The Royal Velvet line is one of the most popular skin care lines from Oriflame and I remember that their Royal Velvet face cream was a thing in the beauty sections of magazines here a decade ago. Well, I didn’t get the face cream, but the eye cream was on sale with a large discount, so I decided to pick it up because I feel I need some extra care for the eye area and I’m almost out of my eye serum.

Packaging:

The packaging is nothing special, a plastic tube containing 15 ml with a purple cap. However, the carboard box does contain a booklet with extensive information on the product in various languages. I like the tip of the tube because it’s easy to get out only small amounts of cream, as you would want for an eye cream.

Texture:

The cream is white and it has a thick texture, and I can’t say that it has some sort of scent. If there is any, it’s very subtle so it’s not bothersome.

Ingredients:

AQUA, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, GLYCERIN, ISOHEXADECANE, CYCLOPENTASILOXANE, ISONONYL ISONONANOATE, PENTAERYTHRITYL DISTEARATE, CYCLOHEXASILOXANE, BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII BUTTER, GLYCERYL STEARATE, PEG-100 STEARATE, SODIUM POLYACRYLATE, CAFFEINE, CERA ALBA, CETYL ALCOHOL, NYLON-12, STEARYL ALCOHOL, IMIDAZOLIDINYL UREA, METHYLPARABEN, EUPHRASIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, PROPYLPARABEN, DISODIUM EDTA, HYDROLYZED WHEAT PROTEIN, XANTHAN GUM, MICA, IRIS FLORENTINA ROOT EXTRACT, SILICA, PISUM SATIVUM EXTRACT, SODIUM HYALURONATE, SODIUM BENZOATE, PHENOXYETHANOL, SODIUM CITRATE, COPPER ASPARTATE, MAGNESIUM ASPARTATE, MANGANESE ASPARTATE, ZINC ASPARTATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE, CHLORPHENESIN, METEORITE POWDER, SORBIC ACID, ETHYLPARABEN, BUTYLPARABEN

The main ingredient listed for the Royal Velvet line is the black iris infusion, which is supposed to have a firming effect on the skin. Personally, I don’t know if this ingredient has any real value or if it’s just a fancy ingredient that’s meant to make the product more unique. However, the ingredients list is not bad at all (minus that “meteorite powder” that sound very suspicious to me) and there isn’t anything icky in it.

I appreciate the glycerin, shea butter, caffeine, sodium hyaluronate and the hydrolyzed wheat protein in it, because they are all ingredients that are good to moisturize the skin, they are antioxidants or humectants. There is indeed some black iris extract in the formula, but again, I don’t know if that does anything to the skin.

Price and accessibility:

The product is available through Oriflame consultants and it’s usually sold at the price of around 10.5 euros, which is a bit much in my opinion. Like I said, I got it on sale for 4 euros, which I think is much more suitable for what the eye cream is.

My overall opinion:

I started to use the eye cream only since a few days, but I like how it feels and I think it does moisturize well the skin around the eye area, which in time should have a firming effect, because fine lines also appear especially when the skin is dehydrated.

Therefore, I wouldn’t say that this is any miraculous eye cream or that it’s unique, but it’s good enough because it has a decent formula and personally I feel like eye products that contain caffeine do have that effect of brightening up the skin.