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Peter Thomas Roth Potent-C Power Eye Cream.

About this product

An eye serum with 10% vitamin C, vitamin E, and ferulic acid designed to brighten and help reduce the appearance of dark circles.

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Guru Score

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Early verdict · Few reviews so far

What the gurus are saying

This serum visibly brightens dark circles after a single overnight use, so potent that reviewers find they only need it twice per week. It combines 10% vitamin C, vitamin E, and ferulic acid, though it's expensive and the vitamin C degrades if not used daily or finished within six months. Those with sensitive skin may want to patch-test first.
Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take November 2025

What they liked

  • Visibly brightens dark circles quickly
  • Potent formula

What they flagged

    Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.

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    The Budget Dermatologist
    The Budget Dermatologist
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    "There's an eye serum in this line too if you need targeted help to brighten the under eye skin. This one has 10% THD, 3% vitamin E, and 2% ferulic acid, very similar to the power serum. This is a great addition if you want a dedicated eye cream in your routine."
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    "There's an eye serum in this line too if you need targeted help to brighten the under eye skin. This one has 10% THD, 3% vitamin E, and 2% ferulic acid, very similar to the power serum. This is a great addition if you want a dedicated eye cream in your routine."
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    "If you prefer a vitamin C eye cream that is going to go on, this is a great way to treat those crows feet, which are those radiating wrinkles going out from the eyes that really make you look older than you are. [...] This has 10% vitamin C in the form of THD ascorbate, it has 3% vitamin E and 2% ferulic acid, so this is extremely high quality in the formulation and it is a very lightweight serum and you just pat it in right below the eyes."
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    "So you certainly can put the moisturizer in this area if you don't have this, but using this as well as a moisturizer you can kind of separate them and get a little added benefit and boost there under the eyes. I really love this one too."
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    "This is the strongest and most effective product that I've tried. It's the Potency Power Eye Cream by Peter Thomas Roth. This has 10 percent tetrahexyldecyl which is THD ascorbate for short [...] in ultra-stable form of vitamin C that actually gets converted to the active l-ascorbic acid form once it is in your skin. This also has three percent vitamin E and two percent ferulic acid so you can think of this as like a vitamin C, E, and ferulic in an eye cream form."
    Nipun Kapur
    Nipun Kapur
    412k subs
    ✓Mixed
    "The eye cream is [...] called the Potent C Power Eye Cream with 10% THD ascorbate, the same type of vitamin C as the serum vitamin C, of course I have 15%, this is 10%, very potent C here. [...] Peter Thomas Roth is not a cheap brand, it is very pricey, so I'm going to test it out for an entire month and then we will decide."
    Hyram
    Hyram
    4.34M subs
    ✓Yay
    "I cannot tell you how powerful this formula is. I remember the very first time I used it. I woke up in the morning and my dark circles were literally less severe. And I was like, how is this able to work so quickly and effectively? And it really is because of the concentration of vitamin C that this has. It is an extremely powerful formula with I believe 10% THD asbate as well as feruic acid, turmeric, ginger, collagen, hyaluronic acid. It is not a formula for the weak."
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    "I love the Peter Thomas Roth Potent-C Power Eye Cream but I kind of wanted to see if I could try the serum and get more bang for my buck so I'm going to be using this on my under eye area instead."
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    "The Peter Thomas Roth potency Eye Serum is my guilty pleasure. When I tell you it is the best product I have ever discovered for getting rid of dark circles, it literally works overnight. Insanely good formula that I've talked about in so many videos, but I always gripe about the price."
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    "This is arguably the most expensive product in my skincare collection. I have winced when I've bought this product. [...] You know me, I am so not an eye cream person. I feel like the majority of the time it's just not necessary, but if you struggle with dark circles and want a fast correction to them, this by far is the fastest-working eye cream for dark circles that I have ever used. It's really crazy. But it was also not cheap, so by no means do you need to get this one."
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    "And I remember the first time I used this one, the next morning I woke up, my eyes looked brighter after one use. It really is the most powerful formula I've been able to find and I am so impressed by it. This is really an eye cream that you do have to be using every day because it has pure ascorbic acid and one of the downsides to ascorbic acid is that it does tend to go bad after a short period of time."
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    "This is a lifesaver for me for the past I don't know how many months. [...] I've talked about this in so many videos, how it's like the only eye cream that actually works to brighten my under eyes."
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    "I'm gonna go in with the Peter Thomas Roth potency. I see around this one is the goat for getting rid of dark circles. My dark circles aren't super bad but they are pretty rough. I definitely have noticed them becoming a lot more pronounced and typically I like to use this one a few times a week just to keep the dark circles at bay."
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    "I cannot tell you how powerful this formula is. I remember the very first time I used it. I woke up in the morning and my dark circles were literally less severe. And I was like, how is this able to work so quickly and effectively? And it really is because of the concentration of vitamin C that this has. It is an extremely powerful formula with I believe 10% THD asbate as well as feruic acid, turmeric, ginger, collagen, hyaluronic acid. It is not a formula for the weak."
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    "This eye serum literally gave me results in one day, which is crazy because I've never been the type of person that believes you'll immediately notice a difference from a skincare product, but this one did. I've even had to space out how often I use it because when I was using it every single day, people would literally tell me your under eyes are lighter than the rest of your face. That's how well it works. I only use it two to three times per week because it's very powerful."
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    "I'm gonna go in next with the Peter Thomas Roth Potent-C Eye Serum just to help with dark circles overnight"
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    "I have never in my life seen an eye cream work this powerfully at getting rid of my dark circles, and I've tried a lot which I really enjoyed. [...] It's not cheap, [...] but oh my God the results from this one, this is like the only thing that is keeping my dark circles away. [...] The reason I'm somewhat okay with the price point is because I have to use barely any on my eyes to get the actual results."
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    "For dark circles I would recommend the Peter Thomas Roth potency eye serum. It's the most powerful thing I've ever used for helping to get rid of dark circles."
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    "If you're someone who doesn't care as much about budget and you're wanting something super powerful, I do recommend this one, but again no need to spend that much, this is the most I've ever spent on a skincare product. [...] I really didn't want to love this one but I just have to be honest, it's so good."
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    "I recently reintroduced it into my routine and it worked so quickly to get rid of the darkness, I was really shocked at the results because I've used many brightening eye creams, none of which are as effective as this one. It is pricey, especially for an eye cream, and I am a stickler when it comes to eye creams, I don't recommend any old eye cream, but [...] the results of this one have been incredible, I'm not joking."

    Frequently asked.

    What is Peter Thomas Roth Potent-C Power Eye Cream?

    An eye serum with 10% vitamin C, vitamin E, and ferulic acid designed to brighten and help reduce the appearance of dark circles.

    Is Peter Thomas Roth Potent-C Power Eye Cream worth it?

    Mostly yes. 2 of the 3 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 81%.

    What is Peter Thomas Roth Potent-C Power Eye Cream's Guru Score?

    Peter Thomas Roth Potent-C Power Eye Cream holds a Guru Score of 81%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.

    Who is Peter Thomas Roth Potent-C Power Eye Cream best for?

    Peter Thomas Roth Potent-C Power Eye Cream is generally suited to mature skin.

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