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Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:59 pm  |
I saw this article too and it is very interesting. I made a copy of it and have it at my desk right now. I also seriously doubt that a magazine such as Consumer Report allowed any of the products to sponsor the study. CS is usually a very good "independent" test source.
Anyway, the things I found interesting were:
1) It was performed in France! The testing was done with ladies from France which is interesting.
2) I'm not surprised that the lower priced mass market store brands did quite well. Most of these type of products use a very similar base lotion type of formula. It all depends on who picks the best "active" ingredient for anti-wrinkle function. In this case, the overpriced, high dollar, big name products either didn't do their homework, or they didn't care and just marked up the product anyway to a ridiculous price.
3) "But even the best performers reduced the average depth of wrinkles by less than 10 percent, a magnitude of change that was, alas, barely visible to the naked eye".
All I can say to that is that none of the products tested had jojoba esters in them. I would have liked to have seen the results of at least one product with jojoba esters in the formulation.
The "Slightly More Effective" products were:
(in order)
Olay Regenerist
Lancome Paris Renergie
RoC Retin-Ox
The "Average Performance" products were:
(in order)
Neutrogena Visibly Firm Night Cream With Active Copper
Avon Anew Alternative Intensive Age Treatment
L'Oreal Paris Dermo-Expertise Wrinkle De-Crease With Boswelox Advanced Wrinkle Corrector & Dermo Smoother (are you kidding me??...that's the whole name??!!)
StriVectin-SD Intensive Concentrate for Existing Stretch Marks
The "Slightly Less Effective" products were:
(in order)
La Prairie Cellular
RoC Retinol Correxion Deep Wrinkle
John |
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