After pulling all-nighters, late-night parties, and binge-watching shows, dark circles and puffy eyes are a given – albeit not the most desired. However, rumour has it that the dark circles, fine lines, and under-eye puffiness can be waved goodbye with hydrating under-eye patches. (If you ask us, even cold tea bags get the job done) We just had to look for ourselves.
Under Eye Patches – What?
Specially curved to fit your contours and cover your delicate under-eye space – these are mini versions of your face mask. Created with different formulations, under patches are either like sheet mask thin, microfiber matches laced with serum, or tight gel strips. Some of the constant elements that are more or less present in each one are namely Vitamin C, Hyaluronic Acid, Retinol and other hydrogel elements.
Eye Patches Do Work, But How?
- Hydrates The Skin – The under-eye strips contain hyaluronic acid and B5, both of which help retain moisture in your skin, imparting a radiant and plump look.
- Reduces The Puffiness – Takes care of puffy under eyes too. Look for under eye patches with Vitamin E, niacinamide, or allantoin, it will help de-puff your under-eye bags.
- Skin Brightening – Under eye patches are packed with polysaccharides or Vitamin C. Both are great for fading dark circles and illuminating the skin.
- Prevents Ageing – In the process of brightening, these patches also prevent premature ageing of your skin, smoothening out the fine lines to give you bright, supple skin.
4 Amazing Under-Eye Patches We Adore:
While Anne Hathaway loves the Shiseido Benefiance Eye Mask, here’s our list of under-eye patches that we think ticks all the boxes.
MIZON Hyaluronic Acid Eye Gel Patch
These are hydrogel strips are formulated with hyaluronic acid and collagen. Hyaluronic acid retains the moisture, bringing back your brightness to your skin. On the other hand, the collagen ampoule seeps into the skin to nourish the skin and get rid of dark circles. We recommend.
mCaffeine Green Tea Hydrogel Under Eye Patches
As the name suggests, it has green tea extracts which is great for your skin. The presence of multi peptides and caffeine touts it as one of the best skincare treatments for your delicate under-eye area. From nourishing, and reducing dark circles to illuminating the skin from within, mCaffeine’s Green Tea Hydrogel works wonders.
Dot & Key Watermelon Cooling Hydrogel Patches
Caffeine, watermelon, niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, and more – the list is long and we love it. The watermelon extract cools the puffy, agitated under-eye skin, while the hyaluronic acid maintains the moisture. Niacinamide help in de-puffing the skin and fading fine lines. One product, multiple solutions – we love.
COSRX Advanced Snail Hydrogel Eye Patch
Snail mucin’s rising popularity speaks for itself – as an element that targets damaged skin, dry patches, fine lines and improves hydration. With multiple benefits, it was only time that this was incorporated in eye patches. While the Snail Mucin Power Essence from COSRX is one of their most viral products, and is truly that good, we have little doubt that these eye patches will be following shortly.
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