Comments on: A Beauty Industry Secret: Who Really Makes Your Cosmetics? http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/07/21/a-beauty-industry-secret-who-really-makes-your-cosmetics/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Lynne Beabey http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/07/21/a-beauty-industry-secret-who-really-makes-your-cosmetics/comment-page-1/#comment-76816 Lynne Beabey Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:38:44 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=2595#comment-76816 Soz but makes me mad that these mega-companies spend a fortune marketing their products yet the majority of people are blind to what actually goes in them (grrr). I'm a top-to-toe natural, organic girl now and won't let anything with synthetic ingredients near me (think Neal's Yard Remedies Organic, Green People etc.). Even ingredients in Johnson's baby products are bad (grrr again?). Soz but makes me mad that these mega-companies spend a fortune marketing their products yet the majority of people are blind to what actually goes in them (grrr). I’m a top-to-toe natural, organic girl now and won’t let anything with synthetic ingredients near me (think Neal’s Yard Remedies Organic, Green People etc.). Even ingredients in Johnson’s baby products are bad (grrr again?).

]]> By: Sinop Rehberi http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/07/21/a-beauty-industry-secret-who-really-makes-your-cosmetics/comment-page-1/#comment-66370 Sinop Rehberi Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:22:46 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=2595#comment-66370 thank you perfec web site thank you perfec web site

]]> By: Guzel Tangam Gururrla sunarrr http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/07/21/a-beauty-industry-secret-who-really-makes-your-cosmetics/comment-page-1/#comment-55771 Guzel Tangam Gururrla sunarrr Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:26:37 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=2595#comment-55771 Si usa il termine scappare proprio a ragione… Quando smetteremo di evitare i problemi e cominceremo a risolverli? Si usa il termine scappare proprio a ragione…
Quando smetteremo di evitare i problemi e cominceremo a risolverli?

]]> By: pje http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/07/21/a-beauty-industry-secret-who-really-makes-your-cosmetics/comment-page-1/#comment-29525 pje Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:19:43 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=2595#comment-29525 It seems to me that one of the main differences between salon and drugstore products is fragrance. So many of the drugstore brand products have a very perfumy scent (Pantene comes to mind) that isn't bad, but that I know could trigger a migraine for me. Most of ones I have smelled in the shampoo aisle at Target have a heavy perfume smell to them that I know would bother me. I use Frederic Fekkai glossing products because 1) I like the way they work, and 2) the scent is light enough that I know it won't induce a migraine. I'll gladly pay more for something that won't cripple me with a migraine. It seems to me that one of the main differences between salon and drugstore products is fragrance. So many of the drugstore brand products have a very perfumy scent (Pantene comes to mind) that isn’t bad, but that I know could trigger a migraine for me. Most of ones I have smelled in the shampoo aisle at Target have a heavy perfume smell to them that I know would bother me. I use Frederic Fekkai glossing products because 1) I like the way they work, and 2) the scent is light enough that I know it won’t induce a migraine. I’ll gladly pay more for something that won’t cripple me with a migraine.

]]> By: tkmn http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/07/21/a-beauty-industry-secret-who-really-makes-your-cosmetics/comment-page-1/#comment-29484 tkmn Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:26:08 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=2595#comment-29484 As for whether companies would intentionally downgrade their formulations for their drugstore labels, I doubt this would occur just because drugstore labels are probably more profitable to the parent company than their prestige labels because of volume. It's a competitive environment and you don't water down your shampoo to save a couple of cents in production in order to lose thousands in sales. I also don't think companies are really worried about losing their prestige label market by reproducing the formula in drugstore labels. A lot of consumers aren't really informed enough to make the connection and simply assume that what costs more is naturally better. And, as I know too well, the habit of buying into high end products is hard to break despite all logic. As for whether companies would intentionally downgrade their formulations for their drugstore labels, I doubt this would occur just because drugstore labels are probably more profitable to the parent company than their prestige labels because of volume. It’s a competitive environment and you don’t water down your shampoo to save a couple of cents in production in order to lose thousands in sales.

I also don’t think companies are really worried about losing their prestige label market by reproducing the formula in drugstore labels. A lot of consumers aren’t really informed enough to make the connection and simply assume that what costs more is naturally better. And, as I know too well, the habit of buying into high end products is hard to break despite all logic.

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