Creme De La Mer question - please help
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free skin care · Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:57 am

Hi everyone,

I would love to know the ingredients of the Creme De La Mer Gel Cream, Lotion and Eye Balm. Is there anywhere I can find these listed online?

I have never used the brand, and really want to try it, but the original cream contains lanolin alcohol which I cannot use.

Hope someone can help Smile

free skin care · Thu Dec 03, 2009 2:32 am

I found this on another thread:

here are Creme de la Mer ingredients:

SEAWEED (ALGAE) EXTRACT [] MINERAL OIL\PARAFFINUM LIQUIDUM\HUILE MINERALE [] PETROLATUM [] GLYCERIN [] ISOHEXADECANE [] CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA (LIME) EXTRACT [] MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX \CERA MICROCRISTALLINA\CIRE MICROCRISTALLINE [] LANOLIN ALCOHOL [] SESAMUM INDICUM (SESAME) SEED OIL [] EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS (ECALYPTUS) LEAF OIL [] MAGNESIUM SULFATE [] SESAMUM INDICUM (SESAME) SEED [] MEDICAGO SATIVA (ALFALFA) SEED POWDER [] HELIANTHUS ANNUUS (SUNFLOWER) SEEDCAKE [] PRUNUS AMYGDALUS DULCIS (SWEET ALMOND) SEED MEAL [] SODIUM GLUCONATE [] POTASSIUM GLUCONATE [] COPPER GLUCONATE [] CALCIUM GLUCONATE [] MAGNESIUM GLUCONATE [] ZINC GLUCONATE [] PARAFFIN [] TOCOPHERYL SUCCINATE [] NIACIN [] BETA-CAROTENE [] DECYL OLEATE [] ALUMINUM DISTEARATE [] OCTYLDODECANOL [] CITRIC ACID [] CYANOCOBALAMIN [] MAGNESIUM STEARATE [] PANTHENOL [] LIMONENE [] GERANIOL [] LINALOOL [] HYDROXYCITRONELLAL [] CITRONELLOL [] BENZYL SALICYLATE [] CITRAL [] METHYLCHLOROISOTHIAZOLINONE [] METHYLISOTHIAZOLINONE [] ALCOHOL DENAT. [] FRAGRANCE (PARFUM)

free skin care · Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:32 pm

la mer is too much money for the effect

free skin care · Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:06 am

Here is why I would steer clear of this product, based solely on the ingredients in the product, as well as the cost of the product.

Ingredients number 2, 3 and 7 (all highly loaded in the formula) are all petroleum based. They are petrolatum, mineral oil, and microcrystalline wax. These ingredients are probably the LAST ingredient any formulator should choose for a moisture barrier (Jojoba Esters are far better, and natural). These ingredients are pore clogging and completely incompatible with natural skin oils (lipids). So, this product will disrupt normal skin function rather than aid it. Many cosmetic users cannot tolerate these raw materials in cosmetic products.

The only reason these ingredients were chosen, in my opinion, is cost. These are some of the lowest cost, cheapest mass commodity raw materials found in the industry. They are used mainly to keep the cost of the product as low as possible. Now, doesn't that seem strange for one of the HIGHEST priced formulas on the market today?

Again, this is why you need to refer to the ingredients list, rather than any "marketing spin" when purchasing a product. I agree with annesun, it IS too much money for the effect.

Hope this helps,

John

free skin care · Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:31 am

I agree Creme de la Mer does not warrant the money. I've used it for about a year, and there were no spectacular results, and all I want from creams at this point is hydration.

Recently I've switched to Dermalogica's Skin Smoothing Cream and the Skin Hydration Booster, which is giving me better results than La Mer.

If you like La Mer, but don't like the cost, than there are *better* alternatives:

Eve Lom TLC cream- this has a mineral oil base too, but as Notch said, mineral oil isn't good for the skin.

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