How much money do you think you spend on beauty and skin care products each month?
If it’s a lot, a New York dermatologist says you’re wasting your money.
A self-described consumer advocate, Dr. Fayne Frey created the website www.fryface.com to simplify the overwhelming choice of effective, safe, and affordable products found in the skincare aisles.
She is also the author of “The Skincare Hoax: How You’re Fooled Into Buying Anti-Wrinkle Creams, Potions, and Lotions,” and has a short list of affordable must-haves that are available at the grocery store or drugstore.
“The products that you need, that you really need for healthy skin, first and foremost is sunscreen. Sunscreen is by far the most effective, if you want to use the anti-aging word. There is a good place to use it. The antiaging preventative prevents sun damage, prevents skin cancer,” says Frey. “And you can buy a very affordable six to eight ounce bottle of sunscreen that you apply every day to all exposed surfaces from a nationally and internationally known company, because they have the best resources to make really great products for $15 ”.
Also on the list of their essential products:
100% pure Vaseline. Which is about $5 for a one pound jar. Use it for almost anything. A mild, soap-free cleanser that you can find for $3 a bar and can use on your face and body. Lip balm with SPF, which you can get for around $1.50. And a brand, well-formulated drugstore moisturizer, which you can buy for around $15.
“And I promise you this,” says Frey, “there is no correlation between what you pay for a moisturizer and how well it works. The packaging can be nicer, you can get a really nice fragrance, and if you like, how it sits on your dressing table. And I’m not going to sit here and tell you how to spend your money, but when it comes to efficacy and skin health, there’s no reason to buy an expensive skin care product.”
Frey also says there are a lot of beauty buzzwords that are misleading, like “firming,” “anti-aging,” “nourishing,” and “anti-aging.”
Don’t let the promise of youth and beauty lead you to spend more than necessary.
Source: news.google.com