Review: Mary Kay Timewise Firming Eye Cream - Thumbs Down

Product Profile: Ninety-six percent saw an improvement in the overall appearance of the skin around their eyes.* Experience the results for yourself.

Just imagine a luxuriously rich eye cream so advanced it firms, brightens, provides intense moisturization, plus minimizes fine lines and wrinkles. With new TimeWise® Firming Eye Cream, you can have it all. It delivers more benefits for the younger-looking eyes you want to see.

Price: $30.00

Review: Since most of the ingredients of this eye cream are comprised of chemicals I've provided links with more explanation for some of them. I did try some of this cream just so that I could write the review, but I made sure to wash well at the end of the day.

It goes on thick and waxy and this is because one of the main ingredients is petrolatum. That's Vaseline in layman's terms. It also contains Mineral Oil, which can cause millia (little white bumps) around the eye.

I am not sure how they came up with the "firming" claim in regards to this cream. I can't find any "firming" ingredients. There are a couple of low-grade peptides thrown in for good measure and some moisturizing properties. In my opinion this eye cream is not worth $3, much less $30.

I would love to know who the 96% are that saw an overall improvement in the appearance of the skin around their eyes. They must be Mary Kay consultants.

That being said I will be giving away a tube of Mary Kay Timewise Firming Eye Cream when I reach 200 subscribers.

Purchasing Information: Mary Kay web site

Contains:
WATER
PETROLATUM
MINERAL OIL
STEARIC ACID
SAFFLOWER SEED OIL
GLYCERETH-26
BIS-DIGLYCERYL POLYACYLADIPATE-2
CLYCERYL STEARATE
TRIISOSTEARYL
TRILINOLEATE
PROPYLENE GLYCOL
GLYCERIN
ISOTRIDECYL STEARATE
CETYL ALCOHOL
TRIETHANOLAMINE
STEARYL ALCOHOL
PEG-100 STEARATE
PALMITOYL TETRAPEPTIDE-3 (peptide)
PALMITOYL OLIGOPEPTIDE (peptide)
DIPALMITOYL HYDROXYPROLINE
ANTHEMIS NOBILIS FLOWER EXTRACT
ALOE BARBADENSIS LEAF EXTRACT
TOCOPHEROL
PANTHENOL
BUTYLENE GLYCOL

Key Ingredients & Benefits: Hmmm, that's a hard one. I guess the key ingredient(s) would be Petroleum since that is what most of this cream is composed of. They've thrown in some Safflower Seed Oil, which is nice and Aloe Barbadensis for moisturizing as well as Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract for scent.