Don’t Forget SPF on Your Eyes

Eye Cream with SPF

Most daily skin care routines include cleansing the face skin, applying toner, eye cream and a facial moisturizer with SPF in the morning.  However, as much as most magazines and dermatologists emphasise how important it is to apply a moisturizer with sun protection, it has been understated how essential it is to make sure your eye cream has SPF too.  This is the area where wrinkles become first visible, and the area we need to give most care to in order to prevent premature aging as much as possible.  At night moisturize with a heavier eye cream, like Peter Thomas Roth Mega Rich Intensive Anti-Aging Cellular Eye Creme.   In the morning moisturize with a lighter eye cream with SPF (yes, even if you’ll be in the office till dark).  Murad Essential C Eye Cream with SPF 15 is my pick – provides sufficient sun protection, moisturizes without creating oily residue around my eyes or impeding the longevity of my make-up.

Toner vs Moisturizer

In these hot summer days my skin gets oily very fast.  I always keep a packet of blotting papers in my purse, otherwise the oil can block pores and create breakouts.  The blotting papers absorb all the oil away and the skin is left matte again. 

I’ve also stopped using moisturizer, and now just use toner.  My Murad Hydrating toner gives my skin all the moisture it needs in the hot months, yet it does not overmoisturize it, like a lotion or a cream to the point of clogging and breakouts.