8 Best Eye Creams

Lancôme’s luxe, vitamin-packed cream won the GH Beauty Lab’s latest anti-aging eye cream test, proving worth the splurge for hydrating and firming. The formula, which contains vitamin C and E, scored highest for increasing skin moisture, by 41% over six hours and boosted firmness by 29% over four weeks of use. Several testers said they could see a noticeable difference: “My bags are almost gone,” one said. “The creamy-yet-lightweight formula seemed to disappear into my undereye skin, leaving it smooth and younger-looking from the very first use,” another marveled.

• Size: 0.7 ounces
• Key ingredients: Vitamins C and E, botanical extracts
• Primary benefits: Moisturizing, firming

The most affordable winner of the GH Beauty Lab’s anti-aging eye treatment test, Garnier’s silky shea butter and caffeine cream was a tester favorite as well as a fantastic skin firmer and softener. The formulation came in second for firming, with a 32% increase, and hydrating, with a 31% uptick, though it didn’t visibly reduce wrinkles in Lab assessments. It got great scores from testers for its pleasant scent. “Others noticed and asked what I’d done,” one noted. “It seemed to help with firmness,” another said.

• Size: 0.5 ounces
• Key ingredients: Caffeine, retinol, peptides
• Primary benefits: Firming, moisturizing