Drug Store Anti-Aging Creams is Good as the Pricey Stuff?
My sweet Mr. Juicefairy was very sweet to treat me to a facial a couple of weeks ago (have I mentioned on this blog yet how lucky I am to have him). This is only he second facial I have ever gotten, and minus the part where they extract blackheads, I think they are even more relaxing than a massage. I went the the Spa of Thornton Park in downtown Orlando where Dominic was my esthetician (he says when he tells people what he does for a living they ask, “you work with dead people?”).
I asked Dominic frankly what skin product would be best for a twenty-something to prevent wrinkles, beside a moisturizer with sunscreen. I know the commandment about sunscreen … “Thou shall wear sunscreen everyday, all over thy body, in order to keep away age spots and wrinkles”. He told me one of the first things I could do was drink more water. But he warned that dehydration is not apparent in your skin when you are in your twenties but as you age your skin gets drier naturally and dehydration becomes visible in those lines around your eyes and mouth. “Those ladies that claim they have wrinkles around their lips from smoking are mistaken, most of that is from dehydration.” he informed me. Honestly, a camel drinks more water than I do. I just don’t need that much liquid I guess. So I suppose I could heed his advice. So new rule “Thou shall attempt to drink more water throughout thy day.”
His other advice really surprised me. He said “I am actually not going to try and sell you on a bunch of expensive products. Drug store anti-aging products have become a lot smarter and are really competitive with the more expensive products out there.” At this point the owner of the spa walked in a told him to take his last weeks pay and leave. Actually that didn’t happen, but I am surprised that they didn’t have some expensive line of products they would make him hock. He told me for my skin type (combination skin with dry patches and a little bit of redness) that Loreal RevitaLift is a great product. He says it is oil free, so for a young woman’s skin it is not too greasy, and that it is very effective as a night cream. He warned that the RevitaLift eye cream is essentially the same exact thing as the face cream but in a smaller bottle so not to waste my money on the extra product, which is a tip I appreciated.
So I cashed in some Ulta points and I am have been giving RevitaLift a try. I wont be able to tell you if it worked until I am fifty but Dominic claims it may help with my redness leftover from old pimples so I will keep you updated on that. So far all I can tell you is that it has a very perfumy smell and I wake up in the morning with my skin feeling a little oily but not too bad. So far no breakouts from it. Thanks Dominic for all of your honest advice.
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What is the best anti-aging cream for someone who only uses a basic moisturizer?
What is the best face wash (kinda like olay reginerist)?
What is the best under eye/puffiness/anti aging cream for your eyes?
Superb anti aging product and it will definitely decrease the wrinkles that help someone to look young and stunning..
I am young too… only 22… and it sounds like you had a great time at the spa, you know I want to get a tan… but It is unfortunate that we really shouldn’t get a tan because of the fact that when we get older our skin will feel the effects of it. Did the Esthetician say if using a sun screen while tanning helps to keep your skin younger in the long run?
One lesson I have learned from your experience I will definitely need to drink alot more water, and get away from the soda that i have been drinking as of late.
Actually, my high school math teacher once gave us a little lecture on smart shopping and I distinctly remember him talking about anti wrinkle creams. He said that an expensive professional company’s product was tested and compared to drugstore products, and at the end of the testing, the drugstore brand (I forgot which one exactly) tested to work just as well as the other one! I guess sometimes the more expensive products are just as useful as the store brand products! Sometimes a little homework helps!
Gas Card,
I completely agree with your sentiments. People get these false ideas implanted into their heads that more expense equates to a higher caliber product. Just the other day I was unfortunately watching MTV when they were showcasing the products which celebrities use. Of course, they started talking about anti-aging products. Why would someone pay $150+ for a small tube of cream when you can get the same results from a $15 one?
My mom uses Revitalift and I have been using the same product since I was a teenager. Nearly thirty now and I am still using it everyday. I can tell you that it definitely got rid of the reddness on my cheeks from acne and its a fabulous product. I have combination skin like yourself so its hard to find a product that isn’t too oily and too thin for the dry patches. I use the Revitalift at night and in the winter. In the summer I use FuturE from L’Oreal and that is a lighter formula then the RevitaLift.
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I am using anti aging product but I want to know the side effect of anti aging cream. Can anybody help me to let me know whether its good for skin or bad.
[…] use sunscreen — I use moisturizer and body lotion with sunscreen most days and I even use anti-aging creams at night — but because I don’t drink enough water. I drink hardly anything throughout the […]
The best stuff I have ever used for fine lines and wrinkles is Idealist from Estee Lauder. It is worth the price and last quite a while.
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