Cheaper alternatives to Dr Barbara Sturm

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So I’ve been happily using a Dr Barbara Sturm face cream sample that I got in a Cult Beauty Christmas box. It’s been lovely on my face. I knew it was a bit spenny but wasn’t quite ready to see the £140 price tag when I googled it. Does anyone know if any similar face creams that aren’t THAT expensive. Still happy to pay, but hopefully around £50.

What does it do? Can you Google the ingredients and find similar?

I want the answer to this too! I got a sample in Cult freebie bundle and nothing has worked like it.

Often the high price tag in serums is due to the 'miracle ingredient' -lets say Whale jizz- which is what pushes the price, up but is in fact doing precisely zero in terms of active ingredients.

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS
Purslane Extract, Skullcap, Vitamin E, Panthenol, Squalane, Shea Butter, Corn Oil, Glycerine
INGREDIENTS

	Aqua/Water/Eau, Octyldodecanol, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Glycerin, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Decyl Oleate, Zea Mays (Corn) Germ Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Hydrogenated Vegetable Glycerides, Lactobacillus/Portulaca Oleracea Ferment Extract
	Sorbitol, Propanediol, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Cocoglycerides, Dimethicone, Tocopheryl Acetate, Baicalin, Panthenol, Squalane, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides, Carbomer, Xanthan Gum, Ethylhexylglycerin
	Potassium Sorbate, Alcohol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Pantolactone, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Phenoxyethanol

The ingredients don't look that special to me - but you could now hunt down other things with the same one and try and create your own version!

There are various websites that look at ingredient lists and suggests products with similar ingredients.

skinskoolbeauty.com/dupes/dr-barbara-sturm/face-cream-24866a89

skinsort.com/products/dr-barbara-sturm/face-cream-rich/dupes

There's nothing particularly special in that ingredients list. The "active" ingredients aren't active as such. Corn oil, glycerine, squalane. All common (and cheap) hydrating ingredients.
I've read various beauty writers saying that there's nothing in the BS range that justifies the price point.

Thank you, those links are helpful. I’ll have a look.
I don’t get what justifies such a high price point either. But my skin feels really nice. I really wish I could say that it doesn’t work, but it does.

Is anyone selling it on eBay? I often sell off bits from advent calendars cheap if I know I won’t use them so I always check their first if I like an advent calendar item