L’Occitane Immortelle Divine Eyes eye cream

L’Occitane Immortelle Divine Eyes eye cream

This eye cream claims to do wonderful things such as anti-aging, reducing dark circles and puffiness and smoothing eye contour. Unfortunately I was not able to experience any of these results because I had a terrible allergic reaction to it. More on that later.

What L’Occitane says/product description:

• With 3 patents, the Divine Eyes formula helps to fight visible signs of ageing.
• With daily use, it helps to:- Maintain the skin's youthful potential- Intensely nourish the eye area (74%)*- Visibly reduce puffiness (74%)* and dark circles (81%)*- Visibly smooth the eye contour appearance (91%)* and lessen the appearance of crow’s feet lines (85%)*- Visibly even out skin tone around eyes (85%)*
• Tested under dermatological and ophtalmologist supervision.*Satisfaction tested on 53 women over 4 weeks. **Upper layers of the epidermis.
• RRP: AU$95/15ml

My experience:

As a disclaimer, I should start by saying that I have slightly sensitive skin. I do not normally react to skincare products, including those containing fragrance or strong chemical ingredients. But from time to time, I do find myself reacting to certain products, often leaving me with a mild rash, itchy skin or just general skin texture/tiny bumps. In the past, I have had a similar allergic reaction with the Antipodes Kiwi Seed Oil eye cream. Sadly, L’Occitane Immortelle Divine Eyes is another.

The texture of this eye cream is very light and serum like. The first time I put it on, it felt light and refreshing but it did not give me enough moisture for my 30yo eye contour…As a back up plan, I planned to use this eye cream as an eye serum, followed by another richer eye cream such as the Neostrata one which I really enjoyed. But to my horror I woke up the next day with red and swollen eyelids, and they were very itchy. I stopped using this eye cream immediately. In fact, I stopped using all my skincare products, and only used the Blackmores Vitamin E cream as a moisturiser and eye cream (I bought this on a whim for my daughter to use as a body moisturiser when we were travelling earlier this year). After about a week of using the Blackmores cream only, the rash on my eyelids finally went away. But I was stupid enough to give the eye cream a second try, and miracle did not happen. I was left with swollen and itchy eyelids yet again.

So it is safe to say that I did not enjoy this eye cream. Especially given the price, it is marketed as a high end eye cream targeting the mature aged group consumers. But I felt it was not nourishing and moisturising enough for its target consumers. I wish I could return this product back to L’Occitane but I did not keep the receipt either.

Lesson learnt – do not throw away my shopping receipts.

Update: I contacted L'occitane's customer service and they were very helpful. I was able to bring this eye cream back and exchange it for something else of the same value. I ended up exchanging it for a hand lotion, the Almond shower oil which I adore and the Almond milk veil...

Repurchase? Definitely no.