Rating of the best eye creams in the 30+ category

Still, the most expressive part of the face is the eyes, you can read a lot from them. Including, sadly, age. That is why anti-aging care often begins with the skin around the eyes. What to choose after 30? One of the 10 Healthy-Food editors consider the best.

Features of the skin of the eyelids

The skin around the eyes is about 6 times thinner than, for example, on the cheek. It is not difficult to guess that she is more easily irritated, dehydrated, and becomes sensitive.

Here are its main characteristics:

  • easily dehydrated, because there are no sebaceous glands;

  • easily swells: under thin skin there is loose fatty tissue, which quickly absorbs water;

  • prone to the appearance of dark circles: eye muscles or vessels can shine through it; blood flow is also disturbed due to smoking, stress, lack of sleep, but the most common cause is heredity;

  • gathers in mimic wrinkles.

Find out with our test what kind of skin care around the eyes you need.

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Features of eye creams

Cosmetics designed for the area around the eyes are created with the mandatory participation of dermatologists and ophthalmologists.

Features of composition

We list the most relevant and necessary ingredients for the skin of the eyelids.

  • Hydrofixators, including hyaluronic acid, aloe, algae extracts, retain moisture.

  • Caffeine, escin, dextran, haloxyl stimulate blood and lymph flow, helping to deal with edema.

  • Extracts of cornflower, horse chestnut, needles save from bags and dark circles under the eyes.

  • Vegetable oils (such as stone fruit) compensate for the lack of protective sebum.

  • Antioxidants (vitamins A, C, E, resveratrol) strengthen the skin.

  • Polysaccharides affect the production of elastin and collagen, thus smoothing out wrinkles.

  • Waxes and silicones give a lifting effect.

Properties and Tasks

What effect do we expect after 30 years from the cream around the eyes?

  • Skin hydration.

  • Smoothing out small wrinkles.

  • Increasing elasticity.

  • Puffiness reduction.

  • Even tone without dark circles.

  • Erasing traces of fatigue.

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Top 8 Best Eye Creams

Our list of eye creams for XNUMXs are the best, according to the editors of Healthy-Food.

Moisturizing cream for the skin around the eyes “Protection against wrinkles 35+”, Garnier

Provides the necessary care for the sensitive area, with the help of shea butter smoothes “crow’s feet”. Enriched with tea polyphenols and caffeine.

BB cream eye roll, Garnier

As befits a BB cream, it tones and moisturizes the skin, and thanks to haloxyl and grapefruit extract, it erases dark circles. Works great as a primer.

Revitalift eye cream filler [+Hyaluronic acid], L’Oréal Paris

Tightens the upper eyelid, rejuvenating and opening the eyes. The skin is smoothed, toned, wrinkles are filled, including the nasolacrimal groove, all thanks to a high dose of hyaluronic acid. A convenient applicator allows you to evenly apply a cool gel, massages the skin.

Firming care for the eye contour against the signs of aging at different stages of formation Slow Age, Vichy

The task of the remedy is the prevention and correction of age-related changes, from traces of accumulated fatigue to wrinkles. Powerful antioxidants baicalin and ginkgo biloba extract curb the accumulation of damage that causes skin aging. Caffeine tones, probiotic strengthens the microbiome and has a beneficial effect on skin functions. Shea butter makes the cream especially soft and comfortable to apply.

Eye contour treatment against wrinkles and signs of fatigue, increasing skin elasticity, Hyalu B5 Eyes, La Roche-Posay

Thanks to two types of hyaluronic acid, well-hydrated skin becomes more elastic. Vitamin B5 soothes and restores. The cream relieves dehydration and wrinkles associated with it, and also tightens the skin thanks to shea butter and apricot kernels.

Eye cream “Hyaluron Expert”, L’Oréal Paris

The formula contains two types of hyaluronic acid: high molecular weight retains moisture on the surface of the skin, low molecular weight penetrates into the deep layers of the epidermis and fills wrinkles.

Anti-aging cream for the skin around the eyes Blue Therapy Eye Cream, Biotherm

Powerful moisturizing formula can get rid of crow’s feet and dark spots. The refreshing texture gives a feeling of comfort, energizes the skin, restoring its radiance and freshness.

Cream for restoring the eye contour Rénergie Multi-Lift Yeux, Lancôme

Squalane improves skin elasticity, hyaluronic acid moisturizes, silica particles provide an instant effect, visually camouflaging wrinkles.
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Application rules

Care for the area around the eyes does not tolerate negligence, because the skin here is very sensitive. How to do everything right?

  1. Take off your makeup.

  2. Wash your face.

  3. Pat your skin dry with a towel.

  4. Take a pea-sized drop of cream, enough for the skin around both eyes.

  5. Apply the cream first under the eyebrow.

  6. Then – on the lower eyelid, along the orbital bone.

  7. Apply the cream with the pad of the ring finger with light tapping movements.

  8. On the upper (fixed) eyelid, move from the inner corner of the eye to the outer. On the bottom – from the outer to the inner.

Here are some tips for applying eye cream.

  • Do not rub or stretch the skin around the eyes, but it can be gently massaged.

  • Never apply eye care products to the movable eyelid. The only exception is a direct recommendation from the manufacturer.

  • If you need to get rid of dark circles and swelling, you can gently tap on the skin with your fingertips – this technique is called “rain”.

  • Anti-aging cream is applied along the lines of the least stretching of the skin – along the orbital bone, with slight pressure.

  • For a cooling effect, you can keep the eye cream in the refrigerator for 20-30 minutes before use or apply it with a cold spatula.

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