Peptide Eye Gel Cream

Peptide Eye Gel Cream is a lightweight, fragrance free gel built around acetyl tetrapeptide-5 and sodium hyaluronate on a grape seed oil base. It is for the look of puffiness, dark circles and bags: it helps the under eye area look more hydrated, less puffy and less tired. It is for the guy who wants one dedicated eye product, not a twelve step routine. A dime sized amount, once or twice daily, patted along the orbital bone.

Acetyl tetrapeptide-5 is named on its own, seventh on a ten ingredient INCI, not folded into a peptide complex that could be anything. It is the peptide eye formulas use for the look of puffiness and under eye bags, and it is the reason this is an eye gel and not a face moisturizer in a smaller tube.

Sodium hyaluronate is right behind it. It is the salt form of hyaluronic acid, lighter than the acid itself and suited to the thinnest skin on your face. It draws water into the surface so the area looks more hydrated and less shadowed.

Grape seed oil is the second ingredient, an antioxidant rich emollient doing the work a cheap eye cream gives to mineral oil. Bamboo extract conditions. The texture comes from cetearyl alcohol, cetearyl glucoside, acacia senegal gum and xanthan gum, plant derived emulsifiers and gums rather than silicone. 1,2-hexanediol is the humectant preservative. No fragrance, which matters most here, because the skin under your eyes is the last place you want a scent chemical.

It will not change bone structure, fat pads or genetics, which is where deep set circles and hereditary bags come from. It will not do anything about a week of four hour nights either. Hydration shows the same day. The look of puffiness and dark circles is an 8 week judgment, photographed in the same light at the same time of morning. Not 8 days.

Ten ingredients, all on the INCI in order, the peptide named on its own. No fragrance on the most sensitive skin on your face, no silicone to fake a silky feel, no filler thickeners padding the list ahead of the actives. Manufactured in state of the art, FDA registered facilities in the USA, with best in class ingredients. Read the full standard.

Once or twice daily, apply a dime sized amount to the under eye area and along the orbital bone. Pat it in with your ring finger, do not rub. Give it a minute, then moisturizer, and sunscreen in the morning. It sits cleanly under concealer if you use it. Take a photo on day one in morning light and judge it at 8 weeks, same light, same time.

The skin under your eyes is the thinnest on your face, so it shows a late night, puffiness and fine lines before anywhere else. A face moisturizer is built for thicker skin and a heavier hand. A light gel with a named peptide and sodium hyaluronate is the more targeted move for that area. Not mandatory, but if the look of dark circles or puffiness bothers you, this is the step that addresses it.

The look of dark circles usually comes from thin skin showing the blood vessels beneath it, from genetics, and from short nights. The look of puffiness is usually fluid pooling overnight or the fat pads under the eye shifting with age. A topical can help the area look more hydrated, less puffy and less tired. It cannot change bone structure, fat pads or genetics, and we will not tell you it can.

Eye gel first, on clean skin, patted in and given a minute to absorb. Then your regular moisturizer, keeping it off the immediate under eye area if it is heavy. Lightest and most targeted goes first. A heavy cream applied first sits between the gel and your skin and stops it doing much of anything.

Yes. Sodium hyaluronate is the salt form of hyaluronic acid, lighter and better suited to the thin skin under the eyes than a heavy occlusive. It draws water into the surface so the area looks more hydrated and less tired without any weight. It works best patted onto slightly damp skin, so it has moisture nearby to hold on to.

Ingredients: Aqua, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Glucoside, Acacia Senegal Gum, Xanthan Gum, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-5, Sodium Hyaluronate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Phyllostachys Bambusoides Extract

Origin: Manufactured in state of the art, FDA registered facilities in the USA.

Product amount: 1 fl oz / 30ml

Suggested use: Once or twice daily, apply a dime sized amount to the under eye area and along the orbital bone.

Warning: This product is for external use only and is not intended to be ingested. Avoid contact with eyes. In case of irritation, discontinue use. Keep out of reach of children. Store in a cool, dry place.

This is a cosmetic product for the appearance of your skin. It is not a drug and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition.

Go deeper: Read the dark circles and eye bags guide and TheLooksMaxxing Standard