice, licorice, Ginkgo Biloba, lavender, thyme, raspberry, soybean, olive... and many many more. There are also oils: anise, rose, lime, clove, rosemary, May Chang, Ylang-ylang. And since we are talking about fermentation they couldn't skip Saccharomyces, type of yeast, one of the best known fermented ingredients, famous thanks to"first essence" type of products, like SK-II Treatment Essence or Missha First Treatment Essence.
Full list of the ingredients you can find here.
For me the full size version of this product is very expensive, so despite of positive reviews from people I trust, I still wouldn't buy full size straight away. I ordered set of 10 samples from Tester Korea, which has been recommended to me as a reliable source of genuine samples. Samples are also available on e-Bay, but not from any of my trusted sellers, so I didn't want to take the risk.
The cream itself has great texture, thick and rich. I love rich eye creams, I like to feel my eye cream under my eyes. Despite of thick texture, cream absorbs into skin quite well, it takes about a minute or so, giving us a little bit of time for gentle eye massage. After is absorbs fully it doesn't leave any residue or film on the skin, so it's perfect to use with make up. Cream is very moisturising and nourishing. It has very characteristic, herbal scent, which I don't mind, but some people may find it unpleasant. In general it was nice to use and I enjoyed testing it out.
As for the results, I wasn't really sure if it did anything for me except moisturising, so I decided to take a picture and make a little comparison:
As you can see I have three major concerns with my eye area: dark circles, under eye bags and two horizontal lines under lower eyelid. My dark circles were always there, since my childhood. It's just the blood vessels being close to the skin surface and causing the purplish cast on the skin, there is no fix to this, eye cream won't help. My under eye bags turned out to be a "tear through", a lack of tissue underneath the skin on the eye socket line, causing the illusion of puffiness. Again, eye cream won't solve this problem, only filling will, for example hyaluronic acid injections. At the moment I'm using special creams with non-invasive filling substances, which I will write more about soon. The third problem of my eye area are wrinkles, which been there for a while. Actually the deeper one, the one closer to the lash line has been there always, I found it even on pictures where I'm 13 years old. So again, no eye cream will fix this, it's just the part of my feature. The only concern that eye cream could help with is the lower wrinkle, that is actual sign of ageing.
So, did su:m37 addressed my wrinkle problem? I'm not sure to be honest. Firstly I was sure, that there is no difference, now when I look at this photos I may see a subtle difference, the wrinkles seem shorter on the newest photo. What do you think, can you see any difference there?
What I'm sure of it's that su:m37 kept my eye area moisturised and restrained my wrinkles a little bit (when skin is dry wrinkles appear deeper). I wonder if effect would be any better if I would continue using this cream for longer - I may come back to it one day, but at the moment I've already started testing another eye cream. It may be good to use as a prophylactic, to prevent my wrinkles from deepening, but I must admit that I'm a bit reluctant - if I start using such an expensive product i my twenties, what would I use in my forties, pure gold?
Price: from £80 for 20ml jar. I bought set of 10 samples, 1ml each, for approx. £2.
Pros:
+ moisturising and nourishing
+ rich texture
+ absorbs easily
+ keeps my wrinkles restrained
+ impressive list of ingredients
+ a little goes a very long way - 10 samples lasted me for two months of use
Cons:
- pricey
- popular among counterfeiters - you need to be careful and make sure you buy it from reliable source
- a bit odd smell
Summary:
I'm glad I could test this product and put something higher end on my face, as usually my skincare regimen is build on much cheaper products. But even though I quite enjoyed using it, I won't buy full size version - at the moment I simply cannot afford it, also I'm not sure if I liked it enough to spend £80 on it. Still, I think it's worth to buy some samples since quite a few people claim it to be miracle product. With less than £2 for two month supply in samples it's worth checking out. For now I say goodbye to Flawless Eye Cream, but I do plan buy some other su:m37 samples.
Pink Ninja loves good eye cream. Actually the eye cream was my first "serious" cosmetic product, I started using one when I was 15 years old, looking for some solution to my dark circles. Quickly I become addicted to the nice shooting feeling of the eye cream around my eyes and since I felt in love with Secret Key snail products, I couldn't pass the opportunity to check this product out.
Product description: Snail mucus and EGF ingredient helps skin elasticity and increase moisturising power to create healthy skin. Creates elastic and vibrant skin around eyes as it absorbs quickly into sensitive eye area.
Main ingredients:
- Snail secretion filtrate - protects skin from infection, reduces inflammation, effective in treating acne and scarring, anti-wrinkle
- Human Oilgo Peptide-1 (EGF)
- known as a "beauty factor" - eliminating scars and speckles by
improving the texture and condition of the skin, anti-wrinkle by
rejuvenating skin by stimulating cell proliferation
- Arbutin - skin lightening
- Adenosine - helps
prevent wrinkles, reduces UVB sun damage, increases the production of
elastin and collagen reducing skin saginess and improving tone
- Beta glucan - a natural compound extracted from plants, that helps to maintain a youthful appearance for skin
- Macadamia Seed Oil -
contains Palmitoleic acid that is vital for delaying skin and cell
ageing, Oleic acid that has regeneration and moisturising properties,
Linoleic acid that helps to prevent skin water loss and Plant
phytosterols that are calming and healing
- Niacinamide (Vitamin B3) - offers multiple benefits for ageing skin- can improve skin's elasticity, enhance skin's barrier function, help erase discolourations,
and revive skin's healthy tone and texture.
- Squalane (or Squalene)- natural organic compound obtained from shark liver oil or olive oil (this cream uses olive oil one). It’s an antioxidant-rich, age-fighting emollient, that over time can reduce wrinkles, eliminate scars, reverse UV damage, lighten freckles and erase skin pigmentation.
- Jojoba seed oil - it's a unique kind of oil, that has no greasy feel to it, does not have any large amounts of the fatty acids and has no cholesterol. Jojoba
oil is used to treat various skin diseases and the prevention of facial and neck wrinkles.
Product arrives in cardboard box, inside we will find 30ml tube. Tube is secured from the bottom with a bit of foil. I have aways problem with thinking in capacities, so I was well surprised with how bit the tube was (almost as long as my palm), however it's not entirely full, I would say that 1/4 of the tube is empty. The tube is opaque, but if I direct it to some source of light I can easily see how much cream is there.
Cream has very light consistency. It spreads easily on the skin and absorbs quickly. There is only a tiny amount needed to cover whole eye area - I use it since mid June and still got half of the tube. What I like most about this product is that even tough is light it's still very nourishing and moisturising. It's lighter than Skin Food Salmon Eye Cream but as much nutritious. Thanks to quick absorbency it's perfect for the AM use, I don't have to wait long to apply my make up. Cream has very subtle floral scent, hardly noticeable.
Price: from £6 on e-Bay.
Pros:
+ lightweight
+ quickly absorbing
+ well moisturising
+ brightens up eye area
+ generous capacity = good value for money
Cons:
NONE!
After two months of use skin around my eyes feel great. It's soft, supple and brighten. I also think my "smiling wrinkle" under the eyes improved. I am very pleased with this product :)
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After over 9 months of use I finally used up Skin Food Salmon Eye Cream. I loved it and decided to try other eye cream from the same brand. Black Raspberry cream caught my attention as it looks just like pot of homemade jam!
Note: Black raspberry is not the same thing a blackberry. Black raspberry is type of berry native to eastern North America. Here is an article on how to tell it apart from blackberry.
Product description: This herbal medicinal anti-wrinkle eye cream contains black raspberry
extract, and jayangboeumdan and cheongyeondan extracted
from 12 kinds of oriental medicinal herbs that have traditionally been
used by women to treat rough, dry skin. It provides deep miniaturisation
to skin in eye areas. Anti-wrinkle adenosine adds resilience to skin,
keeping it healthy-looking.
The original product is a cute looking, glass jar, containing 25g of cream. I ordered from e-Bay set of 10 sample sachets. One sachet lasts for 4-5 applications.
The first thing that I noticed about this product is it's weird smell. In general Skin Food is a little bit unpredictable with scents: Peach Pact has gorgeous smell of peaches, but Pineapple peeling gel doesn't smell like pineapple - but the scent's have always been nice, like Tomato serum or Salmon eye cream, that have lovely floral scents. But this cream is neither the raspberry nor anything floral. It has quite strong, earthy scent, hard to describe. I have very sensitive nose, so I could smell the weird scent all the way from opening the sachet, through application and the moment after. It is bearable, but not very pleasant. However after couple of uses I got used to it and now it doesn't bother me at all.
Cream has lovely, rich consistency, which I really like in eye creams. Immediately after use I can feel that my eye area is well hydrated, soothed and smooth. The cream is thick, but glides easily on the skin and what's really good - it absorbes into matte finish (the Salmon cream I was using before, was leaving skin shiny). Even though it's rich, it's not greasy.
As for the results - I am using this cream for just two weeks now, twice a day and skin around my eyes is in excellent condition - smooth and nourished. When I apply cream in the morning I don't experience any dryness of the skin during the day. When I apply in the evening skin still feel lovely in the morning.
Because I use it only from two weeks or so, it's hard to tell about cream's anti-wrinkle properties. I have only one wrinkle in eye's area - it's "smiling" wrinkle under the eye, starting from inside corner of the eye and stretching horizontally. It is there from always (I got it there even on the pictures when I was like 14 yrs old), so it's more part of my feature than sign of ageing, but when my skin area is irritated and/or dried out it appears much deeper. During the usage of this cream it appears neat and small ;)
Price: from £10 on e-Bay, I paid £3 for set of 10 samples.
Pros:
+ nice, rich texture
+ well moisturising
+ leaves skin smooth
+ reduces appearance of wrinkles by keeping skin moisturised and nourished
+ a little goes a long way
+ non-greasy
Cons:
- weird smell
- it doesn't do much about puffiness - but it doesn't promise to do so, so it's only like half-con ;)
In general I am very pleased with this product and I am seriously thinking about getting full size :)
Eye's cream or an ice cream? Both!
The moment I saw this cute little eye sticks, I just knew I cannot say no to them. And here they are :)
Vanilla Moist Eye's Cream
Product description: Eye cream stick with a moisturising, brightening and anti-wrinkle formula to promote youthful skin around the eyes. Contains anti-wrinkle adenosine, moisturising hyaluronic acid and nourishing pumpkin enzyme.
The stick form of the cream is super convenient! It glides easily and smoothly on the skin, doesn't pull the delicate eye area. The stick looks white, however cream on the skin is clear, but shiny until absorbs. I apply it quite generously, so it does take a moment to absorb, but I don't mind as I always do my make up some time after skincare. If you like to do your make up straight after skincare, be careful with amount used or prepare to wait :P Overall this cream is quite lightweight and moisturises well enough for everyday use, but sometimes when my eye area is extremely dried out (I have allergy that manifests itself by irritation of skin around the eyes) I have to come back to my Skin Food Salmon Eye Cream. Product has nice smell, however it smells more like citrus than sweet vanilla. As for the performance - my skin area is in good condition and I think it is slightly brighter, but I'm not sure. As for the wrinkle care I cannot say, because the only wrinkles I have in eye are there since always and I think they are just part of my feature.
As for efficiency - I am using it form almost 3 months and getting to the end.
Price: £5-6 on e-Bay.
Pros:
+ handy form of stick
+ glides smoothly on the skin
+ moisturising
+ nice smell
+ cheap
+ super cute packaging
Cons:
- may be not moisturising enough for very dry skin
- slightly shiny after application
What's interesting, in product called "vanilla moist" there is no vanilla ingredient - but they are citrus oils, what would explain citrus smell.
Ingredients: Water, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Propanediol, BIS-PEG-18 Methyl Ether Dimethyl Silane, Sodium Stearate, PEG-40 Stearate, Niacinamide, Sodium Hyaluronate, Phenyl Trimethicone, Polysorbate 60, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Lactobacillus/Pumpkin ferment extract, Tetrasodium EDTA, Dipeptide-2, HesperidinMethyl Chalcone, Chlorhexidine Digluconate, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Steareth-20, Chrysin, N-Hydroxysuccinimide, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Citrus Aurantium Bergamia (Bergamot) Fruit Oil, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil, Citrus Aurantifoila (Lime) Oil, Pinus Sylvestris Leaf Oil, Eucalyptus globulus leaf oil, Citrus Medica Limonum (Lemon) Peel Oil, Adenosine, Disodium EDTA, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, 1,2-Hexanediol, CI 19140]
Ingredients Analysis [HERE]
Mint Cooling Eye's Cream
Product description: Cool the eye area. Components of pumpkin enzymes and haloxyl* gives a refreshment and nutrition to your eyes. Prevents skin ageing protecting eye area with SPF30 PA ++.
*Haloxyl - substance containing few ingredients, used in eye creams to reduce dark circles and moisturise.
This stick is blue coloured and has nice fresh scent, but I can't smell mint in it. It has slightly tougher structure and doesn't glide on skin as smoothly as the Vanilla one, but thanks to that is leaves skin dry and matte, so you can put you make up on immediately after use. I noticed that for some reason it doesn't go with primers - primer rolls up on top of it. However just a cream BB or Salmon Dark Circle Concealer are fine. Maybe it's because it contains silicone and adding additional silicone from primer causes it to roll up. It gives an eye area some refreshment, but personally I didn't find it cooling. Immediately after use skin around the eyes is whiter - it's result of containing Titanium Dioxide, physical SPF filter. It does moisturise, but not as much as his Vanilla brother - for dryer skin it definitely won't be enough. It's more efficient to Vanilla one - when Vanilla is almost finished, I still got 1/3 of this one.
Price: £5-6 on e-Bay.
Pros:
+ handy, travel friendly packaging
+ refreshes eye area
+ quite dry - we don't have to wait for it to absorb
+ contains SPF
+ cheap
+ cute packaging
Cons:
- doesn't moisturise very well
- doesn't glide so smooth on the skin
- doesn't go with primer - primer rolls up on top of it.
Similarly like in Vanilla version name has nothing to do with the ingredients - there is noting minty there.
Ingredients: Water, Butylene Glycol, Sodium Stearate, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Titanium Dioxide, Glycerin, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Dimethicone, Methyl Methacrylate Crosspolymer, Polysorbate 60, Glyceryl Stearate, Silica, Cetyl Ethylhexanoate, Bis-Ethyl-Hexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine, Alumina, Mangifera Indica (Mango Seed) Butter, PEG-100 Stearate, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Sodium Polyacryate, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Lactobacillus/Pumpkin Ferment Extract, Tetrasodium EDTA, Dipeptide-2, Hesperidin Methyl Chalcone, Chlorhexidine Digluconate, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Steareth-20, Chrysin, N-hydroxysuccinimide, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Xanthan Gum, Tocopheryl Acetate, Dissodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Fragnance, CI 42090.
Ingredtiens analyzis [HERE]
Green ingredients are Haloxyl.
For me both products worked well when Vanilla was used at PM and SPF containing Mint on AM.
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Skin Food Salmon Brightening Eye Cream
Product Description: Containing arbutin and the extracts of Omega 3-rich salmon roe produced in Hokkaido Japan, this eye cream brightens and relieves dark circles around the eyes.
How to use: After using the toner, apply an appropriate amount around your eyes, and tap the area lightly to help the skin absorb it.
Before I start the review itself, I have to tell you that I have quite dark shadows around my eyes (not only under, as my eyelids are quite dark as well) and my eyes tends to be puffy. It's genetic (thanks dad! :P) and they always look like that, even if I get decent sleep (but of course gets worse if I don't...). Anyway, I just don't belive in any cosmetic miracles that could solve this problem completly, but still spend fortune on eye care products...
I've decided to give that one a go, because some weird allergy reaction appeard on my eyelids (never had it before) - they were dry, itchy, swollen... Awful :/ Skin Foods uses natural ingredients and salmon is oily, so I hoped for well moisturisation. And my hopes were fullfilled :)
The product arrived wrapped in foil, what is typical for Skinfood products. It is a glass jar, covered with some kind of metal (aluminium?) on the outside. First thing what surprised me was the size of the jar - usually I was using eye creams in tubes, I had jar only once and it was tiny. This cream offers us a generous capacity of 30g (I always have problems with imagining size of the product form capacity only, this is why size surprised me). It looks like it is going to last me for a year xD I am using it twice daily from three weeks and so far it looks like barely used.
Cream itself is very rich, but not greasy - it absorbs quickly in skin and leaves it well moisturised. It is suitable to use under make up, as it doesn't leave any layer on skin.
Since it has salmon origin you must wonder how does it smell. Certainly not fishy ;) it has nice, subtle flowery scent. It's a Skin Food thing - you don't really know what kind of smell to expect (extracts from tomatoes, salmon, mushrooms...), but at the end of the day smell is a nice surprise.
Now the most important part: performance. Ladies and Gentleman, I am happy to announce that Salmon Brightening Eye Cream works! :) My skin around eyes feels great - it's brighten and moisturised, and with good moisturisation goes also a delicate neutralisation of wrinkles (I have 'smiling' horizontal lines under my eyes). Unfortunately it doesn't do anything with puffiness, but producent doesn't promise that, so there is nothing to moan about.
Price: from £9 on e-Bay.
Pros:
+ rich consistency and fast absorbent
+ good moisture
+ nice smell
+ does brighten dark circles
+ quite cheap considering capacity
Cons:
- doesn't fight puffiness, but producent doesn't promise that, so it's kinda 'half-con' ;)
Skin Food Salmon Dark Circle Concealer Cream
Product description: This concealer effectively hides dark circle, with salmon extract and oil.
How to use: After applying foundation, dispense an adequate amount and then gently tap onto dark circles around the eyes.
Product comes in glass jar, cap. 10g, the foil thermo-wrapped around jar is guarantee that product is new. Concealer is available in two shades: #1 Salmon Blooming and #2 Salmon Beige, I have #1. When I first opened the jar colour surprised me a little bit...
As you can see colour seems to be a bit weird pinkish- orange. But it turned out that it's just the smoothened, top layer of product which has such a weird looking colour, underneath it looks better:
The consistency is quite dense (so we can't literally put finger into it, but just touch up the top of it) and velvety in touch. Application is nice and easy - a touch of concealer is enough to get the right amount on the finger and then just pat it into skin. It stays nicely on the skin and covers all the purplish circles around eyes, makes them look more radiant. It doesn't roll up and doesn't get into wrinkles. It also have caring properties - skin around eyes is so nice and smooth I want to touch it all the times xD I've also done a little experiment and tried it out on other parts of my face and it worked a little bit, but it's clearly not meant for covering spots.
Price: from £5 on e-Bay.
Pros:
+ a little goes a long way
+ cheap
+ not only conceals but cares as well
+ doesn't roll up
+ good coverage
+ nice smell
Cons:
NONE! :)
Both products from Salmon series are very good and highly recommended :)
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