5/20/2023 0 Comments Crepe erase advanced reviewsCR purchased a sampling of top selling mass-market lines and costlier products sold in retail stores. Product testers were recruited by a European laboratory specializing in cosmetic evaluation. With effects so variable and slight, it was hard for women to judge the performance of the products.ĬR conducted the project with Consumers Union’s French counterpart, l’Union Fédérale des Consommateurs-Que Choisir. Reactions to individual products varied significantly. But even the best performers reduced the average depth of wrinkles by less than 10 percent, a magnitude of change that was barely visible to the naked eye. In CR’s tests, the top-rated products did smooth out some fine lines and wrinkles after 12 weeks. In addition to advising consumers on product effectiveness, CR’s January report offers tips for preventing wrinkles in the first place and discusses treatments available only by prescription, such as retinoids, and chemical peels available in a doctor’s office. The wrinkle creams CR tested ranged in price from $38 to $335. The most-costly product tested, La Prairie Cellular ($335 for an ounce of day cream and 1.7 ounces of night cream), was among the least effective. Lancome Paris Renergie, $176, performed nearly as well. One of the less-costly products tested, Olay Regenerist sells for about $19 apiece for the “enhancing lotion,” “perfecting cream,” and “regenerating serum” combination recommended by the company. Olay Regenerist, which is available in drugstores, was the top performer by a small margin. Further, CR’s tests found no relationship between the types of active ingredients in the products and their overall performance. The luxury-priced skin-care offerings didn’t work any better than the drugstore brands in CR’s independent, unbiased tests. YONKERS, NY - Consumer Reports’ (CR) first test of wrinkle creams finds that on average these products made little difference in the skin’s appearance and there’s no correlation between price and effectiveness.
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