Have your days become more work, less sleep? Instead of a third iced latte, you might want to consider the best eye brighteners—hydrating and light reflective, they’re designed to make your under eye area look like you got a full eight hours sleep (even if that couldn’t be farther from reality). Not to be mistaken for concealer or color corrector, these illuminating serums impact a soft-focus radiance before under-eye concealer even enters the picture. Think of them as your skin’s private lighting crew, for all-day wear.
Celebrity makeup artist Melissa Murdick explains the difference between color correctors and brightening serums even further. In a recent TikTok, she showed how the former are highly pigmented and designed to neutralize, say, blue or red undertones (i.e. deeper di