Moneysaving Beauty Secrets

Bronnie

Kay_Peel wrote: »

A cautionary comment about Aquaceous cream - look at the ingredients and you'll find all sorts of gunk including cetostearyl alcohol, sodium lauryl sulphate, white soft paraffin, liquid paraffin, purified water and the preservative phenoxyethanol.

Sodium laurel sulphate is an industrial de-greaser used to clean garage floors. It is caustic and used in chemical trials to irritate skin and hair follicles deliberately so that companies can test the effects of other calming products.

I'd steer clear of anything containing SLS, petro-chemicals and parabens if you value your skin and hair.

I do think any type of plant oils, as mentioned earlier in this thread (not mineral oils like baby oil) are more sympathetic to skin and hair for cleansing and moisturising. A bit of trial and error testing will help you find the ones most appropriate for the individual and they are very good value for money and extremely economical in use.

jenniewb

Bronnie wrote: »

I do think any type of plant oils, as mentioned earlier in this thread (not mineral oils like baby oil) are more sympathetic to skin and hair for cleansing and moisturising. A bit of trial and error testing will help you find the ones most appropriate for the individual and they are very good value for money and extremely economical in use.

I'd second that- I only started to get flaky skin when I began to use a mineral oil/petroleum oil facial moisturiser. It was fine as long as I applied it, but my skin got progressivly drier and I needed more and more to stop the dry skin.

I tried various brands of facial wash. exfoliator and moisturiser over about 10 years and couldn't get rid of the tight dry feeling and flaky skin until by accident I got given a huge handful of samples of a facial cream at the Vitality show a few years back. I did not change my cleanser or exfoliator but just changing the facial cream really worked!


I later found out (after buying the real deal) The product had no mineral oils in it. I have now found that infact any cream without mineral oils in seems to work far better. And also now I find if I go back to mineral oil products I get horrible white head spots. It took me a while (tiral and error over the years!) to work this out but now I know not to go near mineral oil based products.

I really think synthetic oils can cause dry skin.

thriftykitty

Thanks everyone! I just want to try a few things out because Ive been using the same, fairly expensive, face wash for a good few years now and want to switch to something a bit cheaper.

glowgirl_2

later found out (after buying the real deal) The product had no mineral oils in it. I have now found that infact any cream without mineral oils in seems to work far better. And also now I find if I go back to mineral oil products I get horrible white head spots. It took me a while (tiral and error over the years!) to work this out but now I know not to go near mineral oil based products.

What an interesting post jenniewb, I wonder if you could tell me what products you use or would recommend bearing all this in mind also do you use specific make up and other toiletries, shampoo etc, apologies if you think I'm taking advantage of your trial and error, I guess I am;) but having read this and other posts of yours realting to skin, yours sounds very similar to mine so any ideas would be most welcome:)

freyasmum

thriftykitty wrote: »

Thanks everyone! I just want to try a few things out because Ive been using the same, fairly expensive, face wash for a good few years now and want to switch to something a bit cheaper.

If you want to splash out on one, you're better to use a cheaper cleanser and a more expensive moisturiser

clairibel

Kay_Peel wrote: »

A cautionary comment about Aquaceous cream - look at the ingredients and you'll find all sorts of gunk including cetostearyl alcohol, sodium lauryl sulphate, white soft paraffin, liquid paraffin, purified water and the preservative phenoxyethanol.

Sodium laurel sulphate is an industrial de-greaser used to clean garage floors. It is caustic and used in chemical trials to irritate skin and hair follicles deliberately so that companies can test the effects of other calming products.

I'd steer clear of anything containing SLS, petro-chemicals and parabens if you value your skin and hair.

Thanks for your helpful info Kay...i had no idea and i was following a dermatologists recommendations

I have now just bought some organic shea butter moisturizer nothing else added from ebay which is still MSE at £4.99 for 120ml and a little goes a loooong way

MsRed1

clairibel wrote: »

I have now just bought some organic shea butter moisturizer nothing else added from ebay which is still MSE at £4.99 for 120ml and a little goes a loooong way

Love the nutty smell and a great it's winter moisturiser. . Mixed some with sunflower oil and made a body butter.

Next time check out sheabutter cottage's fair trade Shea Butter. It's from Ghana and the producers receive a fair price.

nikki2804

I use jojoba oil as a cleanser. Once a week I use Avon's dermabrasion thing (not mse)
I also mix jojoba oil and shea butter/cocoa butter to make a body butter.
Might try to make my own soap soon but the thought of using caustic soda scares me a little!!

loveangel88

dianasnan wrote: »

Any suggestions for a substitute for Bio-oil which is a bit pricey? Would almond oil work as well?

Home and Bargains do a oil v similar to Bio Oil....its called Re Gen Oil, the packaging is orange and white, similar to bio oil. its £2.45, think for 100mls cant remmeber but a little goes a long way, pretty much same as bio oil, for stretchmarks, scars. etc...

jenniewb

glowgirl wrote: »

What an interesting post jenniewb, I wonder if you could tell me what products you use or would recommend bearing all this in mind also do you use specific make up and other toiletries, shampoo etc, apologies if you think I'm taking advantage of your trial and error, I guess I am;) but having read this and other posts of yours realting to skin, yours sounds very similar to mine so any ideas would be most welcome:)

I don't mind at all- love to advise! But this is not very money saving I have to forewarned- I am yet to find a cheaper moisturiser which doesn't cause problems on my skin- I have tried many! (Dove, Simple, Nivea, Vaseline, No.7, L'Oreal- various types of, Tesco/Barbara Daily, Garnier....)

I use Nuxe, its quite pricey though (but makes a good Xmas present) cheaper then Clarins/Clinique but more expensive then Boots. It was Nuxe that I was given a samples of at the Vitality show. Its the Nivanassque (or something like that!) which I like best but they have other creams for different skin types so its best to try and see. Boots used to stock them but they don't now. Space NK do.


I did riffle through a few samples by Lush (they very kindly let me try a few to find which suited my skin) I tested Celestial, Imparitus, Skin Drink and they all gave me similar ugly red whitehead spots, then I tried Vanishing cream and its perfect! I think there are fewer oils in. Contrary to what most of us would assume, Lush do have parabens in their products but they don't have mineral oils in.


I also liked Aveda when I got a few samples from them. Again scarily expensive but I am slowly coming to the conclusion that only the expensive creams tend to skimp on mineral oils and have fewer parabens in them.


Orgins are a nice (but expensive!) brand, )I buy them with my advantage points). Have to say the facial wash/exfoliation stuff is great but I only liked the Skin Guardian/Perfect World. The SPF didn't sink in very well at all and many of the products have citrus added to them which can really sting if you get it near your eyes! This is annoying as I am too lazy to use a separate eye cream (even though I have one!)


I did try the Neals Yard sample they were giving out in Marie Claire last year (Frankincense) and I normally love Neals Yard, but didn't like this, it was just too heavy for me. While it didn't cause me spots it just felt heavy and became sticky after about 30 minutes of it settling. I find that products with Rose tend to do this sticky thing but only a week after the pot has been opened. I found the same when I tried Weleda. Its odd and may not be the case for everyone but for me rose as an addition to a facial cream is a no-go! Neals Yard do have another cream which worked better for me but I cannot remember what the name it was!

I used samples of Clarins Beauty Balm which was good. Clinique's Dramatically different.... I didn't like but neither caused me spots. Dermalogica was a nice facial moisturiser- I've tried several of them in the way of samples from ebay (they are excellent for the gym) but didn't really get a chance to use them every single day for a month which I would suggest for any product trial (2 weeks minimum). Again, no spots or dry skin caused but took a while to sink in. I'd probably buy this if I had the money or they reduced the prices by like 50%!


There is a brand called Jason Natural, its very cheap compared to everything else and you can get tiny little pots to buy to try in Wholefoods if your ever in London, its a good product, no mineral oils or parabens but took a while to sink in. If and when I run out of the backlog of stuff I've been given for Xmas I'll probably pick up a pot of this stuff.