Slapping eye cream on whenever you remember is like brushing your teeth after breakfast. Technically doing something — but you’re missing the point.
Alastin designed this thing so AM and PM aren’t interchangeable. One boosts, one repairs. Mix them up and you’re basically canceling out half the work.
$95 for 0.5 oz. Claims to “restore the look of the periorbital area” — which is fancy speak for “stop looking like you haven’t slept since 2019.”
TriHex Technology
Their patented peptide complex that tells old collagen to move over and let the new stuff in.
AM-Specific Caffeine
Morning formula has caffeine to depuff. Not the “maybe it helps” kind — the “I can actually see my crease again” kind.
PM-Specific Retinol Alternative
Night formula uses bakuchiol instead of retinol. Less angry, same results. Your eyelids will thank you.
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Two different formulas packed into one jar. AM is brightening and de-puffing. PM is repair and rebuild. They split the work so nothing fights for space.
- Caffeine: Vasoconstrictor that shrinks bags in 15 minutes flat
- Bakuchiol: Plant-based retinol that doesn’t peel your skin off
- Ceramides: Patch the moisture barrier so you don’t get crepey
- Peptides: Signal your skin to make collagen — the boring kind that actually works
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AM is a gel-cream that sinks in before you finish blinking. PM is richer — like a thick yogurt that actually stays put overnight. No pilling under concealer. Big win.
Week 2: I caught myself in a zoom light and thought “huh, those lines look softer.” Week 3: My husband asked if I was “doing something different.” I said nothing. Let him wonder.
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My under-eye circles didn’t vanish — that’s a concealer job. But the puffiness? Gone by 10am. The fine lines? Noticeably fewer. The crepey texture? Smoothed out.
Best eye cream I’ve used that doesn’t make me look like I’m wearing eye cream. Just better skin — morning and night.