Remember that time where you used an expired product? Yep, me too.
The Kiehl’s Powerful Strength Line-Reducing & Dark Circle Diminishing Vitamin C Eye Serum $59 (why such a long title?!) is a very thin, lightweight formula that dries down to a skin like neutral finish (meaning no shine or visible glow).
It doesn’t give any visible hydration to the skin, but I can feel it under my eyes.
It seemed to work well with makeup underneath, which is key for me as I tend to use my eye creams during the day and at night.
TL:DR (Too Long Didn’t Read) on the Kiehl’s Powerful Strength Vitamin C Eye Serum:
- It has a very thin consistency, but not like a serum at all
- Feels barely there under the eyes
- Isn’t visibly hydrating (could be a good thing for some beauties)
- Doesn’t have a weird vitamin C smell
Kiehl’s Powerful Strength Line-Reducing & Dark Circle Diminishing Vitamin C Eye Serum Review:
So I’ve had this keeled eye cream for a quite a long time, so much so that I think it kind of discolored a little bit, which tells me that I have had it for quite a while.
But, I didn’t even realize it was likely expired!
It wasn’t until I looked at the Kiehls’ website and saw that the product should be a creamy white shade. Oops!
So, take this review with a grain of salt.
Also, this product is called a “serum” but described as a “cream” and also feels like a cream…that’s odd, no?
Right off the bat, this Kiehl’s eye cream doesn’t have any sort of weird off putting smell, yay!
Sometimes vitamin C skincare products can be strong!
It has a very light, very faint citrus scent.
It’s also a very thin product, easy to apply underneath the eyes (no pilling or stickiness), and even when I put makeup on top, it doesn’t produce any additional creasing in my makeup, which I love.
If you’re looking for something that visibly gives hydration to the skin, this product won’t do that.
But, maybe the expired-ness contributed to the lack of visible hydration under my eyes.
This Vitamin C in eye cream is supposed to dimmish the look of dark circles in just 7 days.
A claim, I wish i could have tested!
Once I realized this product may be at or past its expiration date, I stopped using it.
So, I can’t speak to those claims.
I’m leaving this review for me to remember that I did try this eye cream, and I may need to go back to it or try a sample of it later.
Kiehl’s Powerful Strength Vitamin C Eye Serum product review rating: TBD
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Ok – Didn’t do what it says, but it’s decent enough to use up.
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Great – Does what it says it’s going to do plus more great things on top of that.
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