i occasionally have a cup of tea and a natter with a woman who lives a few doors down from me. She’s 79 but quite young minded and totally on the ball. She also has pretty good skin.
We were moaning about the price of stuff in the shops a while back and I was telling her how much I spend on cleansers, toners. serums,, moisturisers etc. She said she’d never used anything of the sort - only suncream when she’d gone abroad. She washes her face with ‘soap and water’.
it got me thinking…..I’m getting on for 50 and have used skin products all my adult life and I’m pretty sure I look at least my age.
So I made a decision, I used up the last of my products and then didn’t replace any of them except my cleanser.
For the first week to ten days my face felt dry, especially after washing. But I persevered. It’s now been about 7 weeks. My skin no longer feels dry. I honestly believe it has balanced itself out and is producing iits own oils as required.
my skin is not suddenly amazing or anything.it’s no better than it was before when I was spending a fortune on products. But….it’s definitely no worse either!!
iI’ll carry on using suncream when needed, but other than that, I’m done. I’m going to save myself about £60 a month.
AIBU to think us women are being conned? Clever marketing and misogyny has made us terrified of not slathering chemicals on our mugs every day!
AIBU?
To think skincare is a con
Hannahbsnana · 18/09/2022 21:55
Am I being unreasonable?
482 votes. Final results.
POLLaurynne · 18/09/2022 22:21
I've never used any products for the skin except sun lotion when it's sunny outside. My skin is no different from the women I know who spend hundreds on all that stuff. If you have oily or dry skin, your skin will be dry/oily forever, no matter how much stuff you put on it.
LesOliviers · 19/09/2022 00:06
I think there's a happy medium. I've been told I have good skin and I do look after it, but you don't have to spend a fortune on products and treatments. I use a cheap garnier milky cleanser with a flannel morning and night. In the mornings I use a cheap vitamin c serum (£6) and a cheap nivea factor 50. At night I use the ordinary 1% retinol (approx £6), layered with the cheap blue pot nivea. Each of the products lasts at least 2 months. If I don't use them my skin loses it's glow and brightness.
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