Just thought it would be interesting to start a thread about useless, really bad, ridiculously overprized products, with unrealistic claims, faulty marketing
whatever you can think of that is really shameful about skincare products and companies.
Heres my contribution:
-Eucerin sun fluid mattifying spf 50+
I almost cannot believe that a brand like Eucerin has such crappy product in the market!
Their claims (translated from Portuguese to English): non-greasy texture, it doesnt leave skin shiny, compatibility with skin clinical tested even with atopic eczema, suitable for sensitive skin and after peeling and laser treatments.
This thing leaves my skin Very Very shiny. The shine is MUCH worse than Vichy sunscreen or body sun lotion on my face! I have combination/oily skin but I cannot imagine this product working on anyone not even in people with very dry skin! When I tried on my face it stung and this feeling only went way after removing it. I never experienced something like this (upon application) with a sunscreen, only after a couple of hours and they never claimed to be for very sensitive skin. (And I thought that LRP moisturizer with spf15 was really bad
comparing with this it is very good)
-Powder sunscreens
According to Leslie Baumman, MD (in Cosmetic Dermatology: Principles and Practice book, 2009) a person would need 1.2g of facial powder to get the spf stated on the products label. Most people only apply 1/14 of that amount. If you think that applying half the amount of sunscreen reduces the spf to the square root (meaning if you only apply half of the amount of a sunscreen with a spf 25 you are really getting only a spf 5!), imagine how little sun protection you get by applying 1/14 of the recommended amount. Are powder sunscreens really worth the expense? No! Something like PTR powder sunscreen (30 dollars in the U.S. for 0.12 oz) would cost you 10 dollars per application to get the full spf (if you could apply that much product!).
With a spf lotion (on average) individuals would only need to use 1.5 times the amount of lotion they are accustomed to use in order to achieve the spf on the label.
-Sunscreens with vitamin A derivatives or BHAs, AHAs
Why would anyone want something in their sunscreen that makes their skin more sensitive to the sun?! Plus vitamin A in sunscreens has being associated with cancer!
-Crème de la Mer
Sorry for being one of those (maybe annoying) people mentioning this product over and over again as the most overhyped moisturizer cream. But the hype and price that surrounds this thing is something that I will never understand! La Mer marketing people really have some serious skills to convince people that this product is really worth the price.
Heres the ingredient list (from www.beaute-test.com.): Seaweed (Algae) Extract Mineral Oil (Paraffinum Liquidum) Petrolatum Glycerin Isohexadecane Citrus Aurantifolia (Lime) Extract Microcrystalline Wax Lanolin Alcohol Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil Eucalyptus Globulus (Eucalyptus) 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
- The worst for last: Strivectin
If you are thinking in buying their products you should read this article in Melbourne Dermatology website. Do you still think that such company deserves your money?
(I am not a dermatologist or a chemist, I am just someone that checks – in dermatology websites and published articles – the info that a skincare company gives us when they are trying to sell something.)
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