LABEL DRESSING VERSUS QUALITY

by Mike July 3, 2011

Expensive advertising and packaging material provides no benefit whatsoever to your skin!

LABEL DRESSING VERSUS QUALITY

The Skin Society Skin Care products have been copied very often!

Beware! The same label with the same order of ingredients could be very different!

To be copied is very flattering indeed; but there is a problem! To copy a label is very easy; to do. To copy quality is an entirely different task.

There are no secrets in product ingredients: by international laws manufacturing companies have to disclose the ingredients used in their product. They have to be mentioned in the label according to the descending order of the quantity used in the product. This is the INCI (International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients) regulation, subside FDA approval. For examples: Japan and Australia have more strict regulations than the USA and the European Union. Some product can be authorized in their country of origin, but not necessarily internationally accepted as safe. Therefore you cannot include any ingredient in a cosmetic formulation before this ingredient is approved and registered by the INCI. Furthermore the INCI list MUST be included with every product sold. Cindy Crawford is lying to you when she talks about her new product with a secret ingredient extracted from melons. As a matter of fact when pitching any product celebrities will tell you anything. It is just how much the marketing company is willing to pay for their lies! And it can be very expensive. (I worked for several very large cosmetic companies; so I know). One of the problems with the INCI regulation is that: They do not account for the potency of the active material. Let say I buy an extract with 100% of active ingredients for $1000.00 an lbs and use 10% in my formulation which put it in the second place after the water. But, another manufacturer can buy a similar product for $100.00 a lbs. with only 10% of active ingredient, and use 10% in is formulation. Because he can prove that he use 10% of the extract in his formula, he can list it also in second place in the descending order on his label but with 90% less of the active material than there is on my product. Also the carrier can be widely different and don’t even been clearly seen on the label.

Beware of expensive newspapers and television ads. The manufacturer in order to make a profit has to pass that cost on to you!  It is scientifically proven that expensive advertising and packaging material provides no benefit whatsoever to your skin!

The advantage to the INCI is that: If you get an allergic reaction from a cosmetic product and need medical attention, no matter where you are in the world, the medical staff has immediate access to a detailed listing and history of every ingredients used in the product which give you the allergy. In this instance the INCI labeling can be life saving.

More information:

http://theskinsociety.com/about-the-skin-society.html

Mike Hegi PhD.