Dollar General "Rejuvenating Eye Roller" and My Allergic Reaction

Okay, guys. Please don't judge me now. Usually, I really love drugstore generic "copy-cats" for famous name-brand products. I'm college age, guys. I'm looking for the best deal.

So, I went out to Dollar General on Wednesday (October 29th) and hunted for some skincare products that I could review for you guys.

The Dollar General Rejuvenating Eye Roller is supposed to be a good dupe for Olay Regenerist Advanced Anti-Aging Eye Roller. Which sells for about $22 dollars on Ulta's website. I got this for maybe $7. Good price difference, and I wanted to give it a try.

So this comes in a little tube, with three little roller balls that evenly apply the product. I can't lie that it did feel good when it went on, but I'll get to the after-effects later on. 

The directions on the back say to apply product and massage eye area for 30 seconds. On Thursday morning, my little sister woke me up at 6:30 so I could apply a camo-looking makeup on her face. I did, and then I went about doing my usual skincare routine around 7:30, and applied the cream to my under-eyes. 

Then I sat down and wrote a couple reviews and posts to be posted at a later date, and then lied down for a nap around 11:00.

I woke up from my nap around noon, and then went to empty my bladder. While washing my hands, I looked up into the mirror and I was horrified. 

I had the biggest, darkest crease on my undereye area. What. The. Hell. This stuff is supposed to suppress dark bags, and it gave me dark circles! I have never had a real bad problem with dark circles, and from the look it gave me on my face, I know I never want them to be that bad again. 

Anyway, I listened to my little stupid benefit of the doubt voice, that said, "Well, maybe that's just something that happened because of your nap. Put more on! That'll do the trick!"

I did. Two hours later, an hour before I had to go to work, the burning began. I checked my eyes and they were swollen, red, puffy, and felt like a really bad sunburn. But only on my dang eyelids.

Here is what I usually look like

And here is what happened to me

I am wearing no makeup in each picture.

Do you see what happened? If not, take note of my eye crease. See anything? I HAVE A DOUBLE EYELID. I am not a double-lidded person. Do you see the two deep lines under my eyes? The redness all over my undereye and eyelid? That dark purple-like circle? 

Yeah.

Not to mention, they burned. All night! All through an eight-hour shift at work. Even through the Benadryl drowsy haze, that did bring down the swelling, but didn't stop people from thinking I had just gone through a horrible break-up. 

FINAL VERDICT: HELL TO THE NAH. DO NOT BUY THIS. My skin is semi-sensitive, but sweet baby jesus of eyecreams, I have never had a reaction to anything to that degree in my life. There is a phone number on the back of the tube, and you bed your sweet buns' I will be calling and giving them a piece of my mind.

Sorry that this interrupted what I had originally planned to review, but I felt like this needed to be shared. I'm doing a public service.

Thanks for reading this long rant, have any of you had a reaction to something like this? If so, tell me and I'll be sure to steer clear of it!