Thursday, December 16, 2010

Which is the Best Eye Cream for Dark Circles?

One of the most prevalent beauty complications is the appearance of dark circles under the eyes. These dark circles under the eyes are primarily formed by blood leaking from capillaries close to the skin's surface. When this blood oxidizes, it turns a bluish red color. Simply because the skin underneath the eyes is so thin, the appearance of these dark circles is additional prominent than other locations on the body.

There are dozens of eye creams out there that claim to reduce the appearance of dark under eye circles or even totally remove them. But the actual question is, do any of them truly work?

In order to find the best eye cream for dark circles, we tested a range of different eye creams to come across out which 1 was the best at removing dark under eye circles.

Here are our results:


Hydrolyze

Hydrolyze claims to reduce the appearance of dark under eye circles and wrinkles. At virtually $70 a bottle, hydrolyze is one of the much more high-priced eye creams on the market. Nonetheless, they currently provide a totally free trial by way of their web site.

It's active ingredient is Haloxyl, which is mixture of natural enzymes that are intended to break down the blood which accumulates under the eyes; decreasing the appearance of dark under eye circles.

After six weeks of making use of hydrolyze, 4 out of 5 of our testers saw their dark under eye circles nearly vanish and three out of 5 testers saw a substantial reduction of wrinkles around their eyes. As far as eye creams go, Hydrolyze gave us some of the best results we'd seen in our test subjects. With the positive outcomes we witnessed and a totally free trial offered, we undoubtedly recommend trying Hydrolyze.

Overall Ranking:

4/5


Meaningful Beauty

This eye cream collection is promoted by the queen of supermodels, Cindy Crawford. Although it may possibly not be fair to judge this product solely on the removal of dark under eye circles - it's main purpose is anti-aging (wrinkle) reduction - it does claim to remove the appearance of dark circles as well.

The real problem with this product is that even though the price is reasonable ($39.95 a dose) it contains 8 separate products that need to be applied individually. Unless you have the time to maintain yourself like a supermodel - We're looking at you Cindy - you will most likely be totally frustrated by the constant applications.

Meaningful Beauty doesn't give away a ton of details about its active ingredients, they claim it's a "European Anti-Aging Secret" and they pretty a lot try to keep it just that; a secret. Although they do mention a melon extract that gives some of the natural enzymes in the creams.

Via our tests we found that whilst Meaningful Beauty was excellent for removing wrinkles and as an anti-aging cream, it didn't fare so well in removing dark under eye circles. After our six week trial period, 2 out of our 5 testers showed improvement with their dark under eye circles - although not substantial - and three out of 5 saw considerable results with the reduction of eye wrinkles.

Taking into account the price tag and mixed outcomes, we wouldn't recommend Meaningful Beauty as 1 of the top dark eye circle creams, but it is efficient as a wrinkle cream.

Overall Rating:

2/5


Eyevive

At $98.99 for a bottle, Eyvive tops Hydrolyze in being the most costly eye cream we tested. It is advertised as an anti-wrinkle cream but it also claims to decrease the appearance of dark circles under the eyes.

Eyevive doesn't offer a lot info on its active ingredients but it is animal tested and claims to be natural.

By means of our six week test, we found that 2 out of 5 testers saw their dark under eye circles considerably enhance, and three out of 5 saw a considerable improvement in removing wrinkles from around their eyes. The outcomes had been surely promising but it did not work as advertised for all our testers. They presently don't provide any free trials by means of their internet site, so in order to try it out, you will require to buy the bottle at full price. Some internet sites like Amazon, and eBay might have doses below the $100 price tag.

Overall Rating:

3/5


Youthology

This cream is one of those "as seen on tv" products that are on late-night infomercials. It claims its retail price is $79.99 but you can get it via a special on their site or via a TV offer for $39.99.

Youthology is distinctive to the other products on this list due to the fact it claims to reduce the appearance of eye wrinkles and under eye circles in 90 seconds. Although this may sound remarkable, Youthology was the worst products we tested. 1 out of 5 of our testers saw any improvement whatsoever in the appearance of dark under eye circles and wrinkles and 0 out of 5 saw any improvement on the very first use within 90 seconds.

We would suggest 1 of the other eye creams above over this one for both wrinkles and dark circles.

Overall Rating:

1/5