Olay ProX Line: Friend to Some Foe to Others

I recently got the Olay ProX line and I have had some mixed feelings on this one.


The Eye Cream
I actually like this the most out of all of the ProX products that I've tried. It's moisturizing without being greasy, soaks into my skin well, and feels great on my under-eyes. The reason I like it so much is because it keeps my under-eyes looking fresh throughout the day. I can't say I've noticed much of an improvement on my dark circles because, well, not a single product in the world has done anything to clear up my under-eye circles. However, it is a great under-eye cream that works really well under make-up. After a long day, a little bit of this cream really helps in making my under-eyes feel better. I actually really recommend this cream to everyone because it's fairly good at what it's supposed to do.

The Night Cream
This product came so highly recommended in magazines and the ads seemed very promising. I think I even read an article where a dermatologist said she wanted to bathe in this. To be fair the list of ingredients is very impressive and it does sound like it would really help your skin if your skin can tolerate the cream. Here's the bad part: my skin couldn't. I broke out horribly with cystic acne. Here's the worst part: I gave it to a friend and her skin looked amazing with one week's worth of use.

I can't tell you what type of skin she has for comparison because this is the first time she's ever used something other than body lotion for her face. Her skin started to peel after a couple of days but within a week it subsided and her skin looked fresh and dewy. And it continued to do so all the while that I was recovering from my cystic acne. So while this incident could serve as proof that some higher power hates me, I am ambivalent on this product. It seemed to do wonders for my friend but was disastrous to my skin. Proceed with caution and may the beauty gods not hate you.

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