The Story Of How An Eye Cream Literally Saved My Life

It’s hard to believe that in the span of a little over a year, I went from not knowing anything about eye creams , to coming a sliver away from dying because of it.

But, I guess I should start at the beginning–or rather the end.

My hands trembled slightly as I hung up the phone.

I finally did it.

I had landed one of the largest pharmaceutical accounts in company history, and they had just called to confirm the deal.

It was hard to fight back the tears, because of what this meant to me.  It was proof that I really had made it back from hell alive.  You see, it wasn’t even 6 weeks ago that I almost committed suicide amidst everything going wrong in my life at the same time.

You see, I’ve been a saleswoman by profession for over 20 years, and my job is to make others see the benefit of doing business with my company.  I am the face of the company in meetings, and if I appear to be weak, unsure, or timid, it’s a direct reflection of the company that I work for.  I always prided myself on being an example of what an independent woman who was motivated enough could accomplish.  I represented Pfizer so well that I broke 3 different sales records that had been held for decades, and I was directly responsible for landing most of the top accounts that Pfizer does business with.

The Dark Cloud Begins Following Me Around

My presentations about why others should do business with us all hinge on the confidence and enthusiasm that I showed.  That’s why when my age began to catch up with me a in the fall of 2010, I went into a panic.  I began to get these disgusting dark circles under my eyes, and no matter how much I slept and tried to relax and recover, they never went away.

I became a woman obsessed.  I did all the research into why these dark circles plagued me, and I looked for solutions everywhere.  I consulted my local dermatologist and he suggested that I get more rest and use a generic eye cream.  2 weeks later, I was still waking up with raccoon eyes, and the effects on work had begun to show too.

I went through the first stretch in my career where I failed to successfully sign a new client in 2 months.  I began to be horribly scared at presentations now, even though I have been doing them for 20 years, because I felt like I was a leper preaching the benefits of her pharmaceutical company like a hypocrite.

If Only There Was An Effective Eye Cream

It was like a vicious cycle, the more clients that were turned off by my lack of confidence, the more desperate I became at the next sales meeting.  I feel like I got a shot of reality every time I looked in the mirror, and I could not help but feel absolutely disgusting whenever I had to present.

I began to look for answers on google, but all I could find were these blatantly obvious fake review sites trying to get me to buy their product.  I came across Olay’s eye cream for dark circles, and I figured that since they were a major company, their solution would work.

Boy was I wrong…

Olay’s eye cream actually made me break out in hives!  My eyes were swollen shut so badly that even with a healthy dose of Zyrtec (working for Pfizer does have its perks!), I could barely see out of them.  I had to cancel 2 sales calls that week for my eyes to get back to their normal dark circle selves.

Fast forward 6 months to April of 2010, my boss called me into his office.  He expressed his concern over my health and performance at work.  It’s been close to 9 months since I closed any sales.  He asked me nicely to get my act together, and to start representing Pfizer correctly.  Times were rough, and he could not afford to keep any salespeople who were not performing on payroll.  He mentioned that the only reason I hadn’t been let go yet was because of all my years of selling so well.

Operation Eye Cream

It’s safe to say that after that little meeting, any traces of my sanity flew out the window.  I spent thousands of dollars on every eye cream product under the sun.  I experimented with progressive treatments from some of the largest skin-care practices on the east coast, and none of them had any long-term success for me.

I tried to be confident in my sales presentations, oh if you only knew how hard I tried!  Sometimes I would even walk into the board room feeling on top of the world, but then as soon as I felt others’ eyes on me, I couldn’t shake the notion that they were all looking at the baggy and dark circles under my eyes.  I just knew they were judging me silently, and there was even one time where I literally had to excuse myself in the middle of my presentation to run to the ladies room.  I hated the wreck I saw in the mirror and I couldn’t stop crying to myself.

As the tears came down, my brain was going a million miles a second.  I KNEW most of this stuff was in my head.  I knew it was so stupid to be concerned about something like this, but it didn’t change the fact that this is exactly how i felt, and there was nothing I could do to stop feeling like this.

When It Rains, It Pours

In the second week of August 2010, my boss called me into his office again.  I knew what was coming when I saw his sad face.  He explained to me slowly that he had to let me go if I could not land an account by September 30th, which will be exactly one year since my last sale.  Although I had been a top producer for 21 years there, he could not afford to keep someone there who had not produced in over a year.

I had dinner with my fiancee that day and I let him know the ultimatum my boss gave me.  I’m not sure what happened, but all of a sudden, I was blaming him for adding to my stress and being the main reason why I had no confidence anymore.  He stayed silent through my whole tirade and blame game.  Finally, after a few minutes, he responded quietly that he didn’t even know who i was anymore, but the only thing he does know is that he doesn’t want to be with this shell of who i was anymore.  As I saw him quietly leave the restaurant, reality came crashing in.  I realized that I had hit the breaking point with the love of my life, and that the only thing I had left of him was a mental picture of his silhouette walking out the door.

Teetering On The Edge Of Life And Death

That night I stood on my balcony, staring down 17 floors below my feet… thinking about how easy it would be to just lean a bit more forward and end it all.  I had essentially lost my career and my love in the span of a few hours, and I couldn’t see any light in the tunnel ahead.  I had lost the only two significant things in my life, and so there really was no real purpose to living anymore.  I don’t think words could ever accurately depict the kind of pain I felt.  Worse than the pain was having the last traces of hope leave me in the same fashion as my job and the love of my life.  The only release from all this suffering was the cold marble floor 17 stories below me, and it looked inviting indeed…

Before I could do anything though, my sister burst in the door.  I forgot I had called her in a hysteria after the news about work.  Even though I had lost all hope in myself and my life, my sister had not given up hope on me yet.  She told me that she arranged a meet-up with her husband’s golf partner, who was the leading skin-regeneration research specialist in the English speaking world.  At this point, I was willing to pay any price and do anything to have my life go back to the way it was, and more importantly be the person I used to be.

A Glimmer Of Hope

A few days later, I met with Dr. Andersen, and he told me about the results of his research that he had been doing in Morocco.  He told me about his research about combining the regenerative properties of amorphophallus campanulatus root extracted from the natural surroundings there mixed with thiazolylalanine, petrolatum, and cyclopentasiloxane.  He said that his research has shown that when these compounds are brought together, with a sheer veil that contained punica granatum fruit juice in it, a molecular healing chain reaction starts in the skin that restores the collagen levels and everything else back to its prime self.  He explained to me that this was the biggest breakthrough he’s ever come across for skin regeneration, because this particular mixture begins the regeneration cycle and heals everything from crow’s feet, sagginess, fine lines, elasticity, wrinkles, and of course the symptom I cared about most — dark circles.  The only caveat he said though, was that I would probably have to buy the ingredients all separately.

As soon as I got home, I immediately threw everything I had into doing research for these ingredients on the market, and you do not understand the relief I felt when I finally found products that had all the ingredients.  I found that there was only one eye cream that contained AC root,  thiazolylalanine, petrolatum, and cyclopentasiloxane all in one.  It’s a cream made by Avon, and I was pleasantly surprised to find it was only $25.00!  After spending over $5,000 already on useless eye creams, I was grateful for being able to try it out for next to nothing.  The best part is the smart people at Avon had already paired the two together in a package!  I ordered both right away and waited in anticipation.  For the first time in a long time, I dared to hope.

The Moment Of Truth

Two days later, both of them came in the mail, and I began using them immediately.  Right when I was applying the skin cream, I noticed something was different about the texture.  It felt much different from the hundreds of creams I tried before.  The texture is creamy but thick and unique.  In either case, I put my faith in Dr. Andersen’s research, and used them both anyway.

The next morning I woke up, and before I even looked at myself in the mirror, I felt something had changed.  My skin was smoother and softer than I had remembered it being in maybe 20 years.  Upon closer inspection, the dark circles were there, but they were much lighter now.  Also, the wrinkles around my eyes all but disappeared!

Disclaimer: I never had a bad case of wrinkles, so I don’t know from first hand experience that this combination will remove more pronounced and severe cases of wrinkles as quickly for you as it did for me, but just from doing some research online, it seems like this is one of the main reasons people buy the product.  I just wanted to be totally transparent and accurate in relaying my experiences to you.

Redemption And Salvation

More than anything though, I felt a lightness in my heart that I haven’t felt in a long time.  After being in the dark for almost a year with this issue, something is finally working.

The results over the next week were nothing short of extraordinary.  My dark circles COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED in 4 days, and my face actually looked younger and healthier than it had looked since I was in my mid 30′s!

The pep in my step came back.

I began to smile again.

But most importantly, my confidence came back stronger than ever.

Something about this entire experience had changed me.

I immediately went straight to the company that had been holding out on doing business with Pfizer for the longest time, and demanded a meeting with their decision makers.

I went in a few days later and gave quite possibly the most intense and riveting presentation in my 23 years on the job.  They didn’t understand, this meant SO MUCH MORE than just closing a sale, this was validating the hell that I went through, this meant that I had turned my life around, this was MY STATEMENT that I had returned stronger than before.  All these feelings and emotions ran through me and they fueled my presentation.

And so I guess that leads me to the phone call I got when I began my story.  It’s hard to imagine anything ever topping that day.  There’s no feeling in the world like knowing deep down that your life is right again.

Where I Am Now

4 months have passed since then, and my skin looks as beautiful as I ever remember it being.  I am still using the Avon Anew Reversalist Illuminating Eye System on a daily basis, and I get compliments all the time about how young I look now.  I have since gotten back together with my fiancee after getting the crazy out of me.  We are back on track to be married in 6 months, and everything that happened has only served to make us stronger.

I created this site not only to tell my story, but to prevent anyone else out there who has questions about eye creams from having to spend thousands of dollars on things that just do not plain work.  You really can’t put a price on your self-confidence… and if you’re looking for the secret combo that has worked for all of my girlfriends, myself, and all the people I know who’ve tried it, then do yourself a favor and grab these two today.  Here is a link where you can buy them:

Avon Anew Reversalist Illuminating Eye System

Thanks for reading my story, and my wish for you is that these products will change your life as much as they did mine.

The fact that I’m still alive and writing this proves it.