Review: Drunk Elephant C-Tango Multivitamin Eye Cream

I’m always a little hesitant to talk about an eye contour product for several reasons.

The main one is that expectations with this type of product are often disproportionate (including mine). We all hope that a simple cream can solve our problems of very deep dark circles, erase our wrinkles and crow’s feet, remove the bags under eyes…

But the truth is that a simple eye cream can’t really do all these things (like many cosmetic products, I talked about it in my article The truth about my anti-aging skincare plan).

However, without expecting a miracle, you can still see a real improvement in these aspects with a decent and effective eye contour product!

I also know that, on the other hand, many people think that eye cream is superfluous, and that your face moisturizer cream can do the trick. 

I don’t think so, personally. If it’s only hydration that you are looking for, there’s no need to invest in a specific product.

But if like me, you have quite specific needs in this area (wrinkles, fine lines, pigmented and deep dark circles in my case), a targeted product can be quite interesting!

And when you find an effective product for this area, you keep it! That’s exactly what happened to me with C-Tango and I’ll explain it all to you in detail!

Brands Focus on: Drunk Elephant, “clean” and innovative skincare Drunk Elephant is a super trendy American skincare brand: very focused on natural ingredients but which doesn’t leave aside neither the technology nor the chemical elements essential for a real effectiveness on the skin. “Clean skincare” sure, but that works! Read more

My review:

I’ve always had very deep dark circles and I know that no cosmetic product can really do much about it. I can still manage them fine with makeup (well, it becomes more challenging with age, not gonna lie to you).

However, in recent years, my dark circles became considerably darker, and I look more tired than ever. So if I hear about a product that restores radiance and can do something about this unwanted pigmentation, I’m definitely interested!

As you know, I’m a fan of the American skincare brand Drunk Elephant products. I talked about their products on BTY ALY over and over again! Their communication can annoy me sometimes (as it’s often the case with some “clean beauty” brands, in the way they can tend to confuse consumers about certain ingredients without really informing them IMO) but I recognize that the brand’s products are usually very good.

Their C-Firma serum, especially, is one of my favorite vitamin C serums (I don’t like its price so much though!), so the idea of a vitamin C based eye cream seemed very appealing to me!

C-Tango launched last year and I literally stalked their website to be able to buy it as soon as it would be available!

In this eye cream, you can find vitamin C derivatives (there are 5 of them!), some peptides, ceramides, anti-oxidant ingredients… In short, a formula rich in active skincare ingredients!

The online reviews are fantastic and I must say that I myself was very convinced by the product (to the point of repurchasing it 3 times!).

I’ve been using it for almost a year now (a bottle lasts about 4-5 months) and I really saw a difference with the pigmentation of my skin around the eye area. 

I couldn’t go out in the world without my peach corrector to reduce my dark pigmentation in this area, and now I’m just using a little bit of normal concealer and that’s enough! 🙂

Regarding the brand’s other claims about toning, anti-wrinkle effect, the result is not as convincing (I’m using another eye cream product with retinol for that, I’ll probably do a review later) but the brightening effect is already very nice!

Regarding hydration, C-Tango is not enough for me, however. I use it in the morning and I have to use my hyaluronic acid serum underneath, otherwise, my contour feels dry at the end of the day.

I don’t use a lot (1/2 pump is more than enough for both eyes) and I also apply it on my upper eyelid 😉.

Despite its high price, I know I will keep repurchasing it!

In conclusion:

In short, I think I’m now addicted to this C-Tango cream and I don’t want to be without it anymore. For me, who loves to test different products and being always tempted by the latest new releases, that definitely means something!

I’m not going to lie, this product is not cheap. But for once, I can see a real difference on my eye contour, so I definitely want to keep using it!

I’m not going to lie, this product is not cheap. But for once, I can see a real difference on my eye contour, so I definitely want to keep using it!

The C-Tango Multivitamin Eye Cream retails for $64 for 15ml.