Cheaper anti-wrinkle eye cream brands outperform Sulwhasoo, Estee Lauder and Shiseido, Hong Kong watchdog finds
- Nivea’s Cellular Expert Filler Eye and Lip Contour Cream found to outrank pricier products, such as Sulwhasoo Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Eye Cream, Estee Lauder and Shiseido
- Nivea’s product only outperformed by the Gongjinhyang Intensive Nutritive Eye Cream from Korean brand the History of Whoo
Some affordable anti-wrinkle eye creams have been found to outperform others from well-known and more expensive brands, Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has said, stressing that users should manage their expectations.
The Consumer Council on Thursday said it had also found free formaldehyde and fragrance allergens in some of the 15 anti-wrinkle eye creams that it tested, with traces of a potentially toxic substance detected in one sample.
“What we found [is that] from very expensive products to more economical ones, there are good products for you to select as well, so you can select the product based on your affordability,” the council’s chief executive, Gilly Wong Fung-han, said.
She added consumers would have to manage their expectations because eye creams would not really help them get rid of wrinkles. But they would help smoothen wrinkles, as well as the skin around the eyes.
“If it is a really deep wrinkle, it can soften it a little bit, but it may not get rid of it,” she said.
Among the 15 anti-wrinkle eye creams tested by the council, the Cellular Expert Filler Eye and Lip Contour Cream from Nivea outranked pricier products, such as the Sulwhasoo Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Eye Cream, Estee Lauder, Shiseido, Guerlain and SkinCeuticals.
