Target Area(s):Puffiness and moisturizes – Use as a day and night cream

Price: $19.59

A practical consumer will use their common sense and cents in buying a product that is truly worth their every penny. Unfortunately, this product does not fit the bill for the perfect buy.

The producers L'Oreal Youth Code Daily Treatment Eye Cream claims that they have invested over 10 years of extensive research to come up with a product that effectively rejuvenates the skin around the eyes to help you restore your youthful looks. The product comes with a unique metal applicator which dispenses the cream and helps in faster absorption by gently massaging the skin around the eyes. It is supposed to reduce stress signs, wrinkles, eye bags, and aging skin around your orbs. It works as a powerful moisturizer that encourages your skin's natural regenerating powers resulting to younger looking skin around the eyes.

Here's what it has going for it:

• Fragrance free
• Non-greasy
• Dermatologically tested for mildness
• Tested by Ophthalmologists
• The ingredients are known to boost collagen
• Regenerates skin around eyes for youthful look

Other factors to consider:

• only 0.5 fl oz – not enough product content
• can cause eye irritation
• does not work for everyone and for all skin types
• the smell is not pleasant for everyone
• takes time to show results

How It Works: Although in some websites, this product is sold for less than the $24.99 retail price, the tube and its contents are not enough to satisfy the customer. There are no money back guarantees and it does not indicate that it has FDA approval. Some people attest that it works but what is very significant about it is that it took several weeks and even months to show dramatic results. Other users swear that it did not do anything for them and even caused rashes, irritation and skin bumps.

Directions for Use: Apply one to three drops over your face and neck, smoothing gently until thoroughly absorbed. For best results, use in the morning and evening in conjunction with other Youth Code products.

Ingredients: According to the site, the product's contents are:Water, Glycerin, Squalling, Stearic Acid, Cetyl Alcohol, Palmitic Acid, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Glyceryl Stearate, Propylene Glycol, Honey, Algae (Seaweed) Extract, Glycine Soya Protein (Soybean Protein), Isohexadecane, Sodium Hydroxide, Silica, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Hydrolyzed Rice Bran Protein, Panthenol, Polysilicone 8, Acrylamide (Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate Copolymer), Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Phenoxylethanol, Digluconate, Ethylparaben, CI 77491, CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), Cyclohexasiloxane, Sodium Benzoate,Stearyl Alcohol,PEG 100 Stearate,Nylon 66,PEG 20 Stearate,Ruscus Aculeatus Root Extract/Ruscus Aculeatus (Butcher's Broom) Extract ,Caffeine, Bifida Ferment Lysate,Cholesterol, Methyl Methacrylate Crosspolymer, Adenosine,Hydroxypalmitoyl Sphinganine,Fagus Sylvatica Extract, Polysorbate 80,Acrylates Crosspolymer,Methylparaben,CI 77499,CI 77492 (Iron Oxides)

Recommendation: I would not recommend this and these are my reasons why.

The producers of this eye cream claim that it was subjected to dermatological and ophthalmologist testing but the true gauge that it is really safe is for it to have FDA approval.

Even with daily use of the product, it will take more than a month for you to see any significant results and you will end up having to buy another tube just to see if it really works. Through its customer's testimonials, it is proven that it doesn't work for everybody and it has existing side effects.Check out my review on 100% Pure Organic Coffee Bean Eye Cream, this can be the cream for you. As for the L'Oreal Youth Code Daily Treatment Eye Cream, use your common sense and keep your cents – Do Not Buy!

Target Area(s): Crows feet, dark circles, fine lines, puffiness and wrinkles – Use as a night cream

Price:$89.95 – $90.00

Elite Serum is a recently launched product with “Defend. Protect. Rejuvenate” as the tag line. It looks like a botox injection when you first see it…it's not. However, it's a pretty darn good product from a company with a good history of making products that work. Here's what they claim it can do:

• Lift and Firm Skin
• Diminish Crows Feet
• Smooth Fine Lines
• Eliminate Puffiness
• Reduce Dark Circles

Besides the companies marketing, here's what it has going for it:

• Many satisfied customer testimonials.
• Has real before and after pictures that proves it works
• They're using Argireline. We know this works to relax wrinkles.
• A previous product in their skin care line was featured in many industry publications as well as print media like Yoga Magazine, where it was named “Editors Choice of 2009.”
• The ingredients are known to boost collagen
• Competitive Price

Other factors to consider:

• Some might find it difficult to dispense

Description: How does Elite Serum work?

It has some of the most effective anti-wrinkle, anti-aging ingredients in it. Scientifically, these have been proven to work. Here are the ingredients you care about: Argireline, Snap-8, Haloxyl, Eyeliss, Matrixyl 3000, and Syn-coll.

Instead of the normal fillers and binders which some products have to try and make the product last longer, Elite Serum contains antioxidants like red and green seaweed extract, which are well known to preserve the skin’s natural collagen.

Directions for Use: Squeeze it directly onto areas around your eyes. For more intense treatment, apply a thick layer around and under your eyes in the evening and leave on overnight. Don't put it on your finger first. Put it directly onto your skin and massage it in.

Ingredients: Contains a high concentration of pharmaceutical-grade peptides – Argireline, SNAP-8, Haloxyl, Eyeliss, Matrixyl-3000, Syn-Coll, Green Seaweed Extract and Pure Hyaluronic Acid

Guarantee: "Lab-tested with only the highest quality ingredients." — not a very good guarantee.

Recommendation: The company has had great products in the past, so I trust them, but this product has yet to be proven. I would use it only if Lifecell Eye Cream didn't work for you. If you have used Elite Serum I urge you to leave an Elite Serum review in the comment section below.

Target Area(s): Dark circles – Use as a day and night cream

Price:$49.77 – $50.00

A product that greatly reduces dark circle – Hylexin Eye Cream. It definitely lives up to its name. Dark circles no more as you continue to use this product.

Most effective for:

• Effectively removes dark circles under the eyes
• Has before and after pictures that proves it works
• Has many customer testimonials that proves it work
• Offers discounts of $25 after the first purchase
• Proven muscle relaxants

Other factors to consider:

• Expensive at $49.77
• Only removes the dark circles and nothing more
• Available only online
• Does not have consistent results as proven by clinical testing
• May or may not work for you

Description: Made by Bremen Research Labs with lot of before and after pictures plus consumer testimonials to prove that it actually works is a great find. With its vital ingredients that effectively relaxes the muscles around the eyes making blood vessels less constricted therefore reduces the appearance of dark circles. With lesser dark circles, or the absence of it, your eyes look rejuvenated and gives you the overall youthful appearance. Scientific testing however contradicts these results. Because muscle relaxants does just that, relaxes muscles, it contributes to skin sagging, which by the way is another indicator of aging. The results of some tests shows that there is a great reduction in the appearance of dark circles but it does not do anything else but just that. The eyes of some test subjects still have that baggy appearance and instead of 10 years just staved away around a couple of years of their age. The good news is that there are no reports of any side effects with this product.

Directions for Use: Gently apply Hylexin concentrate twice daily to clean, dry skin, using a light, circular motion, until completely absorbed into the orbital eye area. Use sparingly. Hylexin is a concentrated formula.

Ingredients:The product contains water, Cyclopentasiloxane, Glycerin and Silica which are also found in less expensive eye creams in similar concentrations. These ingredients are effective in relaxing the eye muscles which results to the reduction of dark circles around the eyes.

Guarantee: None

Recommendation: With the result that it gives in reducing your dark circles I would definitely recommend this. Though, if your problem doesn't just end in dark circles then some product options maybe open for you like BASQNYC Cucumber Tea Eye Gel Review which is a good option for you.