Comments on: Product Review: M Lab Anti-Aging Day Treatment SPF 15

By: Denise

Denise — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:48:33 +0000

Hmm…. I second Christine’s comment- for the price I feel I can find more solidly good products. The ‘high’ % of active ingredients also sound a little too gimmicky for my liking.

By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:44:49 +0000

For Mr. Powell– it can be ordered straight from M Lab’s website.

As for the product, I’d much rather have less ingredients in higher consentrations. For the money I feel I can find better.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:19:34 +0000

Nice review. I agree. Sounds like a good preventive (b/c of antioxidants, not sunscreen) vs. corrective cream.

By: sofi76

sofi76 — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:23:04 +0000

Marc- yeah, their stuff is oily but I guess I can get away with using powder to make it more matte. I really like their healthy defense and Age Shield stuff.

By: Marc79

Marc79 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:45:00 +0000

Sofi76- apparently, from what I’ve read anyway, there is an ingredient that Neutrogena and Aveeno (both Johnson and Johnson companies) adds to their avobenzone-containing sunscreens that stabilizes them (the ingredient name is Diethylhexyl 2,6-Naphthalate) and they don’t add the octinoxate ingredient. Therefore they can claim high UVA-protection. Helioplex is the name they have given to this combination. I wish I could use them… they look like hell on my oily skin I just wish there were more options in the US for high UVA protection. And it bums me out to see expensive lotions advertising protection when they have inferior UVA protection.

By: sofi76

sofi76 — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:23:35 +0000

That’s really interesting Marc- I have heard something similar about stability and particularly that the Helioplex in Neutrogena products helped stabilize Avobenzone. I hate when these products are advertised as ‘high percentage’ but really are insignificant when broken down. Give me a product or separate products that each have a significant amount of these important ingredients. I wouldn’t bother with this. thanks for the heads up.

By: Joshua Powell

Joshua Powell — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:02:30 +0000

So you ordered this from Harrods in London (who have the worldwide exclusive on it) to do this review?

By: Marc79

Marc79 — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:01:56 +0000

I thought there were stability issues with the UVA sunscreen ingredient BMBM (butylmet…. aka avobenzone) and ethylhelxyl methoxycinnamate (aka octinoxate)? I’ve been reading on message boards that the second destabilizes the avobenzone, and so this lotion would be inferior as far as protection against UVA rays. I would hate for somebody to spend a lot of money on a product like this and then still miss out on protection from photoaging.

By: Josie

Josie — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:57:03 +0000

I haven’t tried the day cream yet but the eye cream and the treatment are out of this world. A little goes a really long way (thankfully, bec. the stuff isn’t cheap!). I’ve been using both products for about 6 weeks. My skin is less tired looking and it doesn’t make you break out.