Have you heard about the modern pirate’s secret to anti-aging? Eye patches are on the rise in popularity for anti-aging. While these eye patches don’t exactly cover the eye that you lost in a sword fight, they instead cover the area under your eyes. Fun fact: the area around your eyes is referred to as peri-orbital. The peri-orbital area is where dark circles, fine lines and crow’s feet begin to appear. The eye patches reduce the appearance of these little tricksters.  The secret to these eye patches is that they contain Hyaluronic Acid or Peptides.

             Hyaluronic Acid is a major component in skin. It hydrates and reduces the appearance of fine lines. Skin, when exposed to excess amounts of UVB rays begins to fail to produce its own Hyaluronic Acid. Sun damage can be prevented with a moisturizing sunscreen. Most of us have sun damage due to excess sun exposure in our every day lives. So when this production failure occurs from living life, the skin begins to fail to produce it's own Hyaluronic Acid.

            Peptides are awesome in skin repair because they can trigger our skin to begin to produce Collagen. Collagen is what gives our skin its elasticity as well as its fullness. When collagen production begins to fail, due to age and hormones, our skin starts to loose its shape, causing wrinkles. Peptides form amino chains, these chains become proteins. When applied topically the peptides send signals to the lower layers of skin to begin producing collagen.

            While we do not offer eye patches you should check out a few of our products that contain Hyaluronic Acid or Peptides. One of our most popular serums that has Hyaluronic Acid is S-612 20% Vitamin C Serum with CoQ10 and Ferulic Acid. “Developed utilizing the most active forms of the powerful combination of Vitamins C, E, and CoQ10. This powerhouse of antioxidants is well known to help fight the environmental stress that your skin is subjected to, all day, every day. Neutralizes free radical damage and protects against oxidative stress - the factors that lead to premature aging, loss of elasticity, and hyper pigmentation.”

            Our most popular eye treatment containing peptides is MLEC Macadamia Peptide Eye Cream. “A smooth and silky eye treatment for dark circles and puffiness. It absorbs readily with no greasy after-feel. Creatine, an Amino Acid derivative, that has been clinically proven to increase skin cell vitality, it boosts Collagen, Elastin and Keratin production. Caffeine is added to make the skin in the eye area slightly taut. Vitamin A offers unprecedented cell renewal while Vitamin E provides antioxidant protection, These actives reach the target layers of skin via a revolutionary Nanotope delivery system. Cell-Ox2 Phyto Peptide has been clinically shown to effectively reduce dark circles and puffiness in the eye area and offer increased oxygenation.”