NerdyMetalhead
Oily/Resilient
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Advanced Snail Peptide Eye Cream
Today I'm reviewing a product from a company that has a long and storied history in the west: Cosrx. Everyone knows Cosrx. They're THE K-Beauty company that first broke through the western entry barrier and really put Korean beauty on the map in Europe and the US. Their snail mucin products and AHA/BHA toners are popular throughout the Anglosphere and Europe for gentle and effective skincare. The product I'm looking at, the Advanced Snail Peptide Eye Cream, claims to target dull, dehydrated skin, fine lines and wrinkles, dark circles, and puffy undereyes.
🌿 Notable Ingredients*:
• Snail Secretion Filtrate
• Helianthus Annus (Sunflower) Oil
• Niacinamide
• Panthenol
• Sodium Hyaluronate
• Copper Tripeptide-1, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1,
Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7
*Ingredients taken from cosrx.com
💅 Skin profile:
Combination skin with oily T-Zone and drier U-Zone, semi-humid temperate climate (Central Europe), 3x Retinal usage per week.
📦 Packaging: The eye cream comes in a hard plastic bottle with a transparent cap and a black pump top dispenser. The packaging is minimalist in black and white and yellow to mark it as part of the snail series, which is primarily designed with a yellow colour scheme. The bottle comes in a 25ml and was bought at Jolse.com at a discount price.
🫙 Texture and Scent: This eye cream is white and gloopy with just a slight bit of stringiness from the snail mucin. It isn't as stringy as the other snail products I've seen around Instagram and turns slightly more liquid and watery when it's rubbed into the skin. It has no scent for those averse to fragrance and feels hydrating but slightly tacky under the eyes after immediate application. I began by using this in the morning two months ago, but have since switched it into my evening routine instead.
✅️ Pros:
• It's hydrating and refreshing on my eyes! I like putting this around my eye area.
• The dark circles around my eyes did fade a lot after using this consistently, which really helped me look less tired and dead in the mornings. 🤣
• It has a nice plumping effect and kept the eye area moisturized, especially my eye corners which can get a bit drier than the other parts of my eyes.
❌️ Cons:
• No wrinkle smoothing. I have small fine lines under my eyes and didn't really notice them fade or anything.
• The pump dispenses WAY too much product for both eyes. I have to do an awkward half-pump two or three times to get the right amount of cream.
• It's a bit tacky after being rubbed in and takes a while to absorb.
👩⚖️ Verdict: I like this cream! It feels nice and plumping, hydrates the drier parts of my eyes, and helped fade my dark circles when I had them from lack of proper sleep. I will say though, despite promising to tackle fine lines and wrinkles I haven't noticed any smoothing out of those, and the high price point is a bit of a turn off. Would I repurchase? Maybe, but I feel like I'd need to test a lot more eye creams to make an actual comparison. Still, I have no huge complaints with the cream itself, it does the job - it's the packaging that irritates me the most.
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CynthReviews
Oily/Resilient
Oh man, I just bought this. I hope I can get the right amount of product or I would be wasting so much of it 😞
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