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Instant FirmX Temporary Eye Tightener.

Peter Thomas Roth Instant FirmX Temporary Eye Tightener

About this product

A temporary eye tightening gel designed to create an instant smoothing and firming effect on the under-eye area for a tighter appearance.

Best for

Mature skin

The Guru Index verdict

67%

Mixed

~Mixed · 67%
2Reviewers
1Approved
0Mixed
1Skip

What the gurus are saying

The gurus found it delivers striking instant results, but they split on staying power. One expert praised the reformulated version for being easier to apply and wear longer without flaking, even under makeup. However, another found it pills and bunches significantly within 30 minutes to an hour and a half, especially with facial movement, leaving texture that can look worse than the original concern. That means anyone considering it may want to test how long the effect holds before counting on it for an all-day wear or expressive faces.
Synthesized from 2 expert reviews

Key actives & flags

Vitamin CVitamin EPeptidesFragrance-freeAlcohol-free

Full ingredients

Water/​Aqua/​Eau, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Sodium Silicate, Sodium Magnesium Fluorosilicate, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Dipeptide-2, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Argania Spinosa Kernel Extract, Hesperidin Methyl Chalcone, Hydrolyzed Lupine Protein, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Medicago Sativa (Alfalfa) Seed Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate, Ascorbic Acid, Panthenol, Sodium Citrate, Carbomer, Foeniculum Vulgare (Fennel) Seed Extract, Symphytum Officinale Leaf Extract, Chlorhexidine Digluconate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Steareth-20, Carrageenan, Sodium Phytate, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Citric Acid, Phenoxyethanol

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What the gurus are saying.

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"This is really a breakthrough formula. It is so much better than the original. It works so much better. It really is easy wear. It's much easier to apply, much easier to work with. I think it works a little bit better and you don't end up with that crusty, scaly looking skin even after a few hours. You can also put makeup on over it, which makes it so much more wearable."
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"The instant results are incredible and it really does look amazing, but give it about 30 minutes, an hour, an hour and a half, and the formula pills up so quickly and bunches together, leaving this really gross appearance of so much texture and piled up product on the under-eye area that is almost more obvious than just leaving the eye bags the way they are. Particularly if you're someone like myself who's very expressive, who smiles a lot and makes a lot of faces, that's where I noticed the most intense downside of this product, it just bunches up so quickly. I remember trying to use this and talking to other makeup artists about it, and pretty much across the board they were like, 'Yeah, it looks really good at the beginning, but I ended up not using it anymore because after a certain time passed it would just look really bad on my clients.' This product has been around for so long, it is by no means a new technology or innovation. It's really unfortunate because I really would love those results to stay, but it's hard because you really won't find a product that gives this instantaneous of results that can fight against the natural movement and aging that we have in our face."
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