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14 Best Eye Creams

Starting to see the tell-tale signs of too much work and too little sleep in the bags and circles under your eyes? Readers say these eye creams are the best way to banish fine lines, puffiness, and discoloration for good

January 23, 2012 | by Jane Chung, Sharon J. Yi | 97 COMMENTS

No. 13: Kinerase Extreme Lift Eye, $95 TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 8.2*
Why it's great: Readers call it "eyelid surgery in a bottle!" This "must-have" product "tightens" for a "youthful awake look," and "within minutes you can see the difference in your eyes." Its "silky texture" works "great under makeup." One reader says she "honestly couldn't believe the results" when it "took years off [her] eyes after only a few days of applying it." "This product is pretty amazing if you need a quick beauty pick-me-up," says another. "I love how it illuminates the area around your eye!"

Agree? Disagree? Write your review here.

*At time of publication

SEE NEXT PAGE: No. 12: Murad Renewing Eye Cream, $73

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products mentioned

Boscia Enlivening Amino-AG Eye Treatment

8.2

Kinerase Extreme Lift Eye

7.2

Murad Renewing Eye Cream

8.7

Dr. Brandt Flaws No More r3p eye

7.8

Origins No Puffery Cooling Mask for Puffy Eyes

8.3

Patricia Wexler M.D. Dermatology Fastscription...

8.3

Bioelements Sleepwear for Eyes

8.7

Borba Orbital Eye Rejuvenator

8.8

Eminence Herbal Eye Contour Cream

8.5

La Mer The Eye Concentrate

8.4

Dermalogica Total Eye Care SPF 15

8.8

ZO Skin Health Olluminate Intense Eye Repair

8.9

Caudalie Pulpe Vitaminee Eye and Lip Cream

8.6

ReVive Intensite Les Yeux Eye Cream

9.0

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You should try and put some olive oil or castor oil on under your eyes before you go to bed.. It definitely helps! Made from Earth even makes an eye cream which has olive oil in it for use under the eyes called the Olive Night Cream. . .

by mark_tennis Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 04:11PM Report as inappropriate

THANK YOU--with the plethora of creams and claims, it's hard to know what to purchase.

by GigiSD Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 12:24AM Report as inappropriate

some of these are too expensive for me

by butterfly11 Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at 02:12PM Report as inappropriate

Before applying a cream, I would suggest to use a skin roller to create tiny holes in the skin so the cream is delivered to deeper layers of skin. See today's groupon goods deal for derma roller and collagen cream.

by maria_de_salvo Monday, August 20, 2012 at 03:10PM Report as inappropriate

Thanks for the helpful information. I wish the cost wasn't so expensive.

by muellsrus Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 05:58PM Report as inappropriate

Love the Guerlain Orchidee Imperiale eye and lip cream...a little goes a very long way. I tried a sample first. Then bought the starter kit for Orchidee.

by Ydabney Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 12:23PM Report as inappropriate

nice expensive though

by Nicole2814 Monday, July 16, 2012 at 09:14PM Report as inappropriate

I just ordered the MK firming eye creme. I've used it before and my Arbonne one was leaving my eye area all dry. :-( In the mean time I found one by Aardvarkskincarethai. It uses natural ingredients and oils. Loving the difference so far!

by asiagirl4ever Sunday, July 15, 2012 at 02:15AM Report as inappropriate

Great selections. Eye creams can be quite pricey. But what's important is it's natural ingredients and quality! Cheers! Kaycee (stopping by from Dorco USA)

by KayceeCortez Friday, July 13, 2012 at 11:38AM Report as inappropriate

Eye cream is so expensive. I've heard you can just use your face cream. Does this stuff really help with wrinkles and color? I haven't seen anything yet that can.

by Taylerbootz Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 07:11PM Report as inappropriate

Some make-up artists have told me you shouldn't need a separate cream for your eyes--that a good moisturizer can be used anywhere. Any comments. Kendall

by kendallmalloy Friday, July 6, 2012 at 09:59AM Report as inappropriate

If I ponied up 165 bucks for an eye cream, the stuff had better make the area around my eyes look like a teenager's again. I don't know anybody who can afford to spend that much money on just a single skin care product.

by BengalsGal Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 04:09AM Report as inappropriate

Just make sure whatever product used on the skin has natural ingredients. Chemicals in products are toxic and cause more problems than they cure. Treat skin issues from the inside out. No alcohol,enough sleep, staying well hydrated, eating well , no caffeine will do more than any cream on the market. Most offer little help so spend your money on super foods that will make a difference in your skin!

by Barbmag Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 05:42PM Report as inappropriate

My comment got posted before I could finish. I was gonna say that while I\'m sure these products are great, how about some stuff we can actually afford?

by starla1971 Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 03:20PM Report as inappropriate

Ookay

by starla1971 Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 03:15PM Report as inappropriate

I love, love, LOVE Origins! I wasn't aware they had this product. I am very excited to try it!

by flirtygirl214 Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 09:49PM Report as inappropriate

I've wanted La Mer for years! Don't know if I'll ever be able to afford it though.

by Karica4 Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 12:33PM Report as inappropriate

i want to try all of them!!!

by tanje_zammiello Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 06:58PM Report as inappropriate

Three words ... Peter Thomas Roth.

by robyne00 Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 06:08AM Report as inappropriate

Wow! Some of those are so expensive! I'm perfectly happy with my $10 Barielle cream from Sally Beauty Supply!

by StanziMozart Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 05:18PM Report as inappropriate

I've been using Sevani Eye Repair Age Defying Eye Creme with great success for the last few months. My giant puffy under eye bags are gone as are my dark circles. I'm really excited though by the fact that these products are also 100% natural, cruelty free, vegan, fragrance free, GMO free and totally non toxic! Many of these brands listed here do test on animals, use animal ingredients, toxins, chemicals and more to get their "results" and I just can't handle that w/my sensitive skin (and heart!). Anyone into good products with great results that are all natural too should definitely try Sevani. You can buy direct from their site or they also sell through third party resellers like The Skin Specialist and Truth In Aging - so no matter where you live you can get these awesome natural beauty products!

by ginney_harris Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 09:16AM Report as inappropriate

I've been thinking about getting an eye cream because I've noticed that the skin on my eyelids is too soft and I don't want my eyes to start looking too hooded and this article gave me really good direction and I'm not so entirely lost when I finally decide to purchase an eye cream, which will be very soon!

by valeria_burton Monday, April 30, 2012 at 02:02PM Report as inappropriate

Awesome! I need a good eye cream!

by lisiana_de_bem_justino Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 08:09PM Report as inappropriate

Why are eye creams always so expensive?! Probably because it's such a common problem and people are money hungry. Seriously... my little eye moisturizer I have was 9$, it's a tiny little tub of it.

by catalinahx Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 08:47PM Report as inappropriate

I think Avon eye products work better than $100 eye creams I have tried and I've never paid more an $30 - $35 for any of them. I am shocked not to see them here. I don't sell the stuff or anything, I just buy it and love it (plus they run good sales all the time). My favorite is the Anew Ultimate Contouring Eye Sytem. This stuff rocks! Gets rid of wrinkles and firms the eye skin area. Ladies over 40 shouldn't leave the house without using it first. And, if you remember to put it on at night, you wake up feeling like a new person when you look in the mirror.

by Cheryl5752 Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 07:10PM Report as inappropriate

I have problems with dark circles. You know, the type that begins in the inner corner of the lower eyelid. The color is usually purple, sometimes red. Does anyone know of a eye product that can eliminate this ugly eye problem?

by kmlvr9 Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 11:41AM Report as inappropriate

About to run out of my current cream. Might try something new this time!

by pynkNymphette Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 12:13AM Report as inappropriate

some of those brands i never heard before and i dont think i could find them in my country....

by 4getu123 Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 06:49AM Report as inappropriate

I haven't even heard of several of these brands! I found Derma Doctor Wrinkle Revenge eye cream to be the best. Even eliminates my dark circles!

by tallredamanda Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 06:17AM Report as inappropriate

I have yet to find any eye product that eliminates dark circles, and I have tried a lot of them. So, I have a new list to consider. I have to say the violet scent of the Origins No Puffery really put me off, and it didn't do anything. It would really help if the product reviews said if the products were cruelty-free. Fragrance free would help, too. You'd save me a lot of time researching companies.

by TinkerBelles Friday, March 30, 2012 at 02:14AM Report as inappropriate

A lot of these cost so much because there really is a LOT of science and research that goes into these products. I work in the skin care industry and we sell Obagi Elastiderm ($99) and SkinCeuticals AGE Eye Complex ($85) like they're gumballs. A high quality product can really make a difference.

by laura_schulz Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 03:32PM Report as inappropriate

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by myphillylaser Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 02:10AM Report as inappropriate

Why are eye serums so freaking pricey? It seems to me like the beauty industry jacks up the price on a common beauty concern. It's kind of sad really. There's no way I would ever be able to afford any of those serums. I found a cheap $9 cucumber eye moisturizer and that's what I've been using. Wish I could afford some of these listed though. :/

by catalinahx Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 11:11AM Report as inappropriate

Oh gosh, I would love to try anything from La Mer.

by volta Monday, March 19, 2012 at 02:03AM Report as inappropriate

My have has been looking for an eyecream, i will consider some of this choices. Thanks

by Kary43 Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 10:44AM Report as inappropriate

I am using an eye cream which is more cheaper than those products in here, and it works fine with me, but i want to use other eyecream but im afraid that i dont have that much money to buy one, i really have a bad problem on my under eye area. I want to try olay products on my eye, i know it will be good on my eye.

by geli_an Monday, March 12, 2012 at 07:34AM Report as inappropriate

I have conflicting things about whether or not to use an eye cream I think a good eye cream can at least reduce puffing.

by powerwoman033 Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 11:57PM Report as inappropriate

I've always had great luck with iS Clinical eye creams and recently I've fallen in love with their newest brand, iS. Their Restorative Eye Complex should have been on this list. Bad news: it's really hard to find- I can only find this brand on the Skinterra website, Good news: when I loaded up on iS products at Skinterra they were having a promo and I got a Free Essentials Kit which was awesome!

by egbrock Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 11:22AM Report as inappropriate

The products are quite expensive! There were two in there for about 20-25 dollars but even so, those two product's containers are very big! :(

by peachtone Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 08:05PM Report as inappropriate

Lancôme RARE lifting serum and cream should have been listen as number 1 and 2...

by BareeFacedBeautyy Friday, March 2, 2012 at 05:36PM Report as inappropriate

There is no point. And also I've heard from many people that eye creams stretch the sensitive skin around the eye and can cause bagginess after a lot of use.

by Alisunshine Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 09:36AM Report as inappropriate

I don't find this very useful. These products are very expensive especially in those tiny bottles! I understand if you have really big dark circles, but otherwise, what's the point?

by flash501 Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 10:37AM Report as inappropriate

The dermalogical total eye care sounds like the best one. I'm def going to try

by Nayeli11 Friday, February 17, 2012 at 11:32AM Report as inappropriate

Awesome

by queenphoto Friday, February 10, 2012 at 03:36PM Report as inappropriate

Very Helpful

by Sophia3395 Friday, February 10, 2012 at 07:41AM Report as inappropriate

Informative. I will try Dr Wexler since I suffer from eye allergies and my eyes are puffy all day, even after a great night sleep. Her brand is more affordable too : >

by beauty_goddess Monday, February 6, 2012 at 10:50AM Report as inappropriate

Some of these sound great....Just wish I could afford to buy them. I guess when I am a lil older I will be able to and will probably need to more than I do now. HOpe my eyes hold up awhile longer though at these prices!

by bayoukris Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 06:54PM Report as inappropriate

I have never seen any of these products available in Ontario Canada at eithr drugstores or high end stores. Have used a lot up to $90, found neostrata eye serum gave noticeable results cost $47

by mum21 Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 05:55PM Report as inappropriate

Can't wait to try out some new eye creams!

by shandimessmer Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 11:39AM Report as inappropriate

Thanks for the reviews... I have been looking for a GREAT eye cream!

by gerrsbabe Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 07:31AM Report as inappropriate

Thanks for these awesome eye cream recommendations! I'm still on the search for a good one!

by MissXu Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 01:54PM Report as inappropriate

For an option that doesn't cost an arm and a leg, or perhsps both legs, lol...Sephora sells a line called First Aid Beauty and I really like their 5 in 1 eye cream. I think it is around 30$. 2 others in that range and perhaps lower that I have used in the past and liked are Juice Beautys Green Apple Antioxidant eye cream and 100% Pure Vanilla and Coffee bean. All of these are in pump bottles which I like, and I always find one way or another to get every last bit of product! :)

by Raven_93 Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 10:35AM Report as inappropriate

Okay, great, got any ideas on what we mere mortals can buy?

by starla1971 Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 02:13PM Report as inappropriate

Eye Creams are just way to expensive and cheap to make..I do like some of them listed..I love others that are not.

by tiffany_gallehugh Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 02:00PM Report as inappropriate

Eye creams are so expensive these days..!

by pink_love Monday, January 23, 2012 at 08:18PM Report as inappropriate

great article. I can honestly say that i havent tried any of these products. I am thinking that i am going to check some of these out.

by laurie72 Monday, January 23, 2012 at 06:01PM Report as inappropriate

nice article, but I wish there were more products under 30$. It would be a shame to spend over a 100$ and not have much of a result. :P

by venenumletalis Monday, January 23, 2012 at 03:10PM Report as inappropriate

I have used the Bosica Ag and wasn't impressed. Origins no-puffery works nicely if you put it on in time before you go somewhere. The nest eye creams I have used are Caudalie Premier Cru on the high end and First Aid Beauty (avail at Sephora) 5 in 1 eye cream. The FAB line is great!

by Raven_93 Monday, January 23, 2012 at 02:23PM Report as inappropriate

some of creams are so hard to find, the rest are so expensive

by 4getu123 Monday, January 23, 2012 at 01:41PM Report as inappropriate

Many of these are difficult to find in a store.

by krycekov Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 06:03AM Report as inappropriate

Drink more water and eat less salty food, and sleep a bit elevated.

by Minibear Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 04:25PM Report as inappropriate

Great article! Just a question: this information would be helpful to me if you could show the number of people voting for these products. It makes a difference if 75 people give one product a 9, and another product is rated a 9 by 2000 people.

by jctkrause Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 07:36PM Report as inappropriate

I have tried everything, yet nothing works..

by mgibs96 Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 12:39PM Report as inappropriate

I can almost give you a 100% guarantee that you will be happy, estatic, and completely satisfied with shiseido eyecream. I don't get paid by Shiseido, but it has saved my face for decades.

by Danainannapolis Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 08:03PM Report as inappropriate

the best eye cream in the world is shisiedo benefiance. I don't sell this line as a job, I sell it because I know it is true. I have been using it since 1982. And it is not even listed.

by Danainannapolis Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 07:48PM Report as inappropriate

i wanna try these eye creams

by Nicole2814 Friday, November 18, 2011 at 05:35PM Report as inappropriate

I need to go to sephora to try out some of these and maybe get a few samples! Im desperate to finally find an eye cream that works!!!

by anna_davis Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 10:04PM Report as inappropriate

I wish this article listed which ones were grood for night & which for day. I would love to try number 1 but it is about $130 out of my price range.

by freddy420 Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 01:46AM Report as inappropriate

i second that! good article!

by gloriab99 Sunday, October 30, 2011 at 12:38PM Report as inappropriate

Thanks, i have a hard time finding good eye creams.

by shar_r Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 03:03PM Report as inappropriate

Would be great to see some that really work which are less expensive!

by Breton Sunday, September 11, 2011 at 07:58PM Report as inappropriate

Thanks, many to try. I am still looking for a holy grail for my dark circles

by Agrimony Friday, September 9, 2011 at 02:09PM Report as inappropriate

Very good to know! I'm a big fan of Murad and Neutrogena products!

by vfalkow Friday, September 9, 2011 at 01:51PM Report as inappropriate

I guess I will have to try a couple of these...there goes my last paycheck

by kelser11 Friday, September 9, 2011 at 11:59AM Report as inappropriate

the murad eye cream is amazing! i tried it a couple of times, and after only one use i could see results!

by kristiannaraj Saturday, September 3, 2011 at 10:41AM Report as inappropriate

I wish these would work for me!

by Bon_Bon Monday, August 15, 2011 at 02:51AM Report as inappropriate

I haven't heard of any of these

by Bon_Bon Sunday, August 14, 2011 at 11:35PM Report as inappropriate

The only one I could find was the Origins, but after trying it I was pretty impressed.

by MissPurple Monday, August 1, 2011 at 12:10PM Report as inappropriate

I wish they would update this list. Most of these aren't even sold anymore.

by volta Sunday, July 24, 2011 at 01:46AM Report as inappropriate

Should we waste our money on eye creams or no. One of your articles state no it's a waste and another states that you should?

by Only1KimmieD Friday, July 15, 2011 at 09:27AM Report as inappropriate

I'll have to try the Neutrogena - it's the only one I can afford!

by WiccanLady Monday, July 11, 2011 at 03:40PM Report as inappropriate

There are NO creams that will get rid of wrinkles or puffy eyes. I tried everything because I had puffy eyes in my 20's. When they looked really bad in my 40's, I went to a plastic surgeon to take care of the problem. Please don't waste your money. Ignore the hype in TV ads and from cosmetic gals. I've found that Olay Regenerist Serum is a good moisturizer for the face and around the eyes, just to keep them from looking dry. Save your money and go to a board certified plastic surgeon, or to a good dermatoloist for a temporary solution.

by ronist Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 09:33AM Report as inappropriate

How many users actually use these eye creams, I wonder? I've never seen a dermatologist yet who didn't just recommend using a normal moisturizer around my eyes, assuming the ingredients were safe. I'll have to compare ingredients and see if there's a significant difference. Anybody have great luck with one of these?

by bukiyounahito Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 09:25AM Report as inappropriate

I've tried a few eye creams but they all give me milia :( Not cute. Maybe one of these will work?

by LipglossandSpandex Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 10:19PM Report as inappropriate

clinque is good but loreal is the best

by AmandaAmanda Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 03:04PM Report as inappropriate

Boscia is great!

by OSUgirl Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 04:27PM Report as inappropriate

oooh, nice!

by yckitsmary Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 09:58PM Report as inappropriate

Wow! No more excuses...you shared products in a very wide price range.

by alictasia Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 05:27PM Report as inappropriate

everything I read talks about NOT skimping on eye cream. and at the same time I am so sick of sales people wasting my time and selling me products that don't work.

by erin_surace Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 08:47AM Report as inappropriate

The costs of some of these....yikes!

by volta Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 11:41PM Report as inappropriate

they look awesome. i hope there'll be a post for drugstore eye creams too.

by vanitychild Monday, March 28, 2011 at 11:17PM Report as inappropriate

i have never used any of these...

by lelalu100 Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 01:26PM Report as inappropriate

I thought this was a good round-up. Just disappointed to see how many of the top-rated eye creams were very expensive.

by Jewelrydesigner Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 09:53AM Report as inappropriate

I like that the slide show represented both drug store brands and high end products. It's a good way to compare value for money spent. Thank you!

by crownjules Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 04:25PM Report as inappropriate

neutrogena is pretty awesome. unfortunately most on this list arent as inexpensive. maybe u should make a separate list of best drugstore eye creams.

by kenya Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 01:40PM Report as inappropriate

This is also on your "14 Products That Won't Keep You Young" article. So which is it?

by mishael53 Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 06:31PM Report as inappropriate

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