2012 Beauty Thread

[Danielle*]

My Dad told me about a hand cream called O'Keeffe's Working Hands. It doesn't leave your hands feeling greasy at all. I also tried it on my heals and it left them feeling really soft.

Danielle

[Stephanie_B]

LOL about OKeefe's. DH uses it and I have a few times. It works ok but I love that it isn't greasy at all. We got it at Home Depot.

[Fidget Queen]

Originally Posted by suegy3

This website seems expensive! Unless I'm missing something (which is very possible lol) the cheapeast that I saw was $18. I get the Retin A cream at All Day Chemist for $3 and the gel is only $2.

So I was about to order Retin-A Micro from either All Day Chemistry or In House Pharmacy. All Day is generic stuff, and In House is the real stuff. The price difference is extraordinary, $100. I'll happily buy the generic, but I'm concerned that it might not be as good. I know people have mentioned that there can be quite a difference, and I've experienced differences between brand-name and generics in the past.

Does anyone have any experience with this particular thing?

[suegy3]

Originally Posted by Fidget Queen

So I was about to order Retin-A Micro from either All Day Chemistry or In House Pharmacy. All Day is generic stuff, and In House is the real stuff. The price difference is extraordinary, $100. I'll happily buy the generic, but I'm concerned that it might not be as good. I know people have mentioned that there can be quite a difference, and I've experienced differences between brand-name and generics in the past.

Does anyone have any experience with this particular thing?

Read my above post. I use the generic and it's wonderful! I noticed improvement in a week!

[Fidget Queen]

Originally Posted by suegy3

Read my above post. I use the generic and it's wonderful! I noticed improvement in a week!

Thank you! I missed that, I guess

I'm wanting the gel, I think, and you say you hated it. I feel like the cream will be too much for my skin. Did you have very acne prone skin?

[suegy3]

Originally Posted by Fidget Queen

Thank you! I missed that, I guess

I'm wanting the gel, I think, and you say you hated it. I feel like the cream will be too much for my skin. Did you have very acne prone skin?

I HATED the gel!!!!!! It was horrible for me! I have very oily skin so I figured that would be best. Wrong! My skin felt tight like someone put duct tape on it. lol And it was starting to hurt. That was only after 2 times on alternate days. I decided to try the cream and my skin immediately felt better and calm. I thought that I might have to use it on alternate days but I use it everyday without any problems. It works better and faster than Renova which I used a few years ago.

I have extremely oily skin but I don't get breakouts anymore.

Edited to add...get the gel and cream. The shipping is the same regardless so you might as well get the most for your money!

[videofit]

Originally Posted by suegy3

This website seems expensive! Unless I'm missing something (which is very possible lol) the cheapeast that I saw was $18. I get the Retin A cream at All Day Chemist for $3 and the gel is only $2.

But I don't pay $25 just for shipping.

[Fidget Queen]

Originally Posted by videofit

But I don't pay $25 just for shipping.

Luckily for me, it will still come out much cheaper. A tube of what I want is $109 dollars, so if I buy several tubes at $5 apiece and $25 shipping, I'm still way below that. I'll definitely try it for that price

[suegy3]

Originally Posted by videofit

But I don't pay $25 just for shipping.

Yeah, but you buy 2 tubes and it's only $31 including shipping. The site that you buy from is way more expensive.

Originally Posted by Fidget Queen

Luckily for me, it will still come out much cheaper. A tube of what I want is $109 dollars, so if I buy several tubes at $5 apiece and $25 shipping, I'm still way below that. I'll definitely try it for that price

I agree. I considered in In house Pharmacy to buy Retin A but it's just too expensive. All Day Chemist is much cheaper and I received the order in a timely fashion. Many of the people on the Skin Care site order from them as well. It's a really good price for a good product. It's too bad that people spend $100+ dollars when they can spend $3.

[kali1]

What is BB cream (Blemish Balm), what are the benefits of it and where do you buy it?