Skin-Nomad's Take — At a Glance
- Firms and hydrates the delicate eye area with PDRN and ceramides.
- Lightweight cream with retinoids, vitamin C, and cica for elasticity.
- Suits combination to mature skin types seeking plumping hydration.
The skin around your eyes gives up firmness before the rest of your face does, and by the time you notice it a hydrating eye cream is no longer the answer. The Centellian24 360º Shot PDRN lifting Eye cream comes at that with three retinoids and Adenosine on collagen, a five-ceramide barrier holding the area steady underneath, and PDRN, the salmon-derived active giving the range its name. Centellian24 formulates in South Korea and has built its recent work around PDRN, which is how a compound better known from clinics ended up in a light eye cream.
Key Benefits
- Three retinoids reach the same receptor by three different routes: Retinol converts to its active form in two steps, retinal in one, and hydroxypinacolone retinoate binds the receptor directly without converting at all, so the collagen signal arrives at staggered speeds rather than all at once. Adenosine stimulates the skin's collagen-producing cells alongside them, and slackness at the outer corner is the slow, cumulative change the two together are working on.
- The ceramide complex earns its place by making that survivable: Ceramides NP, AP, AS, NS and EOP reinforce the skin's lipid barrier, with beta-glucan holding water below the surface and Centella Asiatica and Portulaca Oleracea settling the irritation that comes with retinoid use. On skin this thin, that is the difference between a retinoid working and a retinoid flaking.
- Brightening arrives from two directions at once: Stabilised Vitamin C works on the pigment that discolours the under-eye, while coffee seed extract brings caffeine to the fluid and dilated vessels behind the puffy, shadowed look. Those are separate causes of a tired-looking eye, and this covers both.
- PDRN earns the name on the box, and glutathione backs it on tone: Sodium DNA, the salmon-derived fraction sold as PDRN, is here for repair, and glutathione sits beside it working the oxidative side of pigment. Both came to skincare with reputations built in injectable, oral and wound-healing use, and the topical research behind them is younger and still growing, which is worth knowing when you meet them in a formula this loaded.
Texture & Finish
Light for the length of its ingredient list, closer to a cream-gel than to a balm. It layers cleanly at the eye step, under a night cream or a facial oil later in the evening.
Note: Three retinoids is a lot for the thinnest skin on your face, so this is an evening cream to build up to gradually rather than one to use at full frequency from the start. We don't recommend retinoids during pregnancy or while breastfeeding.
Ideal For
- Skin types: Combination, normal, dry and mature skin, including an eye area that has turned dry or easily irritated.
- Skin concerns: Fine lines and crow's feet, loss of firmness, dehydration, dullness and a tired look, and uneven tone around the eye.
- Best used by: People in their forties and beyond who would rather run one loaded eye cream than three thin ones will get the most from this, because the ceramide base is what lets that many actives share a single step.
FAQ
Q: How does this compare to a standard eye cream?
A: A standard eye cream is a hydrating base with one or two actives in it. The Centellian24 360º Shot PDRN lifting Eye cream carries three retinoids, five ceramides, stabilised Vitamin C, Adenosine, cica and PDRN in a single light texture, which is a full-face serum's worth of actives applied at the eye step.
Q: Are retinol, retinal and hydroxypinacolone retinoate three names for the same thing?
A: No. They are three separate molecules that end up acting on the same receptor by different paths: retinol needs two conversion steps inside the skin, retinal needs one, and hydroxypinacolone retinoate binds the receptor directly with no conversion. Using all three in one formula spreads the retinoid effect across different speeds instead of concentrating it in a single fast-acting one.
Q: Can I use this if I already use a retinoid on the rest of my face?
A: Yes, and it works perfectly well as the whole eye step on its own. It goes on in the evening at the eye stage, after your serum and before your moisturiser, and the ceramide and cica content is there precisely so the eye area does not dry out while everything else is being pushed. It also sits naturally alongside a morning brightening serum, since pigment work and collagen work run on opposite halves of the day.
The eye step is normally where a routine eases off, and this is a cream that goes the other way.
Explore the dark circles collection for further eye-area treatments, or the wrinkles & ageing collection for supporting actives.
Skin-Nomad's Take — At a Glance
- Firms and hydrates the delicate eye area with PDRN and ceramides.
- Lightweight cream with retinoids, vitamin C, and cica for elasticity.
- Suits combination to mature skin types seeking plumping hydration.
The skin around your eyes gives up firmness before the rest of your face does, and by the time you notice it a hydrating eye cream is no longer the answer. The Centellian24 360º Shot PDRN lifting Eye cream comes at that with three retinoids and Adenosine on collagen, a five-ceramide barrier holding the area steady underneath, and PDRN, the salmon-derived active giving the range its name. Centellian24 formulates in South Korea and has built its recent work around PDRN, which is how a compound better known from clinics ended up in a light eye cream.
Key Benefits
- Three retinoids reach the same receptor by three different routes: Retinol converts to its active form in two steps, retinal in one, and hydroxypinacolone retinoate binds the receptor directly without converting at all, so the collagen signal arrives at staggered speeds rather than all at once. Adenosine stimulates the skin's collagen-producing cells alongside them, and slackness at the outer corner is the slow, cumulative change the two together are working on.
- The ceramide complex earns its place by making that survivable: Ceramides NP, AP, AS, NS and EOP reinforce the skin's lipid barrier, with beta-glucan holding water below the surface and Centella Asiatica and Portulaca Oleracea settling the irritation that comes with retinoid use. On skin this thin, that is the difference between a retinoid working and a retinoid flaking.
- Brightening arrives from two directions at once: Stabilised Vitamin C works on the pigment that discolours the under-eye, while coffee seed extract brings caffeine to the fluid and dilated vessels behind the puffy, shadowed look. Those are separate causes of a tired-looking eye, and this covers both.
- PDRN earns the name on the box, and glutathione backs it on tone: Sodium DNA, the salmon-derived fraction sold as PDRN, is here for repair, and glutathione sits beside it working the oxidative side of pigment. Both came to skincare with reputations built in injectable, oral and wound-healing use, and the topical research behind them is younger and still growing, which is worth knowing when you meet them in a formula this loaded.
Texture & Finish
Light for the length of its ingredient list, closer to a cream-gel than to a balm. It layers cleanly at the eye step, under a night cream or a facial oil later in the evening.
Note: Three retinoids is a lot for the thinnest skin on your face, so this is an evening cream to build up to gradually rather than one to use at full frequency from the start. We don't recommend retinoids during pregnancy or while breastfeeding.
Ideal For
- Skin types: Combination, normal, dry and mature skin, including an eye area that has turned dry or easily irritated.
- Skin concerns: Fine lines and crow's feet, loss of firmness, dehydration, dullness and a tired look, and uneven tone around the eye.
- Best used by: People in their forties and beyond who would rather run one loaded eye cream than three thin ones will get the most from this, because the ceramide base is what lets that many actives share a single step.
FAQ
Q: How does this compare to a standard eye cream?
A: A standard eye cream is a hydrating base with one or two actives in it. The Centellian24 360º Shot PDRN lifting Eye cream carries three retinoids, five ceramides, stabilised Vitamin C, Adenosine, cica and PDRN in a single light texture, which is a full-face serum's worth of actives applied at the eye step.
Q: Are retinol, retinal and hydroxypinacolone retinoate three names for the same thing?
A: No. They are three separate molecules that end up acting on the same receptor by different paths: retinol needs two conversion steps inside the skin, retinal needs one, and hydroxypinacolone retinoate binds the receptor directly with no conversion. Using all three in one formula spreads the retinoid effect across different speeds instead of concentrating it in a single fast-acting one.
Q: Can I use this if I already use a retinoid on the rest of my face?
A: Yes, and it works perfectly well as the whole eye step on its own. It goes on in the evening at the eye stage, after your serum and before your moisturiser, and the ceramide and cica content is there precisely so the eye area does not dry out while everything else is being pushed. It also sits naturally alongside a morning brightening serum, since pigment work and collagen work run on opposite halves of the day.
The eye step is normally where a routine eases off, and this is a cream that goes the other way.
Explore the dark circles collection for further eye-area treatments, or the wrinkles & ageing collection for supporting actives.
