A cream that instantly removes my lines? Surely it’s too good to be true? The packaging shows before and after photos worthy of a plastic surgery clinic, showing eyes with multiple crows’ feet that have miraculously disappeared, apparently due to this cream. Yeah right, can you tell I’m a sceptic?
I try it on my right eye first. It feels reassuringly cold, and if nothing else, it’s a great pick-me-up eye cream. After a few seconds, the skin around my eyes tightens as if I’ve put Sellotape on there and pulled my skin upwards. I see a difference, but is it a trick of the light? I put it in my other eye. It’s definitely working but feels tight. My friend comes round. She has a few more eye wrinkles than me. She starts weaning after a few minutes, her crows’ feet disappearing before our eyes. I grab the bottle and put it on the lines around my mouth, on my neck.
She smears it on her forehead, her forehead looks smoother, tighter, her lines almost erased. We are screaming, “omg, omg”! This actually works. Meanwhile, I try to smile. My face is distorted. It’s so stiff it doesn’t move properly. My friends are laughing at me. I look like I’m trying to talk with a plum in my mouth. I may have flaky white residue on my face (this isn’t so bad if you mix the product with moisturiser), and I may not be able to smile, but I don’t care. I look 10 years younger – so long as I stay totally still.
Rating: 7/10
Emily Maddick, GLAMOUR’s Assistant Deputy Editor and Entertainment Director
When it comes to puffiness, it tends to be above my eyes that suffer the most, but under my eyes, I have wrinkles, fine lines, and crows feet that I’ve been trying to eliminate for years. So when my (significantly younger) colleagues at work were buzzing with excitement at the prospect of this product, I was excited to try it. Full disclosure: I had Botox for my crows’ feet around six weeks ago (shout out to my doctor, the brilliant Mr. Kambiz Golchin) but I still have fine lines under my eyes and my skin can get very crepe-like in that area. I also am prone to dark circles which are particularly prominent right now thanks to jet lag. The Instant Eye Firm Temporary Eye Tightener did just that.