lacoco intensive treatment eye serum

this is the description from their website (anyway, their website has the longest description that i could find, and it's written in indonesia, so i'll just translate it right away): intensive treatment eye serum is a high concentrate serum specially made for skin around the eyes. though it's high concentrated, it's quick to absorbed and doesn't leave tacky feeling. you can use it easily, comfortably and it will give maximal treat to skin around eyes area.

formulated with main ingredient like apple that's rich of vitamin A, C and antioxidant. vitamin A speeds up skin development around eyes area to be a mature and functional and reduce the risk of skin cancer. while vitamin c is one of the main ingredients from collagen, that works to keep skin's water content so the skin is maximally hydrated. apple also function as antioxidant that helps prevent aging. quoted from department of food science and institute of comparative and environmental toxicology, cornell university, ithaca, new york, boyer and liu (2004) said that apple contains various kinds of phytochemistry, including quercetin, catechin, phloridzin, and chlorogenic acid, which all of them are potent antioxidant.

other ingredients are aloe vera, which has lots of benefits for eye skin area. aloe vera keeps the skin moist. moist skin is a main term of healthy skin and to avoid wrinkles. aloe vera also contributes in stimulating fitroblast, which will help to produce collagen.

intensive treatment eye serum also contains active ingredient peptide. peptide is an active ingredient that is proven to reduce fine lines on eye skin area. peptide also helps reduce the depth of wrinkles formed by facial muscle contraction like smiling action and laughing. aside from helping to reduce fine lines and wrinkles, peptide also helps to prevent new fine lines and wrinkles formed. peptide used in the intensive treatment eye serum is palmitoyl hexapeptide.

palmitoyl hexapeptide is a mix of fatty acid palmitic acid with various type of amino acid, including glicine, histidin, and lisin. all the ingredients are chosen by paula begoun, found of the paula's choice research team as one of the best ingredient in maintaining and improving the skin. this ingredient also interacted with cell membrane to increase and to revitalize skin cells natural function, renewing it to reach its maximal growth potential, also to increase cell natural productivity level.

one month random studies was done to 10 women volunteers from age 32-56 years, whom applied light emulsion twice a day that contained 4%. the result is palmitoyl hexapeptide can improve elasticity, skin firmness and fatigued skin - biopeptide EL.

ingredients: water, butylene glycol, glycerin, palmitoyl hexapeptide-12, triethanolamine, carbomer, pyrus malus (apple) fruit extract, phenoxyethanol, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, polyglutamic acid, ethylhexylglycerin, tetrasodium EDTA, fragrance. 

the packaging: it comes in a black box with silver rim. it has the name of the product at front. at the back you can read the description in english and indonesian as well as ingredients list in english. the eye serum comes in silver bottle (it looks like aluminium or stainless, very unusual choice for a skincare product). there's a pump integrated at the top without anything to cover the pump. however, they still use regular pump system to dispense the product. anyway, since the bottle is opaque, i can't see the remaining product inside. the eye serum comes in 15 ml, which is the usual size for an eye cream. there's no seal on my box (i've read on other blogs that theirs have seal on them), but since i bought them from sociolla, i'm not worry about getting fake product.

the scent: this one is clearly scented as it's stated in the ingredients list that it contains added fragrance. however, when i try to sniff really hard to pick up the scent, i can't pinpoint what kind of scent. it smells slightly like alcohol, but sometimes i think it's just smell fresh. and it's very subtle so i don't even smell it when i put it on my eyes.

the product: the eye serum is a clear gel type serum that's spread around easily. the instruction says to use 3-4 pumps. that's quite a lot. i only use one pumps for both eyes and it's enough. i can also use my eye massager as long as i used it instantly after applying the eye serum. if not, it would be too dry and then get dragged by the tool. however, after i finished massaging my eyes with the tool, i'd find a layer of eye serum dried on the massager surface. however, lately i've been adding another pump after i finish massaging my eyes.

the result: i can definitely feel it's moisturizing for my under eyes. however, compared to my previous eye cream, this eye serum is slightly lightweight. it's not surprising since this is an eye serum and my previous one is cream. there's no tacky feeling after massaging it. now, judging from the progress photos, i was surprised to see that it helps with my dark under eyes. as a mom of 3, night time is my me-time, so i often go to sleep late doing this and that without realizing how late it is. thus i suffer eye bags and dark under eyes. during testing the eye serum, i don't change my sleep habit at all, so i was surprised to see that it helps lighten my under eyes. however, i don't see significant change in my fine lines, but since it's moisturizing enough, i bet it takes longer to notice. please note that i use the eye serum with xiaomi youpin eye massager tool. but i don't think that the tool interfere with the result as i've read other bloggers get similar result in a month. they also notice changes in their panda eyes but not their fine lines as well.

i have to say that considering this is a local brand and the price, this works well. i like this one better than avoskin eye cream that i previously tested. however, i still have other eye creams in line to be tested (i have FSS one in my stash and i want to try the somethinc one too), so until then, i won't decide about whether or not i'll repurchase it. i would say that this one might be suitable for all skin types. it would help if you're looking for an eye cream that would help with dark under eyes and moisturizes it as well. but if you're looking for something to help with fine lines, you'd probably won't like this one. price wise, it's quite affordable and since this is a local brand, it's easier to get it.