Prescreening is required in the Bio Department. Come in anytime of the day to prescreen. Subjects must be contact lens wearers.
Study Description:
Visit 1/Pick-Up, panelists will report to ECRL with a clean product free face. Inclusion and exclusion criteria will be verified and informed consent will be obtained.
Visits 2: Subjects will acclimate, have lifestyle photography, Clarity images, corneometer measurements, cutometer measurements, vapometer measurements, and expert clinical grading will be performed. Test product will be applied, subjects will acclimate with product and then corneometer and vapometer measurements will be obtained again. Test product, daily diaries, and usage instructions will be distributed.
Visit 3-5: Subjects will acclimate and have lifestyle photography, Clarity images, expert clinical grading will be performed, corneometer measurements, cutometer measurements, and vapometer measurements will be obtained.
Inclusion Criteria
- Subject is female between the ages of 45-75 years old;
- Subject is Fitzpatrick Skin Type I-IV;
- Subject is an eye product user;
- Subject must be a contact lens wearer
- Subject has dry, normal/dry, or normal skin type around the eye (to be recorded);
- Subject is required to have eye area skin concerns consistent with product offering, including any of the following: under eye fine lines and wrinkles, crow’s feet wrinkles, under eye dark circles, under eye puffiness (transient), loss of firmness (along brow bone).
- Subject agrees to discontinue use of all face/neck moisturizers and treatments, (i.e., moisturizers, oils, serums, eye creams, balms, masks, etc.) during the study and to not introduce any new cosmetic or toiletry products other than the products provided in this study. Remaining regimen products (e.g., color cosmetics, makeup remover, etc.) to have been used at least 30 days prior to study start.
- Subject agrees that 2 hours prior to each test facility visit they are to avoid exercise, hot beverages, caffeine, spicy food, and alcohol or any activity that could induce sweating.
- Subject is willing to keep brows groomed during treatment period with the following procedures only: plucking, threading, electrolysis (no waxing due to potential effect of retinol on stratum corneum adhesion).
- Subject agrees not to introduce any new cosmetic or toiletry products during the study;
- Subject agrees to stop using all moisturizing and anti-aging products on the face for the duration of the conditioning phase.
- Subject agrees to sign a Photography Release Form and model release form, providing consent for the capture of digital images for use in relation to this clinical study;
- Subject agrees to sign a QVC affidavit.
Exclusion Criteria
- Subject is pregnant, nursing, planning a pregnancy, or not using adequate birth control;
- Subject has received treatment with sympathomimetics, antihistamines, vasoconstrictors, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, and/or systemic or topical corticosteroids within one week prior to initiation of the study;
- Subject is unable or unwilling to use a retinol product in the eye area for the duration of the study period, due to prior retinol intolerance.
- Subject exhibits any facial tattoos/tattooed cosmetics, non-removable piercings, eyelash extensions, rashes, scratches, scars, large birthmarks or burn marks on the test site and/or face which may interfere with the evaluation of the test sites/results, detract from or obscure emphasis on the results captured in study images. Participants must remove facial piercings at all visits.
- Subject has permanent fake eyelashes.
- Subject has visible skin disease (e.g., acne, atopic dermatitis/eczema, psoriasis, etc.) or is under the care of a dermatologist for a skin condition.
- Subject has history of heavy smoking and/or vaping or current smoker.
- Subject has visible sunburn or is planning to vacation with excessive sun exposure or use a tanning booth or use of a sunless tanner on the face during the study period.
- Subject has undereye bags, i.e., permanent puffiness.
- Subject has pigmented dark circles on the eyelids.
- Subject has been engaged in another facial skincare study involving the face or eye area in the last month.
- Subject has undergone laser resurfacing in the eye/temple area in the past 2 years.
Study Groups and Dates:
Group 4
V1: Wed. 9/11 20 min.
V2: Mon. 9/16 2 hrs.
V3: Mon. 9/23 1.5 hrs.
V4: Thurs. 10/14 1.5 hrs.
V5: Fri. 11/13 1.5 hrs.
Study Hours: 8:30am – 4:00pm
Call our Recruiting Department for more information.
Fitzpatrick Scale
