Optyma Eye Patches

The skin under your eyes is the thinnest on your face, which is why one bad night shows up there before anywhere else.

These are single-use fabric patches soaked in a concentrate. You put them on, wait fifteen minutes, and the area looks fresher — less puffy, less shadowed, smoother. It isn't a routine product. It's the thing you reach for on a specific morning.

Ginseng root extract for an energising feel.
Bilberry leaf extract, traditionally used around the eye area, helps soften the look of shadows and puffiness.
Equisetum extract for a toning effect.
Hyaluronic acid and sodium PCA hold water at the surface, so fine lines look smoother straight away.

Ten ingredients, no fragrance. One of the shortest, gentlest formulas Dermophisiologique makes.

• The morning after a late night
• An hour before an event, under makeup
• After a long flight
• Any morning your eyes look more tired than you feel

Keep a few in the fridge. Cold patches feel better and the effect is more noticeable.

Start with a clean, dry under-eye area — the patches won't stick properly over cream or makeup.

WHICH WAY DO THEY GO?
The patches are crescent-shaped. The widest part goes toward the outer corner of your eye, near the temple; the narrow end sits toward your nose. Press gently along the whole edge so the fabric makes full contact.

Leave them on for at least 15 minutes. Twenty is better.

Peel off and pat the remaining liquid in with your ring finger until it absorbs. Don't rinse — the leftover concentrate is doing the work.

One pouch is one use, for both eyes. The patches aren't reusable.

Optyma Instant Eye Lift Cream $91 + Optyma Eye Patches $14.50 = $105.50

Ten minutes with the patches before an early meeting or a late night out; the cream twice a day for everything in between.

Dermatologically tested. Fragrance-free, alcohol-free, silicone-free, PEG-free.

Made in Italy by Dermophisiologique, a certified B Corporation since 2015.

AQUA (WATER), PROPYLENE GLYCOL, PANAX GINSENG ROOT EXTRACT, EQUISETUM HYEMALE EXTRACT, VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS LEAF EXTRACT, SODIUM PCA, HYDROLYZED GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS, SODIUM HYALURONATE, PHENOXYETHANOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN.

Optyma Antiage Eye Contour Cream ($91) — the daily version of this. Patches are for the occasion; the cream is for the other 364 mornings.

Optyma Eye Serum — targeted at puffiness and shadows, with an applicator tip.