Eye Cream Product Types
Below, you’ll find our dermatologist recommended products for the most common eye area concerns (listed alphabetically).
ANTI-AGING
Sagging, drooping skin around the eyelids on top of wrinkles, fine lines and crow’s feet indicate signs of premature aging. Anti-aging eye creams like SkinMedica TNS Illuminating Eye Cream combat these symptoms by supplying the skin around the eyes with ingredients such as antioxidants and transforming growth factor (TGF), which help to moisturize and nourish fragile, dry skin and rebuild thinning skin cells in the region. Skin elasticity is improved and aged skin is replaced with a youthful look. Anti-aging eye creams should be used daily for best results.
Eye Contour Cream Plus by Cellex-C
Transformation Eye Cream by Jan Marini Skin Research
Homme Lift Contour Anti-Aging Eye Cream by Phytomer
COVERAGE
Most women take extremely good care of their skin by eating a healthy diet, drinking plenty of water and exercising on a regular basis. However, oftentimes small flaws appear on the skin, particularly around the areas where the skin is thinnest and most fragile, such as the eyes and lips. Use a nourishing cover-up cream to hide problem spots that you have no control over, such as Tinted Undereye and Lid Smoother by Bioelements. For best results, look for a coverage cream that is both waterproof and smudge-proof and can be used easily under makeup.
DARK CIRCLES
To combat dark circles, there are various approaches to consider. Nonetheless, the one approach that wins hands down is to give your skin a boost from the outside. For this step, choose an eye cream that is made with capillary strengthening ingredients like vitamin K, CoQ10 or vitamin C, such as Lift & Lighten Eye Cream by MD Skincare. Skin products that have antioxidants such as vitamins A, C and E will help to prevent future damage even as you get rid of current problems. Some skin care products are made with hypoallergenic ingredients for sensitive skin. Finally, some formulations contain a mixture of actions from lightening dark circles to decreasing puffiness associated with sleeping.
TNS Illuminating Eye Cream by SkinMedica
Lift & Lighten Eye Cream by MD Skincare
DRY SKIN
Dry skin can easily lead to an aged, haggard look. Itchy skin, fine lines and wrinkles and red, chapped areas are all signs that the cells of the skin are in need of rehydration. The skin around the eyes is no different. Look for a eye skin moisturizer that does double duty, acting to moisturize and to reduce wrinkles, diminish dark under eye circles or eliminate puffiness, such as Decleor Hydra Floral Deeply Hydrating Eye Contour Gel-Cream. Reducing all these premature aging signs as well as rehydrating the skin will leave the face looking more radiant and glowing.
My Favorite Eyes Cream Wand by Colorescience
Hydrating Eye Cream by Gly Derm
EYES AND LIPS
Just as the skin around the eyes is sensitive and thin, so too is the skin of the lips. In fact, the lips should be extra cared for as they are extremely prone to burn and chap when out in the sun, heat, cold or wind. The same ingredients that are used to banish age-related problems around the eyes will also work very well around the lips to target laugh lines, wrinkles and sagging skin. A product such as Caudalie Anti-Ageing Serum Eyes and Lips can be used around the eyes and lips alike to diminis these common signs of aging.
MultiVitamin Power Firm for Eye and Lip Area by Dermalogica
Aroma-Vaillance Corrector – Wrinkle Corrector Eyes, Forehead, Lips by Nuxe Paris
Viterol.A Cream for Wrinkles and Expression Lines by DS Laboratories
FINE LINES AND WRINKLES
If your major battle is with wrinkles, fine lines and crow’s feet, there are literally hundreds of eye creams that target this ubiquitous problem. The best, however, and the only ones you should consider, are those that pack their formulas full of wrinkle targeting antioxidants – they will usually either be labeled as anti-aging eye creams or wrinkle fighter eye creams. Antioxidants to look for include vitamins A, C, & E, green tea extracts, grape seed extracts and various other free radical fighting botanicals. Dermatologist-recommended Active C Eyes by La Roche-Posay contains L-ascorbic acid (vitamin C) in thermal spring water for a refreshing effect, while celebrity favorite Kinerase Intensive Eye Cream contains kinetin, a natural plant extract.
Lift Contour Intensive Eye and Lip Care by Phytomer
Intensive Eye Cream by Kinerase
FIRMING
Aging not only brings on unwanted wrinkles and fine lines, but sagging skin usually sets in as well. In most cases, sagging loose skin is a product of dehydrated and undernourished skin cells. Firming creams, lotions and gels like Evolutive Eye Cream by Pevonia Botanica and Firming Eye Gel by Glytone provide moisturizing and nourishing ingredients such as vitamins A, B, D and E, hyaluronic acid, superoxide dismutase and collagen to replenish droopy, unhealthy cells, leaving them revitalized and firm.
Advanced-C Eye Firming Cream by Cellex-C
MULTI-TASKERS
Multi-taskers are a great way to get the most bang for your buck. Packed into one easy-to-use-product, you’ll find a wide range of nourishing, moisturizing and hydrating ingredients specifically formulated to target common skin problems around the eyes. Products such as Eye Excellence – pH 12 by PCA Skin, Skin Rejuvenation Eye Cream by MD Forte and Phyto Contour Eye Firming Cream by YonKa address fine lines, wrinkles, crow’s feet, puffiness, dark circles and dry skin. These multi-taskers are wonderful to take with you while traveling, to carry in your purse, keep in your work desk drawer or simply to use anytime you feel your skin needs a little boost.
Phyto Contour Eye Firming Cream by YonKa
Skin Rejuvenation Eye Cream by MD Forte
Sensational Eyes Cream by Babor