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Finding the Best Skin Care Products

Which Are Best for You?

Hello

I just got onto your site for the first time and read about Matrixyl creams.

I have ordered a trial of "Dermapril" to see what I think first since it’s free.

Can you also let me know what you think of Dr Perricone’s products - they are based on DMAE, Vitamin C Palmitate, and a few other key ingredients.

Problem - I have been using German based Annemarie Borlind facial products for years because I was told they were the best and also did not have harmful chemicals in them that are not good for your bloodstream.

Yet at age 40 - I am seeing the first signs of wrinkles below my eyes and I am upset!

Trying to figure out where to go next that is natural for my body and also actually works.

HELP!

Elise

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You bring up so many excellent skin anti-aging issues, that I did little else today other than work on an answer to you that addresses every one of them.

That’s just fine because I believe that you bring up issues which are on the minds of many of my readers.

Matrixyl Products

Of all the Matrixyl containing anti-aging creams I’ve written about, I’m surprised you chose Dermapril.

I don’t have the full ingredient list, so I can’t review it.

In addition, the company uses an auto-ship program along with its "free " trial offer. Are you aware you may have signed up for an auto-ship program when you ordered your Dermapril?

If you knew that, fine.

If not, please go back and read the small print on the order page. If you’re not happy with the idea, read my article on How to Deal with Auto-Ship Plan Abuse.

Please note that I have heard nothing specifically about Dermapril's plan. However, auto-ship plans have become a major problem in the skin care and supplement industry.

I warn all my readers to just be careful.

Dr. Perricone Products

I’m a huge Dr. Perricone fan. I’ve read all his anti-aging books and buy his products whenever I can afford them. They’re a definite splurge.

Currently I’m using his Advanced Alpha Lipoic Acid Face Firming Activator with DMAE and loving it!

In addition to DMAE which has a wonderful and long lasting firming effect, the Face Firming Activator contains everything I look for in a skin anti-aging product for day except sun protection:

• Skin identical ingredients to moisturize and reinforce the skin’s barrier function, especially my top two faves - Urea and Hyaluronic Acid (Sodium Hyaluronate);
• Excellent antioxidant cocktail to fight free radicals (ALA - the universal antioxidant, Ascorbyl Palmitate (the active form of Vitamin C which you mentioned), Green Tea Leaf Extract and more);
• High concentration of exfoliating and collagen-boosting Glycolic Acid; and
• Active Copper Gluconate - the skin remodeling peptide.

Your Skin Problem

You’re 40 and are just "seeing the first signs of wrinkles below [your] eyes and [you’re] upset! "?!

My gosh, you should thank your lucky stars! Or genetics. Or the Annemarie Borlind products.

Most of us start seeing the first signs of wrinkles in our late 20s!

Whatever the reason, you are really blessed with exceptionally youthful skin.

Even so, I understand how upsetting this moment is for you. I can remember thinking, "I guess it’s all downhill from here".

But then I got busy searching for the best skin care products I could find to slow the advance.

That was thirty years ago. Today there are so many more choices. There are products that not only slow the progression of skin aging but even reverse it to a noticeable extent.

Please read my article on how to Step Up Your Skin Care as your skin shows signs of aging.

Let me warn you, you may run into a dilemma if you are firmly convinced that "all-natural" ingredients are the way to go.

In my opinion, much of the talk about all-natural skin care products is marketing hype and some of the all-natural claims you read are even false and misleading.

Here’s something I wrote on The Debate over Natural vs. Synthetic Cosmetic Ingredients very recently.

Annemarie Borlind Skin Care

Annemarie Borlind doesn’t make all-natural claims and the company has been very popular for decades.

The company has a strong commitment to product purity which it defines as:

• Free from harmful pollutants;
• Obtained from controlled organic or wildcrafted sources;
• No genetic manipulation;
• Free from petroleum-based sources;
• Cruelty-free;
• Obtained from areas of the world where they have the maximum concentration of nutrients that benefit the skin; and
• Free from radioactive contamination.

From what I can tell (without full ingredient lists which I couldn’t find on the website), these are excellent products with exceptional quality control.

What may be lacking, from an anti-aging skin care perspective (and again I can’t be sure because the website doesn’t supply the information), are advanced Cosmeceutical Peptides.

Also, though the best non-prescription exfoliating/collagen-stimulating ingredients are defined in the website’s Ingredient Dictionary, I could only find Lactic Acid listed in any of the Active Ingredient lists.

I would like to see some retinoids or Glycolic Acid. On the other hand, Annemarie Borlind uses nanoparticles "to transport ... ingredients ... . into deeper layers of dermis ".

Personally, I’m fine with this. I believe in the benefits of Nanotechnolgy and doubt that nanoparticles applied to the skin get into your bloodstream. But there are some who fear they do.

Where do You go from Here?

If you are okay with using advanced skin anti-aging ingredients (purified and/or synthesized in a lab), consider some of the Perricone products or products on my Top Ten Skin Care Pick list.

Thank you for a great series of questions, which both made and exhausted my day. LOL.

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