Is eye cream important?

my friend works with makeup and said every girl should use eye cream since its a sensitive area....is that true? I like taking care of my skin but all I do for my face is wash it and put on a regular lotion (cetaphil)...I'm 20 years old so I dont know if I should start using it or if I'm too young (but I like being in the sun and getting tan which I know isnt too good for your skin)...what does everyone use on their face?

Is eye cream important?
Always make sure to moisturize your face, including your eye lids. It is very sensitive skin. You may not feel a difference now, but skin care is long term and on going. people in their 20's should just make sure to moisturize using a lotion with spf 15 (which many creams have now). You'll be glad you did when the years pass and you have less sun spots and wrinkles.


I use Nivea Visage. They have creams for day and night.
Reply:yes it is true


u must use eye cream
Reply:Your at a perfect age to start using eye cream, and yes its very important, especially if you like to tan. The skin around your eye is more delicate then the rest of your face, and you should protect it. You should try something simple, like Nivea, its a classic. They have good eye creams and can be found at any drugstore.
Reply:Because you like being in the sun, it is essential that you wear sunscreen, including around the eye area.





This information on eye creams is taken from www.cosmeticscop.com :





Most women believe that eye creams are specially formulated for the skin around the eye area. Although the eye area does tend to be more prone to allergic or sensitizing reactions and often shows wrinkles before other areas of the face, it turns out that product formulations for eye creams don't differ from those for face products. There is no evidence, research, or documentation validating the claim that eye creams have special formulations setting them apart from other facial moisturizers. It only takes a quick look at the ingredient labels of any moisturizer or eye moisturizer to see that they don't differ except for the price and the tiny containers the eye creams come in. Eye creams are a whim of the cosmetics industry designed to evoke the sale of two products when only one is needed.





The only time you might want to use a different product around the eyes is if the skin there happens to indeed be different from the skin on the rest of the face. For example, if your face is normal to oily and doesn't require a moisturizer except occasionally on the cheeks or around the eyes, then an emollient, well-formulated moisturizer of any kind will work beautifully.





Ironically, one of the drawbacks of many so-called eye creams is that they rarely contain sunscreen. For daytime, that makes most eye creams a serious problem for the health of skin. You could believe that you were doing something special for your eyes, but you would actually be putting them at risk of sun damage and wrinkling by using an eye cream without sunscreen. This is another example of the way cosmetics marketing and misleading information can waste your money and hurt your skin.
Reply:try a cheaper one and do not use it at night before bed, cause usually you will wake up with puffy eyes..i have tried many and I do not believe that using it makes any difference at all...try to stay away from sleeping with moisturisers on, your skin gets confused if you use them at night and it upsets the moisture balance and natural oil production of your skin..OK