Strivectin SD – Dermalogica – Reviews for Anti-Aging Wrinkle Creams

Not a lot has been written about anti aging cosmetics but it’s certainly one angle to delve into when and if you’re concerned with aging. After all, most of us women wear makeup every day. If we put as much effort into putting makeup on and off as we do in executing our daily anti aging skin care regimen, then we might as well make it worth our time by choosing the right products.

Now, makeup like foundation and primers have anti aging properties that may not work as well as, say, an anti aging cream or serum would. But my take on this is any help I can get with my skin care regimen, I welcome. I also read in Good Housekeeping that if makeup has anti aging ingredients, it can actually be effective. However, you need to take into account two things: one, the concentration of the anti aging ingredients in your makeup and, two, whether the makeup is in liquid or powdered form.

Vitamin C, for example, has to be around 5 to 10% in concentration and Retinol, 0.1%, in an anti aging makeup to have any effect on your skin.  Additionally, ingredients like Retinol and vitamin E are oily and may be hard to mix in powdered makeup if they’re in high concentrations. Mineral makeup may be all the rad these days but if you want your foundation to double as an anti aging product then you might as well ditch the powder and go for the liquid ones.

So how do you make sure you will get what you’re looking for in an anti aging makeup? It’s as simple as checking the label.  Remember that an anti aging makeup isn’t a substitute for an anti aging serum or any other anti aging product you may be using.  And if you’re wondering where you can get these multi-tasking makeup, chances are your favorite cosmetic brand may be carrying an anti aging line of their own already.

Go ahead and look all you want online and you will pretty much come up empty handed in your search for qualified data garnered from research on anti wrinkle creams. Sure the different companies put out their own reports on their own in house research studies. All of them positive. Any surprise there?

Can You Trust Their Own In House Research Data?

The problem is that because they're topical skin products that aren't marketed as drugs or a cure for anything, they aren't regulated by the FDA. You see, for a drug to get approved by the FDA it requires some ten years of extensive research. Hence; by the time any one drug hits the market, theres literally piles of research data on it.

Doing Your Own Research On Anti Wrinkle Creams

What you have to do is to learn to do your own research on anti wrinkle creams if you want to find out which ones truly do deliver results. Also before you even begin, you have to come to terms with what you are after. “Natural or chemical”. Long term consistent results or short term results for an occasional evening out etc.

Many Do Work - But Some Better Than Others

The fact is that you can now find any number of topical skin treatment products that really do work. They puff up skin where it's needed to push out wrinkles, while some suck skin flat in the case of bags under the eyes. Also there are great all around moisturizing creams that really do cause your skin to retain fluids.

Beautiful Skin Attained Through Modern Chemistry

The fact is however, that if you're into “natural” products you're going to have to lower your expectations a bit. You see the “all time best” anti wrinkle creams all rely on powerful chemicals to produce their results. Sorry! It's just the way that things have panned out in the research and development laboratory. In fact some of the most effective chemicals that you can find listed on anti wrinkle creams are said to be somewhat dangerous.

User Satisfaction Research On Anti Wrinkle Creams

One of the most telling areas to look to when doing your own research on anti wrinkle creams is user satisfaction numbers. Some companies will fudge theirs a little bit, but for the most part, they have to be truthful in this area or risk reprisals from governmental regulating agencies such as the Better Business Bureau or the Consumer Products Safety Commission.

Check Out Some Of the Free Trial Offers Now Available Online

Still one more great idea, is to try out all the free test offers that are available online. Do be aware however, that when you sign up for these free sample deals, that they do have a set time period that you get to use the product in. Read the terms carefully, because if you fail to abide by them, you can end up being charged for what you thought was going to be free of charge.