Help! Just found out "Paula's Choice" website and I am ADDICTED!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. To clarify, I am not talking about her make up/skin care line per se. I didn't even check it out and don't have anything from her. I am talking about the "Beautypedia: Expert Skin Care Brands & Makeup reviews" http://www.paulaschoice.com/beautypedia-skin-care-reviews/best-products

For someone like me, it has been very enlightening. As an example, I had no idea that citrus oils (orange, lemon, etc) are skin irritants (or lavender for that matter). Or that jar packing and clear bottles are bad for the products because of oxidation.

Anyway, little things like that.

Every single review sounds the same. She really just critiques lists of ingredients and packaging, not how the product works.

Yep, she seems to have a thing against lavender (which happens to be my favorite essential oil of all time).

[Anonymous]

I like the reviews on Makeupalley.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. To clarify, I am not talking about her make up/skin care line per se. I didn't even check it out and don't have anything from her. I am talking about the "Beautypedia: Expert Skin Care Brands & Makeup reviews" http://www.paulaschoice.com/beautypedia-skin-care-reviews/best-products

For someone like me, it has been very enlightening. As an example, I had no idea that citrus oils (orange, lemon, etc) are skin irritants (or lavender for that matter). Or that jar packing and clear bottles are bad for the products because of oxidation.

Anyway, little things like that.

Every single review sounds the same. She really just critiques lists of ingredients and packaging, not how the product works.

Yep, she seems to have a thing against lavender (which happens to be my favorite essential oil of all time).

Her "thing" against lavender seems pretty well-based in science to me:

http://www.paulaschoice.com/cosmetic-ingredient-dictionary/definition/plant-extracts/lavender-extract-and-oil

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. To clarify, I am not talking about her make up/skin care line per se. I didn't even check it out and don't have anything from her. I am talking about the "Beautypedia: Expert Skin Care Brands & Makeup reviews" http://www.paulaschoice.com/beautypedia-skin-care-reviews/best-products

For someone like me, it has been very enlightening. As an example, I had no idea that citrus oils (orange, lemon, etc) are skin irritants (or lavender for that matter). Or that jar packing and clear bottles are bad for the products because of oxidation.

Anyway, little things like that.

Every single review sounds the same. She really just critiques lists of ingredients and packaging, not how the product works.

Yep, she seems to have a thing against lavender (which happens to be my favorite essential oil of all time).

Again, she does state that if it works for you then, fine. No need to change. Some people don't react as badly to irritants.

[Anonymous]

I liked the xojane review of Glow Recipe. The reviewer was a really entertaining writer. She wrote about the entire process of several products, including the negatives. the only thing she failed to mention were the $$$ prices.