Olay Eyes Eye Lifting Serum
Benefits
Promise: Anti-aging
What does the product description say?
It de-gravitizes sagging skin on eyelids and around the eyes to reflect a firmer, lifted-eye look.
This product can help reduce and prevent fine lines and wrinkles, improve skin elasticity and firmness because it contains niacinamide.
These ingredients in the product can also be helpful, even though there is less evidence for their effectiveness: palmitoyl pentapeptide-4.
Keep in mind that it typically takes at least 6 weeks to notice any results because the changes that are needed to improve fine lines and elasticity happen in the deeper layers of the skin. No topical anti-aging product can “erase” wrinkles or fully reverse signs of aging.
| Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| niacinamide | HIGH |  |  |
| palmitoyl pentapeptide-4 | MEDIUM | | |
| camellia sinensis leaf extract | LOW | | |
Promise: Moisturizing
What does the product description say?
Plus, it hydrates to visibly lift and smooth corners revealing firmer skin around the eye area.
This product can help improve hydration of the skin with the two types of ingredients.
The first type is called “humectants”:
these ingredients help attract water.
When humectants are on the surface of the skin, they “pull in” the moisture from the outside environment, or from
within deeper layers of the skin. The following ingredients in this product do the job:
glycerin, caprylyl glycol.
This product also contains ingredients called “occlusives”. They help reduce the speed with which our skin loses moisture to the outside environment. These ingredients also help soften the upper layer of the skin, so it feels less tight and nicer to the touch. The following ingredients in this product do the job: dimethicone, dimethiconol.
The following ingredients in this product are especially good for supporting the skin barrier and helping with the hydration level: niacinamide, palmitoyl pentapeptide-4, panthenol
| Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| polymethylsilsesquioxane | HIGH | | |
| glycerin | HIGH | | |
| niacinamide | HIGH | | |
Other benefit: Evens skin tone
This product can help reduce hypepigmentation and even out the skin tone because it contains the following effective ingredients: niacinamide
Keep in mind that you would need to apply any topical skincare targetted at hypigmentation consistently for a couple of months to get a result. No topical skincare product can help get rid of hyperpigmentation (including post-acne marks and age spots) instantly.
| Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| niacinamide | HIGH | | |
| camellia sinensis leaf extract | LOW | | |
Other benefit: Anti-oxidation
This product contains antioxidants (camellia sinensis leaf extract) that might be able to help neutralize free radicals in skin to lessen the damage it gets from the UV light (sun). There is not enough evidence to confirm their effectiveness in skin though.
| Ingredient | Effectiveness | Concentration | Irritancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| camellia sinensis leaf extract | MEDIUM | | |
| tocopheryl acetate | LOW |  | |
Honesty check
How honest is this product?
| Promise | Can it deliver? |
|---|---|
| Anti-aging | |
| Moisturizing |
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Potential irritants
| Ingredient | Irritancy | Skin Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| tocopheryl acetate | | |
| polyacrylamide | | |
| caprylyl glycol | | |
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Ingredients & concentrations
- niacinamide
- palmitoyl pentapeptide-4
- panthenol
- dimethiconol
- glycerin
- allantoin
- polymethylsilsesquioxane
- camellia sinensis leaf extract
- dimethicone
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| Ingredient | Estimated concentration |
|---|---|
| 40% - 60% | |
| Plain old water | |
| 5.8% - 8.7% | |
| A silicone that helps to reduce water loss from the surface of the skin. Can temporarily "fill in" lines and wrinkles, absorb oil, and create a nice product finish | |
| 3.7% - 5.6% | |
| One of the best moisturizing ingredients. Naturally present in skin. It attracts water to the upper layer of the skin working as a humectant | |
| 2.8% - 4.2% | |
| Is proven to be effective in reducing blemishes, evening out skin tone and helping to improve lines and wrinkles. It helps the skin to repair sun damage, calm down inflammation and keep maintain good levels of moisture. The concentration of about 2% is effective for supporting the skin barrier and evening out the skin tone. Concentration of 4-6% is better for helping with acne and balancing the sebum production | |
| 2.1% - 3.1% | |
| A silicone that improves product texture and helps dissolve other ingredients. Can form a non-greasy film on the skin to prevent moisture loss | |
| 1.9% - 2.8% | |
| Used to thicken the product's texture | |
| 1.4% - 2.1% | |
| Helps attract water to the upper layer of the skin and can help improve skin barrier function | |
| 1.2% - 1.8% | |
| A type of peptide. Peptides are excellent moisturizers and might be able support collagen production reducing fine lines and wrinkles | |
| 0.95% - 1.45% | |
| Can contain potent anti-oxidant compounds (abbreviated ECG, GCG, EGC, and EGCG) that might help protect the skin from free radicals. Can help calm down inflammation and has some anti-bacterial properties. Unfortunately, these antioxidants are unstable and lose their effectiveness very quickly in products. The concentration of the antioxidant compounds in the extract also tends to be low to be effective in topical formulation | |
| 0.8% - 1.25% | |
| A more stable but less bio-available form of vitamin E compared to Tocopherol. Might help moisturize and protect the skin from free radicals, but mostly used in low concentrations to stabilize other ingredients. | |
| 0.4% - 0.9% | |
| Helps calm down inflammation in skin and can help reduce itching. Helps to repair the skin barrier and keep skin hydrated | |
| 0.45% - 1% | |
| Used to improve product texture and help oil and water mix together | |
| 0.4% - 0.9% | |
| Helps preserve products and creates a nice product texture | |
| 0.3% - 0.75% | |
| A preservative | |
| 0.3% - 0.7% | |
| A preservative. It helps prevent bacterial growth in cosmetic products | |
| 0.3% - 0.75% | |
| Helps soften the upper layer of the skin, dissolve other ingredients and create a thicker product consistency | |
| 0.15% - 0.65% | |
| Helps water and oil mix together | |
| 0.15% - 0.65% | |
| A silicone that makes products more spreadable and keeps skin smooth. Helps to add gloss to skin and may visually fill in fine lines/wrinkles for short time | |
| 0.15% - 0.5% | |
| Maintains the texture of skincare products. Allows the product to spread evenly. Helps oil and water mix together | |
| 0.1% - 0.5% | |
| Helps oil and water mix together | |
| 0.1% - 0.4% | |
| Helps oil and water mix together | |
| 0.1% - 0.3% | |
| Stabilizes the product formulation | |
| 0.05% - 0.3% | |
| A type of silicone that helps oil and water mix well together. Helps to disperse other ingredients, e.g. pigments, evenly in a formulation | |
| 0.05% - 0.25% | |
| Works as a UV filter when used in high concentrations. It is photostable and is effective mostly against the UVB light, with some protection in the UVA range. In small concentrations, used for its ability to improve the color of cosmetic products. Is usually well tolerated by the skin | |
| 0.05% - 0.2% | |
| Creates an illusion of smoother and more radiant skin tone. Adds shimmer to the skin by reflecting light | |
| 0.05% - 0.1% | |
| An umbrella term for the following three colorants: CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499. They might be able to offer some protection against visible light, but the degree of the protection is not clear | |
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Sources
- Dimethicone as a protective ingredient in topical medications
- Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Dimethicone Copolyol
- Glycerol and the skin: holistic approach to its origin and functions
- Niacinamide - mechanisms of action and its topical use in dermatology
- Gehring, W. (2004). Nicotinic acid/niacinamide and the skin. Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 3(2), 88–93. doi:10.1111/j.1473-2130.2004.00115.x
- Skin moisturizing effects of panthenol-based formulations