Product Review: Peter Thomas Roth UnWrinkle Peel Pads


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Peter Thomas Roth UnWrinkle Peel Pads ($45.00, Amazon.com) claim to “gently exfoliate skin and stimulate cell turnover, while protecting skin from environmental damage and boosting moisture.” Based on the formulation, is this product as effective as it claims? Furthermore, do Peter Thomas Roth UnWrinkle Peel Pads make a visible difference in the skin after a month of use? To answer that question, FutureDerm has teamed up with the very awesome Beauty411 blog to give an in-depth, ingredients-and-trial analysis. For more, read... read more

Product Review: Estee Lauder ReNutriv Intensive Lifting Creme


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Distinct from the Estée Lauder ReNutriv Ultimate Youth Creme (see yesterday’s post), Estée Lauder ReNutriv Intensive Lifting Creme ($158.00, Estée Lauder.com) contains 54 “precious” ingredients and claims to “sustain hydration over time with special moisture magnets.” Yet, does Estée Lauder ReNutriv Intensive Lifting Creme live up to its claims? Or, like yesterday’s Estée Lauder ReNutriv Ultimate Youth Creme, is it overpriced and underdelivering? Not much of a “lifting” cream Although... read more

Product Review: Estée Lauder ReNutriv Ultimate Youth Creme


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Estée Lauder ReNutriv Ultimate Youth Creme ($250.00 for 1.7 oz., EstéeLauder.com) is one of the company’s newest anti-agers, advertising fantasies such as “imagine if the appearance of aging could be postponed indefinitely”. (For a full video from the company, click here.) However, how effective is Estée Lauder ReNutriv Ultimate Youth Creme? More importantly, is it worth the money? The “Youth Molecule” – ResveratrateTM Estée Lauder ReNutriv Ultimate Youth Creme contains Resveratrate™, which,... read more

Spotlight On: Olive Oil


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Olive oil is commonly found in skin care products, with companies claiming olive oil to be a “super antioxidant” that makes skin “smoother and more radiant.”  Yet, how potent is olive oil as an antioxidant, and what exactly are the scientifically proven improvements it has for the skin? Olive oil as anti-carcinogenic Topical application of extra virgin olive oil has been shown in a 1998 study in Carcinogenesis to inhibit chemically-induced tumor activation in the mouse, and in a 2000 study also in Carcinogenesis to... read more