Eye Cream Quiz: Find Your Eye Cream

Find your eye cream

The skin around the eyes is the thinnest on the face. It shows change first, forgives least, and tolerates less active than the skin everywhere else — which is exactly why eye-specific formulas exist, and why simply pushing your face products up to the lash line tends to end badly.

Our quiz starts with what bothers you most — dark circles and dullness, fine lines, loss of firmness, or nothing yet and you'd like to keep it that way. It then asks how you feel about retinol near the eyes (eye-specific retinol formulas are dosed for thin skin — the results without the flaking) and which texture you'll actually enjoy using twice a day, because the eye cream you enjoy is the one that gets used.

However it lands: apply with the ring finger, morning and night. It's the lightest touch you have.

Take the eye cream quiz

Prevention-minded? Peptides earn their keep long before stronger actives are needed — see the ingredient library.

Every active ingredient we stock, explained. What it does, how it works, what the evidence supports, and where the marketing gets ahead of the research. Reviewed by the doctors of Epios Cosmetic Clinic.

Retinoids

Antioxidants

Acids and Exfoliants

Peptides

Brightening

Barrier and Hydration

N-Acetyl GlucosamineAmino sugar — hydration and tone Acetylated Hyaluronic AcidHumectant Alpha-Glucan OligosaccharidePrebiotic Beta-GlucanSoothing polysaccharide CeramidesBarrier lipids Colloidal OatmealSkin protectant and soothing agent Copper PCAMineral humectant EctoinHumectant and cell protectant Exosomes (Extracellular Vesicles)Signalling vesicles HoneyHumectant and soothing agent Hyaluronic AcidHumectant Lactobacillus Ferment LysatePostbiotic barrier support PDRN (Polydeoxyribonucleotide)Regenerative-trend nucleotide PetrolatumOcclusive Polyglutamic AcidHumectant PullulanFilm-forming polysaccharide RhamnoseSkin-conditioning sugar Saccharide IsomerateHumectant Sacha Inchi OilEmollient (Omega-rich botanical oil) Seabuckthorn Fruit OilEmollient (Antioxidant-rich botanical oil) Silk ProteinFilm-forming protein Soluble Collagen (Topical)Film-forming moisturiser SqualaneEmollient Tremella FuciformisPolysaccharide humectant

Congestion

Soothing