Whilst some people suffer from spots or dry skin, my major facial concern are dark circles. Over the years I’ve tried so many lotions and potions hoping for a reduction in my dark circles, but nothing seems to work. Whilst I can quite easily conceal them with concealer it would be nice not to need to. Primark’s PS Dark Circle Reducing sunflower eye patches have been designed to reduce the appearance of dark circles.

I’ve seen many different ingredients in dark circle reduction products over the years but I have to say this is the first time I’ve seen sunflower included.

There are 4 patches in the pack and you can use 2 each time. The patches are shaped to fit under the eye and feel quite cooling when I first placed them on my skin. The area around my eyes can get irritated quite easily and I did find if I put the patches too close to my lower lash line it felt rather unpleasant. I left the patches on for half hour as instructed and by the end I was quite glad to get them off!

The patches appear to be moist but not wet and gets to work once placed in contact with the skin. When I took it off there was no residue left over.

After using both patches I can’t say I really noticed any difference in how each dark circle looks. I think maybe because the patches don’t have any active products in they won’t work as well as creams or gels.

I am a little disappointed at the lack of results with Primark Dark Circle Reducing Sunflower patches, but they were only £1.00 so I haven’t really lost much.

I give them:

★

The patches are no longer available, but you can definitely find producs to treat dark circles instore.

Advantages

• Great budget buy at only £1.00.
• Made in Korea – the experts of all things beauty.
• The pads have a initial cooling effect which feels nice especially during warmer weather.

Disadvantages

• After a while the patches become quite irritating (I  don’t know if this is just me?).
• Didn’t have any effect on reducing the appearance of my dark circles.