Overview
To reduce dark circles and improve the overall appearance of the eye area, it is not only essential to use ingredients that can lighten and brighten the skin. It is also crucial to give the skin specific nutrients that can revitalize circulation in the skin, since poor circulation of blood is one of the primary causes of dark circles, puffiness and other types of discoloration and skin imperfection. Recently, the team at EyeWrinkleReviews.com became informed that a new compound, called Actiflow, has been developed for use in topical formulas intended to reduce dark circles. Like other ingredients on this web site, the team decided to gather research data and conduct an in-depth analysis of Actiflow.

Featured Ingredients
Actiflow is the culmination of years of research on various biological compounds that seem to have a beneficial effect on the skin. One class of these compounds is the group of nutrients called Saccharomyces. For decades, Saccharomyces have been used as part of the fermentation process for making wine, beer and similar beverages. Because of their ability to promote the circulation and efficient flow of liquid-based nutrients, Saccharomyces have long been suspected as a possible therapeutic nutrients. After years of research, scientists discovered that delivered Saccharomyces to skin helps promote blood flow and enhances circulation.

Based on this discovery, researchers created Actiflow, which contains Saccharomyces at the correct therapeutic concentration. When applied to eye-area skin, Actiflow helps the body to maintain a healthy blood flow, which helps reduce and prevent dark circles from appearing. This compound also promotes a smooth, even tone to skin, since it helps blood, oxygen and other vital nutrients to get to the skin. Web Site Description
Actiflow does not have its own web site, since this individual ingredient only appears as an active ingredient within specific eye care formulas. In addition, since Actiflow is a highly unique and scientifically developed ingredient, much of the research information on this ingredient is protected under patent laws. However, consumers can find some basic information about Actiflow by visiting web sites of products that contain this ingredient. One such product is Eye Renewal Collection by Dermitàge. You can read more information about the products in their system on this web site.

Positives
- Promotes blood flow to the skin, which helps reduce dark circles

- Increased circulation also helps prevent future dark circles

- Also seems to have a positive effect on undereye puffiness and bags

- Especially effective when paired with Lipolight, a specialized skin brightener

 Negatives
- Not available as an individual product - can only be used as part of a skincare combination formulaConclusion
As impressive as the effects of Actiflow seem to be, it’s a bit disappointing that more eye care products don’t include this essential ingredient, since it helps to reduce and prevent dark circles. Some formulas, like Eye Renewal, combine Actiflow with other therapeutic ingredients that improve the appearance of the eye area. It is our hope that more people will soon discover how Actiflow can improve circulation to the eye and reduce dark circles, puffiness and other skin irregularities.

Overview
In addition to reducing dark circles and under-eye puffiness, many consumers are looking for an effective way to diminish crow’s feet and other types of wrinkles and fine lines that can form near the eye. While many skincare formulas contain ingredients that can reduce wrinkles on the entire face, the skin near the eye is especially delicate. This fact is why crow’s feet tend to be the first signs of aging skin that appear on the face. But it also means that an eye care product should contain ingredients that are powerful enough to reduce wrinkles, yet gentle enough so that irritation or harsh side effects do not occur in the eye area. Glucosamine Complex seems to be one of these ingredients, since it already has shown a positive effect on facial wrinkles, without causing irritation. The question that we had, however, was whether it could specifically work on crow’s feet and other eye-area problems.

Featured Ingredients
Glucosamine Complex is a specialized form of glucosamine sulfate, which is a supplemental nutrient that has many positive effects on the body. Glucosamine is found in the body since birth and exists in high concentrations in many types of plant foods. When humans consume glucosamine, the body uses this nutrient compound as a constituent to promote the health of connective tissue, such as joints, hair, skin and nails. Therefore, Glucosamine is essential to keeping skin resistant to the external factors (such as sun exposure, wind, harsh weather and airborne toxins) that can age it prematurely. Since Glucosamine can be hard to obtain as we age, and levels diminish over the years, supplementing with this nutrient has been found to have many beneficial effects for the body. When applied topically, Glucosamine helps stimulate the natural cellular renewal process that automatically occurs. This process makes sure that old, dead and wrinkled skin is removed from the surface and replaced with young, fresh and healthy skin that is free from wrinkles. Glucosamine helps ensure this process continues, even into old age. In addition, when Glucosamine is delivered into the inner layers of skin, it stimulates production of collagen (sometimes as much as 168%) to further reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. 

Web Site Description
Since Glucosamine Complex does not exist as its own product, there is no separate web site for this ingredient. Instead, consumers will need to find a product that contains Glucosamine Complex and visit that product’s web site to find out more about it. While some products do contain this ingredient, only a few eye care formulas contain Glucosamine Complex. One product that does is the Eye Renewal Collection by Dermitàge. You can read the review of this system here to find out if it is one you might want to try out to reduce dark circles, crow’s feet and other signs of aging near the eyes.

Positives
- Natural component of young, healthy skin

- Helps exfoliate dead and wrinkled skin off the surface

- Promotes natural skin renewal process

- Also boosts collagen production by as much as 168%

- Gentle enough so that the delicate skin near the eyes is not irritated

 Negatives
- Not available as an individual product - consumers must find a formula that includes it

Conclusion
After analyzing the scientific data on Glucosamine Complex, the team at EyeWrinkleReviews.com feels that this ingredient should be an essential component of any formula that is intended to reduce the appearance of crow’s feet, fine lines and other wrinkles that can affect the eye area. Glucosamine Complex seems like a top choice, since it not only helps renew skin but also boosts collagen production. This dual-action seems to be a wise choice for those who want to fight the effect of aging and make their eyes look younger.

Overview
When the skin near the eyes becomes weakened - due to the natural aging process or the effects of external factors such as sun exposure and airborne toxins - crow’s feet and other types of wrinkles can form, making one look older than they are. It is no surprise then, that many people actively seek skincare formulas and ingredients that can specifically target crow’s feet and provide a lift to skin that makes skin appear younger. More importantly, many men and women do not want to subject their skin to Botox® or other types of injections to do this because they wish to avoid needles or the side effects that these treatments can cause. But topical formulas can seem weak in comparison. For this reason, the team at EyeWrinkleReviews.com was skeptical when we became informed of the new development called Lifting Spheres. We decided to look into this ingredient to see if it was just a fantasy.

Featured Ingredients
Lifting Spheres consist of microscopic bubbles that are manufactured out of biological material derived from vegetables. These Spheres are delivered through the use of a topical formula, such as cream or lotion. When they penetrate into the skin’s deeper layers, the Spheres (which are empty) capture moisture as it leaves skin cells as part of the normal aging process. Normally, this moisture would exit the cell and become excreted by the body. But Lifting Spheres are designed to capture this moisture and use it to benefit the skin.

As Lifting Spheres absorb moisture, they gently swell to several times their own size. Since thousands of these bubbles are delivered at once, it is easy to imagine that the cumulative effect of Lifting Spheres swelling with moisture is then to lift up the layers of skin from underneath. In skin that has been damaged by weather, aging or both, Lifting Spheres thus help to smooth out wrinkles, fine lines and other signs of aging. More importantly, since Lifting Spheres does not involve the use of needles for delivery (or the use of harsh chemicals for manufacturing), the whole wrinkle elimination process is gentle on skin. This seems especially appropriate for the delicate skin near the eyes, which can be negatively affected by crow’s feet. 

Web Site Description
Lifting Spheres do not have their own exclusive web site, but information on this ingredient can be found by finding a formula (like Dermitàge Eye Renewal Collection) that contains it. Due to patent protections and other legal matters, much of the scientific information on Lifting Spheres is not available to the general public. But after looking at this information, the team at EyeWrinkleReviews.com has become convinced that Lifting Spheres do perform a positive effect on the skin without side effects.

Positives
- Use the body’s natural moisture content to counteract wrinkles

- Lift up and smooth out crow’s feet from underneath

- No needles, injections or harsh chemicals used in production

- Can be combined with other pro-eye nutrients such as Glucosamine Complex

 Negatives
- To the best of our knowledge, only Dermitàge Eye Renewal Collection has been authorized by the makers of Lifting Spheres to use it in their eye care system

Conclusion
In addition to other wrinkle-fighting ingredients such as Glucosamine Complex, it is encouraging to know that cosmeceutical scientists are developing naturally beneficial compounds like Lifting Spheres to battle the aging process. These safe and effective Spheres should be part of every eye care formula or system, in our opinion. We recommend that you strongly consider any formula that includes Lifting Spheres.

Overview
IQ Derma contains of a two-part system designed to brighten dark circles, reduce undereye puffiness and diminish crow’s feet and other wrinkles in the eye area. After visiting the web site for this system, which is designed and marketed by Intelligent Beauty (based in Southern California), we noticed the claim that 100% of women noticed an improvement in the look of their eyes after using IQ Derma in 6 weeks. That seems like a bold claim, even if it took six weeks to see such effects, so the team at EyeWrinkleReviews.com decided to look further into the specifics of the effects of IQ Derma, and how it compares to other eye care systems.

Featured Ingredients
IQ Derma consists of two formulas: RestorEyes (a firming eye treatment) and iDisquise (a firming eye concealer). We will review each product separately.

RestorEyes is intended to reduce dark circles and improve the overall look of the eyes by also diminishing crow’s feet and wrinkles in the eye area. It includes three active compounds: Haloxyl, Grantox and Dermaxyl. Haloxyl consists of natural enzymes that are supposed to break down and absorb the pooled blood that clogs and causes dark circles to appear. Grantox is intended to mimic the effects of Botox®, specifically by relaxing the muscles near the eye area so they are less likely to crinkle and crease. While there is not a lot of information available on Dermaxyl, since this seems to be Intelligent Beauty’s proprietary ingredient, it seems to be a complex of peptides (protein precursors) that decrease the volume and depth of eye wrinkles. 

iDisquise was formulated to also reduce dark circles and diminish eye-area wrinkles, but it is also used to decrease undereye puffiness. Like the RestoreEyes formula, it contains Haloxyl and Dermaxyl, which seems a curious (an perhaps unnecessary) choice that could be seen as redundant. However, iDisquise does contain a unique ingredient called EyeLiss, which is supposed to improve blood flow to the under eye area to reduce puffiness and bags.

Web Site Description
The primary web site for the IQ Derma system seems to be primarily focused on marketing the system’s 2-week free trial. It does contain a few details on these ingredients, as well as some information on the clinical studies conducted on the individual components of the system. It is interesting to note that, while the company touts its 100% improvement statistic, further investigation revealed that this measured “overall improvement.” When it came to specific measurements and improvements, the results were less than 100%. While this is understandable, we wish Intelligent Beauty had not hidden these statistics, including the fact that only 76% of customers saw a reduction in dark circles after using the system for six weeks or longer. The rest of the web site does, however, include plenty of information, including details about the free trial, testimonials from satisfied customers and similar features.

Positives
- Does seem to reduce dark circles, puffiness and crow’s feet in a majority of customers

- Offers a free trial of the system

 Negatives
- Does not contain Lipolight, a powerful light emitter and reflector, to further reduce dark circles

- Product may take as long as six weeks to work

- Does not contain an eyelash revitalizing formula

Conclusion
We do not doubt that most people who use IQ Derma will notice improvements in the appearance of their dark circles and crow’s feet. The question is whether most people will want to wait six weeks to see these effects, since this is the time used for the clinical study. In addition, we were slightly disappointed to see that IQ Derma did not contain an eyelash formula, since this is also an important factor in promoting beauty in the eye area. We give IQ Derma a tentative recommendation, but feel there are probably more complete systems that work a bit faster.