Comments on: Is There An Alternative to SkinCeuticals Products?

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:55:57 +0000

Try EiroDerm!! its the best new skin care line on the market, has many of the same ingredients as skinceuticals except the technology is newer and it’s also cheaper!!

By: sandy

sandy — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:03:03 +0000

before i comment, the best B5 Hydrating Serum is from Medik8 – its better and much cheaper. Ive tried them all – even tried to make one – not easy and ended up costing me more anyway. i used to work as a blender many moons ago.

I like Beauty Brains – some very good articles on here but i do think on this occassion the logic does suck.

Whilst i would agree that large multi-national personal care companies employ good scientists, they are not the best necessarily. Like any profession such as doctors, lawyers or accountants – the very best actually leave the corporation and either start up their own brands of work as consultants for fledgling brands.

In addition, the problem with mass market brands is price. They have very little room for cost of premium ingredients. So even if the scientists want to add certain ingredients – they cant. And if they do – they generally only add small amounts. Like i said – i know!!

I would agree with Obkb – “There are other factors in optimally delivering a compound than just throwing the ingredient you want on there.” This is the most frustrating thing about pop-science. I have seen with my own eyes even the difference the order of addition makes to a formula let alone the plethora of other ingredients.

Beauty Brains – you have done much better in the past – this is not your finest thread.

By: r1017

r1017 — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:24:41 +0000

Hi there,
The link to “Hydrating B5 Serum” no longer works. Could I have the product name please?

By: Cat

Cat — Sat, 15 May 2010 15:18:41 +0000

Hey REMLON,
The reason there still exist moisturizers without SPF is because not everyone can tolerate sunscreen on their skin, especially facial skin. Furthermore, sunscreen efficacy wears off after a couple hours (literally 2-3 hrs), so you’re left wearing unneeded, potentially harmful chemicals on your face ALL day. I’m one consumer who is constantly irritated by the addition of sunscreen to otherwise good, basic moisturizers. If you want sunscreen, add it on top of your moisturizer – the moisturizer will serve as the barrier for your skin, which is essentially all it does anyway.

By: ivana

ivana — Sun, 09 May 2010 08:01:37 +0000

this post was old but would still love a reply to the comments above. i like this site as it makes consumers aware of what is in the products but feel that some *biases are inherent in the posts, ie “highest paid, best testing chemist” or “Since these companies employ the best skin scientists in the world, it’s likely that formulas like this don’t provide the best benefits”.
These sentences gives a bad image to this site (unintentionally!) because it has a child’s logic to it. That’s like saying Nike is the best because all the top athletes use their products instead of, Nike has the top athletes because they pay the most endorsement money.

It would be better that the authors address comments from those who ask valid questions or rebuttals like the post here as it would give credibility to this site.