Comments on: 4 WRONG WAYS TO CHOOSE SKIN CREAM AND 1 WAY THAT WORKS

By: Product Review : Paula’s Choice Resist Barrier Repair Moisturizer : A Greener Tea

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:20:53 +0000

[...] in 4 Wrong Ways To Choose Skin Cream And One Way That Works, I talked about how a consumer hasn’t got a clue about what’s in face cream, any more than [...]

By: Christine Scaman

Christine Scaman — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:18:42 +0000

Hi, Shelley,

I agree. It’s like hoping there’s a miracle nutrient or toothpaste out there. It doesn’t exist. It’s the care you take each day that pays off. Cosmetic companies, like all companies, are interested in making your money – some more scrupulously, some less.

By: Shelley Kerr

Shelley Kerr — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:52:29 +0000

Before discovering Paula’s Choice I would have had pimples and nothing would shift them. I am 31 years old and now have quite good skin with the odd spot popping up around that time of month. Until a couple of years ago when my sister, Wendy was in Australia and discovered Paula’s books, I too was one of those people who thought there was a miracle cream out there. Now after reading her books and trying her products I now know that there is not one Cosmetic Company who could convince me that a skin cream could turn back time. I am so glad that I have heard about Paula’s products it has saved me so much money and my skin will thank me in the long run for using SPF 15 everyday.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:38:43 +0000

Hi Christine,

I am a devoted Paula’s Choice customer. Her skin care line is the best and affordable, too. You can put together cheaper stuff at the drug store, but with Paula, I know I’m getting quality. Also, because I’m in Seattle, it shows up within 3 days. I also love the affordable samples.

By: Christine Scaman

Christine Scaman — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:05:57 +0000

@ Catriona ,

I think you speak for many women in your comment.

Is it not liberating to be able to walk past those counters and know with certainty that there is nothing there you don’t have ? And women who don’t want to learn about the science of skin care don’t have to because Paula does all the legwork.

It is so empowering to be able to choose with accuracy those products that will truly improve the skin. I also appreciate that Paula’s focus is not only the appearance of the skin, but also and more importantly, its health.

@ Robin,

Terrific comment. Like Catriona, I know that you speak for thousands of women.

I understand the hesitation women have with Paula’s Choice in that it is a mail-order company and they may not have friends who know the product, and those are things to get used to. What mystifies me, and you describe it above, is why there is so much resistance in letting go of the cosmetic giants. I think it’s because women cannot believe they could be so blatantly misled.

Loved the mental picture your 18 yr. old salesgirl brought to mind. People who know everything about the Universe are wonderful. That was me once. Yet another beauty of aging, and I truly believe there are many, is that I have abandoned that notion along the way. The release has allowed a fair amount of growth.

By: Robin O'Sullivan

Robin O'Sullivan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:59:28 +0000

Your blog on skin creams caught my eye, for I am always searching for the “miracle cream” that will return me to the face I had when I was twenty. As I was reading I caught site of Paula’s name and her website. My sister told me about her 15 years ago, she sent me every news letter Paula would print out and I slowly started changing my mind on how expensive the skin line has to be to be good for your skin. What I will say about all her articles and now her wonderful website which I am a member of, she really tells it like it is, she doesn’t tell you to purchase the most expensive or on the other hand the least expensive. I followed her advice and bought some things from the drugstore and others from department stores. But all the different ones were frustrating to me, I like a skin care system that has it all, and that I trust and she likes. Well I hit my dreaded forties and along with that came perimenopause, who knew there was such a thing before menopause? Well my hormones have gone crazy for 6 years now and I’m still a few years away from full menopause. With this delightful phase comes daily cramps, dry hair, dry skin etc…to make a long story short I happened upon a Doctor who dealt with my problems and then I saw that Paula had brought her own line of skin care and makeup! I was elated I emailed them and told them of my situation, they recommended what line to use and what to expect, not only in just a matter of 2 months my skin came around and changed from being dry and pigmented, to glowing and having back the elasticity I had when I was younger. I ventured further and bought her makeup line, it’s wonderful, great colors, texture which is really important but also the great idea of the century, miniature sample you can order for under a dollar and see if you like the product first. So I guess after reading this long hopefully not too boring blog is that I am a devoted Paula’s customer. She rates her products up there but also rates other lines also, she doesn’t push her skin care line on to a customer. Anyway any of you out there going thru what I am, please give her products a try, I know that they personally helped my skin and believe me, I am a extremely picky person and I do not like to be talked down to at cosmetic counter from some young thing of 18, who knows all there is to know about my skin and the universe:)). Thanks again for just putting her name out there, and letting people know, that her products are good, well priced and do the job there suppose to do.
Aloha, a loyal fan in Hawaii

By: Catriona

Catriona — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:41:48 +0000

Up until perhaps two months ago, I too was a cosmetic junkie. Or perhaps I should say… I was a naively-accepting and somewhat desperate 55-year old who needed the reassurance of the big cosmetic companies that I could DO something about my aging skin, and it only took an outlay of two hundred bucks on their latest miracle formulation to do it!

Not any more.

I decided to go with Paula’s Choice products. I’ve been reading her website and following her very logical, rational and scientific recommendations for some time but had never taken the plunge because… well, let’s face it… the glamorous advertising usually wins out!

Since I’ve been using Paula’s formulations… the cleanser, the toner, the beta-hydroxy compounds, the anti-oxidants and the mattifying moisturizer… my skin (I can truthfully say) has never looked better. I’ve been plagued with bad skin since my eleventh birthday… and that’s a long time to experiment with disappointing products and unhelpful results.

I don’t even glance at the skin care aisles in the department stores or drugstores anymore. I don’t need that reassurance anymore.

This has truly been a revelation to me. I’m very pleased to see you affirming that, too, on this lovely site!

Yours sincerely
Catriona Blain

By: 2 ESTEE LAUDER PRODUCT REVIEWS : A BEST-IN-CLASS SUNSCREEN AND A SO-SO FOUNDATION : A Greener Tea

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:18:47 +0000

[...] found the product through Paula Begoun’s Best of Beauty Report 2006. Though I’ve said it elsewhere, neither I, nor anyone else, can look at a bottle of skin product and know what it contains. I [...]