I have unfortunately inherited a few nasty genes from my mother, the majority of which I won’t share on this site, luckily for anyone reading this opinion. The inheritance I will be writing about today is huge, dark bags below my eyes. I may ‘only’ be 36, but I have had baggy, dark eye sacks since I was in my early 20s. I have tried a number of creams supposed to reduce either or both conditions, but nothing has ever worked. Then I read an opinion by Miss-D on Yves Saint Laurent Touche Eclat and I hoped my prayers had been answered.

She then offered to apply some for me so I could see it working. She used a cotton bud to apply the liquid from a tester and gently dabbed some on below my eye and above it in the socket near the nose. She only applied it one side and I could definitely see a difference, so I agreed to buy it. Fortunately, then she applied it the other side so I didn’t look as if I had been punched.

It is ridiculously expensive at £20 for a small elegant gold coloured ‘pen’ containing 2.5 ml of liquid inside a gold box. However, look out for it in duty free shops and abroad as it can be bought for as ‘little’ as £15. The pen is a great size for handbags, if you feel the need to retouch during the day. Once you remove the lid of the pen there are some white bristles at the top, which you use to apply the liquid. These are an excellent idea, as they do not drag the delicate eye area like other applicators might. To get the liquid to the brush you click a small black knob at the top of the pen. Initially, you need to do this about 30 times (I thought I had a dud one until I read the instructions).

I have also read that there are 3 different shades, the darker one only being available at Harrods, but the Debenhams assistant told me that they now only do one shade. If true, this is a shame as the colour I have bought would be too light if my face had a tan. Looking at my box, it does have a ‘1’ on it as if this is a shade number, so I might have been given duff information.

I believe that this product would be a miracle product if I had average dark circles under my eyes rather than Michael Aspel bags and darkness normally associated with 10 nights on the town in a row with no sleep whatsoever. It is very expensive, but does last a long time, and because it does definitely make a difference, I will probably buy it again as long as I don’t have to take out a second mortgage. If you have a Debenhams near you, go and visit the Yves Saint Laurent counter and get a free application. You can then judge it for yourself.