This is a dense cream, suitable for use pretty much anywhere on dry, sensitive skin. The texture is sufficiently fluid to allow dotting/patting around the eyes; but use lightly (so avoid bumps/milia).It's fragrance-free, not tested on animals, and (if this is a concern) many of the ingredients are organic. A water in oil emulsion, its main ingredients are glycerin, shea butter, and olive, evening primrose, and jojoba oils. One of Lavera's classic products, an oldie but a goodie.
I've used it off and on for years; I used to use it as a face cream in very cold winter weather (Germany, the Alps, north-eastern U.S.). I'm currently using it as a night eye-cream - hence cross-posting of this review. It leaves the eye area moist, smooth, calm. Plumps out that part of wrinkliness that's due to dryness, and doesn't exacerbate existing wrinkles (hang it, nothing to be done there short of surgery). No irritation to report. I rarely have bags or dark circles, so can't comment on them, except to say that the Face hasn't caused them to appear. Which isn't always the case with a shea butter-rich eye cream (yes, sample of L'Occitane, I mean you). Nor of some other luscious, richer eye creams - ex. Kiehl's Avocado and, more recently, Clinique's All About Eyes Rich and the reason for my experimentation with other eye creams... On all the things that AAER did well, Lavera does them all too, in my experience. Happy eyes.
A good buy: as it's so dense, it lasts for a very long time. Price (approx) - 50 ml.: EUR 14.50 / GBP 11.00 / USD 27.50.
INGREDIENTS: Aqua (Water), Olea Europaea (Olive Oil)*, Tricaprylin, Polyglyceryl-2 Dipolyhydroxystearate, Glycerin, Glycerly Oleate, Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose Oil)*, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Buxus Chinensis (Jojoba Oil)*, Tocopheryl Acetate, Cera Alba (Cera Flava/Beeswax*, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower Oil)*, Stearyl Beeswax, Behenyl Beeswax, Magnesium Sulfate, Tocopherol, Brassica Campestris (Rapeseed) Sterols, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Ascorbic Acid, Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides, Alcohol.
*ingredients form certified organic agriculture. continued >>