9 Lancôme Products Allure Editors Can’t Get Enough Of (2024)

When it comes to luxe beauty, few brands live up to the best Lancôme products. The French beauty brand's’s selection of skin care, makeup, and fragrances has been dominating the prestige beauty industry for nearly 90 years—so much so that people across multiple generations (hi, mom!) have Lancôme go-to's in their makeup bags. As time has passed between the brand’s beginnings in France circa 1935 to modern day, their formulas have been updated to keep up with the times, but they still have that classic, glamourous feel that Lancôme fans know and love. Beauty launches come and go, but our editors have sworn by the following Lancôme skincare, makeup, and fragrance best-sellers throughout their careers (or, in many cases, even earlier).

Our Top Picks

• The Complexion Brightener: Advanced Génifique Radiance-Boosting Serum, $135
• Makeup Removal Made Easy: Bi-Facil Makeup Remover, $39
• Dark Circles, Be Gone: Rénergie H.C.F. Triple Serum Eye, $95
• Fluttery, Fanned-Out Lashes: Lash Idôle Mascara, $30
• The Final Boss of Lip Gloss: Juicy Tubes Lip Gloss, $25
• Fullest Coverage, Lightest Feel: Teint Idôle Ultra Wear Foundation, $57
• A Smokey Eye Essential: Le Stylo Waterproof Eyeliner Pencil, $28
• An Aromatic Bouquet: La Vie Est Belle Eau de Parfum, $120
• Smells Like Sunshine: Idôle Aura Eau De Parfum, $118

Best Lancôme Skin-Care Products

Advanced Génifique Radiance-Boosting Serum

Why it's worth it: For a daily brightening pick-me-up, we’ve found there are few options better than the Advanced Génifique Radiance-Boosting Serum (formerly known as the Advanced Génifique Youth Activating Concentrate). Each vial is filled with a concentrated concoction of hydrating hyaluronic acid, brightening vitamin C, and Bifidus prebiotic, the star ingredient that supports the skin’s moisture barrier and soothes any irritation. The result is bouncier skin and a glowier complexion with each use.

Tester feedback: “Did you know there’s a bottle of Lancôme Advanced Génifique in the welcome bag you get when you become a beauty editor?” says features director Dianna Mazzone Singh. “Okay, I’m kidding, there is no welcome bag—but Génifique is one of those products you’ve just got to try. It’s incredibly hydrating, absorbs quickly, and plays nicely with the rest of my products. When I apply it at night, my skin feels bouncy and soft the next morning.”

Key ingredients: hyaluronic acid, vitamin C, Bifidus prebiotic | Who it's for: anyone who wants to even their complexion or boost radiance

Rénergie H.C.F. Triple Serum Eye

Why it's worth it: Lancôme’s Rénergie H.C.F. Triple Serum Eye has a potent, multitasking formula worthy of its 2024 Allure Best of Beauty Award win. This innovative eye cream’s bottle has three chambers housing a snake venom-inspired peptide, brightening niacinamide, and fatty acid vitamin F. With each pump, you dispense a custom blend of all three key ingredients that revamps the look of undereyes, minimizing dark circles, fine lines, and skin sagging.

Tester Feedback: "What really makes this do-it-all eye serum so impressive for me is that it's made with a synthetic version of a peptide found in snake venom, which is what creates the look and feel of tighter, lifted undereyes," says associate beauty director Sarah Kinonen. "And as someone in their early 30s, who is starting to physically see the effects of sleepless nights (puffiness, dark circles), I've started using this firming treatment every morning and night (after applying my actives and before my moisturizer) to combat tired undereyes."

Key ingredients: peptides, niacinamide, vitamin F | Who it's for: anyone who wants to diminish the look of dark circles and fine lines around their eyes

Bi-Facil Makeup Remover

Why it's worth it: Swipe away a day’s worth of makeup before reaching for your cleanser with the Bi-Facil Makeup Remover. As its name suggests, this makeup remover has a bi-phase, part-oil, part-water formula that, when shaken, fuses to create a powerhouse makeup remover that breaks down stubborn, long-wearing cosmetics without leaving skin feeling over-stripped or irritated.

Tester feedback: “I started using this eye makeup remover back in high school, and while I've dabbled in micellar water, nothing breaks down my waterproof mascara quite like this stuff,” says contributing commerce director Deanna Pai. “It's gentle and effective, and never irritates my eyes.”

Key ingredients: cyclopentasiloxane (silicone), isohexadecane (petroleum) | Who it's for: anyone who wants to remove stubborn waterproof makeup

Best Lancôme Makeup Products

Lash Idôle Mascara

Why it's worth it: The Lash Idôle Mascara creates fluttery, doll-like lashes with each and every swipe of its lightweight, gel-based formula. This mascara enhances length and volume with its lightweight, buildable pigment and 360 micro-size bristles that grab each teensy lash. Its formula stays put without flaking for a solid 24 hours.

Tester feedback: “Lancôme's Lash Idôle Mascara lengthens, fluffs, and separates my lashes without any clumps or heaviness,” says assistant fashion editor Tascha Berkowitz. “There's never any undereye smudging or residue and I'm always promised a whimsy, natural glam look that lasts all day.”

Key ingredients: white tea extract | Shades: 2 | Who it's for: anyone who wants feathery, fanned-out lashes

Juicy Tubes Lip Gloss

Why it's worth it: The chances that you owned at least one Juicy Tubes Lip Gloss in your lifetime are high, and to this day it still sets the bar high for lip gloss. After some time off the shelves, Lancôme brought back this early-aughts darling in 2020 and reformulated it with vitamin E to soften and smooth skin. Along with the classic shimmer finish, Lancôme crafted high-shine, shimmer-free “jelly” and opaque “creamy” finishes to mix and match with the rest of your favorite lip products.

Key ingredients: vitamin E | Shades: 10 | Who it's for: anyone who wants a non-sticky, tried-and-true lip gloss

Teint Idôle Ultra Wear Foundation

Why it's worth it: The Lancôme Teint Idôle Ultra Wear Foundation is the pinnacle of full-coverage foundations—the velvety, matte formula is guaranteed to stay put and conceal blemishes for a full 24 hours. Though it has a matte finish, the Teint Idôle foundation is spiked with hyaluronic acid to stave off dryness. Another factor we love: It’s available in 55 shades, so finding your perfect match won’t be a hassle.

P.S. The Teint Idole Ultra Wear Concealer (available in 24 shades) is just as good—it won a Best of Beauty Award in 2022, after all. “After especially sleepless nights, I need a concealer that has fuller coverage than my typical choice," commerce editor Sarah Han says. “Teint Idole is super creamy, super buildable, and blends in like a dream without creasing or clinging to dry spots (it has glycerin and sunflower seed oil, among others)."

Key ingredients: hyaluronic acid, vitamin E, moringa seed extract, prebiotics | Shades: 55 | Who it's for: anyone who wants a full-coverage foundation

Le Stylo Waterproof Eyeliner Pencil

Why it's worth it: Whether you want crisp cat eyes or smudged-out smokey eyes, Le Stylo Waterproof Eyeliner Pencil has you covered. It's available in nine opaque, gel-based pigments that glide smoothly over the skin without skipping or creasing. This dual-ended liner also has a sponge tip for effortless blending and smudging, but once its formula sets, it’s guaranteed to stay put.

Key ingredients: N/A | Shades: 9 | Who it's for: anyone who wants a no-fade, waterproof eyeliner

Best Lancôme Fragrances

La Vie Est Belle Eau de Parfum

Why it's worth it: Everyone’s fragrance preferences are different, but Lancôme’s La Vie Est Belle Eau de Parfum is one of the rare scents that most of our team loves. Each spray instantly smells like a floral blend of iris, orange blossom, and jasmine, but as it dries down, you’ll be able to catch hints of sweet praline, warm vanilla, and herbaceous patchouli.

Tester feedback: “Each time I take a whiff of this delightful fragrance, my mind goes to its happy place,” says commerce writer Jennifer Hussein. “Its warm, sweet blend plays a major role in my spring-time fragrance rotation but its floral-heavy blend of iris, vanilla, and patchouli suits my vibe during the colder months, too.” We love a versatile scent.

Idôle Aura Eau De Parfum

Why it's worth it: If you could bottle up sunshine and turn it into a perfume, it’d smell like the Idôle Aura Eau De Parfum—that’s why it won the Allure Best of Beauty Award in our solar fragrance category in 2022. This warm, hazy fragrance has notes of floral rose, juicy bergamot, and sweet salted vanilla that emits a laidback, calming energy—akin to sunny, relaxed days at the beach.

How we test and review products

Before reviewing any makeup, we ask questions about several factors: What ingredients are in it? Does the brand offer a wide shade range inclusive of consumers with all skin tones and undertones? Is it safe for readers who have sensitive skin or wear contact lenses? Is it on the affordable side or more of a splurge? Is its packaging consciously designed or needlessly wasteful?

For our review of the best Lancôme products, we enlisted the help of multiple editors, writers, contributors, and makeup artists to review the products. This ensures our testing base spans different skin tones, genders, and dermatological conditions. We considered each product's performance across four primary categories: ingredients, wear and longevity, packaging, and inclusivity. For more on what's involved in our reporting, check out our complete reviews process and methodology page.

Our staff and testers

A beauty product is a personal purchase. You might be searching for a face cream to address persistent dryness or a new nail product to add to your Sunday self-care routine; you may simply be browsing around for the latest launches to hit the hair market. No matter what you seek or your individual needs and concerns, Allure wants to ensure that you love anything we recommend in our stories. We believe that having a diverse team of writers and editors—in addition to the wide range of outside testers and industry experts we regularly call upon—is essential to reaching that goal.

After all, can we really say a skin-care product is the "best" for people over 50 if the only testers we've solicited opinions from folks who have yet to hit 30? Can we honestly deem a high-end diffuser worthy of your hard-earned cash if it’s never been tested on curls? We're proud that our staff spans a wide range of ages, skin tones, hair textures, genders, and backgrounds, which means that we are able to fairly assess any beauty product that comes into the beauty closet.

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