What’s a woman to do when the newest high tech face creams are running several hundred dollars each? And how is one to choose one over another, if one is staving off the knife?
Honestly, are they all worth that kind of money? Chanel, La Prairie, Shiseido, Clea de Peau all have their moving-up-to-$500-each creams. Some need to be layered just to have enough moisture — what’s the use of that. And how does one compare an expensive cream by Chanel with a more expensive cream by Chanel sold only in a few select stores? or a Clea de Peau cream with another Clea de Peau cream? Do you think the SAs really know?
And is Clea de Peau better than La Prairie? or is it the other way around? Does it make a difference by what the season of the year is?
Are they old enough to have really given them a run for their money?
Well, the only fair way would be to use one on one side of one’s face and the other on the other. Then you could tell folks why you appear only half-rested.
Surely some of this is hype and some is reality and some is making you feel the more expensive, the better it works. But is it true?
Perhaps there are equally good things from other much less expensive drug store lines, all of which say they use their own labs to come up with new things. And maybe if the truth were known, the differences are in the packaging as the labs may be supplying to several lines owned by a parent company.
Believe it or not, it was Avon that changed some of the creams many years ago when they first brought in alpha-hydroxy. And theirs is still one of the best. They have one of the best facilities for research and development of any company.
How much of beauty is from within and how much from taking care of ourselves? (I have a couple of friends who are proud that they do nothing, and it shows. How much of that is laziness or frugality? Or not being able to see without one’s glasses?)
If I didn’t use something on my skin, it would hurt in a couple of days from dryness. That’s not a bad thing, when it has caused me to continue to take care of my face. But I sure don’t want to spend money for the proverbial Emperor’s new clothes. They ought to sell mini-jars so you could test them at home.
Stay tuned for a serious discussion on what works for you and how to figure it out.
So, what’s your favorite face cream? Do you think it works? Would you spend that kind of money on a face cream? or do you reserve that for shoes or handbags or perfumes or airline tickets? How many mega creams do you own and use? (or owned and used up)?
What’s your favorite recommendations?
I will tell you what works for me.
Karin
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I’m still on the hunt for a night creme with lots of vitamin C and other nutrients for the skin.
I’ll have to talk about it.
Retin A is probably the best night cream there is and on a par with price with any other high priced cream. But it actually works.
It’s sold by prescription only, but you can order it from Canada with a prescription at a significant discount.
You can always use a C product in conjunction with anything else. I have several C serums that I’ve collected thru the years.
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