Eye care is one of the trickier corners of skincare, and Hyram doesn't let anything slide. He has worked through at least 30 products in this space, and about a third earned his approval. The rest landed in mixed territory or got a skip, roughly split between the two.
What does Hyram recommend in eye care?
Almost everything Hyram approves has a formula that earns its price. He responds strongly to products built around a clear active ingredient doing real work. The 10% THD ascorbate vitamin C in Peter Thomas Roth Potent-C Power Eye Cream is a good example: he says it visibly reduced his dark circles by the next morning. He is equally drawn to retinal, a vitamin A relative that works faster than retinol, and praised K-Secret Soul 1988 Eye Cream Retinal Liposome 4% and Fermented Bean for targeting both dark circles and early fine lines. Ingredients like niacinamide, peptides, and antioxidants come up often in his approving takes too, as with Dime Luminosity Eye Serum with Cucumber and Peptides, which he called a strong option for anyone thinking about prevention. One more thing he flags as a genuine plus: brands that remove fragrance from a formula. Mary and May did exactly that with Mary&May Tranexamic Acid + Glutathione Eye Cream, and he praised that reformulation specifically.
Hyram's eye cream picks, in his words
"I'm just going to use my middle finger and dab it on my under-eye area, and a little bit right here down the bridge of my nose. This actually is a lot easier than I anticipated. I'm not always the biggest eye cream fan, but this eye cream I have used religiously ever since it was first released. It is so good. You see that highlight effect it adds to the under eye? It's so good for minimal dark circle correction, but without looking like makeup."
"This was the first eye cream I used after that disaster, and I really have been loving it. I haven't noticed any reactions and the ingredients are great, especially if you struggle with under eye darkness. I also really appreciate that they [...] reformulated it so it doesn't have fragrance anymore. I definitely think Mary & May are still underrated here and deserve more attention because all the formulas I've tried from them are amazing."
"This is the Shark Cryoglow LED face mask with under eye cooling, anti-aging, and blemish repair. It retails for $350 on Amazon, which I've seen way higher prices for skin tools. I mean, just LED masks in general tend to be on like the $400, $500 price point. And given that this is both cryotherapy and red and blue light therapy, I actually think that's a pretty fair price and it has good ratings."
"SkinCeuticals has incredible formulas. The price point of this one is $116, which is not cheap. [...] I've never in my life been more tempted to buy expensive products than I have with SkinCeuticals, but they're just a little bit over the line for me to be like no, can't justify it."
"The Dime Luminosity Eye Serum with Cucumber and Peptides is a great one to try out if you're wanting to take preventative measures on your under eye area to prevent against darkness, premature aging, unnecessary damage. [...] The ingredient list is loaded with a bunch of goodies like aloe, goji extract, niacinamide, squalane as well as a bunch of antioxidants and peptides which are amazing for helping to fight premature aging and strengthen the under eye area."
"I'm going to be going in with the Indeed Labs Under Eye Patches which it has been a long long time since I've done an under eye patch just on my own for fun while I let the rest of my face dry. I believe these are good for like fine lines and you know under eye aging."
How many eye care products has Hyram reviewed?
Hyram has reviewed 30 eye care products, for an approval rate of 33%. 10 approved, 10 mixed, and 10 skipped.
What has Hyram skipped in eye care?
The fastest way to lose Hyram on an eye cream is fragrance. He skipped Sunday Riley Auto Correct Brightening and Depuffing Eye Contour Cream after it made his eyes red and irritated, and he traced it directly to the citrus extracts and fragrant components in the formula. Shiseido Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Eye Cream got the same treatment, with fragrance and other irritating ingredients being his stated reason for saying he would never recommend it. Price without justification is the other sticking point. He skipped Augustinus Bader Rich Eye Cream and Tatcha Silk Peony Eye Cream not because the formulas were bad, but because the cost could not be separated from what he saw as unnecessary luxury extras, parfum included. When a product trips both wires at once, pricey and fragrant, he is done.
"This eye cream has fragrance as well as other irritating ingredients that are just not good for the under eye area. This is definitely a product I would never recommend or use."
"Big huge. My eyes got very irritated after using this one. [...] Once I looked at the ingredient list, I found that there were a lot of fragrant components in this one. Citrus extracts, irritating fragrances. I don't believe I used it for very long. Even though I did notice that some of the darkness seemed to go away on my under eye area, I still was like, this is too irritating. It's making my under eyes really red. I don't like that there's fragrance in it, and it's pricey as fuck."
"Tatcha is one of those brands I've always felt iffy about. The experience is very luxurious, it feels so nice on the skin, it really is lovely, but between the price points and the added fragrance in the products it is just too luxurious for my taste, and I feel like there's lots of comparable Japanese and Korean skincare products that deliver similar results and experiences for a much more affordable price. It's $67, which isn't crazy, but it is expensive, and it has parfum fragrance in it."
"I feel like I don't hate the eye cream formula itself as much as I hate the applicator. This is one of those eye creams that comes in like the metal massager thingy. [...] I tend to get really annoyed by this type of packaging because every single time I've used an eye cream that has this type of packaging, it always ends up pulling and tugging on my under eye area so much more than if I were to just pat the formula in with my fingers."
What should you take from Hyram's picks?
Hyram's record on eye care comes down to one clear standard: the formula has to work, the price has to be honest, and fragrance has no place near the eye area. Anyone dealing with dark circles or early signs of ageing will find the products he approved well worth a look. His skips are just as useful, because they name exactly what he thinks isn't worth paying for.
Watch Hyram say it
Every verdict here comes from a video. These are the moments themselves, each one jumping straight to the bit about that product.
- Shiseido Benefiance Wrinkle Smoothing Eye CreamSkipped itWatch at 17:12
- Sunday Riley Auto Correct Brightening and Depuffing Eye Contour CreamSkipped itWatch at 12:44
- Tatcha Silk Peony Eye CreamSkipped itWatch at 4:55
- Eucerin Radiant Tone Eye Cream with ThiamidolSkipped itWatch at 6:40
- belif Moisturizing Eye BalmSkipped itWatch at 3:56
- SkinFix Triple Lipid Barrier Peptide Eye CreamSkipped itWatch at 2:56
- 111 Skin Cryo Depuffing Eye MaskSkipped itWatch at 5:18
- Chanel Revitalizing Eye CreamSkipped itWatch at 7:04
- Summer Fridays Jet Lag Overnight Eye SerumSkipped itWatch at 8:49
- Peter Thomas Roth Water Drench Hyaluronic Cloud Hydrogel Eye PatchesSkipped itWatch at 8:32
- First Aid Beauty 5-in-1 Eye CreamRated itWatch at 5:52
- Mary&May Tranexamic Acid + Glutathione Eye CreamRated itWatch at 14:43
- Shark Beauty Cryo Glow Under Eye Cooling LED Anti-Aging and Blemish Repair MaskRated itWatch at 5:42
- SkinCeuticals A.G.E. Advanced Eye CreamRated itWatch at 15:03
- Dime Luminosity Eye Serum with Cucumber and PeptidesRated itWatch at 12:10
- Indeed Labs Under Eye PatchesRated itWatch at 8:57
- The INKEY List Caffeine Eye CreamRated itWatch at 8:26
- Allies of Skin Peptides & Omegas Firming Eye CreamRated itWatch at 7:53
- The INKEY List Retinol Eye CreamRated itWatch at 4:27
- RoC Retinol Correxion Line Smoothing Eye CreamRated itWatch at 9:29
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This guide reflects what Hyram said across his videos about 30 products in eye care, aggregated by The Guru Index. Sponsored takes are excluded. The approval rate is the share of these products he approved. It is general information, not medical advice.