The Beauty Brains were recently featured in a TODAY.com post on anti-aging products where we blogged about SPF products by Vichy and Lancome. We didn’t have room in the original post to list all the ingredients for these products, so they are provided below for your reference:
Lancome Absolue Precious Cells Advanced Regenerating and Reconstructing Cream
Active ingredients
Avobenzone 3%, Octisalate 5%, Ocotcrylene 7%
Other ingredients
Water, Hydrogenated polyisobutene, Cyclohexasiloxane, Glycerin, Bis-PEG-18 methyl ether dimethyl silane, Alcohol denat, Cetearyl alcohol, PEG-20, Petrolatum, C13–14 Isoparaffin, Zea Mays corn oil, Tocopherol acetate, Hydroxypropyl tetrahydroohytantriol, Hydrolized soy protein, PEG 4, Phenoxyethanol, Adenosine, PEG-100 stearate, Ethylparaben, Triethanolamine, Polyacrylamide, Mallus domestica fruit cell cutlure, Yellow 5, Dimethyl isosorbide, Dimethicone, Dimethiconol, Limonene, Xanthan gum, Penterythrityl tetra-di-t-butyldydroxyhdrocinnamate, Linalool, 2-oleamido-1, 3-octadecanediol, Capryloyl salycilic acid, Acrylates/C10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, Passiflora edulus seed oil, Disodium EDTA, Castanea sativa chestnus seed extract, Butysperum parki shea butter, Cetyl alcohol, Butylene glycol, Pctyldodecanol, Cetearyl glucoside, Methylparaben, Citonella oil, Prunus armenica Apricot kernel oil, Laureth-7, Coumarin, Oryza sativa rice brain oil, Glyceryl stearate, Fragrance, Color.
Vichy LiftActiv Retinol HA Total Anti-Wrinkle Daily Intervention
Active Ingredients
Avobenzone 3%,Octisalate 5%, Octocrylene 7%
Other Ingredients
Water , Glycerin , Cyclohexasiloxane , Dimethicone , Poly C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate , Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) , Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Glycerides , Sucrose Stearate , Silica , Beeswax , Stearic Acid , Dimethicone , Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer , Methylparaben , Sodium Polyacrylate , Sodium Hyaluronate , Retinol , Phenoxyethanol Adenosine , Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides , Caprylyl Glycol , Acrylates , C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer , Fragrance.
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So are normal spf products anti-aging too or is the above combination special..? I want anti-aging products my eyes, but everything is so expensive. Aloe vera helped me get rid of some of my wrinkling, but I want something stronger.
Every SPF product with high enough and stable anti-UVA protection is anti-aging, especially in combination with antioxidants . But it’s the best for prevention, unfortunately it does’t remove or reduce wrinkles which you already have.
You do not save $118 using Vichy versus Lancome. Lancome product is 1.6oz while Vichy is 1oz. Although still cheaper it is nowhere to the magnitude stated in article.
@Anna: You’re right if you’re comparing the cost per ounce of the two products. But if you’re just comparing straight up purchase price, a jar of Vichy costs $47 while Lancome costs $165: The difference is $118. So if you’re going to buy one versus the other, that’s the difference out of your pocket. (Now, if Lancome has a 1 ounce size that I’m not aware of, that’s a different story!) I hope that explains the point I was trying to make. Thanks for your comment!
It amazes me when I read articles like this that fail to note one little interesting bit of information. L’oreal owns L’ancome, among many others.
Most large cosmetic companies are owned by even larger ones. I just think that in a comparative piece it would be interesting to note that while we are comparing the apples and oranges we are also comparing the apples and apples. Or l’oranges and l’oranges.
@Joyce: Perhaps you didn’t read the original post on MSNBC, but we clearly called out the following: “Consider two anti-aging products made by L’Oreal…” So BOTH Lancome and Vichy are owned by L’Oreal. The link is in post if you’d like to check it out.
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