Face cream for over 40

[Brwnibella]

Female- 45- needs cream to help with wrinkles - firming - daytime 

eye cream to help with firming - lighting up my eyes 

[WinglessOne]

@Brwnibella  I’m over 50 and use The Ordinary Multi-Peptide + Copper Peptides 1% for Wrinkles and Skin Elasticity 1 oz / 30 ml as an eye serum each morning. It’s loaded with hydrating ingredients. It doesn’t erase my undereye lines (no topically applied product will do that longterm), but it does plump that skin up a bit to soften those lines.

You mentioned lighting up your eyes. Assuming you’re talking about dark circles, do you know what’s causing yours? Lack of sleep? Excessive eye rubbing? (I’m guilty of both of those. 😅) Hyperpigmentation? Genetic/hereditary dark circles? If that last one applies to you, no skincare product will “fix” it and your best bet is makeup (color corrector and/or concealer, for instance). Or if your tear troughs are hollow/sunken like mine are, well, same deal applies there. And as we age, our undereye skin naturally starts to sag and hollow (due to underlying facial structure changes); not much to do there but makeup or seeing a doctor about in-office procedures. 

But if you have hyperpigmentation caused by, say, sun exposure: you could try a low-strength retinol or retinaldehyde (aka retinal) serum or cream under your eyes. Just try not to bring it all the way up to your lash line, and start off slowly with use: once or twice a week for a few weeks, then 2-3 times a week for a while, etc., and never twice on the same day. Lots of people like CeraVe Skin Renewing Retinol Serum for this, but there are other options out there like Avene Retrinal Eyes cream. 

Oh, and you can use any of the products I mentioned on the rest of your face too. Do you already use a retinol product on your face?

Whatever you use, make sure you top it off for daytime with a broad spectrum sunscreen. Don’t rely on SPF makeup; always apply a separate sunscreen underneath that. Many sunscreens contain at least one good moisturizing ingredient (dimethicone, for instance), so they can do double duty as moisturizers. Do you already use sunscreen? UV rays are a prime source of wrinkles and hyperpigmentation, so there’s no point trying to reverse those if you’re not also protecting your skin from the sun. That includes the skin around your eyes. If your eyes are sensitive like mine and throw fits when sunscreen’s brought up to the lash line, try a mineral (zinc oxide) sunscreen around your eyes—especially if you’re gonna apply concealer or foundation there anyway, which will cover any white cast left by that sunscreen. You can apply a different sunscreen to the rest of your face if you want. 

[haleyvvvv]

@Brwnibella you can consider also adding in a serum like the if you're not already:

Serum

The Ordinary Argireline Solution 10% for Reducing Fine Lines 1 oz/ 30 mL 

SEPHORA COLLECTION Lift & Firm - Plumping Booster Serum with Bakuchiol 1.01 oz / 30 ml 

INNBEAUTY PROJECT Elastic Skin Firming & Plumping Vegan Growth Factor Serum with Copper Peptides 

Eyes

La Mer The Eye Concentrate Cream 0.5 oz / 15 ml 

fresh Black Tea Anti-Aging Eye Cream with Retinol-Alternative BT Matrix 0.5 oz / 15 ml 

Paula's Choice Pro-Collagen Peptide Firming Eye Gel Serum to Depuff & Lift 0.5 oz/15 mL 

Creams 

INNBEAUTY PROJECT Extreme Cream Anti-Aging, Firming, & Lifting Refillable Moisturizer 

Dieux Instant Angel Lipid-Rich Firming Moisturizer 

fresh Black Tea Anti-Aging Moisturizer with Retinol-Alternative BT Matrix 

SEPHORA COLLECTION Lift & Firm - Plumping Day Cream with Peptides + Hyaluronic Acid 1.69 oz / 50 ml 

[SportyGirly125]

@Brwnibella @Sephora employee here 

StriVectin Peptight ™ 360˚ Tightening Eye Serum 1 oz / 30 mL 

StriVectin Intensive Eye Cream Concentrate for Wrinkles PLUS 1 oz / 30 mL 

Caudalie Premier Cru Anti-Aging Eye Cream for Fine Lines and Wrinkles 0.5 oz / 15 mL 

Caudalie Premier Cru Anti Aging Refillable Cream Moisturizer with Hyaluronic Acid 1.7 oz / 50 mL