TIRED EYE RELIEF:Our top ten products for getting rid of puffiness, dark circles and bags under your eyes

1: Clinique All About Eyes, £20
This is a light, very effective cream. Even after a couple of applications, the skin around the eyes is significantly softer and smoother looking. Absorbed very quickly, it also provides a great base for make-up. It does reduce mild puffiness and seems to help a little with dark circles around the eyes, especially if you use regularly and preemptively.

2: Pevonia Botanica 'C' Evolutive Eye Gel, £33.95
This is a fabulous product if you have really sensitive skin around the eye area, as it doesn't smart even if you use it a couple of times a day. It leaves the eyes feeling cool and fresh and calms puffiness successfully. It is a very light, non-sticky, fragrance-free gel.

3: Dermalogica Total Eye Care spf 15, £29.80
This is a really nice moisturising eye cream that instantly brightens up the area around your eyes with light reflective particles. The shimmer makes it a really good makeup base, and it also has that key sun protection element which is so important for the delicate under-eye area.

4: Clarins Eye Revive Beauty Flash, £21.50
This cream feels more like a light moisturiser than an intense treatment so, although it doesn't attack puffiness or dark circles, it is just the thing if you want to prep your eyes before you put on make-up. It is lightly scented and cools the eyes, making them feel fresh and look really bright, also leaving the skin around the eyes much softer. It is easily absorbed so you can apply eye make-up right away.

5: Elemis Bright Eyes Recovery Gel, £35
This is an instant relief product that is more about how you feel than what you look like. If you are prone to tired eyes from driving, reading or computer work, this gel is great as it leaves your eyes feeling cool and fresh right away.

6: Natura Bissé Special FX Eye Illuminate, £32
This yellowish gel has a strong medicated smell that makes you think it must work really well. A faint shimmer makes it light reflective, running interference and deflecting light to detract from signs of tiredness whilst working all the while on the symptoms themselves. It does not have quite the moisturising properties of some of the creams but is a solid emergency treatment. Exclusive to Harrods.

7: Clarins Eye Contour Gel, £21.50
This gel really helps to make eyes less puffy (though it does not seem to have much effect on dark circles). Only use a tiny bit and rub in well, as the gel is slow to absorb. Before applying eye make-up, wait for the stickiness to dry up. Once it has set, it provides a particularly good base that makes eye shadow stay on much longer.

8: Philosophy Eye Believe, £27
This product looks like a clear gel and sweeps on with the same ease, but feels more like a silky powder. It is so light that it vanishes under your fingers and is instantly absorbed. It feels nice under the eyes but may cause very mild tingling if you have very sensitive skin.

9: Alpha-H Luminescent Eye Cream, £31
This cream is thicker than others so would be a good one to use overnight to give the skin around your eyes some serious moisture. It absorbs slowly so don't try to apply make-up right afterwards. Available through HQHair.com.

10: Garnier Nutritionist Regenerating Eye Cream, £8.49
This cream is light, moisturising, non-oily and unscented. Tiny light-reflecting particles make it quite a nice base for make-up. Its smoothing effect is its strongest quality, along with its very accessible price.