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Mary&May Tranexamic Acid + Glutathione Eye Cream
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About this product

An eye cream formulated with tranexamic acid and glutathione to address dark circles and brighten the under-eye area.

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Guru Score

74%

Mixed

7 experts · Moderate agreement
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5Approved
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What they liked

  • Absorbs quickly without heaviness under makeup
  • Generous 30g size lasts months
  • Very affordable price point

What they flagged

  • Sits on skin and needs tapping to absorb

What the gurus are saying

Dark circles and under-eye discoloration earn consistent praise from gurus, who credit the tranexamic acid for minimizing their appearance and glutathione for brightening the eye area. The formula absorbs quickly despite being richly moisturizing, and gurus highlight exceptional value at £6-12 per tube. The artificial fragrance earns mixed reactions. Most find it pleasant, though it's potent enough that those with sensitive eye areas should proceed with caution.
Synthesized from 7 expert reviews · most recent take August 2026

What the gurus are saying.

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~Approved
"One of my favorite eye creams is the Mary and May one, it's great for dark circles, but it's fragranced, so I have to be very careful with the application and I can't use it too often."
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"If you want a dark circle specific eye cream, there is only one that I will recommend and I will recommend it time and time again because it's genuinely amazing. This is the Mary and May Tranexamic Acid and Glutathione Eye Cream. I've recommended this to just about everyone and everyone who's tried it has said how much they love it. Super inexpensive. It's a great Korean skincare brand and [...] you get an absolute vat of product. This will last you forever. I think it probably takes me about nine months to get through a tube like this and I paid 12 pounds. [...] This has glutathione, which is one of the very best brightening ingredients, and tranexamic acid, which can really help minimize the appearance of any dark circles and can also help with any puffiness and inflammation that you have under the eye. A lot of dark circles can be caused by water retention and inflammation. Tranexamic acid will help with that. And the glutathione will just lift and brighten everything. This is so so good, so affordable, and also is really hydrating, too. If you're somebody that likes your Korean skincare and your primary insecurity when it comes to the under eye area is dark circles, this is an absolute must."
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"I use this because it just works. Dark spots, discoloration, under eye hyperpigmentation, this does it all. One product and your under eye is done."
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"I discovered the Mary and May Tranexamic Acid and Glutathione Eye Cream, and I declared this to be the very best. I started using it in my skincare routine thinking, yeah, I quite like this, I like what it's doing for my skin, I like how smooth my under eye is, and I really like how it applies."
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"I also love the Mary and May eye cream."
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"I applied this one, this is an absolutely amazing eye cream featured in my best eye creams of 2024 video. [...] This so affordable, such a great Korean skincare option."
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"I used this product which is the Mary and May tranexamic acid and glutathione eye cream, love this. Great for dark circles, great for evening out any under eye discoloration, also helps minimize the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. The glutathione and tranexamic acid in here are phenomenal when it comes to minimizing hyperpigmentation and evening out the skin tone. Cheeky little hack: you can actually use this one across the whole face as your tranexamic acid serum if you want. It's an eye cream but it's one of those that you can use across the whole face."
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"This is the Mary and May tranexamic acid and glutathione eye cream. It's an eye cream, but you get a lot of product. I mean, you get this is 30 grams of product. So you get a lot of product in this for an eye cream. And tranexamic acid is one of the key ingredients you want in your morning skincare routine to calm, to soothe, to minimize inflammation, and to prevent against hyperpigmentation. You should always use tranexamic acid alongside [azelaic] acid. They're like the perfect pairing. And this is a great way of getting it. Now, this is slightly fragranced. So I'm going to say if you're somebody that doesn't mind a little fragrance in your life, this is a great option to go for. If you want fragrance free, there are other tranexamic acids. It's got glutathione which fades hyperpigmentation and helps with radiance and luminosity. This is just a great great product. I love the scent of it. It's really light. It doesn't linger. It just works."
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"This is the best eye cream for people that are specifically targeting dark circles and under eye discoloration. You've got the tranexamic acid which is a great pigment corrector and you've got glutathione which is one of the best ingredients for lifting and brightening any discoloration that you have. So it kind of prevents and it treats and that's why I think you get such great results with this because it's super gentle. You have to be consistent to get those results. One of these will give you 6 months worth of use, so you can really see the long-term payoff. I've been using this for 2 years and I don't think I'm ever looking back."
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"Mary and May are really proving that a good eye cream deserves a place in your skincare routine and can deliver phenomenal outcomes. The tranexamic acid and glutathione is going to reduce the amount of under eye discoloration, have some anti-aging benefits, and it's just wonderful. This really was the product that piqued my interest in Mary and May as a brand."
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"It's great under makeup. [...] You get so much product. It's not one of those tiny eye creams that you have to eke out because you want to make it last a bit longer. [...] You could even use this all over the face as like a serum almost. It's that good. [...] One this size cost me £12. Doesn't break the bank. It's super affordable. [...] I think this is one of the very best eye creams that I've ever used."
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"This is great, it's affordable and it does so much to just lift the dark circles and help even out the under eye. Glutathione is one of the best brightening agents, and tranexamic acid is going to reduce the risk of hyperpigmentation. It is just perfection and I absolutely love the consistency of this one. It's rich and creamy without being heavy and gloopy, it's just the perfect consistency for an eye cream. [...] This is what you need in your life if you want an effective eye cream. One of my favorites and you can get it as low as like £6 for a tube like this so affordable. It proves that a well formulated eye cream absolutely deserves a place in your skincare routine."
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"One of my favorite eye creams is the Mary and May one, it's great for dark circles, but it's fragranced, so I have to be very careful with the application and I can't use it too often."
~Approved
"I finally tried Mary & May's tranexamic acid and glutathione eye cream after seeing so much buzz about it, primarily because you don't see those ingredients in eye creams very commonly, and both are really popular in Korea and amazing for helping to brighten under eye darkness and hyperpigmentation, which I definitely struggle with. This one is awesome, great powerful ingredients but very gentle, which was good for me stepping back into the world of eye creams after a bad experience with a different eye cream that caused hyperpigmentation and darkness under my eyes. This was the first eye cream I used after that disaster, and I really have been loving it. I haven't noticed any reactions and the ingredients are great, especially if you struggle with under eye darkness. I also really appreciate that they reformulated it so it doesn't have fragrance anymore. I definitely think Mary & May are still underrated here and deserve more attention because all the formulas I've tried from them are amazing."
~Mixed
"This is the Mary and May eye cream. Compared to K-Secret, which is very easy to apply, Mary and May tends to sit on top of the skin, so you have to tap it in for proper absorption. It contains tranexamic acid and glutathione for dark circle brightening, but I didn't see much effect. It's meant for AM use, but the texture isn't great, so I don't reach for it often. I'd rank it B tier."
~Approved
"If you're looking for some brightening in the eye area, [...] Mary and May Tranexamic Acid and Glutathione Eye Cream has a similar take to other brightening products, a little less active brightening ingredients but with a similar combination. They have niacinamide, tranexamic acid, a little touch of ascorbic acid pure vitamin C, and then glutathione, so they're really combining all of those antioxidants that really help to brighten up the skin in a formula that's a little bit gentler and better suited for the eye area. [...] This cream does contain some artificial fragrance. I do find the scent of this to be pleasant, it's kind of a clean floral scent, it doesn't linger, it's not super duper heavy or offensive, but it is present in the formula, so you know, sensitive skin and especially sensitive eye area, you know, proceed with caution. This has a really nice gel cream texture."
~Skip
"I applied it to my face and it had such a terrible floral fragrance and I went and laid back down and then I laid there for a couple minutes and I'm like I have to wash this off and start all over again so it was like 2 a.m. and I'm doing my skincare routine again because I screwed up."
~Approved
"I'm using the Mary and May [tranexamic] acid and glutathione eye cream. It's a bit of a basic eye cream, but I think it's an incredible price point for a fluid ounce, shockingly affordable."
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"I'm using the Mary and May [tranexamic] acid and glutathione eye cream. It's a bit of a basic eye cream, but I think it's an incredible price point for a fluid ounce, shockingly affordable."
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"The Mary and May eye cream is one of my favorite products."
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"The full size is thirty grams, which is still amazing, that's about double what we get with western eye creams. We can use that twice a day, it's a beautiful midweight texture."
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"This is the tranexamic acid and glutathione eye cream, which really is one of the more unique Korean beauty eye creams that I've seen, while still retaining that giant size K Beauty brands are so generous with, thirty grams. I love the packaging so much, this to me is perfect eye cream packaging. It's formulated for the eye area with tranexamic acid, glutathione and a bit of vitamin C but at lower levels. It has that perfect texture for me in an eye cream, not too light, not too heavy, that perfect medium weight that also works nicely under makeup and under concealer. You get a lot of product in here and you can certainly use this all over your face too."
~Approved
"One of my favorite eye creams from last year is the Mary and May Tranexamic Acid and Glutathione Eye Cream. This is all about the brightening and the antioxidant protection. It has tranexamic acid but also contains glutathione, which is a powerful antioxidant. What I like about this is that it's actually quite intensely moisturizing as well without feeling that way. This is a richer eye cream, but when you apply it, it is so silky and smooth and it dries down really fast, but you feel like it is very much moisturizing the skin around here. I even put it on my upper eyelids and there's no heaviness, but you get the intense moisture."
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"This was my favorite new eye cream for last year. It is full of antioxidants but also it is brightening and the texture is perfection. It's rich enough that you really feel that this is moisturizing for this area but at the same time it dries down and absorbs super fast, which makes this so great for morning routine because this sits really well under makeup but at the same time it gives you long-lasting moisturization. This has been clinically tested to show results within 2 weeks of brighter eyes and less pigment."
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"This is a new favorite. I use it morning and night, [...] and even though I put it on my upper eyelids too, I don't feel any heaviness or greasiness, but it does feel very moisturized. [...] My eye makeup does not transfer or smudge on my lower lids, and concealer and makeup sit really well over it. They conducted a study with 22 people over two weeks, and the results showed a marked difference not just in brightness of the under eye area, but also a reduction in milia and any pigment around this area."
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"One of my favorite eye creams from last year is the Mary and May Tranexamic Acid and Glutathione Eye Cream. This is all about the brightening and the antioxidant protection. It has tranexamic acid but also contains glutathione, which is a powerful antioxidant. What I like about this is that it's actually quite intensely moisturizing as well without feeling that way. This is a richer eye cream, but when you apply it, it is so silky and smooth and it dries down really fast, but you feel like it is very much moisturizing the skin around here. I even put it on my upper eyelids and there's no heaviness, but you get the intense moisture."

What the evidence says.

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

Vitamin C

Topical vitamin C is an antioxidant with reasonable evidence for dullness and uneven tone. It breaks down in light and air, so how a product is formulated and packaged matters as much as the percentage on the front.

Source: DermNet

Niacinamide

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

Tranexamic acid

Tranexamic acid has a growing body of clinical evidence for melasma and the stubborn patches of pigment that other ingredients struggle with.

Source: DermNet

Frequently asked.

What is Mary&May Tranexamic Acid + Glutathione Eye Cream?

An eye cream formulated with tranexamic acid and glutathione to address dark circles and brighten the under-eye area.

Is Mary&May Tranexamic Acid + Glutathione Eye Cream worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 74%.

What is Mary&May Tranexamic Acid + Glutathione Eye Cream's Guru Score?

Mary&May Tranexamic Acid + Glutathione Eye Cream holds a Guru Score of 74%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 7 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.

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