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I personally tested dozens of clean eye creams &#; these are my top picks with organic ingredients that are hydrating, nontoxic, and affordable.
Whether we&#;re sleep-deprived, dehydrated, or in the midst of changing seasons, our eyes are typically the first place on our faces to show wear and tear. From puffiness to dark circles to fine lines to tender skin, our eyes show it all. But there&#;s still hope for nourished, hydrated under-eye skin: A good eye cream.
Below, we&#;ve rounded up 10 of our favorite organic eye creams and gels that are sure to revive your eyes. Using organic ingredients like rosehip oil, coffee extract, aloe, squalane, and algae, these products take care of your skin in a safe and natural way.
Why choose natural, nontoxic eye cream?
Since the thin, delicate skin around the eye area is some of the most sensitive on our bodies, it&#;s extra prone to showing those signs of stressors &#; like exhaustion or dehydration. And that sensitive skin might also react more harshly to commonly irritating skincare ingredients, so we love to steer towards brands that use more natural ingredients for their eye creams.
Note that most good eye creams are kind of like a cross between a serum and a moisturizer, hydrating the area while delivering active ingredients, too. Eye creams are definitely not 100% necessary in anyone&#;s skincare routine &#; since hardly anything is (besides SPF!). But if you&#;re looking to target a specific concern like dark circles or fine lines, an eye cream can go a long way in helping you with an extra boost of nourishment and active ingredients.
Our methodology and criteria:
To test the below eye creams, I used them like I would any other eye cream &#; after serum and before moisturizer &#; multiple times, and some I even tested for months. I used no more than a pea-sized amount between both eyes. For ones that boast &#;brightening,&#; I applied in the morning, and ones designed for nourishment, I let sit overnight &#; although you&#;ll notice in the below reviews that some creams are great for both morning and night.
A bit about me: I have combination, acne-prone skin with an under-eye area that can be oily or dry, depending on the weather and my own habits. I have subtle darkness and inflammation in the morning when I&#;m tired, but my main concern is fine lines &#; which are pretty nonexistent when my skin is hydrated but look much more noticeable when it&#;s dry out or when I&#;m dehydrated.
We chose all of the eye creams on this list based on the following criteria, and we conduct regular testing and updates to this piece when we find new favorites that meet our qualifications.
- HYDRATING | The best thing for your under eyes &#; hydration! The less dehydrated your skin is, the less noticeable concerns like fine lines and dark circles will look.
- NONTOXIC | Every brand below has some impressive natural and non-toxic claims. We&#;ve highlighted all their third-party certifications, like EWG verified, cruelty-free, and B-Corp certified.
- AFFORDABLE | We&#;ve included eye creams at a range of different price points to fit anyone&#;s budget.
Looking for something lighter than an eye cream? How about some natural under-eye patches instead? And while your eyes are getting revived, treat the rest of your face with these organic skincare brands and face moisturizers!
Best Overall | Most Affordable | Best for Sensitive Skin
1. Follain
Cruelty free
Natural materials
Recycled materials
Vegan
Best For | Everyday staple
Natural & Organic Ingredients | Rose water, squalane, bakuchiol
Price | $38 ($76/oz)
I first reviewed this eye cream from Follain a few months ago, and it was so good, I&#;ve kept it in my rotation ever since. After a few weeks of use, I now notice a visible brightening effect under my eyes when I use it most mornings, and it has a lovely creamy gel texture and a light floral scent (from its rose water) to boot. That brightening effect is likely from its caffeine, which helps depuff and lighten since it&#;s a vasoconstrictor. The cream also has hydrating squalane and collagen stimulating bakuchiol, which can act like a gentler retinol alternative &#; meaning this product is both brightening and nourishing, suitable for use during the day and at night. Follain is known for its vegan and cruelty-free skincare at fairly affordable price points, and I&#;ve never yet been disappointed with anything from the brand.
The Follain eye cream visibly brightens my eyes in the mornings and has the loveliest rose water scent, making my morning routine feel quite luxurious.
2. Tata Harper
American made
Cruelty free
Vegetarian
Best For | Luxury option
Natural & Organic Ingredients | Centella asiatica, lactobacillus ferment, calendula extract, green tea extract
Price | $130 ($260/oz)
The priciest of all the products on this list, the Tata Harper Restorative Eye Cream didn&#;t disappoint. It has a silky smooth texture that absorbs easily, and after I used it at night, I woke up with significantly fewer fine lines than I usually wake up with (my skin tends to dry out overnight). That efficacy comes from its curated blend of 32 botanicals formulated in high concentrations to work in tandem to rejuvenate the skin around the eyes. Designed for both morning and nighttime use, the cream is great at targeting dryness and under-eye bags. And, just like all Tata Harper products, the cream is made and packaged on their Vermont farm, so they have some pretty impressive sustainability specs like hand-selected raw ingredients and refillable glass packaging that looks so gorgeous on my counter.
When I use Tata Harper at night I wake with noticeably smoother skin around my eyes, where I otherwise tend to experience dryness.
3. Ilia
1% for the planet
Cruelty free
Natural materials
Best For | Light-reflecting particles
Natural & Organic Ingredients | Avocado oil, jojoba oil esters, squalane
Price | $46 ($92/oz)
A cross between skincare and makeup, Ilia&#;s Bright Start Retinol Alternative Eye Cream has super subtle light-reflecting particles &#; mica, namely &#; that help to visibly brighten the under-eye area. But that&#;s not all. The cream is packed with other powerhouse ingredients, too, like caffeine, squalane, and peptides to nourish the area while still layering beautifully underneath makeup (no slipping and sliding here!). I loved its cooling ceramic tip that helps you massage the area and further depuff under your eyes, along with the luminosity of this one &#; it definitely helps you look like you got a full eight hours even when you didn&#;t. Ilia&#;s known for other skincare/makeup hybrids like their skin tint, so they definitely know what they&#;re doing on this front.
This Ilia eye cream has a very subtle light-reflecting quality from mica, making it a great morning brightener with or without makeup.
4. cocokind
American made
Budget friendly
Cruelty free
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Recycled materials
Vegan
Best For | Most affordable
Natural & Organic Ingredients | Hibiscus flower acids, oat extract
Price | $19 ($38/oz)
We&#;re big fans of cocokind here at TGT, a sustainable skincare brand with transparent formulations available at affordable price points. The revitalizing eye cream uses powerful plant-based ingredients like hibiscus flower acids, a natural source of AHAs for gentle exfoliation, while oat extract locks in the skin&#;s moisture barrier for a rejuvenating, plumping effect. The eye cream has a gel-like formula, and I especially loved its metal applicator tip for a cooling and soothing effect &#; so good in the morning! I didn&#;t notice much of a visible difference with this one beyond the intense hydration, but that alone was worth it (along with the cooling tip!), especially at this price point, which makes this a really approachable product. And the brand is available at big box stores, too, like Target!
I love the cocokind eye cream applicator, which is a metal tip and makes the gel-like cream feel instantly cooling and refreshing. Plus I love how afforable and accessible this one is!
5. True Botanicals
Cruelty free
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Made safe
Vegan
Woman owned
Best For | Mature skin
Natural & Organic Ingredients | Green tea extract, mango seed butter, lactobacillus ferment, coffee seed extract
Price | $80 ($160/oz)
One of the thicker eye creams on this list, True Botanicals&#; Resurrection Radiance Eye Cream is all about nourishment and hydration. It has a buttery texture that applied much more smoothly after I warmed up a pea-sized amount between my fingers, and it has a lovely, subtly herbal scent from its cocktail of active botanicals. Its texture is thicker than what I prefer in an eye cream for my acne-prone skin, but for folks whose major concern is dryness, it&#;s ideal. In an independent study, 100% of women saw an improvement in hydration, fine lines, and wrinkles in the eye area after six weeks of use. The cream is formulated to be super gentle on sensitive skin while still targeting under-eye concerns effectively &#; but I&#;d most recommend it to dry, sensitive, and mature skin types.
I recommend the True Botanicals eye cream for people looking for serious hydration; be sure to warm up the product between your fingers so the buttery texture will go on more easily.
6. 100% Pure
American made
Cruelty free
Gluten free
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Best For | Best price per ounce
Natural & Organic Ingredients | Green tea extract, coffee extract, rosehip oil, aloe
Price | $29 ($29/oz)
For a good balance of affordable and visibly depuffing, I loved this Coffee Bean Caffeine Eye Cream by 100% Pure. I applied it after an early wakeup one morning and it felt so soothing to my tired eyes, with a gel/cream texture and a subtly sweet scent. It has some powerhouse natural ingredients, like green coffee extract, green tea extract, and coffee cherry extract for natural caffeine sources, along with vitamins E and C for soothing and brightening. Don&#;t just take my word for it &#; based on a four-week independent clinical study, nearly 100 percent of users saw a reduction of puffiness with continued use and all participants said it improved their skin&#;s hydration. And with an ounce of product, you really get bang for your buck here. 100% Pure is one of those under-the-radar brands that we love &#; they have super clean formulations that tend to work impressively well.
For a (literal) shot of caffeine for your under eye skin, The 100% Pure eye cream visibly depuffs for those very early mornings when we can use all the help we can get!
7. Ursa Major
American made
B corp
Cruelty free
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Plastic/Pfas free
Vegan
Best For | Dry skin
Natural & Organic Ingredients | Green tea, shea butter, rosehip oil, mushroom extract
Price | $56 ($112/oz)
Another eye cream with a thicker, more buttery consistency, Ursa Major&#;s Forest Alchemy Eye Cream is ultra hydrating and has a luxe feel on application. It&#;s packed with botanicals like green tea, rosehip oil, and mushrooms, along with skin-loving ingredients like peptides and hyaluronic acid for deeper nourishment. Because of its shea butter, it&#;s better as a night eye cream than a morning one, supporting skin&#;s elasticity and hydration while you sleep and fighting hyperpigmentation at the same time. Ursa Major makes all of their products in Vermont, too, and has some impressive sustainability stats. They&#;re B-Corp certified, and they use sustainable packaging as much as possible &#; the eye cream comes in a recyclable glass jar.
Ursa Major&#;s eye cream is a botanical-heavy, buttery texture that is ideal for nights when the air is especially dry.
8. Juice Beauty
Cruelty free
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Vegan
Best For | Morning and night use
Natural & Organic Ingredients | Jojoba oil, shea butter, apple juice, aloe
Price | $50 ($100/oz)
This unassuming eye cream by Juice Beauty actually packs a punch, and I woke up with visibly reduced fine lines the morning after using their Stem Cellular Anti-Wrinkle Eye Treatment. It&#;s chock full of botanical ingredients (its first ingredient is apple juice!) including the brand&#;s proprietary blend of fruit stem cells, and also uses vitamin C, vitamin E, and hyaluronic acid to amp up the efficacy. The cream has clinically proven results, too, with 100% of testers reporting an increase in hydration and 88% percent reporting an increase in brightness and a decrease in fine lines. The eye cream comes with an application tip, but I found it better to use my finger since the tip wasn&#;t perfectly smooth. I&#;m excited to see how my under eyes look after a few weeks of use, especially since Juice Beauty is all about clinically validated results.
The fruit stem cells in Juice Beauty&#;s gel-like cream smoothes out fine lines in one use. I preferred using my finger to the applicator tip, fwiw!
9. Osea
Climate neutral
Cruelty free
Vegan
Best For | Serum-like consistency
Natural & Organic Ingredients | Quinoa extract, gardenia extract, honeysuckle extract
Price | $58 ($100/oz)
This one&#;s a bit different from the others on the list &#; it&#;s an eye serum rather than a cream, giving you juicy hydration in liquid form, which explains why it&#;s called Ocean Eyes. &#; It delivers a high concentration of hydrating and brightening ingredients straight to your eye area, like glycerin, hyaluronic acid, peptides, and caffeine, and felt so refreshing when I applied it after a long day (though it&#;s ideal for tired morning eyes, too). Participants in a clinical study loved it, almost all of them noting that it reduced under-eye puffiness and darkness and made skin look brighter and less fatigued after four weeks of use. It goes on with a convenient roller ball and it comes in gorgeous frosted glass packaging, much like other products from Osea, known for formulating clean, elevated, seaweed-infused skincare.
Osea&#;s eye serum is packed with glycerin, hyaluronic acid, peptides, and caffeine, and glides on via roller ball for the smoothest application yet!
10. Three Ships
Cruelty free
Vegan
Best For | Gentle formulation
Natural & Organic Ingredients | Squalane, acerola cherry extract, shea butter
Price | $32 ($64/oz)
If you&#;re prone to eczema or other skin conditions, this no-frills eye cream with an approachable price point from Three Ships might be the ticket. Their First Light eye cream is best for morning use, with coffee extract for a gentle version of caffeine and acerola cherry extract for a natural vitamin C. It even has that cute ceramic applicator, too, for a cooling massage tool that feels so good in the morning. Its squalane adds lightweight hydration with no greasy residue, and the formula is fast-absorbing and plays well with makeup. In a clinical study, 80% of participants said their under eyes appeared brighter after use, and 90% saw a reduction in under-eye puffiness after continued use. The brand is pretty impressive, too, boasting a B-Corp certification.
The ceramic applicator makes on the Three Ships eye cream feels cooling and revitalizing when massaged onto my skin first thing in the morning.
Natalie Gale is a Contributing Editor at The Good Trade. She is a Boston-based freelance journalist. When she&#;s not writing about art, food, or sustainability, you can find her biking to the farmers&#; market, baking, sewing, or planning her next Halloween costume. Say hi on Instagram!
These are some of the best clean beauty eye creams to shop for a little under-eye TLC.
You can always count on a strong cup of coffee to mask the fact that you only got five hours of sleep the night before. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about the dark circles lingering under your eyes. Enter: eye creams. An under-eye skin savior, eye creams are often touted as a means for reducing puffiness, targeting fine lines, and brightening skin. But just how effective are they?
Do eye creams work?
So, are those little jars of eye cream actually worth the hefty price? Well, according to dermatologists, it depends on which products you buy, as well as certain hereditary factors.
&#;When we&#;re talking about the efficacy of eye creams, it&#;s not fair to lump all eye creams together,&#; Dr. Sara Perkins, MD, a board-certified dermatologist in Yale Medicine&#;s Department of Dermatology, told The New York Times. &#;Because some of them may just be glorified moisturizers without any biologically active ingredients in them.&#;
Do under-eye masks work? | Courtesy Goop
Studies show that active ingredients like ceramides, peptides, vitamin C, over-the-counter retinols, prescription retinoids, and hyaluronic acid may improve the appearance of skin, including reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
Although regular face moisturizers may feature the same active ingredients, they aren&#;t formulated for the sensitive skin underneath the eyes&#;which isn&#;t as thick as the rest of the body. Due to the fact that it lacks oil glands, the skin also tends to dry out more and is typically more easily irritated.
&#;The skin around the eyes is particularly thin and delicate and prone to irritation, and therefore using products that are specifically formulated for the eye area can be beneficial,&#; Gretchen Frieling, MD, told Insider.
One thing dermatologists agree on is that eye creams aren&#;t a complete cure for all under-eye issues. Certain conditions like bags and dark circles can be hereditary or exacerbated by factors like sun exposure, smoking, stress, and allergies.
Clean beauty eye creams to shop
Want to give the skin underneath your eyes its best shot? Cover the basics: eat healthy, drink lots of water, get regular exercise, wear sunscreen, etc. And for a little extra under-eye TLC, shop these clean beauty eye creams.
1. Kypris Ad Astra Nighttime Eye Cream Emulsion
From its formulas down to its packaging, this high-performance skincare brand prioritizes sustainability. Makers of luxury, organic skincare featuring sustainably grown botanicals, the company opts for recyclable glass containers and 100 percent post-consumer recycled unit cartons. For added moisture, shop the Ad Astra Rich Nighttime Eye Cream.
2. Glow Recipe Avocado Fine Line Eye Cream with Retinol
This powerful yet gentle eye treatment features encapsulated retinol that time-releases over several hours to effectively smooth fine lines and firm the delicate eye area. Combined with avocado extract, hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, and coffeeberry, this creamy yet lightweight formula nourishes, brightens, and reduces puffiness by morning. One study saw 97 percent of participants experience a significant improvement in fine lines and wrinkles over 4 weeks of use.
3. Alpyn Beauty PlantGenius Line-Filling Eye Balm
Featuring sustainably harvested wild plants sourced from the mountains of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Alpyn Beauty is your go-to for dry skin. The brand&#;s PlantGenius Line-Filling Eye Balm features skin-nourishing ingredients like vitamin C, licorice root, bearberry leaf, and caffeine to help smooth the skin and reduce puffiness. Shop for a cause &#; a portion of proceeds go to help fund forest restoration efforts.
4. Herbivore Moon Dew
This completely plant-based retinol-alternative eye cream swiftly and visibly tightens and smooths skin for lasting results. Powered by one percent bakuchiol and plant peptides, it reduces the appearance of wrinkles and firms eye creases over time. In just ten minutes after use, 81 percent of users agreed that their skin felt instantly firmer, 87 percent agreed that skin felt instantly hydrated, and 78 percent agreed that skin looked smoother, lifted, and tightened. This ultra-hydrating formula also layers seamlessly with makeup.
5. Dime Beauty Luminosity Eye Serum
Known for its luxury vegan and cruelty-free skincare, sustainability is at the heart of Dime Beauty. The Utah-based company uses ethically sourced glass packaging for its bottled Fountain of Youth.
In , it reformulated its entire range to meet the higher standards of the Environmental Working Group&#;s Skin Deep Database, which evaluates the safety of various personal care products. The company rates the ingredients of each product according to these standards so consumers know exactly what they&#;re purchasing. For a little help in the under-eye department, shop the brand&#;s Luminosity Eye Serum, which features ingredients like aloe leaf juice, caffeine, and goji berry fruit extract.
6. Juice Beauty Signal Peptides Firming Eye Balm
Transform your skin with Juice Beauty. The California-based brand carries a number of under-eye products made with organic ingredients, including the Signal Peptides Firming Eye Balm. The brand also makes a Green Apple Brightening Eye Cream, the Stem Cellular Anti-Wrinkle Eye Treatment, and the Smoothing Eye Concentrate if you&#;re looking to give your eyes the best possible defense.
7. Biossance Squalane + Marine Algae Firming & Lifting Eye Cream
Infused with elasticity-enhancing paracress and firming pink marine algae, this formula has been clinically proven to deliver instant results. It offers outstanding hydration and creates a smooth, crease-free base for makeup. The texture seamlessly blends into the skin, naturally correcting dark circles with a subtle pink tint.
8. Caudalie Premier Cru Anti-Aging Eye Cream for Fine Lines and Wrinkles
Harnessing the innovative TET8 patent, this comprehensive anti-aging eye cream is designed to address the primary concerns of the eye area, including wrinkles, puffiness, and dark circles. The cooling metal applicator and natural pearlizers help to visibly brighten and depuff the eye contour. In a clinical evaluation involving 29 volunteers over 56 days, participants observed a 25 percent reduction in crow&#;s feet.
9. Drunk Elephant Ceramighty AF Eye Cream with Ceramides
You&#;ll have to fight your DE-obsessed tween over this one. Drunk Elephant&#;s eye cream nourishes and strengthens the skin barrier, restoring and maintaining visible elasticity while providing intense, long-lasting moisture. With soothing avena sativa (oat) extract, it helps calm the skin and reduce the appearance of fatigue around the eye area.
10. Augustinus Bader The Eye Cream with TFC8
This lightweight, intensely moisturizing eye cream is infused with potent peptides to reduce the appearance of puffiness, dark circles, fine lines, and wrinkles. In a 12-week clinical trial, participants saw a 52 percent reduction in wrinkles, improved skin evenness by 212 percent, and improved elasticity by 198 percent.
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