Posted by MIchelle on August 6, 2008, 9:35 am, in reply to "Cosmetics Cop/Beautypedia"
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I'd been a member of her beautypedia.com site for quite some time. She basically rates products based on ingredients that according to research she's read, are deemed good or irritating to the skin. Even if she believes a product to be overpriced, she'll still give it a good rating if she likes the formulation. What is wrong with liking Clinique? My experience is that just about every line has good and bad products. You just have to see what works for you.
All in all, I believe the site has some good info, but it's not the gospel. She couldn't have read ALL the research on every single ingredient--so it baffles me when she might put down an ingredient that hundreds of derms are using. Would she know better than an MD? I doubt it. Research is also conflicting itself. Many times one study will find something good for you and another find it bad for you. It's just the nature of stats and science. I tend to only put faith in conclusions that are based on multiple studies over many years---with dozens of scientists being able to replicate and get the same result, rather than one study.
That being said, I do believe the site has lots of useful info and at least if she is going to knock something or praise something, there is research (albeit sometimes limited) to back it up----rather than just an opinion based on qauckery (which is way too common in this industry).
It's worthwhile to look at.
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