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Dr. Denese Product Review
Dr. Denese RestoreEyes- typical cosmetic moisturizer , levels of actual active ingredients too low to be active, no use in a skin care routine.
Diagnosis: TOSS IT
Dr. Denese Day Cream/SPF 30 (Zinc Oxide 7.5%, Octinoxate 7.5%) - if you are going to use a chemical sunscreen full of "nasties", at last use one of the European sunscreens with better UVA protection. See the Sun Protection forum for loads of ideas.
If you are OK with this level of protection, which many are, axe the nasties with Diana's SPF 29 Spray! It has the same active ingredients as your product but only 5 ingredients (3 of which are preservatives) other than the actives. There are no emulsifiers and such.
Diagnosis: USE IT, THEN LOSE IT
Dr. Denese Firming Facial Pads - OMG What exactly do these firm? This is a 2% salicylic acid exfoliator; it is not clean and contains trace amounts of antioxidants to make the product look good. Look how far behind the salicylic acid (which we know is only 2%) the ALA and vitamin C are? I would estimate there is less than 1% of these ingredients. ALA does not work at concentrations lower than 4% and vitamin C needs to be at least 10%.
There is nothing in this product that firms the skin, so the name escapes me!
Diagnosis: TOSS IT
Dr. Denese Cellular Firming Serum - this is an exfoliant and does not firm anything, especially cells! It removes dead ones.
It is not bad, but you should use a clean acid if you want an AHA product. The addition of small amounts of skin lighteners makes no sense. The product contains blue dye and fragrance!
Diagnosis: USE IT, THEN LOSE IT
Dr. Denese Wrinkle-Less Serum - 12-15% Argireline is over the recommended usage level AND it is only to be carefully applied to facial muscles to reduce muscle contractions. Argireline should NEVER be applied to the facial skin as an overall serum. Unless this came with directions on how to massage the product into specific muscles on clean skin, this product is offensive!
Diagnosis: TOSS IT
Dr. Denese Triple Strength Wrinkle Smoother - full of nasties, detergent, fragrance. Based on unproven peptide science. If the product was clean enough to use, you could still give it a go as subjective clinical studies have shown skin improvements using pentapeptides. Others feel they are harmful and promote scar tissue.
Diagnosis: TOSS IT
Dr. Denese AHA/BHA Peel - not bad, but not great. Denese just keeps on mixing a bunch of actives together. If your skin tolerates this peel while using Green Cream, finish it of, then move to a peel that is suited to your skin type.
Diagnosis: USE IT, THEN LOSE IT
Dr. Denese Vitamin C Mask - here she goes again! She cannot offer a useful concentrated C serum! This "mask" is AHAs, BHA, a bunch of fillers and small amount of other antioxidants. This will not harm your skin, but you would be MUCH better off with a well formulated C Serum.
Diagnosis: USE IT, THEN LOSE IT
There are so many acids in most of these products that you have no idea when you are exfoliating. They are just too "all over the place". You have to be careful not to over exfoliate when using Green Cream, so watch for signs of irritation when you are using up the exfoliant type Dr. Denese products.
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