Good And Affordable Anti Wrinkles That Outperforms Pricier Rivals
By skysuccess
@skysuccess (8857)
Singapore
August 20, 2009 7:45am CST
Yes, good news for the ladies and gentlemen who do not want to break the bank to look good here.
You may not be aware but a consumer group "Which?" reported in their latest studies that put anti-wrinkle creams from brands including Nivea, Olay and RoC to the test to find out whether they really do work.
Guess what?
Their tests found a £3.21 moisturizer works better than an eye cream costing £47 – but none came close to eliminating the appearance of wrinkles. For example, their studies revealed that The Kind to Skin replenishing moisturiser which cost £3.21, held its own against expensive creams offering 'visibly younger' skin.
Also, this budget moisturizer also beat Clinique Repairwear Intensive Eye Cream, which is more than 64 times the price at £16.67 per 10ml.
Many other big brands - including Clarins, Avon, Garnier, StriVectin-SD, and Logona - also failed to perform as well as Simple.
Nivea's Visage Anti-Wrinkle Q10 Plus Eye Cream, which sells at £9.99 a bottle - or £6.66 per 10ml, is found as their best overall cream.
The findings are a blow to the beauty industry, which has seen sales and profits linked to anti-aging products soar.
It is disclosed that the cost of an anti-wrinkle eye cream is no indicator of effectiveness and a pricey eye cream can equal better packaging and more luxurious ingredients, but won't necessarily work better.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/beauty/article-1207797/The-3-wrinkle-buster-How-budget-moisturiser-outperforms-pricier-rivals.html#ixzz0Oj6vYyUk
I believe that their test results can be taken into consideration as their tests were done with 12 creams over a six-week period on a panel aged between 35 and 65, with neither the testers nor the panel of judges knew which creams had been used in order to produce a reliable result.
High-definition photographs were taken before and after, which were analyzed by a panel of five experts.
So, are you happy with this report? What are your thoughts now? Switch to the cheaper option? What's your take here?
Ref:
The £3 wrinkle buster article
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/beauty/article-1207797/The-3-wrinkle-buster-How-budget-moisturiser-outperforms-pricier-rivals.html
Which? Homepage (Note: Need to pay for access)
http://www.which.co.uk/reviews/index.jsp
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