How many of you actually use expensive facial products?

Like facial wash and expensive creams? And it would also help to know your age :)





I'm asking because personally I think those very expensive ones are unnecessary. If I wash my face day and night everyday with water or st. Ives apricot scrub (very cheap brand), that's enough to make my skin clear. I use regular pond's moisturizer, also cheap. I'm 24 btw.





What abt u? What do you think?How many of you actually use expensive facial products?
The gel cleanser I use in the summer is pretty pricey (Peter Thomas Roth). So is the moisturizing gel I use in winter (BioElements). The moisturizer I'm currently using is more expensive than I would normally spend, but I'm experimenting with Lush's product line, the rest of their products are reasonable, but not drugstore priced. I have sensitive, dry skin and I also have rosecea. So I have a lot of trouble finding products that work for me. I'm 30.


As a skin care professional, not everyone needs expensive products. If you have great skin and use a bar of Dove and hand cream, count yourself lucky (this is the actual routine of a client with georgeous skin). However the ingredients in most expensive products are a higher quality or concentration than in drugstore brands. Products available only in spas or doctors offices are often specially formulated, tested and independently verified by medical labs.


Products like Lush are handmade, chemical free and have a short shelf life. Since using it I've had one flair leading me to conclude that it's possible my rosecea is aggravated by chemicals. How many of you actually use expensive facial products?
I am 23 and I use really expensive products - brands that are only available in spas. I use to use cheap drug store brands and it just did not keep my skin clear and glowing the way the ones i use now do - I have been using them for 3+ years and i would never switch back.





I think that if you are a person that has a normal skin type (not prone to oiliness, dryness, or breakouts) you can get away with drugstore brands, but if do have problem skin, getting analyzed by an esthetician who can recommend a product based on your skin type is a good way to go and the more expensive products are more concentrated to you don't have to use as much and they last longer making the expense not so bad.
I'm 31, and use cheap stuff whenever I can. I have one expensive foundation makeup for special occasions, and a retinol cream that I get online. Not super expensive, but more than drugstore brands, and that's only because it works without irritating my sensitive skin. Rest of the stuff I use is cheapo Clean and Clear face wash, whatever fragrance free moisturizer is available, and Revlon or Neutrogena makeup for every day.