As I shared within my article – 5 Easy ways to add volume to fine hair – a crucial step in gaining volume is starting with a good shampoo and conditioner. I’ve tried a lot of volumising shampoos and conditioners over the years and these are my recommended best shampoos and conditioners for fine hair.
Recently I asked a poll of women – Do eye creams really work? The results were (excuse the pun) eye-opening. Whilst nearly none were convinced in the efficacy of eye creams, nearly all shared a desire to slow signs of ageing around their eyes.
The area around your eyes is one of the first places to show the visible signs of ageing. Which is why we are often left reaching for the eye cream the moment our eyes start to give away our age or begin to age us prematurely.
Regardless of whether you hold faith in eye creams or not, here are some tips to help you slow the signs of ageing around your eyes without having to use an eye cream…
Up until recently I rarely used eye-creams. I didn’t believe I needed to and the ones I did use didn’t seem to do anything noticeable. Besides, there were no glaringly obvious concerns that a decent amount of concealer couldn’t fix. But that belief all changed in an instant with just one picture.
Here’s the picture that had me running (more specifically sprinting) to my local beauty retailer like a person possessed.
The lady at the counter must have smelt fresh, impressionable blood because before I knew it, she had skilfully encouraged me to part with £38 for an eye-cream. Not just any old eye cream either! This was a ground-breaking line-correcting booster serum – proven to visibly reduce the appearance of even the deepest lines and wrinkles (their words not mine). Clinical trials had produced women proclaiming the best results they had ever seen – even for women who had previously had Botox. But did it work for me? Did it heck! I wanted it to so desperately. I applied it religiously day and night for weeks on end, but I saw no difference.
