How to Choose an Eye Cream

When you walk down the cosmetics aisle, the choices seem endless, and they get more overwhelming if you search the Internet. So before you choose an eye cream, follow these steps to narrow your search.

Instructions

1. Decide what you want to correct. Different creams target different problems. Rate your decision on the importance of anti-aging effects, correcting dark circles and treating puffiness, for example.

2. Read the labels on a few of the creams that tout the results you are seeking. An anti-aging cream or anti-wrinkle cream should contain caffeine, retinol, alpha-hydroxy or vitamin C. An anti-darkening cream should have vitamin K or hydroquinone in the jar.

3. Decide if you want a cream to wear during the day or overnight, or if you would like to have different creams for both. You might want an anti-wrinkle under your makeup and a lightening cream at night.

4. Choose a cream without any fragrance with a pH level close to that of tears.

5. Narrow your search to a few choices and buy the cheapest one. If it hasn't worked after a few weeks, you can try another, but at least you haven't wasted all your money on the first product you tried.

6. Watch for information on new developments in skin-care technology. Breakthroughs continually emerge in this field. Before long, you may even be able to get Botox over the counter.