Ole Henriksen Banana Bright Vitamin C Eye Cream.

Eye Care

About this product

A vitamin C eye cream with a soft yellow tint, designed to hydrate and visibly brighten the under-eye area.

Full ingredients

Aqua/Water/Eau, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Isododecane, Coconut Alkanes, 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Synthetic Beeswax, Dilinoleic Acid/Propanediol Copolymer, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Cocoyl Proline, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Ascorbic Acid, Colloidal Gold, Collagen, Glutathione, Citrus Nobilis (Mandarin Orange) Fruit Extract, Citrus Paradisi (Grapefruit) Peel Extract, Glucosyl Hesperidin, Tocopherol, Tamarindus Indica Seed Polysaccharide, Poncirus Trifoliata Fruit Extract, Morus Alba Root Extract, Linoleic Acid, Linolenic Acid, Jojoba Esters, Caprylyl Glycol, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Propanediol, Polyglyceryl-3 Cocoate, Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate, Polyglyceryl-6 Caprylate, Polyglyceryl-6 Ricinoleate, Hdi/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Polyacrylate-13, Butylene Glycol

Guru Score

74%

Mixed

5 experts · Moderate agreement

What the gurus are saying

That soft yellow tint, made with banana powder pigment, is what everyone keeps circling. Most reviewers love the slight brightening, the glow and the hydration, calling it a happy middle ground between makeup and skincare. The catch is that it color corrects rather than treats, so intense dark circles stay put, and the tint can read as the wrong undertone on melanin-rich skin. The reformulated, fragrance-free version might work if the original irritated your eyes.

Synthesized from 5 expert reviews · most recent take September 2026

What they liked

Very moisturizing
Fragrance-free
A little goes a long way

What they flagged

Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.

Type

Eye CareCream

Key actives

Vitamin CVitamin E

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

Where to buy

Sephora → Ulta → Amazon → Google →

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What the experts use it for.

The concerns the experts tie this product to, in their own words. Paid and founder takes don't count.

What the gurus are saying.

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Dr. Vanita Rattan

1.23M subs

~Nay

"It's got the wrong undertone for melanin-rich skin and it doesn't actually treat our dark circles. The price is £36 at Sephora. This is a formula I don't like for skin of color because it can lead to contact dermatitis and more dark circles. It's in jar packaging and there's nothing to treat your actual dark circles. It's more of a color corrector in a jar and I don't even like the fact that it's in a jar. You have to keep dipping your finger inside. I'm going to give this a 2 out of 10."

AliceintheRabbitHole

59k subs

~Yay

"The Ole Henriksen Banana Bright Vitamin C Eye Cream is my top eye cream recommendation in this sale. The soft yellow tint gives the under eye area a slight brightening effect, not to the level of a concealer, but a nice soft color correction, and it's very moisturizing. They also reformulated it, so if the original irritated your under eyes before, it might work now."

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Robert Welsh

1.11M subs

~Yay

"This is a Ole Henriksel Banana Bright eye cream. It's a really, really great eye cream. I really, really liked this, and I constantly try to speak about it on camera because it does have this brightening effect to the eye. It has this glow to it, even if you keep tapping, tapping, tapping. If you're not someone who has super dry eyelids and you just want to have very balanced hydration under eyes, this is great."

Nipun Kapur

413k subs

~Mixed

"I fell in love with it every time I used it, I felt this was just making my under-eye area brighter and nicer but I don't see this working on intense dark circles"

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Hyram

4.33M subs

~Yay

"I believe Ole Henriksen came out with a new version of that vitamin C eye product which is fragrance free. I've talked about it in multiple videos. I've used it for months. I love that product. It has this nice, ever so slight brightening effect on the under eye area, which is great for combating darkness, but it's very minimal. It's honestly the perfect balance between makeup and skincare."

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

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 Ole Henriksen Banana Bright Vitamin C Eye Cream?

A vitamin C eye cream with a soft yellow tint, designed to hydrate and visibly brighten the under-eye area.

Is Ole Henriksen Banana Bright Vitamin C 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 Ole Henriksen Banana Bright Vitamin C Eye Cream's Guru Score?

Ole Henriksen Banana Bright Vitamin C 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 5 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.