Sulwhasoo Timetreasure Invigorating Eye Cream for skin with dark spots

Questions and answers

What the research says

• A mixture of Panax ginseng and Crataegus pinnatifida prevented skin aging by improving procollagen type I expression, diminishing matrix metalloproteinase-1 secretion, reducing skin roughness and photodamage scores, and decreasing loss of skin moisture in human dermal fibroblasts and healthy human skin.

  Journal of Ginseng Research, 2017

• A single application of a moisturizing fluid containing hyaluronic acid 1%, glycerin 5%, and Centella asiatica stem cells extract significantly increased skin hydration by 29% and reduced transepidermal water loss at 24 hours compared to baseline and an untreated control site in twenty healthy women.

  Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017

• Ginsenoside Rf inhibited Forskolin- or UV-stimulated melanogenesis, downregulating cellular tyrosinase activity and the expression of MITF, tyrosinase, and Tyrps in melanocytes and ex vivo human skin by mitigating PKA activity and CREB phosphorylation.

  Journal of Ginseng Research, 2021

• Enzyme-modified ginseng extract cream significantly reduced the global photo-damage score and various roughness measures including total roughness, smoothness depth, and arithmetic roughness average compared to placebo in 23 human subjects.

  Rejuvenation Research, 2015

• A red ginseng hydrogel formulation with 1,2-hexanediol promoted selective growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis and decreased Cutibacterium acnes in 20 female subjects.

  Journal of Ginseng Research, 2022

• A 1% fermented black ginseng cream significantly reduced eye wrinkles and brightened skin color in twenty-three human subjects compared to control cream and baseline.

  Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. Part A, 2020

• A combination cream of stimu-tex AS and saccharide isomerate reduced erythema, increased skin capacitance, and reduced transepidermal water loss compared to placebo in 20 subjects after fractional CO2 laser procedure without causing serious adverse events.

  Lasers in Medical Science, 2025

• A skin barrier restoring cream with shea butter, silkflo, and vitamin E increased type I procollagen synthesis, enhanced antioxidant enzyme activity, decreased reactive oxygen species generation, and promoted hyaluronic acid production in H2O2-stimulated human keratinocyte cells compared to untreated cells.

  International Journal of Cosmetic Science, 2025

• Topical green tea and green tea plus lotus multiple emulsions reduced casual sebum secretions compared to placebo in healthy adults, with the combined treatment producing significantly greater reductions than green tea alone over a 60-day period.

  Hippokratia, 2013

• Combined topical application of lotus and green tea improved facial skin surface parameters including roughness, scaliness, smoothness, and wrinkling in healthy Asian men compared to single treatments and placebo.

  Rejuvenation Research, 2013

• Cosmetics containing lotus-derived callus extract showed a significant skin-whitening effect in 21 volunteers.

  Plants, 2023

• Combining 755 nm alexandrite laser with topical licorice gel significantly reduces terminal hair counts compared to alexandrite laser with placebo in women with idiopathic hirsutism.

  Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2015

• Licochalcone A activated Nrf2 signaling, elevated cytoprotective enzymes, increased the reduced-to-oxidized glutathione ratio, and decreased reactive oxygen species in human fibroblasts and neutrophils, while a LicA-rich licorice extract lowered UVA-induced oxidative processes in vivo.

  Experimental Dermatology, 2015

• Bioactive glycyrrhizic acid and oxymatrine ionic liquid self-assembled nanomicelles significantly promoted the transdermal permeation, subcutaneous retention, and anti-photoaging efficacy of palmitoyl pentapeptide-4 in cellular and animal models compared to unformulated peptide.

  Advanced Science, 2025

Ingredients

Water, Butylene Glycol, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter Shea Butter, Hydrogenated Poly C6-14 Olefin, Dimethicone, Limnanthes Alba Seed Oil, Pentaerythrityl Tetraethylhexanoate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Behenyl Alcohol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate, Hydroxypropyl Phosphate Starch, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Cyclohexasiloxane, Methoxy Peg-114 Polyepsilon Caprolactone, Urea, 1,2-Hexanediol, Glyceryl Stearate, Acrylates C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Cetearyl Glucoside, Propanediol, Phenoxyethanol, Hydroxypropyl Cyclodextrin, Glycerin, Hydrolyzed Ginseng Saponins Enzyme-Treated Red Ginseng Saponins, Honey, Glyceryl Caprylate, Poloxamer 188, Hydrolyzed Ginseng Saponins Hydrolyzed White Ginseng Saponins, Potassium Hydroxide, Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Extract, Polygonatum Officinale Root Extract Rhizome, Rehmannia Glutinosa Root Extract, Paeonia Albiflora Root Extract, Lilium Candidum Bulb Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin, Disodium Edta, Dextrin, Theobroma Cacao Extract, Pentylene Glycol, Tricholoma Matsutake Extract, Hydrolyzed Proanthocyanidin, Pinus Densiflora Leaf Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Root Extract Licorice Root Extract, Ophiopogon Japonicus Root Extract, Limonene, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Linalool, Alcohol, Poria Cocos Extract, Glucose, Tocopherol, Poria Cocos Sclerotium Extract

Behind this fit score

Lovi calculates every fit score from the full ingredient list with brand-independent rules our dermatologists and cosmetic chemists build and review, and personalizes every pick with AI trained on the real results of millions of users. Lovi trains its fit score models on a proprietary dataset built from more than 10,000 expert-labeled products and more than 100,000 simulated examples, following an internally consistent methodology presented at Cosmoprof, AMWC, and Skin of Color Update.