I thought I was doomed to live forever with dark circls under my eyes. I’d always read that they were caused by capillaries below the skin, and that allergies make them worse (I have those!) and that lack of sleep contributes (I don’t have that!). So imagine my surprise when I read a dermatologist say that for some people, dark circles are caused by too much pigment in the skin beneath the eyes, and that to find out if your problem is pigment, you can press the skin below your eyes and if, when you let go, the spot where you pressed is lighter then turns dark again, capillaries are causing your dark circles, but if there’s no color change, it’s too much pigment, and you can use skin lightening products to lighten your dark circles. I fell into the latter camp! Holy cow! Can it be that there’s hope beyond concealer (and the search for the perfect concealer) for many of us?

The quest is on! I’ll just go grab me an eye cream with skin lightening ingredients and in no time, my dark circles will be history!

Turns out it’s not that easy. Sure, there are a lot of products on the market that’ll lighten skin, but ones for the eye area? Those’re scarcer than hen’s teeth. I tried a few of those anyway (hope springs infernal!), and burned and stung my eyes. By the time I located DDF’s Erase Eye Gel, I’d worn my feeties off from looking, but it’s turned out to be totally worth it: it’s a non-greasy gel with all kindsa good things in it (magnesium ascorbyl phosphate, the stable form of vitamin C, is the fifth ingredient; vitamin K, a dark-circle lightener; kojic acid, a skin lightener; green tea extract, an anti-oxidant; sodium PCA; hyaluronic acid; citrus bioflavinoids, and a whole lot more), and the best part is I can wear it with shadow and it doesn’t cause the shadow to crease the way creams so often do. No, wait! That’s the second best thing about it, because the first best thing is that the dark circles are lightening! I’m making progress! It’s slow, but it is happening! I’ll keep you apprised of my progress. (And I forgot to mention that it doesn’t sting a bit, either. Yay for me!) Wish me luck! $45.00

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