Do you have too much of anything?

[Ballygrl]

Just a hint for you Bally, I worked for a company in Ten. that made everything from Wet and Wild to Avon.    The only makeup that is bacteria free is Avon, we did not make Clinquet [ Sp?? ]  Separate rooms and we had to wear face masks paper head covers and gloves.

  The other brands, name brand were in some cases made with the very same ingredients just the label was changed.  Like in the food industry name brand is exactly like store brands, just a label change. -- for them we had to wear the head coverings but no gloves or face masks.

If you wonder why you get the Flu, someone may have sneezed on cheap cosmetics, or even high end cosmetics produced in an environment is not well controlled.

Interesting business cosmetics, the amount of lead in some of them is small but the build up after years of use is something to be aware of.    The bright colors will have more lead and the wearing life of a color is determined by the amount of lead in the product.

BTW when you buy paint that says lead free, there is no such thing, they found there may be more lead in paint for a crib then on the walls.

At least this was true 5-10 years ago, things change but I wonder if  the chemical used instead of lead is any safer.

That wouldn't surprise me at all to find they have the same ingredients but just different labels.

[debk]

Estee Lauder owns -

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Family of Brands

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. has a diverse portfolio of brands. They include the classic, core brands, Estée Lauder, Clinique, Aramis and Lab Series, which set the tone and direction for the entire prestige beauty industry; the customized, urban Prescriptives; and Origins, the Company’s category-defining lifestyle brand.

Our acquired brands include professional makeup artist lines M·A·C and Bobbi Brown; La Mer, the most innovative and sought-after line of skin care treatments; Jo Malone, the London-based perfumer and skin care expert; Aveda, a maker of premium hair, skin and makeup products created from pure plant and flower-based ingredients; Bumble and bumble, the New York-based, cutting edge hair care company and salon; Darphin, a Paris-based line of skin care, makeup and spa-inspired body treatments created from the finest plant extracts; and Ojon, a Canadian-based hair and skin care brand featuring wild-crafted ingredients collected from Central American rainforests, and Smashbox, a Hollywood photo studio-inspired prestige makeup brand.

The Company is the fragrance and beauty products licensee for seven visionary and desirable names in the fashion world: Kiton, Tommy Hilfiger, Donna Karan, Michael Kors, Sean John, Missoni and Tom Ford.

Starting in 2004, the Company began creating brands to be sold through alternative distribution channels. They include American Beauty, a cosmetics, skin care and fragrance brand that celebrates the beauty of American style; Flirt!, a makeup line consisting of more than 250 shades and influenced by pop culture; good skin™, a dermatologist-formulated, fragrance-free skin care brand; GoodSkin™ Labs, a sub-brand of Good Skin™ that focuses on instant performance skin care products; Grassroots™ Research Labs, a truly sensorial skin care experience that combines nature’s most powerful ingredients with advanced science to deliver extraordinary results; Daisy Fuentes, which offers fragrance and body products; and Coach, a collection of fragrance and beauty products in partnership with the leading marketer of American accessories. http://www.elcompanies.com/our_brands/our_brands.php

L'Oreal's companies....

WELCOME
CONSUMER PRODUCTS L'Oréal Paris Garnier Maybelline New York Softsheen.Carson CCB Paris
PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS L'Oréal Professionnel Kérastase Redken Matrix Mizani Shu Uemura Art of Hair
LUXURY PRODUCTS Lancôme Biotherm Helena Rubinstein Kiehl's Shu Uemura Giorgio Armani Ralph Lauren Cacharel Viktor & Rolf Diesel YSL Beauté Maison Martin Margiela
ACTIVE COSMETICS Vichy La Roche Posay innéov Skinceuticals Sanoflore
THE BODY SHOP
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http://www.loreal.com/_en/_ww/brands-l-oreal.aspx

So many of the big companies are interconnected. Neutrogena is part of Johnson & Johnson.

So, is the quality of ingredients the same in all their products? If so, why spend the money on the expensive stuff?

[IassaFTots]

Estee Lauder owns -
L'Oreal's companies....

So many of the big companies are interconnected. Neutrogena is part of Johnson & Johnson.

So, is the quality of ingredients the same in all their products? If so, why spend the money on the expensive stuff?

Because it looks prettier??

[debk]

Because it looks prettier??

On the face/body or in the container?

I bought some stuff the other day at CVS ... can't remember the name  , but it's by a dermatologist that I think I saw on an informercial one Sunday morning. I was looking to replace a Clinique product at a more affordable price. Clinique price last time I got it was $50, this one was $17.95 - and I got it half price because I bought 2 things in the same product line. 

The bottle is really pretty too!! 

[Janice]

I have stocked up on too many lightbulbs (one closet full). And if I get half a chance Im going to over stock on twice as many before this regime outlaws them all.

Congress wants to force the pale, cold fluorescent curlicue fixtures on everyone because it makes members feel that they are doing their part to “save the planet.”

[bijou]

I have stocked up on too many lightbulbs (one closet full). And if I get half a chance Im going to over stock on twice as many before this regime outlaws them all.

Congress wants to force the pale, cold fluorescent curlicue fixtures on everyone because it makes members feel that they are doing their part to “save the planet.”

I have stocked up on enough 100 watt lightbulbs to see me through for decades. We can only buy existing stock here no imports allowed. But I don't see that as 'too many' as I have a plan to use them as needed and couldn't buy replacements when I want to.