Question:
Cosmetic Cop
Hard to beat Paula Begum's cosmetic cop book for independent and well researched advice.
I get her newsletter.
But her advice is a bit suspect when you see she is selling her own range.
You know if any range as anything natural she will hate it and go on about allergies caused by this and that. Hey non natural can do the same.
I like that she does her own range because I suppose she can test the others, see what mistakes they've made & improve her own stuff (I'm totally biased here because I've been pleased with everything I've bought off her & the products have actually done what they say they will).
I've also read on her labels that she does use natural ingredients, she just doesn't push "natural" as a way to get people to buy. Some companies (I'm talking major players like Lush, TBS, etc., plus a lot of little ones), bank on their usage of natural products & push them heavily, but when you check their labels you see all sorts of non-natural ingredients in there.
Oddly, though, some of the stuff she slates (like CDLM, which I love!) works really well for me.
I doesn't bother me because she doesn't really push her own range when she's reviewing other products.
She doesn't say stuff like, this is full of sulphates whereas my ........... , iyswim.She seems to keep both things independant of each other.
Some of her reviews can come across a bit know it all though. She seems to dismiss so much stuff because of the ingredients. When she won't have any idea of how the ingredients work in conjunction with each other, has probably never tested the products and seen the effect on the skin, body etc. I know she seems pretty knowledgeable. And you CAN tell alot from the ingredients list.
It just seems like there has to be other things to take into account sometimes though. In a kind of, I don't know why it works but it works kind of way. What I mean is that there's lots of highly effective beauty products out there. That people use day in day out. And they are really happy with them and the effect they have. Even though to look at the ingredients list, it would seem they're nothing special. Like soliataire found with creme de la mer.
I do agree the reviews are good for making informed choices though. I just wouldn't let a bad review by her, put me off buying something. I mean she totally slagged the decleor range. When I use quite a few of their products, have been impressed with everything I've bought and they've all had a positive effect on my skin.
:)
Hard to beat Paula Begum's cosmetic cop book for independent and well researched advice.
Answers:
I get her newsletter.
But her advice is a bit suspect when you see she is selling her own range.
You know if any range as anything natural she will hate it and go on about allergies caused by this and that. Hey non natural can do the same.
Answers:
I like that she does her own range because I suppose she can test the others, see what mistakes they've made & improve her own stuff (I'm totally biased here because I've been pleased with everything I've bought off her & the products have actually done what they say they will).
I've also read on her labels that she does use natural ingredients, she just doesn't push "natural" as a way to get people to buy. Some companies (I'm talking major players like Lush, TBS, etc., plus a lot of little ones), bank on their usage of natural products & push them heavily, but when you check their labels you see all sorts of non-natural ingredients in there.
Oddly, though, some of the stuff she slates (like CDLM, which I love!) works really well for me.
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I doesn't bother me because she doesn't really push her own range when she's reviewing other products.
She doesn't say stuff like, this is full of sulphates whereas my ........... , iyswim.She seems to keep both things independant of each other.
Some of her reviews can come across a bit know it all though. She seems to dismiss so much stuff because of the ingredients. When she won't have any idea of how the ingredients work in conjunction with each other, has probably never tested the products and seen the effect on the skin, body etc. I know she seems pretty knowledgeable. And you CAN tell alot from the ingredients list.
It just seems like there has to be other things to take into account sometimes though. In a kind of, I don't know why it works but it works kind of way. What I mean is that there's lots of highly effective beauty products out there. That people use day in day out. And they are really happy with them and the effect they have. Even though to look at the ingredients list, it would seem they're nothing special. Like soliataire found with creme de la mer.
I do agree the reviews are good for making informed choices though. I just wouldn't let a bad review by her, put me off buying something. I mean she totally slagged the decleor range. When I use quite a few of their products, have been impressed with everything I've bought and they've all had a positive effect on my skin.
:)