Overview
Yves Saint Laurent should require no introduction. This fashion giant is synonymous with luxurious style, and its clothing has inspired breakthrough trends in the fashion world for decades. Like many fashion corporations, Yves Saint Laurent has developed its own unique line of skincare formulas. It currently offers a unique eye treatment under its Age Expert brand, called Age-Defying Eye Cream.

Featured Ingredients
Age-Defying Eye Cream is intended to reduce dark circles, decrease under-eye puffiness and make the eyes look younger through an added hydration benefit. It is important to note, therefore, that this product does not seem to have any effect on crow’s feet or other types of wrinkles that can affect the eye area. While Yves Saint Laurent does offer other products for this intention, we wanted to make it clear to our readers that the Eye Cream is primarily for dark circles and puffiness.

Age-Defying Eye Cream contains a unique combination of ingredients that frankly we have not seen in other formulas. While some of the ingredients are common to some products, this formula contains various new compounds that are intriguing. For example, Age-Defying Eye Cream contains Ganoderic Fraction, which seems to be a concentrated extract from a type of mushroom. Apparently, this ingredient helps to reactivate the epidermis (outer layer of skin) which could help rejuvenate the skin. Yves Saint Laurent reports that Ganoderic Fraction is a natural alternative to DHEA, an anti-aging ingredient reported to make the skin look smoother. There are also several plant and botanical extracts, such as Apricot extract, Tomato extract and Sweet Almond seed. Apparently, these ingredients not only soothe and calm swollen skin, but they also offer their own brand of antioxidant protection. 

Web Site Description
The Yves Saint Laurent web site does a good job of capturing the essence of the classy image that the company has portrayed for years. The descriptions of its skincare formulas are simple and original. However, while a full ingredient listing is available, we found ourselves wishing for more details about the unique ingredients in the Age-Defying Eye Cream, such as Ganoderic Fraction. In addition, we would have felt more enthusiastic recommending this product if there were some links to research studies on these individual ingredients, so we could judge their effectiveness as objectively as possible.

Positives
- Yves Saint Laurent is a commanding name in fashion and beauty- Eye formula offers a unique combination of ingredients

 Negatives
- Product is not offered as a free trial ($68 a bottle)

- Web site is missing a more thorough description of the ingredients in the formula

- No customer testimonials are posted about actual experiences with the product

Conclusion
Based on Yves Saint Laurent’s wonderful reputation in the beauty and fashion world, we have many reasons to expect that its Age-Defying Eye Cream will produce some positive results for most people who use it. But the problem is that we cannot be 100% positive of this fact until we get more information about the individual ingredients in the product, since we cannot verify the science supporting its potential effects.