vote please: expensive skincare - worth it, in your experience?

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and if so - which brand (and what's your skin like)?

All very well for scientists to say there's no difference between cheap and expensive moisturisers but I disagree. I usually use Lancome moisturiser (and only one or two of their range suit me) but now and then I think "Right, time to economise" and I try all kinds of cheaper creams. I've never found on that suits me - they either leave my dry skin feeling tight and uncomfortable, looking flaky and blotchy (nice!) or I start to look really tired and all the fine lines appear at once, aging me overnight! Even my dh notices, so I have always gone back to the old Lancome stand bys. People do sometimes comment on how nice my skin is, so the Lancome creams must do something that the cheap ones don't.
Yet another vote for fab fab Eve Lom cleanser!

It doesn't matter what you put ON your skin if you don't feed it from the inside. Best skin care =
lots of water
essential fatty acids (omega 3,6,9)
fresh fruit/veg/fibre
vitamins/minerals eg zinc, vit c etc

Also your skin changes all the time with seasons and age and hormones. In the winter it tends to get dehydrated (lack of water) 'cos of central heating, and dull. In the summer it can dry out (lack of oil). You can also have oily AND dehydrated skin and all sorts of combinations.
You don't have to spend a lot on products - you can use stuff from the kitchen or make your own using base products. (That's what I choose to do).

I think the difference is that you pay more for fancy packaging and advertising. Cheap products tend to be bulked up with nasty things and then 'fragrance' or 'parfum' is added to cover up the horrid smell.

I used to buy Clinique eye cream at £22 for a tiny pot, until someone recommended Diprobase!!! I now use Diprobase as my eye cream and constantly get comments about looking younger than I actually am!!! I get a huge tub free on prescription for DS's dry skin

But where is best place to buy Dermalogica? I hate paying "salon" prices for stuff when you KNOW the markup is HUGE.

Eve Lom cleanser is fantastic. A friend of mine goes to Eve Lom herself and she comes out looking amazing. I guess at approx £200 per facial you would expect to!

oh dear

so given that i'm a soap and water girl and that my face is falling off cause the weather has turned cold (have combination skin) i should go and buy olay day moisturizer?

and if i had loads of money would definitley buy that argo stuff they sell in space nk as i tried it once and it absorbed really beautifully. but don't have any money at moment as have spent too much in topshop recently (bad sophable).

so olay?????

and by the way i had two massive massive volcanic totally under the surface but PAAINFUL and just will not come up spots and someone told me to use pure aloe vera gel on them! ohmigod, started using it yesterday and they've nearly gone! will never use toothpaste again! on spots that is.

it's calld argon47 or something stupid. the expensive stuff that is.

i'm just talking to myself here aren't i?

plus ca change!

^^

yes and the clatter of double wooden bar doors as the wind whistles through them.

small huddled mexican figures in blankets and big sombreros smoking cigarillos sitting backs to walls.

god. i really really don't want to do any work this morning do i?

I'm looking for Cetaphil myself, soph.

Try tea tree oil on the spots.

It takes a while to work, though.

expat - did a search yesterday and found Cetaphil here , but haven't used them, so no idea what they're like.

cetaphil????

LiliLaTigresse's deramtologist recommended the cetaphil to her. Have seen it recommended in various mags too, usually by models.

this is the fantastic stuff i tried in space nk

Thanks, Jackie!

Damn, that's expensive.

It's cheap as chips in the US and comes in a huge bottle.

I'll ask for some when next my parents are across next month.

pharmacy2u are great, I have used them in the past.

sophable, I've seen it in the cataloge - looks good. I've got some of the Liz Earle superbalm concentrate which contains argan oil - it's very lovely, and lasts for ages.

Have often thought that there is a gap in the market for a sort of cosmetic personal shopper. Someone who knows all the products out there and which skins they suit. And who would tell you it straight whether its wonderful or a waste of money or if you are better off making it yourself from an avocado and honey.

Agree emmylou - I suspect that's part of what Lilli's french dermatologist does, but not sure who could do that in UK. I always think of dermatologists in the UK as dealing with 'problems', ie, eczema, psoriasis, that sort of thing - not the general day to day care of skin.

thanks for the link Jackie!

I use avon and got ID'd for alcohol! I am 27.