There are 18 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page. Jealous, Colin Powell, Wanda Durant, and Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Her clients include Nancy Pelosi, Nancy Cartwright, Armin Van Buuren, Hugh Jackman, Vashawn Mitchell, Richard Smallwood, Benjamin T. She is also the lead makeup artist for Ascender Communications and freelances with the local NBC news team in the DC metro area. She has over 20 years of makeup and beauty consulting experience. Christin Birckhead is a Makeup Artist and the Founder of Conceptual Beauty, a beauty service based in Washington, DC specializing in wedding services such as engagements and bridal parties along with fashion shows and executive headshots. Keep scrolling to discover the best at-home treatments for dark circles that I have tried.This article was co-authored by Christin Birckhead. I have found a number of things that help the situation, and it’s not all down to certain eye creams. Having said that, despite the fact that there are injectable and surgical options available (Hawkes informs me that there are procedures called lower eyelid blepharoplasty and orbital fat repositioning that can be done and that filler is another option), I’d rather try my hand at as many at-home treatments as possible until I’ve exhausted all of my options.

“The causes of dark circles are multifactorial but include genetics (increased melanin deposition), allergies, location of blood vessels and age-related changes,” says Hawkes. There is no magic product that can fix our genes. (RIP Becca's Under-Eye Brightening Corrector.) The truth is that no eye cream will eradicate dark circles. I find myself frustrated by the use of the term “dark circles” in the industry because so much of the messaging implies that dark circles are our fault and can be totally reversed with one magical product.

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