EYE CREAM & EYE SERUMS

Eye creams and eye serums are a type of skincare product formulated to address the unique concerns of delicate skin around the eyes. The delicate eye area, including the under-eyes and eyelids, are more prone to skin concerns such as fine lines, wrinkles, dryness, dark circles and puffiness. This is due to its thin skin and constant exposure to environmental aggressors. Eye care products, creams, serums, and eye treatments, are formulated to provide targeted benefits to the eye area, including deep hydration, skin brightening, and firming, to help reduce the appearance of common eye area concerns.

Eye serums are formulated to provide benefits to address the unique concerns of delicate skin around the eye contour. These benefits include:

• Hydration: Eye creams formulated with hydrating ingredients like hyaluronic acid plump skin, reducing the appearance of dryness.
• Anti-aging: Eye creams are often formulated with anti-ageing ingredients, like retinol and peptides, to target fine lines and wrinkles.
• Reduces puffiness: Eye creams are also formulated with ingredients like caffeine to reduce puffiness.
• Brightens dark circles: Eye products can contain vitamin C and niacinamide that can improve skin tone.
• Improved absorption: Eye creams allow for deeper penetration and hydration for more visible results. of ingredients, allowing for deeper hydration and more noticeable results.
• Prep skin for makeup: Eye creams create a smooth base for applying makeup.

Eye creams and serums generally all have hydrating properties, but formulas will vary depending on the skin concern and skin needs.

To address fine lines and wrinkles:

Mature skin prone to wrinkles and sagging skin should look for an eye cream containing anti-ageing ingredients. The most common include retinol, that speeds up skin cell renewal, peptides, that promotes collagen production for skin elasticity, and vitamin C, that brightens the skin and prevents free radical damage. For addressing ageing skin concerns, we recommend the Redermic Anti-Wrinkle Eye Cream.

To target dark circles and eye bags:

Products containing caffeine can temporarily revitalise tired eyes and puffiness. You should also look for peptides to promote collagen production and vitamin K to help comfort and soften the skin. The Pigmentclar Anti-Pigmentation Eye Cream is a great option for dark circles and discolouration.

For dry and sensitive skin:

If you have dry or sensitive skin, choose a deeply hydrating eye serum or cream. Products containing higher concentrations of hyaluronic acid, ceramides, vitamin B5 and other moisturising ingredients can provide dry and irritation-prone skin. We recommend the Hyalu B5 Eye Serum to nourish and re-plump the skin.

Always read the ingredient label and follow the product’s instructions for use to ensure you’re getting the best results for your specific needs.

La Roche-Posay carries a selection of eye serums and creams formulated to hydrate, brighten and revitalise the under eye area. Our formulas contain key ingredients including:

• Hyaluronic acid: Hyaluronic acid is a powerful humectant that attracts and retains water to hydrate and plump the skin. Hyaluronic acid serums and creams are ideal for targeting dryness around the eyes.
• Vitamin B5: Vitamin B5 acts as both an emollient and a humectant, attracting moisture and sealing it in for intense hydration. B5 also known as Panthenol powerful hydrating properties making it a great ingredient for under eye skin more prone to dryness and the visible signs of ageing.
• Peptides: Peptides are small chains of amino acids that help to promote collagen production responsible for the skin's elasticity and firmness. Peptide eye creams can help improve the appearance of lines, wrinkles, and eye bags, perfect for mature skin.
• Vitamin C: is an antioxidant that helps to achieve brighter, firmer skin. This can be great for revitalising tired eyes, vitamin c also useful in preventing under eye skin concerns from worsening by protecting from UV and environmental damage.
• Retinol: Promotes skin cell turnover and collagen production to reveal smooth, fresh skin. Retinol helps visibly reduce the signs of ageing, including fine lines, wrinkles and sagging skin under the eyes.
• Niacinamide: Targets the cells responsible for the skin's pigment to visibly fade dark areas and uneven patches of skin. Niacinamide also helps strengthen the skin moisture barrier to protect delicate under-eye skin.
• Caffeine: Caffeine helps reduce puffiness and dark circles to give tired eyes a more awake and refreshed appearance.
• Vitamin K: Addresses dark circles and discoloration, improving the overall tone of the under-eye area.

Most eye serums or creams area applied at the end of your skincare routine, following a moisturiser. You can use an eye serum or cream in the morning to revitalise and wake up your delicate eye skin, or in the evening to support the skin's natural renewal process overnight. Always follow specific instructions of your chosen product to make the most of your eye cream.

1. Using your ring finger, apply a very small amount of product onto the eye contour and eyelids.
2. Gently pat product into skin, starting from the inner corner and working your way outward.
3. Use a gentle, upward motion to help lift and firm the skin.
4. Allow the product to absorb fully before applying additional products.
5. For the day, follow with a high SPF, broad-spectrum sunscreen.

There is no ideal time to start using an eye serum or cream, and it will largely depend on your skin type or skin concern. To minimise the formation of fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes, you can start using an eye cream in your mid-20s when collagen and elastin production first beings to decline. For dry skin concerns, there isn't a specific time you should add a hydrating eye serum to your skincare routine, but the skin will be more prone to dehydration as you age, making an eye serum or cream more beneficial.

While most face creams are suitable for use under the eyes, an eye cream is formulated with active ingredients to specifically target the delicate area around the eyes to target dryness, puffiness and dark circles, and a face cream likely won't provide the same skin benefits to this area of the face. Eye creams are generally thicker and richer than facial creams, allowing them to deeply nourish dry skin on the eyelids and under-eyes.

Yes! The range of La Roche Posay eye serums and creams have been formulated for all skin types, including sensitive skin. For very sensitive or irritation-prone skin, you can opt for the Toleriane Dermallergo Eye Cream For Sensitive Skin, formulated with gentle active ingredients for brighter, more hydrated skin.

Eye creams can address specific skin concerns around the eye area, including fine lines, wrinkles, dry skin, dark circles and under eye puffiness. These skin concerns are common around the eye area because the skin is much thinner and more delicate, more likely to lose elasticity, and more often exposed to UV rays and free radicals. Depending on the eye serum or cream, they will target these skin concerns to brighten, smooth-out and hydrate the skin around the eyes. Within the La Roche-Posay range, the Redermic R Anti-Wrinkle Eye Cream uses zinc sulfate and caffeine to smooth out and brighten the eye. The Pigmentclar Anti-Pigmentation Eye Cream uses niacinamide and ferulic acid dark circles under the eyes, and the Hyalu B5 Eye Serum uses a humectant blend to deeply hydrate the skin and visibly reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.