The cosmetic wolf

Unfortunately, you do not always receive the correct information on what you buy. A lot of cosmetic advertising is not meant to inform you, but to make you buy by promising the eternal youth or at least spectacular results.
A basic knowledge on the cosmetic ingredients is the best way to protect yourself. Compare the ingredients on the packaging with the promises of the ads. You will be surprised or maybe even shocked if you do this.

A wide range of tricks is being used to sell products that you probably wouldn't have bought if you would have had the correct back ground information:

"The cosmetic wolf"

A product declares to be "hypo allergic", but in the ingredients you can find the two main
causes of allergic reactions on cosmetic products: fragrance and chemical preservatives.
A product declares to be "natural", but in the ingredients you can find a range of chemical
or synthetic substances.
On the front of the packaging you will find a very valuable ingredient in big font. Looking at
the ingredients list you will find out that the ingredient is very little concentrated or not even
there. On the contrary: most other ingredients seem to be very cheap or even harmful substances.
Every year there will be a lot of advertising with new incredible ingredients that will make
your skin more beautiful than ever, but the new ingredients value for skin care has never
been proved.
A new product is sold for a high price with a prestigious name, but contains only or mainly
very cheap or even harmful substances.
A product is said to be 'not tested on animals', making the suggestion to be animal friendly,
but contains ingredients of killed animals.

It is always the same mechanism: the advertisements suggest to believe and to have confidence in the product, so that an own critical investigation seems to be unnecessary.

With this website you can make a new start: we like to help you to learn what your skin needs and what is the common dermatologist knowledge on cosmetic ingredients. You will be able to recognize those ingredients that can harm your skin and those that will be beneficial.

More information on cosmetic ingredients on this website.

Links on cosmetic ingredients on the Internet.