Is Expensive Worth It?

Thursday, July 17, 2008

When is it ok to buy expensive products? As a slurge, when they actually make a difference? In April, I went to the manicurist's and one of her customers sells Arbonne similar to Avon and Mary Kay but from Switzerland. I was persuaded to try the product line.

I'm not much of a "line" person so right off the bat I was a little weary, but Esther (my mancurist) looks great whatever her age is so I thought I'd try it. I decided to use the products on half my face and my usual products on the other half.

The products were nice and while it seemed overly complicated with the many steps, the true test was how my skin actually looked. After 3-4 days I asked my husband which side of my face (not knowing which side was which) looked better and he picked the Arbonne side. I was a bit surprised; I didn't think there would actually be a difference.

However, after a couple of days of using the products, I started getting a breakout that sort of itched and hadn't gotten before. I asked the representative about this and she said it was a reaction to a new product. It didn't feel like that and didn't continue with the testing. Plus, the set was $143 which I think is a little steep. What I was sort of grossed me out was the fact the products were full-sized and ones that she passed around from person to person. Ugh.

I'm a softie so I decided to purchase only the serum. It was good, but again, my face broke out so I returned the product. I do love the idea of serums so I ended up purchasing the Lumene Vitamin C+ Age-Defying Artic Cloudberry & Caring Cranberry serum from CVS.

It seems to work great, but it's always hard to tell if it works as well as a more expensive product, but for $19.99 it's worth the chance. I use this morning or night not both. My face definitely feel softer and still get a nice glow.

I'm not against sets or expensive products, but when they make you break out, it's time to get rid of them.

Good luck and great product hunting!

Makeupista!!

P.S. I'm trying to format this so it can be read easier but blogger insists on making it look this way!