Lancome Genifique Advanced Genifique Light Pearl Review

This was a really interesting product, the packaging was sophisticated, the bottle is glass in a luxurious silver pearl and does not hint to the strange applicator inside. The applicator is weird, it is a steel teardrop on a rod that protrudes from the plastic cap.

The first time I opened it it and heard the satisfying clink of the metal applicator against the rim of the bottle I thought 'oooooh fancy like champagne'. Quickly followed by 'what on earth am I meant to do with this'.

I followed the instructions to the letter and found this product messy to use. Mainly because it is hard to get prescison with a big steel ball tip. I basically run the applicator over the line of my top lashes (and half over the eye-lid, can't help it) and under the eye - for the grey tired baggies.

The product claims to produce results as early as 7 days. But I haven't seen any difference yet and I have been using it for 2.5 weeks everyday. Nevertheless, I like the pamper experience and will continue.

Even when the product is finished I will be keeping the applicator as the instant cooling of the steel on my end-of-day tired eyes feels so soothed and relaxed. Really the applicator is the only reason I gave this product a 4 star instead of 3.

Fingers crossed I am a late bloomer and start seeing results soon.

I loved the packaging on this one. The applicator wad a bit strange to look at, but it is very cool in temperature and feels nice in the eyes. I haven't had it for four weeks to trial so I'm not sure if it dramatically changed my eyes yet. It claims to help eyelashes grow but I haven't noticed that yet need a bit longer ro tell. The smell was not over powering and light in fragrance, pleasant enough. The texture wad quite wet and a couple of times I wad asked if I had been crying while it soaked in. The applicator felt luxurious but I want sure how harder to push as it said massage, I wad a bit clumsy on technique but in sure I will improve. I don't think it's the best for fake eyelashes so I tried to avoid the top area i didnt notice a lot moe fall out than normal so that's good.

This product was a surprise for me, I didn’t realise I was receiving two products in the trial and I was so pleased! I’ve been hunting a while for an eye product and I did enjoy this one, but I’m not sure I’d buy it and here’s why.

The bottle is beautiful and I adore the massage wand inside. It’s round, flexible and metal on the end so cooling and soothing, it’s lovely at the end of the day. The formula goes on smoothly but you do have to use quite a bit so that the wand doesn’t drag.

One of my biggest dislikes was that I found the wand dripped product on me when using it, even attempting to wipe off excess. I don’t think I ever really mastered getting the right amount of product on the wand.

While it felt nice to use I didn’t notice any huge results, not enough to justify the price in my opinion but maybe a longer time period is needed. I noticed a slight reduction in eye puffiness but no change to lashes.

I found the lack of instructions unhelpful, I ended up watching a YouTube tutorial.

Overall it feels lovely to use and is a soothing part of the skin routine but it didn’t hit all the right notes for me.

I was so excited to try this product as I’ve never tried an eye serum before. I was a little nervous that it wouldn’t sit well under makeup and or eye cream. I had no need to worry I wore my normal eye cream over the top every day and just the serum at night and applied to my lashes. I couldn’t notice any bunching or separating of my concealer over the top so it’s definitely makeup safe. The best thing about this serum is how much it de puffs the under eye. I’ve had several comments over the past few weeks on how “rested I look “. I normally wait a few minutes for it to sink in before applying my eye cream and it’s completely invisible. If you don’t have dry under eyes you could probably get away with just using this. I also have sensitive eyes and they weren’t bothered by this formula at all, even when it’s applied to the lashes. I have noticed my lashes look slightly longer but I’ve also been applying this to my brows and I’ve definitely noticed that the tail of my brows is longer (woohoo). I don’t love the applicator as I can’t tell how much serum I’m using and I feel like it is dragging when I apply it. The bottle however is beautiful and feels and looks very luxurious . I will definitely purchase this product again as I’ve not found anything else that gives me these results.