Hope in a Tube: A Hopeless Eye and Lip Cream

I’ve been tossing around the idea of adding product reviews to this site for a few months now. I love to shop and pretty much every friend of mine has heard me blather on and on about something that I’ve bought and love (usually makeup or skin care products) at least once.  Likewise, they’ve been warned about what NOT to buy.

I feared that readers may not be interested in ‘Product Juice’. Then it occurred to me: who WOULDN’T want to be saved the disappointment of wasting hard-earned money on an expensive eye cream that quite frankly, sucks chicken butts?

Behold Exhibit A:

Study this image very carefully. Memorize the simple yet elegant font telling you to believe in the wonders within the .5 ounce tube. Now if you see this $33.00 tube again in your shopping endeavours, back away. You do not want to waste your money on this product. There’s no hope in this tube.

Hope in a tube was the first eye cream I ever used. Oprah endorsed philosophy:’s hope in a jar with enthusiasm so I assumed hope in a tube would be a worthy purchase, as well. I didn’t yet have any wrinkles, so to speak, but I was aiming for prevention. Of course, I didn’t want to run out of what was sure to be a fantastic product anytime soon. I decided I needed 9 tubes for my friends and I.

Philosophy: claims that hope in a tube’s “results are excellent and immediate”. I’m not sure how they came to that conclusion. I used hope in a tube for over 2 years and what were once miniscule hints of fine lines are now actual fine lines.

I don’t blame hope in a tube for my new lines but it certainly didn’t prevent them nor minimize their appearance. It didn’t “temporarily erase” them. Yet I continued to use this product because I had so much of it and didn’t want to throw it away.

My friends didn’t like hope in a tube either and my mother wouldn’t even accept a second, free tube — seriously! It was unanimously agreed that the product is too thick, awkward to apply (it doesn’t spread easily) and greasy. It also burns worse than expected if you accidentally get it in your eyes. Most importantly, none of the 3 of us noted improvement - not even a hint of added brightness or improved softness.

But don’t worry. There’s a light at the end of this tunnel. I’ve been using Olay Regenerist Eye Lifting Serum for just over a month now and so far, it’s a huge improvement. It glides on easily, it feels like silk, it wears well under makeup, it’s not greasy and I truly believe it makes the skin under my eyes look smoother. This  is an affordable product that’s definitely worth trying.

                         Olay Regenerist Eye Serum (.5 Ounces)