When I visited Kiehls for a blogging event we were shown a lot of different products, I walked away with a generous bag of samples but there was a couple of products that we were shown that I couldn’t leave behind one of which was the Kiehl’s Creamy Avocado Eye Cream.
The 3 main ingredients featured in the eye cream are Avocado Oil which is a natural source for amino acids and Vitamins A, D and E- which helps retain and add moisture to the skin. Beta Carotene which is predominately found within carrots and other red and orange vegetables known to help protect skin from damaged cause by the sun. Lastly Shea Butter which as pretty much everyone knows is generally great for your skin helping to reduce visible signs of wrinkles to adding moisture.
The reason I wanted to take a pot of this home was the texture, I’d not come across a product that was similar to it before and I found it oddly mesmerising. I dab one finger into the tub, picking up a small amount of product that’s enough to do both eyes. The way we were instructed to best apply this (which it doesn’t tell you on the tub), is to rub your finger with the matching finger on the opposite hand. The natural fattiness of the Avocado breaks down and the consistency becomes thin and watery and glides easily under the eye. Occasionally when I’ve not really been thinking about what I’m doing I’ll go straight from dabbing my finger to my face, and the product is kind of sticky if you skip this step and becomes much more difficult to work in. So I would 100% recommend this.
I’ve been using this for about 2 months now most mornings and some evenings and I’ve barely scraped the surface of this tub. Whilst this product isn’t cheap at £20 for 14g (you can also buy a double sized 28g pot for £33.50) – it will last me a long long time. Another tip they gave us in store, and it’s one that I’ve yet to try, but it’s supposedly a great handbag product for refreshing your under-eye concealer midway through the day. One thing I can recommend it for is that any little leftovers that are left I’ve been rubbing into my stubborn dry hangnails and they have improved ten-fold. Whilst i don’t have a dry under eye area, because of this I can imagine that this would be fantastic on drier skins too, I have however noticed a difference in the texture under my eyes, I don’t know how to describe it, but I’d have very very small raised dots all over the under-eye area, and whilst they haven’t gone they’ve certainly reduced. I can only hope that it’s helping keep any eye wrinkles away at the same time now i’ve started noticing very fine lines starting to creep in.
If you’re looking for a new eye cream, or like exploring things with different textures (sounds weird but texture is something that can make or break food for me, and I’m picky about it in skincare too!) then I would thoroughly recommend this cult favourite from Kiehl’s. It’s a bloggers favourite that I’ve heard a lot about for many years but never planned to pick up for myself, so I’m glad I got the opportunity to see it in action at an event. I also have the Midnight Recovery Eye Cream from Kiehls which I’m still reviewing it’s fallen by the wayside for a few weeks as we’re a bit upside down in our house due to our bed breaking after only 6 months due to a faulty part … my normal bedside routine has been neglected thanks to sleeping in the spare room!
Have you tried the Kiehl’s Creamy Avocado Eye Cream? What are your favourite eye creams?
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This sounds lovely. It just sounds nice and creamy as it has avocado in the name. X
It’s such an interesting texture – starts of creamy and as you break it down with your fingers it becomes watery! everytime I use it I’m still a little taken aback at the transformation!
Great to know! I’ll have to grab a jar next time I’m out for eye cream 🙂
It’s lightweight and nourishing – exactly what I look for day time!
Loved this post!! I was in Kiehls Nottingham store two weekends ago! How bizarre haha 🙂 picked up some good items! Hope you enjoyed!! lovely post x
Been into their 3 times now since the blogging event I was invited to, lovely team in there – I was a total Kiehls Newbie and becoming a firm Kiehl’s Konvert!
Me too! I’m trying to get my blog post up on the two items I brought today! Love it!! Going back for more in a couple of weeks!!
Dangerous stuff place isn’t it! I’m lucky I’m not too local to it for it to be tempting on a weekly basis! I do have a hitlist of items to get but waiting to finish some off first before buying more as I’m desperately trying to declutter the stash of items I don’t love!
Yes I’m the same, and my mother keeps moaning at me too :’)
My fiance keeps asking why there is so much stuff in the shower… They’ll never understand
I’ve been using both the creamy eye treatment and midnight eye recovery since October and they are both still going strong! The creamy eye treatment is amazing!!! Great if you have sensitive eyes too 🙂 great post xx
I’ve had this eye cream for quite a while now and it’s still going strong! it lasts for ages! I love it! The results from it for me has been amazing! My under eyes were a little dry and the skin was really weak and since using this every night my skin is so much better! So worth it!
Really does, I’m surprised how little of the small tub I’ve used one finger dab is enough for both eyes, defo glad I didn’t get the larger one I’d be using it for years!
I know its crazy! I know I kept thinking since the bigger one is better value for money it would be better but the way the smaller tub lasts I agree I would be using that one for years haha!
I love this eye cream. I use it all the time. How did you get a tour?! I’m interested in getting a tour too, I would be like a kid in a candy store. lol
Erm, I’m not sure I was invited – they just invited a handful of local bloggers to the store one Sunday Evening after the store closed. They were very welcoming at Nottingham, and I’m sure if you’re local store is the same they’ll be more than happy to do give you personal recommendations based on you (you can also book in for a skincare consultation for free too for recommendations and testing products on your skin on a one to one basis 🙂 )
Oh wow! That’s awesome! I will try that out. Great post too.
Sounds lovely, i love avacado! May i ask how can i get involved with Blogging events? Xx lovely blog you have
Thanks Jessie, It depends sometimes I’m actually invited, but most of them are midweek in London when I’m at work so often have to miss out! But Joining facebook/twitter groups for your local area, for example I’m in the East Midlands one and someone usually posts when they spot one come up so it keeps everyone in the loop!
Aw right okay! X your such a good Blogger thas why!! Xxx do you know of any groups? Xx
Where do you live? I’ll have a look for you 🙂
Scotland ( preferabbly aberdeen) x
@DeenBloggers and @ScotBlogNetwork on Twitter – and this Facebook group 🙂 https://www.facebook.com/groups/745905082137590/
Thanks so much! Xxx
Great review! Sounds like a wonderful eye cream. My favourite lately has been the Shiseido Future Solution Eye Cream.
I’ve heard good things about that eye cream I think in the past, Shiseido isn’t a brand we can get too easily in the UK so I’m still yet to try anything!
This one is a bit too heavy for me and I find it tends to give me millia under my eyes. I got a sample of it to try, thankfully. But the Kiehl’s eye cream that I LOVE is their Midnight Recovery one. It’s much more lightweight than this one and I actually use it for daytime! For a richer eye cream, I like the Shiseido one – that one has lasted me YEARS.
You what?! Midnight recovery is way heavier IMO, and it’s got rid of the very slight Milia I’ve had under my eyes, bizzare! Damn shiseido again, really going to have to look at where it’s available here defo not anywhere mainstream!
Soooo weird. Honestly, I use the Midnight Recovery eye as my DAYTIME eye cream! It’s like a gel cream texture.
https://stashmatters.com/2015/11/02/collab-top-5-autumn-skincare/
Are we talking about the same thing?!
This is the Shiseido cream I use:
https://stashmatters.com/2015/06/19/shiseido-skincare-reviews/
Erm, yeah we’re talking about the same thing! Yes someone else has mentioned that shisedo to me, investigations need to be done by me!
So it is stocked in Boots here but just online! The cost of your Shisedo eye cream here… £54 (104 CAD). Ridiculous difference!
Yikes! That’s highway robbery! 😱
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this product! ❤ Great review and totally agree with you about the application process…although it feels so good that it only took me 2 months to use up my last pot as I can’t stop putting it on!!! 😂
2 months in and I’ve barely scratched the surface (please tell me that was at least the small pot!)
It was… 😂 I am on the large pot now and it’s going down a treat! 😂😂😂
Oooh this is my fave too! It’s on my post today as well!
I’ll take a read in the morning! x
This is my next buy when my origins eye cream runs out as I do get dry eyes sometimes but eye creams just take years to run out which isn’t a bad thing but I’m impatient and want to try something new and I so get the bumpy eye thing
I’ve heard so much about this eye treatment it will be mine before the end of the month. If you read French and enjoy reading reviews too, be my guest https://madamecurves.com/2016/12/25/ma-premiere-fois-avec-kiehls/ 🙂
I can’t speak a a word of French but can translate! Xx