Cold-compress eye patches: ten cold minutes

The patches are made in Japan, sixty to a box, and they are meant to be kept cold. The hydrogel holds its temperature for about ten minutes on the skin — long enough for the vessels under the eye to contract and the puffiness to settle, short enough to fit before the day begins.

How we use them

Straight from the fridge, on clean skin, ten minutes, no rubbing. Morning for tired eyes; evening for screen days. Three boxes is a season; one box is a trial.

What is not in them

No fragrance, no alcohol, no menthol sting — the cold does the work.