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JO FAIRLEY’S
AGE-DEFYING

EYES

The Beauty Bible guru reveals
the game-changing creams for
eyes that cheat time

Eyes, we’re always told, are the
‘windows to the soul’. I do always say
to people: when we look at someone, we
look into their eyes – rather than stare at
any lines, wrinkles or crow’s feet fanning
across the eye zone. I’m a great exponent
of acceptance: every line is a badge of
honour – a laugh laughed, a tear cried, an emotion felt.
That said, would I give up my eye creams for anyone?
Nope. Not least because they make the eye zone feel less
tight and uncomfortable, and allow for the smooth gliding-
on of make-up. They also brighten and smooth the under-
eye zone – in the short-term (through optical pigments
which bounce back light) and longer-term, through softening
those lines. Add one of these to your beauty regime –
together with a pair of sunglasses with wide, protective arms,
to shield this most fragile area of skin, and those ‘windows to
the soul’ themselves.

Jane Scrivner Expert Eye Duo mind-blowing, but especially when
1 Eye Firming Concentrate Night it’s naturally-certiied (by NATURE).
Serum, £25 for 15ml Cooling, lightweight and soothing, it
Technically, this bestseller is part of a features calming botanicals, aloe vera
duo (there’s an Eye Masque Day Cream), and a patented natural ingredient called 2
but with its powerful serum formulation ‘Syricalm’. Stellar.
it’s designed to get to work while you
slumber; irming and nourishing the 4 Antipodes Kiwi Seed Oil Eye
delicate skin around the eyes whilst Cream, £31.99 for 30ml 1
tackling dark circles and puiness. Oh, feel the instant relief of this as you
tap it into the delicate eye area, enjoying
Origins Ginzing Refreshing Eye the cooling, soothing efects of the aloe
2 Cream to Brighten and Depuf, vera (that ‘wonder’ eye ingredient again).
£23 for 15ml It features here alongside vitamin C-rich
Ideal for tired-looking eyes prone to dark kiwi fruit and avocado oil, to nourish and
shadows and ‘excess baggage’, the ‘zing’ soten ine lines. 3
is down to cofee and ginseng, known to
brighten the eye area, while ‘natural optic Neal’s Yard Remedies 5
brighteners’ improve the appearance of 5 Frankincense Intense Lit Eye
the eye zone. Think of it as an Instagram Cream, £55 for 15g
ilter in a jar. The priciest of the bunch also happens to 4
be my go-to, not least because I ind the
3 Trilogy Very Gentle Eye Cream, signature frankincense scent of this range
so grounding and centring. Organically
£23.50 for 25ml
This hugely impressed Beauty Bible’s certiied, it’s also powerful at working to
tester panels – for any product, a 9/10 irm, with 71 percent of users agreeing
score averaged across 10 women is pretty their eye area is visibly ‘lited’.

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