The Ordinary Caffeine Solution 5% + EGCG

Updated Nov 8, 2026 · Top Eye creams

Best for Puffy mornings when you want a printed 5 percent caffeine serum, not a moisturizer.

The Ordinary prints the dose: 5 percent caffeine, plus EGCG from green tea, in a watery serum. Caffeine is one of the few eye-area ingredients with any data for the look of puffiness, and a 2024 review says that data is still thin and almost never run on the bottle you buy. This serum is not a moisturizer. Dry, crepey under-eyes want CeraVe or Avène on top or instead. It will not fix pigment or a hollow. Use a small amount morning and night. If it stings, stop. The percent is the useful part. The puffiness claim is still a look, not a measurement of this bottle.

Active

Caffeine 5 percent, plus EGCG

Texture

Watery serum

Use

Morning and night

Not

A moisturizer

Sources: The Ordinary listing: 5 percent caffeine plus EGCG · Journal review: caffeine has some puffiness data; finished eye products are rarely tested (published 2024)