The best beauty products?

Posted by Kizzy-online on April 3rd, 2010

I found this really interesting article on TheBeautyBrains.com and I felt a big need to share it with you guys!

The article goes into the differences buying cosmetics and beauty products from small and big cosmetic companies.

The bottom line is this:

Cosmetic Technology. Big companies have lots of money to spend on research and development. When it comes to the technology of your beauty products, small companies have a hard time competing.

Product Testing. Big companies spend more money on testing their products. More testing doesn’t automatically mean better but it certainly doesn’t hurt.

Quality and Safety. Big companies have large staffs of people dedicated to testing the raw materials and finished products of everything they make. Big companies are sensitive to lawsuits and will be extra careful to ensure that their products do not cause someone to sue them. Products from big companies are more likely to be safer.

Cost. The more of a product you buy, the less money it costs. Big companies buy lots of raw materials so they get them for a much lower price. This is why they can charge less for their products.

Advertising. Small companies advertise like big companies, usually on the Internet. Unfortunately, the Internet is not regulated like mass media so anyone can pretty much claim whatever they like on the Internet. You are just more likely to be misled by the advertising of a small company than a big one.

Uniqueness. Small companies can make a living selling to a small select group of consumers and have a thriving business. If you have a unique problem (e.g. you want gluten free beauty products), you’re more likely to find a solution from a small company.

So The Beauty Brains is basically saying that if you are most concerned with getting the safest, highest quality products with the newest and best-tested technology, you should buy your products from big companies. If you are interested in finding unique solutions for your particular beauty problems, aren’t as concerned about cost, and are willing to risk some quality issues, you should look to small companies for your beauty products.

Interesting, right?

Read the full article HERE.

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http://littleinsomniaclolita.blogspot.com Andhari

So trueee! Especially for essential make ups like foundation, face powder etc…better buy it from well known brands from big companies. Invest and splurge more :D
Nedrra Lanakila

Thanks for this post, Kizzy! You invited me to post a little while ago but I didn’t know what to post about, until now! I hope this one works for you—it’s a little long.

Having been a makeup artist ‘decades’ ago (it really feels more like lifetimes), being a woman with skin so sensitive that it will break out in a rash only minutes after I apply a product that it doesn’t like, having a short 2+ year stint at making my own organic and fresh line of skin care products in the 90’s (long story), and being a professional intuitive (longer story), I tend to buy skin care and hair products that are from small companies.

Recognizing that they are a small company doesn’t automatically put them on my ‘Potential Buy List’, but being able to recognize the ingredients on the label will (usually small words versus long ones) – and a really big plus is if the ingredients are organic. I am also notorious for opening a bottle in a store and smelling it because that’s the next big test: if the smell doesn’t put a smile on my face that’s when I move on.

Although I’ve sold products from big cosmetic manufacturers in the past, I have not found the level of integrity and quality regarding organic ingredients and combinations as I have in smaller boutique firms.

After all my years as a veteran shopper (and you know THAT’S true!), I have yet to find a small boutique manufacturer that I like for eyeshadows, blush, lipsticks, concealers and foundation—what I call the Special Effects products, or FX. They just haven’t been able to get that part right (yet).

Apart from only two companies that offer me two specific things in the FX arena: Aveda has foundation that I like and use, and there’s a new line called Mineral Fusion (at Whole Foods Markets in the U.S.) that has a concealer that actually does what it says it’ll do and that my skin likes—I will and I DO buy from larger companies.

I am also age motivated. I’m over 50 and I want to provide a healthy environment for my skin so that I like what I see when I look in the mirror—without makeup. I continue to choose really, really wisely with the products that go onto my naked skin because those ingredients are feeding directly and immediately into my pores (hopefully healthy feeding versus clogging and toxifying).

Having said all that, I am not a health radical, and for the FX stuff that goes on top of my quality/organic skin care foundational products, sometimes a girl has to do what a girl has to do to ‘look gorgeous’.

I love MAC’s eyeshadows and blushes! Their colors are great, they go on great and they stay on great.

I suppose I’m a ‘fan’ of both large and small companies. Just never thought of it that way until now!

Hugs!

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