I was up all night with McKenna two nights ago, hangin' out at the Emergency Room at Vandy Children's. Our nurse was an older "codger" ... his word, not mine. But I agree. He thought he was funny. And, he was. Probably would've been funnier if it had been 3 pm in the afternoon instead of 3 am in the middle of the night. I wanted to say ... "Buddy, enough with the jokes already, I'm barely able to keep myself sitting upright, much less concentrate enough to think you are funny!" But, I just tried to keep smiling! So, what does this have to do with beautiful skin? Well, I was SURE that I'd have dark circles yesterday morning after getting only a bit of sleep ... but my sweet friend that I met for lunch swore that I did not! I am definitely chalking this up to our incredible eye cream! And, a little inside information from our fabulous docs!
From their most recent blog entry:
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Dark under-eye circles are a tell-tale sign of little sleep
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