I tried the eye balm, but I didn't find it one bit better than the cream for under-eye use, and for that reason I could not justify paying so much more for such a tiny jar. So now I just use the cream, which I LOVE LOVE LOVE for my whole face, making sure it's nicely warmed up on my fingers, and not too much of it for under the eyes, and I really found it worked better than the separate eye cream. In fact, I still have almost half a jar of the eye balm after a couple of years because I ended up not using it much. Texturally, it's not the same as the creme. As the jar got more empty, it seemed to get more dense than it was originally....not exactly dried out or anything, but you have a harder time getting just a bit out to put under your eyes. Overall I was disappointed in the eye balm....it was supposed to be more concentrated, but using half a jar of it didn't produce any amazing results as far as I could see. The regular cream is better and definitely more cost effective compared to buying two separate creams.