Beauties should be alert to the 6 traps you must know when buying facial cream

Cream and lotion are the most important steps in basic skin care. Many people think that skin care is not complete without them. I believe everyone knows that with the arrival of spring and summer, winter creams are no longer suitable for use. Now many manufacturers will rack their brains to make some exaggerated publicity to attract your attention. Ladies, please be vigilant when buying products in shopping malls!

    Trap 1: Exaggerating the effects of pure plant ingredients

First of all, one thing must be clarified, that is, a chemical formula, no matter how it is obtained, its effect is definitely the same. So whether an ingredient is pure plant extract or chemically synthesized, its effect will not be different. Secondly, extracting ingredients that are beneficial to the skin from plants requires very high technology and equipment, and the cost of refining and concentrating is incredibly high, and it is definitely not something that can be obtained at a price of around 100 yuan. In fact, most creams that claim to be pure plant ingredients have their main ingredients chemically synthesized, and do not even contain plant ingredients, and only use plant fragrance or color to attract consumers.

Trap 2: One product solves all problems

A cream can moisturize and fight against wrinkles; it can whiten and tighten the skin; it can control oil and... What ingredients does it contain? We all know the principle of "one key opens one lock", and one ingredient can only target one skin problem. How many active ingredients can a cream that can fight against multiple aging problems contain? Can these different types of active ingredients really coexist peacefully? In our daily skin care, essences should be separated from creams. Two products with the same function have different activities and should be used separately. It would be strange if substances with different functions were put together without "fighting".

Trap 3: Facial cream can detoxify

Everyone knows that the two major detoxification organs of the human body are the liver and kidneys. The skin also has a small detoxification function, but it is done through sweating, that is, there is an outward "excretion" action. But applying a face cream is an inward "inhalation" process, which is exactly the opposite of detoxification. So, what is the so-called detoxifying face cream? What is the principle of its detoxification? How does it detoxify? What is its detoxification mechanism? What symptoms should there be after detoxification? Can detoxification be achieved by writing "natural detoxifying ingredients"?

    Trap 4: Anti-wrinkle is equal to anti-aging

I admit that many creams have anti-wrinkle effects. If you use them regularly, wrinkles on the surface of your skin will fade. But the overall anti-aging effect is a bit nonsense. Aging is the decline of the entire human body's functional level. In other words, as time goes by, muscles, bones and other human organs are also aging, and these aging are manifested through the aging of the skin. However, no cream or even skin care products can change the strength of muscles and bones.

Trap 5: Skin care products can change your genes

Gene is the hottest word in the skin care industry in recent years, but what exactly is gene? Gene is the material basis of heredity, and is the general term for specific nucleotide sequences with genetic information on DNA molecules. Genes pass genetic information to the next generation through replication, making the offspring have similar traits to their parents. In other words, our genes are relatively fixed, and it is quite difficult to intervene through external forces. I don’t know if it is a good wish or a concept hype to think that human genes can be changed through one or several bottles of skin care products.

Trap 6: Skin absorbs collagen

Collagen is a protein. The protein molecules are so large that the skin cannot absorb them. Even our stomach and intestines, which absorb nutrients to survive, need to hydrolyze them into amino acids before they can be absorbed. If you don't believe me, try putting raw egg white on your face to see if it can be absorbed. From a biological point of view, only lower invertebrates can absorb substances such as protein through their epidermis.