Low end vs high end skin care

[DtPeabodysLoosePants]

What do you class as low end, mid range and high end?

Do you get what you pay for with higher end brands? I have friends who rate Aldi face products and know people who view higher end as cheap crap. I don't consider £30 for moisturiser as cheap crap but each to their own I guess.

I guess it depends on your budget as to how you'd class things too.

I've tried high-ish end and totally budget and various in between and have concluded it makes bugger all difference, so I never buy expensive stuff any more. It's a con.

I currently use Nivea lotion as a cleanser and Aldi moisturiser.

Have a watch of Shop Well for Less for your answer, which is that, when the branding and packaging is removed, people don't have a clue whether a particular cream other product is cheap or expensive.

Without fail, they start out with 'I could only possibly use ' and finish off happily using something from Superdrug or a supermarket for a couple of quid.

I use Sisley rose cream on days I’m wearing makeup. It’s £££££££ but worth it. For non-makeup days I use Mustela emollient balm, which is the most gorgeous and comforting cream and is £. It’s for babies and free from chemicals and fragrance. One of the best purchases I make.

I agree that cheaper stuff is often great. I used Nivea products for years and still use the creme. I discovered Clinique a few years back and have found my skin to be the best with it. I only use their 3 step and make up remover though. Non of the expensive potions they sell. My mum uses No 7 and has lovely skin.

I've used it all and it makes zero difference. My current routine is £10 a month!! And my skin has never looked better.

Dt, have you seen Aldi's latest Clinique dupes? They've done a small set of the three step system, and a Moisture Surge moisturiser. I've not tried the set, but the moisturiser is lovely.

Depends. I tried supermarket and Nivea and got huge acne breakouts. So my face wash cost £15 (lasts about 4 months) and my moisturiser the same and I don’t have anywhere near as many spots.

Different strokes for different folks. I don’t wear make up (other than eg a wedding) and cannot imagine spending money on foundation.

Depends what it is. I had a bit of a disaster with Aldi Hot Cloth Cleanser and moisturiser and ended up giving it all away.

I like the Nivea Sensitive Cleansing Milk, and Daily Wash Gel (although that stings like hell if you use it after you've been in the sun all day!), and I'm using up Olay Total Effects Day and Night creams which are fine.

However my preference is for Estee Lauder Daywear/Nightwear and Night Repair serum and Clinique Take the Day off balm, all which I picked up at a good price in Gibraltar recently so had a bit of a stock up until I get there again next year.

I have used tons of very expensive products over the years. However, for the past 5 years I have used organic almond oil to cleanse and rosehip oil to moisturise. I exfoliate every week or so with an inexpensive glycolic acid, I do a pumpkin face mask too (from a dermatologist although it didn’t cost much) and I dermaroller from home. My skin looks great, plump and glowy, and I have no wrinkles or lines and no cosmetic intervention, (I’m 45).

I have used some high end skin care in the past and liked it but just as happy with my Garnier stuff and Simple. I have a Clarins cleansing milk as well as a Garnier one , plus Nivea miscellar for eye make u remover. I also rate Liz Earl's stuff, just can't afford it at the mo. I also really love Declear stuff and have some left.

I have an off/on relationship with Astral. Sometimes my skin loves it, other times it doesn't. Has anyone seen the Astral shower stuff in Botts? Original, Shea and ( think) coconut.

I tend to buy cheaper cleansers and basic moisturisers, but am happy to spend more on serums and treatments where I really want them to be effective. I do think that that’s when you get what you pay for, in terms of formulations etc.

I think it depends on your skin type; I love Elemis products, especially the Marine Cream day and night, and the cleansing balm. They're staple parts of my skincare routine. I'm not a snob about products and will happily use Aldi's dupe of Pixi Glow Tonic as it's just as good.

I buy Ponds moisturiser ( my mother used to use it ) or Garnier £5-10 max . I don’t have problem skin though .

Find something that suits you regardless of price but in the end it’s genetics, the sun and smoking that makes the biggest differences.

Garnier micellar water is cheap as chips, and usually on offer, and the same as the much rated Biotherme micellar water, imo

Any cleanser at all works for me, I use samples and they all just seem to cleanse as well as each other

I alternate three Pixi tonics which last me ages - I have rosewater, glow and vitamin c

Estée Lauder advances night repair or pixi vitamin c serum

Estée Lauder day wear for dry skin as a moisturiser - I started using it 20 years ago and I try samples and minis but always come back to it when it comes to parting with money for a moisturiser

I am 44 with dry skin but have recently developed an oily nose and this all keeps my skin under control.

Some inexpensive items are great. Vaseline for example, I use it on nails and eyelashes and it beats any product at any price for making my nails supple and strong and my eyelashes full.

I have a Maycheer concealer which is a very cheap product to buy but it’s the best concealer I’ve ever used.

I buy beauty products and cosmetics all the time and overall the more expensive ones are better in terms of longevity and effectiveness but I don’t turn my nose up if a less costly item works well.

I do however prefer the feeling of using a luxury product. The packaging and aroma play an important part of wellbeing when using the product.

Used to use high end. For environmental reasons switched to cleansing and moisturising with just olive oil. Skin looks the same!

I’ll never buy a cleanser or moisturiser again I don’t think!

I use Dermalogica as I am allergic to lots. It works for me. I buy it online as it's cheaper...And it lasts for months.
I use Aussie shampoo/conditioner.

I'm used to high end and without meaning to have become a product snob even though there's probably bugger all noticeable difference.

To keep the cost down I buy in sets/when they have free gift with purchase on and sell what I don't want on ebay.

I class low end as stuff you can get in the supermarket/boots, mid range would be things like dermalogica or Neil’s yard and high end would be the stupidly expensive stuff (which o don’t know the name of because o could never afford it). Some low end products do work well (if your skin type is right) like St Ives and Witch hazel toner. Most of it makes skin worse though (although my skin is terrible so it may be fine for those with less temperamental skin). I usually use mid range stuff supplemented by beauty pie (which I would call low mid range to mid range according to quality rather than price).

Just to note the other problem with supermarket stuff is that most of it lacks active ingredients so is pretty much useless if you have issues.

Superdrug has a couple of excelent ranges of low price skincare

It's interesting isn't it, because my sister swears by pixi glow and got me into it. But I've moved onto the aldi dupe and can't tell the difference. She can tell the difference and has gone back to the actual pixi.