e.l.f.

e.l.f. Holy Hydration Eye Cream.

Eye Care

About this product

A lightweight eye cream designed to hydrate and plump the under-eye area, formulated with moisturizing ingredients in an affordable tube format.

Full ingredients

Water (Aqua), Butylene Glycol, Dimethicone, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Glycerin, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Carbomer, Trehalose, Triethanolamine, Bisabolol, Tocopheryl Acetate (Ve), Disodium EDTA, Green Tea Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin

Guru Score

75%

Yay

Early verdict · Few reviews so far

What they liked

Lightweight texture, minimal pilling
Affordable for the amount of product
Hydrating and plumping under eyes

What they flagged

Marked up for what is essentially a basic moisturizer

What the gurus are saying

This lightweight cream hydrates and plumps the under-eye area without the weight of heavier eye creams, and reviewers agree it's remarkably affordable for what you get. One takes the view that it's essentially a moisturizer at eye-cream pricing but good enough to use all over your face if budget allows; the other finds it genuinely plumping and spa-like to use, though notes that eye creams add an extra step unless you're already managing irritation from retinoids. Both praise the price point as rare in a category where eye creams often cost far more for less product.

Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take October 2021

Best for

Dry skin

Type

Eye CareCream

Key actives

Hyaluronic acidVitamin E

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

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What the gurus are saying.

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Cassandra Bankson

2.46M subs

✓Mixed

"When I look at the ingredients I'm like you are a little overpriced moisturizer, that is literally what you are. You are a moisturizer in a tiny little tube that they want to mark up the price on. But you know what, [...] for the price you can actually afford to put this all over your face if you wanted to. When I compare the texture of this to the sunscreen or to their other moisturizer it does have a slightly different texture and I feel like it peels up a little bit less."

The Budget Dermatologist

724k subs

✓Yay

"I've tried it out a few nights and it's good, I like it a lot. I think it is very moisturizing, hydrating and plumping under the eyes. [...] I kind of have an opinion on eye creams that it adds one more step to your routine and one more expense to your bill if you're trying to buy a bunch of skincare items. [...] On nights that I don't use retinoids under my eyes, sure you can incorporate an eye cream to kind of rehydrate that skin and get rid of any irritation that might be there."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Humectants and emollients

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

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is e.l.f. Holy Hydration Eye Cream?

A lightweight eye cream designed to hydrate and plump the under-eye area, formulated with moisturizing ingredients in an affordable tube format.

Is e.l.f. Holy Hydration Eye Cream worth it?

Mostly yes. 1 of the 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 75%.

What is e.l.f. Holy Hydration Eye Cream's Guru Score?

e.l.f. Holy Hydration Eye Cream holds a Guru Score of 75%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.