BEAUTY: EYE SERUMS
Tackle your delicate eye area concerns with these powerhouse products
Words by Christina Ko
When it comes to treating the most delicate facial features, these title-grabbing skincare solutions are sure to catch your eye.
Best For: blue light damage
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Spending long hours in front of screens won’t just tire out and damage your eyes, it’ll take a toll on the skin around them, too, by weakening immunity, enhancing inflammation and generally speeding up the ageing process. To combat this specific issue, look for eye creams with antioxidant ingredients near the top of the list—it’s hard to beat Estee Lauder’s Advanced Night Repair Eye Supercharged Complex Synchronized Recovery which promises eight hours of antioxidant power.
Best For: fine lines and wrinkles
If you’re a fan of the SK-II Facial Treatment Essence, then you’ll certainly love the brand’s R.N.A Power Eye Cream, combining miraculous, vitamin-rich PITERA™ with a Radical New Age Complex to strengthen and support skin surface renewal. Users have found that the eye area feels softer than ever and well hydrated, with a measurable difference in crow’s feet and other lines in as soon as one week.
Best For: brightening dark circles
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Clé de Peau Beauté’s Enhancing Eye Contour Cream Supreme is renowned as an all-rounder that works to reverse signs of ageing, but anyone tackling dark circles will love its brightening effects courtesy of a patented Illuminating Complex EX. Use it with the accompanying massaging tool which assists with lymphatic drainage for a one-two punch that will leave you looking bright-eyed no matter how much sleep you’ve missed.
Best For: firming, lifting and toning
La Prairie has solidified itself as skincare royalty, but the brand’s eye collection is the jewel in the crown. The Skin Caviar Eye Lift is so effective that you can actually feel it working upon application; a slight tingling effect should be expected as the potent serum works to tighten and redefine the entire area, from the puffiness of the under-eye zone all the way up to the brow and eyelid which are prone to sagging as a result of expression.
Best For: smoothing and priming
Giorgio Armani Beauty’s Crema Nera Extrema Volume Reshaping Eye Serum is powered by Reviscentalis, an extract from a plant that literally has the ability to resurrect itself. Scientific claims aside, skincare enthusiasts love this serum for its ability to slow signs of ageing and combat dark circles, but mostly because it instantly smooths the eye area. On top of that, it is easily absorbed, making it a pre-make-up go-to to prep the region without leaving behind greasiness that might interfere with product application.
Best For: strengthening and healing
The benefits of La Mer’s Miracle Broth—a heal-all agent that helped the brand’s founder recover from severe burns—are known far and wide. Now imagine that ingredient adapted for use on the eye area, and you’ve got a one-size-fits-all potion known as The Eye Concentrate. Endless online reviews reveal that users all seem to love it for different reasons— that’s because it targets cells that are out of sync. So, whether your issue is dehydration or inflammation, it’s sure to lend a helping hand.