When you look at your options for skincare, you can find a range of products from drug stores to Sephora. Price points can be confusing when choosing products, but is there really a difference between the cheap ones and the expensive ones?
We did some investigating and found the top differences between cheap skincare products and expensive ones and here’s what we found…
Potency
Drug stores often sell skincare products at a very low price. You may find that some of the drugstore products include ingredients you hear about in more expensive skincare, so what makes them different? The biggest difference, aside from price, is the concentration of those ingredients inside the products themselves. Just because they list the ingredient on the cheaper skincare doesn’t mean it has enough of that ingredient to make a difference in your skin.
High-end skincare, on the other hand, contains ample amounts of important ingredients like shea butter and argan oil, as well as powerful peptides and proteins. The concentration and potency of these ingredients is much higher in professional skincare products which will help you see results much faster.
Manufacturing
Do you know where your drugstore skincare products are coming from? If you knew the ugly truth, most mainstream, lower-cost skincare products come from other countries like China and South Korea. While even some professional-level skincare is made in these countries, you can never be sure of their labs and processes. Many of these other countries also have little or no regulation when it comes to animal testing.
When you manufacture products in the USA, it costs more to produce because of the higher standards and better ingredients. More professional skincare products, like our South Beach Skin Lab collection, are made on American soil and are never tested on animals.
Results
No matter how cheap or expensive your skincare is, most of the time you can expect to see some kind of result. From less expensive products, you might still feel like your skin is moisturized, or have cleaner skin after washing – but that’s about all. With lower-end skincare products, it can often take much longer to see positive results because they are manufactured to solve an immediate problem, and not to repair prior damage to the skin, or prevent further damage.
With high-end skincare, you can expect some immediate results like increased hydration, but the longer-term benefits they offer make them worth every single penny. When you choose a high-quality skincare routine, it will not only repair any previous damage to your skin like wrinkles, dark spots and lines, but it will work hard at regenerating your skin to prevent future damage and help you look your absolute best!
