The line-smoothing cream promises long-lasting moisture and a visibly radiant finish, thanks to powerhouse ingredients like soothing tiger grass, glycerin, squalane, and ceramides.

Editor Tip: This rich, hydrating formulation does wonders on flaky, irritated, and chapped skin without feeling heavy or thick — ideal for the colder months. Why It's Worth It: Don't be deceived by the price tag.

The Inkey List Caffeine Eye Cream packs just as powerful a punch as the pricier options on this list. The caffeine in the cream helps flush away water retention that can cause puffiness, and peptides smooth over roughly textured skin on this delicate area of the face.

Editor Tip: If you tend to feel extra puffy in the AM, try keeping this caffeinated eye cream in the fridge overnight for a cooling treat. Your eyes will look refreshed and youthful before you can even hit the snooze button again.

Editor Tip: For those of you who aren't into richer creams, this retinol-powered serum is a lighter alternative to treating your under eyes and lids. Serum formulations are great if you wear liquid or serum makeup, as you won't run into pilling.

Why It's Worth It: Estee Lauder's ANR Eye Supercharged Complex is a lightweight, silky gel-cream featuring a peptide exclusive to the brand that visibly reduces the look of dark circles — whether they're blue, purple, or brown — with regular use.

Editor Tip: This Best of Beauty winner also has sodium hyaluronate a form of hyaluronic acid that curbs dryness day or night while vitamin E guards the skin against free radicals. Aside from personal preferences, what we do know for a fact is that "eyelid skin is thinner than the surrounding facial skin, so it can be more prone to sensitivity and irritation," Tiffany Jow Libby , MD, a Rhode Island-based, board-certified dermatologist at Brown Dermatology, previously explained.

However, finding the right eye cream is another ordeal, as David Kim, MD, a board-certified dermatologist at Idriss Dermatology in New York City, points out.

Ultimately, it comes down to the level of prevention you desire. Gohara explains, which is why applying the ingredient topically and making up for lost hydration is of the essence. In fact, many of the best eye creams for wrinkles are packed with HA and other powerful ingredients like blood vessel-constricting caffeine and collagen-boosting peptides to help fake a full night's rest.

Kim recommends incorporating eye cream starting in your mids, which is "slightly before we start to lose noticeable amounts of collagen and our skin starts to lose firmness and the ability to hold on to moisture," he explains. Whereas younger people might fare better with light, gel-like textures, he recommends people in their 30s reach for slightly richer, lotion-like eye creams with retinol, peptides, and vitamin C.

If you struggle with dark circles, brightening ingredients such as vitamin C, kojic acid , tranexamic acid , arbutin, and licorice root "help decrease skin pigmentation over time, ultimately resulting in the lightening of the dark circles," Rachel Nazarian , MD, a board-certified dermatologist in New York City, previously said.

Once you hit your 40s, seek out creamy, rich eye creams infused with retinol, peptides in higher percentages, and antioxidants to get the maximum line-smoothing and plumping benefits. Nazarian explained. Just remember: If you use a retinol-enhanced eye cream, don't forget to wear sunscreen — you should be using SPF regardless — or check out our curation of the best eye creams with SPF.

A common rule of thumb is using your ring fingers to gently tap the eye cream into your skin, since you're dealing with the thinnest area on your face.

Kim has a process that may reduce puffiness, or at the very least, feel calming. When Allure tests a product , our editors look at it from every angle in an effort to best serve you. We review ingredients, scrutinize brand claims, and, when necessary, examine peer-reviewed scientific and medical studies.

For our list of the best eye creams, we considered each product's performance across five primary categories: product ingredients and efficacy, packaging, fragrance, texture, and product wear.

Every product was determined to have excelled in each category by our editorial team, which is composed of in-house writers and editors as well as contributors — along with special consideration from board-certified dermatologists.

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Charlotte Tilbury Cryo-Recovery Eye Serum. The Inkey List Caffeine Eye Cream. Why do we need eye cream? How we test and review products. The GOAT for under-eye bags? A caffeine eye cream , which "reduces puffiness and dark circles by temporarily by constricting blood vessels and improving circulation," dermatologist David Kim , MD, previously told Cosmo.

This cream from the Inkey List is also the GOAT because it's super lightweight and easy to slather on in the morning to help reduce puffiness before layering on under eye concealer. Glowing customer review: "My eyes are super puffy and dark from lack of sleep. Once I started using this product, I noticed a difference under my eyes and the puffiness and redness had disappeared completely.

The cream is also super moisturizing. When my under-eyes are dry and lacking moisture, they often become irritated and puffy, accentuating under-eye bags to the max. For those times, I reach for this eye gel that's loaded with hyaluronic acid and glycerin to help bring hydration back to my skin.

And I love that the cooling, gel formula helps soothe my tired, puffy bb under-eyes too. Glowing customer review: "I love the way the cooling gel-like texture melts around my eye area with that 'aaahhh' feeling. My eyes look bright and refreshed!

I love this Olay eye moisturizer! Definitely stocking up! And look, I get it too: It's got a nice creamy, moisturizing texture that makes my skin feel hydrated without leaving a heavy film under my eyes.

I along with many reviewers love that it's filled with oils to help lock in moisture and smooth the ski around my eyes, plus brightening vitamin C and niacinamide to brighten up dark circles.

Glowing customer review: "I no longer have puffiness under my eyes, and the fine lines and wrinkles—that nothing before has helped—are no longer noticeable. To be completely honest, the dark circles under my eyes did diminish a little, but did not go away. This product is a total win for me.

It has great ingredients, it has a great price, one bottle lasts me about four months, and it works better than even the most expensive eye creams I have tried. I always rely on this eye cream when allergies make my eyes itchy, irritated, and puffy.

It's loaded with soothing ingredients—like cica, oat extract, panthenol, and calendula—and moisturizing squalane and ceramides. It totally helps calm down some of the allergy-induced inflammation around my eyes and leaves my skin feeling hydrated and supple.

And I love that the texture is a lightweight gel that doesn't leave my under-eyes feeling heavy or sticky. Glowing customer review: "The skin around my eyes is extremely sensitive and irritable.

Confession: I coat my entire face in this eye cream before bed, because the ingredients are just too good to only put under my eyes. We're talkin' exfoliating AHAs , firming peptides , moisturizing ceramides, soothing bisobolol, and antioxidant-rich sodium ascorbyl phosphate a form of vitamin C that's said to be great for sensitive skin, acne, and fading dark spots.

It's a pricey eye cream for sure, but it's been keeping my under-eyes and entire face smooth and supple so I'm sold. Glowing customer review: "Absolutely LOVE this eye cream! I have sensitive skin and not easily wowed but this product is great quality and truly see a difference with using it!!

Must buy! I'm willing to bet that if you've got under-eye bags, you prob also have some under-eye darkness too. Treat 'em both with this vitamin-C eye cream from Glow Recipe, which brightens and firms your skin to help flatten bags and reduce hyperpigmentation.

Plus, it's also super lightweight, making it a great addition to both a morning and nighttime skincare routine. Glowing customer review: "I used a whole bottle and bought a second one. It worked great for me to help with my dark circles and keep hydrated. When I'm having a particularly puffy day read: I ordered Taco Bell at 2 a.

It's actually made of a super-cool ingredient called pullulan, a thin, pliable polymer that dissolves in water and absorbs moisture to give a temporary skin-tightening effect fun fact: pullulan is also used to make Listerine breath strips, fyi.

And it's also filled with firming peptides and brightening antioxidants to help reduce under-eye bags over time. Glowing product review: "This product is a gel, so it's very lightweight and absorbs quickly.

I start under my eye and workaround in circular motions about my brow and lightly brush it over eye lids with zero fuss. New York Fashion Week seems glamorous, but always ends with me being tired as all hell, hence some major under-eye baggage.

This year, I packed this in my purse and it massively improved my situation. I'd just run the cool-tip applicator under my eyes to immediately help with depuffing, while the caffeine in the serum helps temporarily flatten my bags too.

It's also got peptides help build collagen and firm skin over time. Glowing customer review: "Absolutely love this! The applicator stays cold so it feels great on the skin. I would recommend! Not only is this eye cream filled with ingredients that'll help "deflate" my under-eye bags see: firming peptides, brightening sea-fennel extract, and depuffing caffeine , but it's legit genius to wear under makeup, IMO.

The formula has itsy-bitsy micro shimmers that give it a really glowy finish on my under-eyes that helps to distract from any puffiness, while the moisturizing texture helps my makeup go on smoother without getting creasy. Glowing customer review: "I definitely see a difference when I use this product.

My hereditary under-eye bags are significantly more pronounced when I've got dark rings under my eyes. My fast fix? A quick dab of this tinted eye cream when I don't have the energy for a full-coverage concealer but want a lil color correction.

Glowing customer review: "This eye cream is FANTASTIC. I put it on morning and evening. A little goes a long way. It brightens fairly quickly, and the cool metal tip feels so good. When my under-eyes are puffy, so are my upper eyelids I'm allergic to everything in the outdoors, okay?! When I got to test these recently, I legit immediately put a pair on my eyes because I was so intrigued by the circular shape—most eye patches only cover your under-eyes—and I can attest that they're as genius as they look.

When I pull them out of the package, they're covered in serum that's filled with firming retinol, plumping peptides, and hydrating hyaluronic acid.

But the best part is that they're immediately cooling and soothing, which helps make my under-eyes look a little flatter immediately too. I leave 'em on for about 15 minutes while I blow dry my bangs or use my microcurrent device, and I notice my entire eye area feels and looks a bit smoother afterward.

Glowing customer review: "I used to use under-eye patches before, and this is my first set of unique, around-the-eye patches. I love that they instantly hydrate the eye area degrees, plus have retinol, HA, and peptides in one product.

Cute and very easy to use! The number-one topical ingredient every single expert recommended for treating under-eye bags? According to dermatologist Fatima Fahs , MD, caffeine is a vasoconstrictor, meaning it tightens up blood vessels to reduce the appearance of veins and swelling.

This lightweight eye cream from The Ordinary contains a major dose of caffeine, plus a mix of EGCG a soothing antioxidant found in green tea and peptides to help strengthen the elasticity around your eyes. Massage a few dabs of serum under your eyes every morning, then follow with your regular face moisturizer.

The price is amazing, a bottle lasts forever, and it gets rid of all my puffiness and a lot of my darkness. The combo leaves your under-eyes looking smoother and brighter, especially after swiping on a layer of concealer.

I could go to work and not look like I went on a bender the night before. Retinol, reminder, speeds up your cellular turnover while stimulating collagen production. Instead of spot-treating with a retinol eye cream , which can be needlessly irritating and limiting, massage a sheer layer of this retinol serum across your face yup, even under your eyes one to two nights a week for two weeks, then three nights a week for three weeks, before working your way up to every other night indefinitely.

Because retinol can be a bit drying at first, end your night routine with a rich moisturizer to lock in hydration and mitigate any flaking or irritating side effects.

I love it and how it is helping get rid of my wrinkles. FYI: Brightening up your skin with this tranexamic-acid treatment can actually make your under-eye bags look a bit less pronounced, says Dr. Essentially, evening out the darkness helps create the illusion that your under-eyes are a bit flatter.

I just gently rub it into my skin, and I will say, after about two uses, I began to notice that my dark spots were feeding quickly. Cryo facial tools , like these glass cryo globes, help to reduce inflammation and swelling under the eyes by temporarily shrinking the blood vessels in your skin, says dermatologist Mona Gohara, MD.

After cleansing and moisturizing your skin moisture helps cryo tools glide easily across your face , massage your under-eyes with the globes, starting at the inner corner of your eyes, before gliding them up toward your temples.

Vitamin C not only protects against damage-causing free radicals which lead to premature fine lines and collagen loss , but it also helps disrupt the melanin production in your skin, working to fade dark spots and hyperpigmentation.