Olay Retinol 24 Eye Cream: a Guru Score of 66% from 7 experts

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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~Yay

"I will apply the teeny tiniest little bit of the Olay Retinol 24 Eye Cream, okay teeny tiniest little bit. What I mean is this: I do this amount and I split that between my fingers so I'll split it, just the teeny tiniest little amount, literally just like here underneath my eyes from like here, just like that. If I take it up any higher my eyelids will get irritated, so I'm not trying to dehydrate my eyelids."

Dr. Vanita Rattan

1.23M subs

~Nay

"It doesn't do much for dark circles, especially for skin of color as ours are very stubborn. There aren't any other actives in this product. It does contain lath 4, which is an irritating emulsifier. I'm not sure why they did that. Plus it's got DMDM hydantoin as a preservative, this is a synthetic preservative and it releases formaldehyde, which is an irritant, making this actually a disaster product. This is something I actually really wouldn't recommend for any of you. It's a shame because actually the retinol is very good, and so far we really haven't seen vitamin A in the eye creams that are meant to help with fine lines and dark circles when surely this is meant to be the first ingredient we should be looking for. I think you just need to reformulate this. And while you're at it, if you're going to put retinol in a product, don't put it in a jar. Put it in an airless pump because it's an antioxidant and oxidizes in oxygen."

Dr. Shereene Idriss

1.72M subs

~Yay

"I use the Olay Retinol 24 Eye Cream. This comes in a very nice applicator tip and it is extremely easy to apply in a pinpoint fashion. It retails for $18."

Doctorly

3.58M subs

~Yay

"I like eye creams for this area. The Olay Retinol 24 Eye Cream would be great here, you're just looking for gentle ingredients that also would help with whatever your specific problem is on the lips there."

Dr. Jenny Liu

322k subs

~Yay

"Olay Retinol 24 their retinal eye cream is also pretty lightweight."

Dr Dray

2.69M subs

~Yay

"The night eye cream has retinol, which is cool, Olay has some pretty good retinols. In addition to retinol, which can be helpful for the fine lines around the eyes, this has niacinamide and panthenol, which I love in a moisturizer, it's really well moisturizing. This is seriously one of the best products from Olay in my humble opinion."

All 4 takes from Dr Dray

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"The night eye cream has retinol, which is cool, Olay has some pretty good retinols. In addition to retinol, which can be helpful for the fine lines around the eyes, this has niacinamide and panthenol, which I love in a moisturizer, it's really well moisturizing. This is seriously one of the best products from Olay in my humble opinion."

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"This is retinol, that makes some sense. This actually looks promising, the ingredients look good, peptides and humectants. In theory they may get into the skin and help with repairing collagen, but whether or not they actually do that, who knows. Niacinamide is helpful for hyperpigmentation and for the moisture barrier. It seems pretty steep for those two little jars, and I'd much rather have a squeeze tube than these little eye cream jars."

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"This is the retinol eye cream I recommend. Typically you don't need a separate eye cream, but a lot of retinols are maybe a little too irritating for the skin around the eyelids. This is a good one though because it's formulated for the delicate skin around the eyes."

Cassandra Bankson

2.46M subs

~Nay

"One of the reasons that I absolutely detest eye cream is because I see it as a scam. A lot of companies take perfectly good formulas that are basically moisturizers for the entire face and they put them in a tinier container, they then jack the price up so that you think you're paying for something special, and put it in your under eye area, and people are paying more money to do this when they're getting something they either could use all over their face or it's just a smaller version of a moisturizer. When I look at the ingredients we have water, dimethicone, glycerin, dimethicone cross polymer, and finally some retinol and retinol propionate. All of these are moisturizing ingredients. This is literally what's in foundation primers, moisturizers, and you're paying a ton of money for retinol and niacinamide inside of this dimethicone base. You can get such less expensive eye creams that have retinol. For forty dollars I would say no, no, Olay is not okay for this price."

What the evidence says.

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

Retinoids

Retinoids are among the best studied ingredients in dermatology, with solid evidence for acne and for the fine lines and rough texture that come from sun exposure. Dryness and flaking in the first few weeks are common and usually settle.

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

Sunscreen filters

Sun protection is the best evidenced way to slow visible ageing, and the filters are what does the work. Mineral and chemical filters both protect when a product is applied thickly enough and often enough, which is where most people fall short rather than on the choice of filter.

Source: DermNet

Frequently asked.

What is Olay Retinol 24 Eye Cream?

A lightweight eye cream formulated with retinol designed to address fine lines and dark circles around the delicate eye area.

Is Olay Retinol 24 Eye Cream worth it?

The gurus are split. 5 of the 7 gurus give it their stamp of approval while 2 would skip it, which lands it in the middle at a Guru Score of 66%.

What is Olay Retinol 24 Eye Cream's Guru Score?

Olay Retinol 24 Eye Cream holds a Guru Score of 66%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 7 expert reviewers we have collected.