Steadwell The Finishing Touch Eye Gel

The small one that finishes the job.

The under-eye area is thin, unforgiving, and the first place to show a rough night or a fast few months. It's also the one spot where your regular moisturizer and your retinol serum both shouldn't go.

The Finishing Touch is a lightweight peptide gel-cream for the orbital area. Acetyl tetrapeptide-5 and sodium hyaluronate for the look of puffiness and hydration, grape seed oil and bamboo extract for antioxidant support. It's a supporting player — it's not going to carry your routine, and it isn't priced like it should.

What it does

• Acetyl Tetrapeptide-5 + Sodium Hyaluronate for the eye area
• Reduces the appearance of puffiness around the eyes
• Hydrates to soften the look of fine lines
• Grape seed oil and bamboo extract for antioxidant support
• Gel-cream texture — sits under makeup without creasing

How to use it

Once or twice daily, apply a dime-sized amount to the under-eye area and along the orbital bone. Pat, don't rub — the skin there is thinner than you think. Use it after your serum and before sunscreen. Avoid direct contact with eyes.

Full ingredients (INCI)

Aqua, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Glucoside, Acacia Senegal Gum, Xanthan Gum, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-5, Sodium Hyaluronate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Phyllostachys Bambusoides Extract.

Net Wt. 1 fl oz (30ml). For external use only. Manufactured in the USA.

Questions people actually ask

Will this get rid of my dark circles?
Probably not. A lot of under-eye darkness is bone structure and blood vessels showing through thin skin — no cream fixes that. What this works on is the appearance of puffiness and hydration.

Can I put my retinol serum here instead?
Don't. Nightly Renewal is formulated for face and neck; the orbital area needs something gentler. That's the entire reason this product exists.

Will it pill under makeup?
Not if you let it absorb for a minute first. It's a gel-cream, not an occlusive balm.

Morning, night, or both?
Either. Both is fine. Morning is where most people notice the puffiness benefit.

Is 1 fl oz a lot for an eye product?
It's generous — most eye creams ship in 0.5 oz. At a dime-sized amount twice daily this lasts a long while.

Do I actually need this?
Honestly? It's the least essential thing we make. If you're picking one product, start with Daily Companion or Daily Collagen. This is the finishing step once the rest of your routine is handled — hence the name.

The 60-day promise

Use it daily for 60 days. If you don't see a difference, email us and we'll refund you — opened jar included. No return shipping, no forms.

A note from Caleb

I'll be straight with you: this is the add-on. I made it because I kept getting asked what to use around the eyes when the face serum is too strong for that area, and the honest answer was "something lighter, with peptides and hyaluronate." So we made that instead of pretending the face serum could do double duty. If you're buying one Steadwell product today, don't make it this one. If you already have the routine dialed in, this is the piece that finishes it.

For external use only. Keep out of reach of children. Store in a cool, dry place. Discontinue use if irritation occurs.