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A lot of friends and family tell me they love the products, as they are affordable. Chanel Parks, Social Media Directorĭid you have previous knowledge of the brand The Ordinary?Īs a former beauty editor, The Ordinary has always been a brand on my radar. Some users have gone so far as to dub the product “Botox in a bottle.” So does it really work? Four W editors tested it out, and gave their honest opinions. Skintokkers have posted countless videos singing the praises of Argireline Solution-a wrinkle-blasting, line-softening serum.

And the latest craze comes from The Ordinary, a Deciem brand that prides itself on no-fuss, straightforward products that work. – The Ordinary’s Caffeine Solution 5% + EGCG is an affordable way to manage dark under-eye bags at just $6.TikTok has become prime proving ground for the biggest trends in beauty and skincare. I always have the most trouble sleeping during season changes (AKA right now) but this is a recent no-makeup selfie!!!! NO MAKEUP!!!!! And my under-eyes look THIS GOOD!!!!! In other news, I’m building a shrine dedicated to worshipping this solution and you’re all invited to join. And that’s during a global pandemic when all anyone sees when I leave my house are my eyes! The solution does an unreal job at calming down my puffy eyes immediately and for the first time in my life, I feel like I can leave my house without any concealer on under my eyes. Now, I’m not going to say everything is perfect but I will say everything is a lot better when your under-eyes don’t look like they need to be put on the curb every Monday morning. I was excited to see if the solution did more than just target discoloration and helped to bring down my morning inflammation. Even when I am able to sleep, I wake up most mornings to puffy eyes. The instructions on the solution say it is safe to use both morning and night and to massage it into your under-eye area. I bought the Caffeine Solution 5% + EGCG and crossed my fingers. But after seeing one too many posts raving about The Ordinary on SkincareTok, I decided to finally bite the bullet and try some products out for myself.Īfter incorporating multiple products into my rotation, I knew it was time to put The Ordinary up to its biggest test yet.

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One of my old bosses recommended it to me last fall and I said “I’d look into them!” knowing full well I had a strict skincare routine at home and could not (and should not) add any more products onto my face. I had heard about the brand before but hadn’t tried any of their products before. Like most of Gen Z on TikTok during quarantine, I’ve discovered an undying love for The Ordinary products. A silly picture that was taken during a period of time when I wasn’t sleeping more than 3 hours a night. Simply put, caffeine was my best bet at targeting my insomnia eyes.

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It’s a killer skincare product that works to de-puff, brighten, and give your skin the antioxidant dosage it deserves. You heard that right: caffeine is no longer just the thing you drink every morning that doesn’t really pep you up anymore but just kind of wards off the painful headaches that come on the days when you accidentally forget to drink coffee. So I turned to the next best thing: a $6.70 bottle of caffeine solution. They’d obviously do the trick and get rid of my bags in a second, but they weren’t the be$$$t option for me. Photo to emphasize the puffiness of my eyes on an average pre-The Ordinary day Photo to emphasize the discoloration under my eyes pre-The OrdinaryĪs a broke recent college grad, I knew fillers weren’t it. I’m not going to lie to you all: I am sick and tired of them!!! There had to be something I could do to take out that trashy look. My dark, puffy, Hefty Garbage Under-Eye Bags really stand out underneath the pound of concealer I cake on. Having lived with insomnia for 11 years now, I am no stranger to the raccoon eye. But sometimes, I get lovely shots of the sunrise after having not had a second of sleep since the day before.

Sometimes, I’m able to drift blissfully off to sleep at the stroke of midnight, my body and brain exhausted. Like the ocean waves, my insomnia ebbs and flows. SEE ALSO: 10 coffee-infused skincare products your skin desperately needs But if you are in the far cooler latter group, I have just the skincare hack for you. You brought your problems on yourself and should therefore keep that B.S. If you are the former, I have no sympathy for you. Are you someone who regularly bragged about how late you stayed up while in school, constantly pushing back your bedtime to make it seem like you were just so busy and had so much work to do? Or are you someone who has time management skills but also serious difficulty sleeping?