Beauty Intelligence: Is Your Eye Cream The Cause Of Puffy Eyes?

Rich water-in-oil emulsion based eye creams are not only designed to soften the skin, but prevent the formation of fine lines and wrinkles around the delicate eye area.

Although these particular products are greasier in comparison to lightweight day creams, they are specifically formulated to be applied at night and extremely beneficial for those of a dry or mature nature, but did you know that the moisturizing creams designed to nourish our skin can actually make eyes appear visibly puffy the following morning?

This is simply due to overloading the delicate eye area with such a greasy textured cream at night. Although our skin is most receptive to the active ingredients contained in skincare products as we sleep, our body also increases in temperature. In effect, this causes rich creams to melt and invade the eyes, blocking the tear ducts to the point where fluid is retained. The result? Visibly puffy eyes.

In a world full of image conscious women obsessed with the effects of ageing, slathering your face in anti ageing products may seem like the answer to banishing unwanted signs of premature wrinkles but remember, less is always more.