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Eye Repair Cream.

CeraVe Eye Repair Cream
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About this product

A lightweight eye cream with ceramides and niacinamide designed to hydrate and nourish the delicate under-eye area.

Best for

Dry skinSensitive skin
Moisturizers

The Guru Index verdict

62%

Mixed

~Mixed · 62%
6Reviewers
2Approved
2Mixed
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What the gurus are saying

Gurus agree this is a solid, budget-friendly starter eye cream for basic hydration and moisture, but opinions split sharply on value and performance for specific concerns. Supporters praise its affordability, creamy texture, and ability to plump and smooth the eye area; detractors argue it's overpriced for what amounts to regular CeraVe moisturizer plus niacinamide, and lacks targeted ingredients like tyrosine inhibitors or collagen stimulators to tackle dark circles or fine lines. The consensus is that it hydrates well but delivers minimal results beyond that.
Synthesized from 6 expert reviews

Key actives & flags

NiacinamideHyaluronic acidVitamin ECeramidesFragrance-freeAlcohol-free

Full ingredients

Purified Water, Niacinamide, Cetyl Alcohol, Caprylic/​Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Propanediol, Isononyl Isononanoate, Jojoba Esters, Peg-20 Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Dimethicone, Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, Ceramide 3, Ceramide 6-Ll, Ceramide 1, Hyaluronic Acid, Zinc Citrate, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Almond) Oil, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Chrysanthellum Indicum Extract, Tocopherol, Equisetum Arvense Extract, Asparagopsis Armata Extract, Ascophyllum Nodosum Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Carbomer, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Sorbitol, Triethanolamine, Laureth-4, Butylene Glycol, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Tetrasodium Edta, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate, Sodium Hydroxide, Phytosphingosine, Cholesterol, Xanthan Gum

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What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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Darnell Cox | 50+ Healthy Aging Expert
Darnell Cox | 50+ Healthy Aging Expert
54k subs · 616 devotees
✓Approved
"If your eyes are dry, the Eye Repair Cream by CeraVe is great."
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"For dark circles I like the CeraVe Eye Repair Cream for dark circles. It contains niacinamide. If you have dark circles under your eyes you're going to want to look for something with niacinamide."
Hyram
Hyram
4.36M subs · 31k devotees
~Mixed
"I think this is a great simple eye cream. I've always introduced it on my channel as like a good starter or introductory eye cream to make sure that you're properly nourishing and hydrating your under eye area while preventing damage from occurring down the road. And this eye cream was great when I didn't really struggle with dark circles. But once my dark circles started getting more severe, this one just didn't really do anything anymore. It doesn't necessarily claim to be an eye cream that's going to wipe away your dark circles. It's more focused on moisture, nourishment, and has some great ingredients, but overall, it just leaves a lot to the imagination when it comes to actually brightening any hyperpigmentation or darkness on the under eye area. But it is a good starter eye cream and I still recommend it. It keeps you moisturized, but that's about it."
Dr. Vanita Rattan
Dr. Vanita Rattan
1.22M subs · 10k devotees
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"It doesn't have any tyrosine inhibitors in this for dark circles, and it also has no collagen stimulators for fine lines. I'm only giving it three out of ten because it's got ceramides in it, because it's got niacinamide in it, and because it's fragrance-safe, meaning it's got no alcohol, no fragrance, and no essential oils, so it's not going to make the skin worse around the eye areas. But it's really going to do nothing for your dark circles or your fine lines. I just don't like it when brands make claims but don't put the ingredients in to back up those claims."
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"CeraVe eye cream is just CeraVe Plus niacinamide in which case you may as well just put niacinamide cream around your eyes or a niacinamide serum and then CeraVe on top. I don't like when there's a huge markup on something that was really a basic product."
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"It's basically CeraVe moisturizer plus niacinamide. I mean it's okay, but it's £14 for this much, and you know it's usually £20 for the whole tub, so yeah this one was a bit of a gimmick. You'd basically be better off purchasing 10% niacinamide from The Ordinary and then layering it with the CeraVe. It's literally the same thing and at a fraction of the price."
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"It doesn't have any tyrosine inhibitors in this for dark circles, and it also has no collagen stimulators for fine lines. I'm only giving it three out of ten because it's got ceramides in it, because it's got niacinamide in it, and because it's fragrance-safe, meaning it's got no alcohol, no fragrance, and no essential oils, so it's not going to make the skin worse around the eye areas. But it's really going to do nothing for your dark circles or your fine lines. I just don't like it when brands make claims but don't put the ingredients in to back up those claims."
Dr. Daniel Sugai
Dr. Daniel Sugai
716k subs · 23k devotees
✕Skip
"Their eye cream not very good either. Looks similar to this or is it eye gel or eye cream but I don't think they did a good job on it."
Dr Dray
Dr Dray
2.66M subs · 34k devotees
~Mixed
"CeraVe's eye repair cream is pretty good but I prefer the skin renewing one."
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"CeraVe's eye repair cream is pretty good but I prefer the skin renewing one."
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"For me personally, this was one I would never waste my time on again because it did nothing and was just having to dispense from another bottle. If you're caffeine sensitive to topical caffeine, I still say just use your regular moisturizer. We're starting to split hairs here on what that's really offering."
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"I reinstated the CeraVe Eye Repair Cream in my routine as around the eye skin protectant slash wrinkle plumper smoother brightener. I have continued to use this."
Skin Obsessed Mary
Skin Obsessed Mary
33k subs · 3k devotees
✓Approved
"This one is by CeraVe, called the CeraVe Eye Repair Cream. This is another great drugstore brand that retails for 15 dollars, and I've been using this for years. I always take this with me on the plane because it's small and portable. It has ceramides in it, and I find it creamy and hydrating. I really focus on my eyes because that's where I'm starting to get crepiness, that crepey texture where it's lost all of its elasticity. I found that if I plump it up with this, it makes it look smoother and just makes it look more hydrated. So for me, this is a must, and for the price, for 15 bucks, it's a no-brainer."
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