Eye Cream Review: Caudalie Premier Cru The Eye Cream

Hello folksickles. Today's review will be for Caudalie Premier Cru The Eye Cream

Availability: This particular formulation of the Premier Cru Eye Cream has been discontinued.

Would I buy this?: Probably not.

What is this product designed to address?

According to sephora.com this is what the product is and what it does:

Which skin type is it good for?

✔ Normal

✔ Oily

✔ Combination

✔ Dry

✔ Sensitive

What it is:

A bestselling peptide-packed eye cream laser focused on diminishing dark circles, puffiness, and wrinkles for brighter, smoother, and more lifted eyes. 

Solutions for:

- Dark circles

- Puffiness

- Fine lines and wrinkles

If you want to know more…

Nicknamed "photoshop for the eyes," this bestselling eye cream targets dark circles, puffiness, fine lines, and wrinkles so eyes look perfectly filtered—soft, smooth, and bright—instantly. The formula works deeply to deliver long-term results, as it is powered by Caudalie’s three signature patent: resveratrol lifts and firms, Viniferine® brightens, and grape seed polyphenols protect against environmental aggressors. Natural pearlizers and soft focus powders work to instantly reduce dark circles and blur fine lines. Active peptides provide an immediate lifting effect. The cream’s ultra-hydrating, luxurious texture melts into skin for instant brightening, working well under concealer. It can be used around the entire eye area for a 360-degree application.

Vinotherapist tip: before or after makeup, apply to brow and cheekbones for natural highlighting.

Beauty Tip:

Before or after makeup, apply to brow and cheekbones for natural highlighting.

What else you need to know:

Founded on their family vineyard in Bordeaux France, Mathilde and Bertrand Thomas created the first skincare brand to harness the natural antioxidant powers of the grapevine. Since the beginning, the family-owned company has always sourced natural and environmentally conscious ingredients while collaborating with leading medical schools, such as Harvard Medical School. Each formula created is held to the highest of standards. It must be natural, effective, luxurious, and free of synthetic and harmful ingredients with no animal testing. Caudalie never uses parabens, phenoxyethenol, phtalates, mineral oil, sodium laureth sulfate, or animal ingredients.

This product is vegan, non-toxic, cruelty-free, hypoallergenic, and free of all synthetic chemicals, artificial fragrances, fillers, gluten, and GMOs. 

Research results:

In a clinical self-evaluation test of satisfaction on 43 volunteers, after 56 days:

- 79% reported skin is smoothed

- 93% reported skin is moisturized

Clean at Sephora

When you spot our Clean seal, you can be sure we’ve checked that this brand’s product is made without the ingredients you told us you’d most like to avoid. 

Clean at Sephora™ is formulated without: 

Sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, Triclosan, Triclocarban. All skincare, hair, and makeup brands with the Clean Seal have less than one percent of synthetic fragrances.

Does it contain any special/beneficial ingredients?

According to sephora.com:

-Vine Resveratrol and Micro Hyaluronic Acid Complex: Provide anti-wrinkle, firming, and lifting action.

-Viniferine: Counteracts the look of dark spots and adds radiance.

-Grape Seed Polyphenols: Provide antioxidant protection.

-Caffeine and Peptides: Fight puffiness and dark circles

What is the texture like?

This feels moisturizing, refreshing, and smoothing.

Is it scented?

This smells very light and clean but nothing particularly strong or very detectable.

My overall experience/comments on the product:
I have to say the main thing that keeps me from saying I'd buy this is the price point. This is a really nice, lightweight, hydrating eye cream. It has a bit of a blurring and brightening effect on the under-eye area. HOWEVER, it is neither the most blurring, hydrating, or brightening eye cream that I've ever used. It delivers on its promises and feels nice but saying it's "photoshop for the eyes," is an extreme exaggeration. :/

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Disclaimer: This was provided for testing purposes. I am under no obligation, nor am I being compensated, to mention it on this blog.