The best eye creams for every skin concern

Not sure which one cream is right for you? We've got you sorted

InStyle Contributor / May 25 2017

The delicate skin around your eyes is prone to fine lines, dark circles and puffiness so no matter what type of skin you have, you should incorporate an eye cream into your daily routine. Hard-working anti-ageing ingredients assist in brightening, firming and hydrating— and show wrinkles who’s boss. Here, we reveal the best eye creams.

The problem: dullness

Lancôme Advanced Génifique Yeux Light-Pearl Eye Illuminator Youth Activating Concentrate creates vibrant skin and significantly reduces circles and bags. Plus, it’s enriched with microbeads that help lessen the appearance of imperfections.

Lancôme Advanced Génifique Yeux Light-Pearl Eye Illuminator Youth Activating Concentrate

The problem: crow’s feet

Elizabeth Arden Ceramide Gold Eye Capsules , created for mature skin, should be used daily. Vitamin C and E protect against free radicals, while ceramides strengthen the skin’s moisture barrier and minimises wrinkles.

The problem: fine lines and wrinkles

Ultraceuticals Ultra A Perfecting Eye Cream helps erase fine lines and vitamin A protects and hydrates the skin.

Ultraceuticals Ultra A Perfecting Eye Cream

The problem: dry skin

If your under-eye area is taking a walk on the dry side, putting you at risk of developing fine lines, you’re going to love Philosophy Renewed Hope In A Jar Eye's moisturising hyaluronic acid and blue agave leaf extract.

philosophy renewed hope in a jar eye

The problem: ageing skin

Designed to treat advanced signs of ageing, Ella Baché Eternal Restructuring Eye Cream combats glycation, a condition where sugar latches onto protein (in this case, collagen) causing a loss of skin density and wrinkles.

The problem: puffiness

Skin-firming peptides and light-diffusing particles in Benefit Puff Off!  target under-eye baggage and dark circles, while the tapered tip and gel formula have a cooling effect.

Benefit puff off!

The problem: dark circles

Undo all those late nights with this Perricone MD Vitamin C Ester Eye Serum . The wonder ingredient of vitamin C helps brighten and improve collagen production and overall skin tone.

The problem: tired eyes

With plant-derived caffeine to perk up the skin and licorice root to lighten the area, Aveda Botanical Kinetics Energizing Eye Creme help will make you look wide awake.

Aveda Botanical Kinetics Energizing Eye Creme

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