No matter your age or skin type, one fact stands true: Eye cream should have a firm spot in your beauty routine. If smooth, bright, and plump skin around your eyes is what you’re after, you need creams and gels full of anti-aging powerhouses that actually work, like retinol or vitamin C. One of the 16 formulas below can make the world of difference when it comes to staving off fine lines, dark circles, puffiness, and Botox appointments. Ahead, the best eye creams our editors love.
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Best Moisturizing Eye Cream
Guerlain Orchidée Impériale Anti-Aging Eye & Lip Contour Cream
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Even eye cream snobs will be impressed with this ultra-rich, balm-like formula. Use a thin layer in the morning to take an advantage of the caffeine extract, then layer iton eye contours and around your lipsat nightsomoisturizing jasmine and hyaluronic acid can get to work.
On the flip side, this drugstore gel-cream is perfect for those who aren't quite convinced that eye creams work. It's too affordable to not add into your routine, and offers up fast-absorbing hyaluronic acid, licorice extract, and vitamins.
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If thick and rich eye creams are just not your thing, get an eye serum instead. Tatcha'sLuminous Deep Hydration Firming Eye Serum feels weightless on your skin but still plumps fine lines and wakes up tired eyes in just one application.
This is a classic example of not judging a book—or eye cream—by its cover. Sure, this formulas is backed by Kylie Jenner, but it's also one of the most effective eye creams we've used at instantly disguising dark circles and reducing puffiness. The banana-tinted cream deeply hydrates without making skin slick, so you can use less concealer on top and feel good knowing that it won't slip around.
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This is the eye cream you'll want to use every morning—but particularly after a sleepless night. The mix of luminous optical brighteners and vitamin c instantly disguise darkness and discoloration under the eye. You might even be tempted to skip concealer altogether.
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Perfect for layering under makeup, this eye cream has diamond powder to brighten your eyes in seconds,plus hyaluronic acid and shea butter to fendoff fine lines.
This Moisturizing Eye Bomb does exactly what it sounds like it's going to do. The cooling, gel-like cream makes skin look bouncier and fresher within seconds of tapping it on. It continues to hydrate your eyes for 26 hours, even when worn under makeup.
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Some people prefer an oil over a cream. If you're one of those people, give this clean-beautyeye oil from Miranda Kerr a go.It's packed with certified organic noni, tomato fruit, marine bamboo extracts,kahai and coffee oilsto deeply hydrate, energize, and brighten. Plus, the roller feels amazing.
While you can use this morning or night, we really love it before applying concealer in the morning thanks to its cooling and soothing effect. The black tea ferment combined with other plant-derived anti-agersmakepuffy and tired under-eyes look perkier right away.
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Best Anti-Aging Eye Cream
Perricone MD Essential Fx Acyl-Glutathione Smoothing & Brightening Under-Eye Cream
Now 54% Off
No eye cream can totally obliterate dark circles or deep wrinkles. But this balm-like formulacomes close. Sweepit on before bed and you'll notice a serious difference in texture and color when you go to apply concealer the next morning. (On that note, we found it a little too thick to wear under makeup.)
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Fans of this anti-aging eye cream love the minimal scent, coddling but not thick texture, and thenoticeable improvements in elasticity and brightness in as little as a week.