A lightweight eye cream formulated with snail secretion filtrate and peptides, designed to hydrate and support the delicate under-eye area.
Snail Secretion Filtrate, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, 1,2-Hexanediol, Niacinamide, Water, Palmitic Acid, Arginine, Carbomer, Stearic Acid, Betaine, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Sodium Polyacrylate, Allantoin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Panthenol, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Sodium Hyaluronate, Adenosine, Xanthan Gum, Myristic Acid, Copper Tripeptide-1, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Palmitoyl Pentapeptide-4, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7
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How we score →Mixed
Early verdict · Few reviews so farWhat the gurus are saying
One expert named it a favorite hydrating eye cream and counts it among their most repurchased products ever. However, another found the peptide concentrations fall too low on the ingredient list to deliver meaningful benefit, especially for those over 37 seeking stronger active support. That means anyone banking on peptide performance may want to check the full ingredient order first and consider whether a higher-concentration formula suits their skin goals.
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The concerns the experts tie this product to, in their own words. Paid and founder takes don't count.
“The nice thing with this is you can use it on your eyes, you can use it on your eyelids, and you can also use it on dry patches, areas of your face that you want to give a little extra moisture to.”
No BS Beauty, watch at 12:33
“I put just about a tenth of a pump around my eyes, [...] and then I put it on my eyelids, because even during winter they get dry.”
No BS Beauty, watch at 15:38
Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.
Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.
Niacinamide has evidence behind it for redness, uneven tone and supporting the skin barrier, and it is usually well tolerated even by skin that reacts to most things.
Source: DermNet
Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.
Source: DermNet
Peptides are short protein fragments meant to signal repair. The evidence for them is thinner than for retinoids or vitamin C, and it varies a lot by the specific peptide, so the category is more promising than proven.
A lightweight eye cream formulated with snail secretion filtrate and peptides, designed to hydrate and support the delicate under-eye area.
The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 73%.
COSRX Snail Peptide Eye Cream holds a Guru Score of 73%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 4 expert reviewers we have collected.
In their reviews, experts say COSRX Snail Peptide Eye Cream is good for flaky dry patches (1 expert) and dry under-eyes (1 expert).
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