At the weekend I went to a shopping centre where they had an event on. We were having a lovely chilled out day and wandering around the shops in between events. There was a pop up stall which were giving out samples (just to note an important part that this was in the lower level of the centre and it was quite dimly lit), so I took one and the guy handing them out said to come in. He called over to a colleague who told me to take a seat and thinking I'm getting a free treatment I sit down. She then gave me an under eye treatment to cover the dark circles and minimise the puffiness. Honestly, within minutes the effect was amazing. I was so impressed, it had taken years off me. Then she told me the cost. £150 down from £400.
I'm really frugal usually but I was so blown away by the results that I bought a tube of the cream. Stupid idiot that I am.
We continued mooching around the shops for a bit, then went outside. DP (who had also been impressed by the results of the treatment) stopped me and took a photo of my face to show me - in the natural light my under eyes were white and powdery as if they had chalk on them now the cream had dried. I wiped it off, not that concerned as I wasn't wearing any other make up and the consultant had said that it could be used with make up. The next day I tried it again with make up and within a couple of hours it looked awful, the chalky white powder was now mixed in with my make up and the best way I can describe it is to say that it looked like my skin had been peeling with clumps of the dried under eye cream and make up mixed in together.
I feel such an idiot. I don't spend much money on beauty treatments and am really starting to age so I was delighted with the initial results so felt it was worth the money - but now I don't and I don't know what to do. I've emailed the company asking for a refund but I don't think the outcome will be successful.
I don't know why I am posting really, maybe someone can advise me on how to get a refund - or to suggest a product that actually works that I can try to make me feel better about my aging face and draw a line under my stupid impulse buy!