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Fri Sep 20, 2013 3:27 pm |
natefan87 wrote: |
sister sweets wrote: |
Paula has self-proclaimed herself as an expert. She is a makeup artist with experience 'in the field; however with zero health-care background. Her knowledge is pretty common stuff if you are into skincare. Her opinion has the same value as anyone elses with a similar background - and to me that qualifies a lot of us on EDS.
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Not quite. She has a team of researchers with advanced degrees in chem/bio. Also, she consults with cosmetic chemists regularly when she formulates her products. I can't stand it when people whiddle her down to an anecdotal-informed quack just because they disagree with her. |
How do you know this about her team? I don't doubt that she consulted with chemists to create her cosmetics line:
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Paula's Story: In Her Own Words
At the age of 11 I began a tormented struggle with acne and eczema. I tried numerous skin-care products and medical treatments yet my skin didn't get better.
Then at the age of 25 (and I'll never forget this moment), I read the ingredient label on a skin-care product I was using and the fourth ingredient was acetone. That's nail polish remover! From that moment on I began reading all of the research I could find on skin care and eventually I was able to put together a skin-care routine that completely transformed my skin.
After suffering for all of those years, I wanted to do everything possible to prevent others from going through the same pain. So I started writing books and doing TV appearances to tell the world which skin-care products really work. Every one of the 20 books I've written on cosmetics including the current edition of my book Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me fulfills my commitment to help women understand when product claims are lying or telling the truth.
In 1995, at the request of thousands of my readers, I decided to use my years of research on skin-care ingredients to create my own skin-care line, Paula's Choice. I use only proven ingredients that can truly make your skin look younger and radiant as well as reduce wrinkles, lessen or eliminate acne, and work perfectly for those with sensitive skin. All my products are 100% guaranteed |
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...but her team of researchers have been trained by her:
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The Research Team
Our research team is dedicated to helping you find the absolute best products for your skin, using research-based criteria to review beauty products and write beauty advice articles from an honest, balanced perspective.
Bryan Barron has been working with Paula for over 13 years. Together, he and Paula have written several editions of Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me, The Beauty Bible, and thousands of research-based product reviews for CosmeticsCop.com. Bryan's experience in the cosmetics industry includes many years as a salesperson, educator, and makeup artist. This real-world experience coupled with a passion for research and flair for writing creates a perfect combination for his role as Research and Content Director at Paula's Choice. Always at work behind the scenes (and, increasingly, on camera), Bryan and his team strive to bring you the most accurate information on skin care and makeup so you can look and feel great—and save money, too!
The Paula's Choice Research Team is led by Bryan Barron. Each team member was personally trained by Paula and Bryan, and uses research-based criteria plus their broad base of industry knowledge to help you find the best products for your skin. The Research Team reviews a wide range of beauty products from an honest, balanced perspective. All of us are passionate about great skin care and makeup; we get just as excited about new product launches as you do—and just as disappointed when products fail to work as claimed. With our information, you can be sure you'll save time and money—and get the skin you've always wanted! |
Source: http://www.paulaschoice.com/who-we-are/about-paula/
So I don't think Sister Sweets is that far off in her assessment of Paula. I think we have some very knowledgeable people on the forum who may be on the same level as she if not above her. Any DIY person can write books and research ingredients and talk about them with authority.
I don't take everything Paula says as gospel. I once saw a review of how she says one thing one day and then says the opposite down the road, especially if she happens to launch the same product she deemed useless before...and "teachers" like that scare me. She also thinks face exercises are bad for the face and age you, and of course I disagree with her wholeheartedly and know with certainty that she's wrong about that. So yeah, it's hit of miss with her, I say.
That said, I don't use eye creams or any water-based products around my eyes--a regimen I had long before I ever knew who Paula Begoun was. I use Vaseline or nothing--a tip I learned from Eva Fraser whose eyes IMO are some of the most beautiful, 80+ year old eyes I've ever seen. |
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Fri Sep 20, 2013 5:47 pm |
I agree with Nonie. I do my own research of products (some of them I've researched extensively) and ingredients and what they do and I make my own choices. I like to hear what others have to say as they often have some very good points but I don't take stuff that someone like this says as gospel simply because they've said it.
Think about all the folks who've told us not to "pull or stretch" our facial skin as that will "ruin it" as well as all those folks who think that facial exercises will give us 'more wrinkles'. I recommend we do our own research and choose for ourselves what's best for us.
I was watching a YouTube video where a lady was showing a facial massage technique that made her look great and one commenter who was using the name John Basedow (like that "fitness guru" guy) was posting HUGE warnings about how this will "ruin your skin" and "don't do this as it will stretch your skin" and yada yada yada. Happens ALL the time.
I sometimes purchase an eye cream because it has ingredients I want to use on my "problem areas" but if I were to purchase an entire bottle of the cream for my whole face it would cost a couple of hundred dollars (and my 'problem area' happens to be under my eyes; the other portions of my face are fine). So yes, I do sometimes purchase and use an eye cream. |
_________________ Photo taken Oct 28, 2013: http://bit.ly/17Umeou |
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Sun Sep 22, 2013 6:44 pm |
Paula's opinion is just Paula's opinion. Other than working as a makeup artist; I don't believe she has any formal training in cosmetic chemistry.
I do like some of her products and I like that she offers samples to try first.
But she does seem to be someone that has strong opinions on products and it does irk me when she rates a product based solely on the ingredient list.
I have noticed she tends to rate products lowly that she does not have...mineral makeup for example. Also she does not recognize/acknowledge European sunscreen filters not available to her company. Example Mexoryl (L'Oreal has the patent) |
_________________ Canadian with fair skin. 50+ years old sensitive and reactive. |
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Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:31 am |
I will do that! you make me giggle Fawnie, thank you for that....we always need more humor here!
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