Creme De La Mer is one of those iconic products in the beauty industry everyone's heard of. It is legendary, and the very definition of a cult product, and is often claimed to be a 'miracle broth' that miraculously somehow helps in anti-aging. Despite its outrageously high price, or perhaps because of it, the buzz around this product is high - celebrities are said to use it, lots of blog reviews can be found raving about it, and those who spend the money on it claim that it definitely does work.

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It is the one and only Creme De La Mer, after all, and it is so unique that nothing can come close to it, and there aren't any products like it - or are there? Creme De La Mer: A legendary product, with legendary hype You guys know that I get pretty skeptical of such claims. It has been said that the humble ol' Nivea Creme is a dupe for Creme De La Mer - but of course, if you search the Internets, you'll find people saying that they don't see a difference between the two, and you'll also find tons of people who say that the La Mer version is still much better, and the plain ol' Nivea can't compare. So with that said and done, let’s examine the Creme de La Mer more closely, and find out what exactly is in this 'miracle broth'. From there, we can figure out how the product works, and then, see if there are any dupes for it, or if not dupes, perhaps similar products.

And the only way to begin this process is to get down and dirty with the Creme De La Mer ingredients list! The Original Creme De La Mer: What exactly is inside? So, we start off by looking at the Creme De La Mer ingredients, naturally. So much has been said about how amazing the product is, so I'm just going to cut to the chase.

What is in this product to so many people fawn and obsess over? Aquaphor Healing Ointment: An simple, occlusive, non-irritating moisturizer Ingredients: Petrolatum, Mineral Oil, Ceresin, Lanolin Alcohol, Panthenol, Glycerin, Bisabolol Again, there are definitely similar occlusives (Petrolatum, Mineral Oil, Lanolin Alcohol) and humectants (Glycerin), as well as the minor ingredient Panthenol. And like the original La Mer Creme, this is also a pretty occlusive formulation, which is heavy on the occlusives and less so on the humectants. So yes, this is also a pretty good Creme De La Mer alternative as well. In fact, the simplicity of this formula, without the plant extracts and other secondary ingredients, means that ironically this might actually be better for sensitive skin than the Creme De La Mer product is, particularly for those people who might have skin that does not react well to plant extracts or fragrance ingredients. The La Mer product does have a bunch of such ingredients, like Limonene, Geraniol, Linalool, Hydroxycitronellal, and Citronellol, which are citrus extracts with a nice fragrance, but can be irritating for some skin types.

So ironically, although Creme De La Mer is sold as a product that heals the skin and has anti-aging benefits, it can actually be irritating to skin instead! This perhaps is the most stripped down of all the La Mer alternatives and is a good choice for sensitive skin. Creme De La Mer Dupe #3: Curel Intensive Healing Cream Curel Intensive Healing Cream is another cheap drugstore basic that is a dry skin favourite. Let's check out the ingredients for Curel Intensive Healing Cream. Anonymous Discovered your blog via Fifty Shades of Snail and I am learning a lot. Now this article makes total sense to me. So many people were raving about La Mer cream several years ago that I bought a pot for the dry winter season.

But after a few weeks of using the cream my face got covered in tiny whiteheads. My dermatologist told me to stop using the cream as it was too heavy for my skin even though I have combination skin with very dry cheeks. It took me about two weeks of topical ointments to get rid of all that bumbs. Now I am into layering lighter Korean products which seems to work well so far. Sanna from Hong Kong.

People just don't seem to get it. A watch cannot work properly even one tiniest component is absent. Creams without the signature fermented sea kelp is NOT a dupe of La Mer. Fermentation process break down the molecules of the 'nutrient' into smaller sizes so that it penetrates better. Which is why some skin care products that are dubbed as 'miracle' involve fermentation process: La Mer. Moreover creams that having the same ingredients do not equal to same results, just like different people can produce different taste even with the same ingredients. Just saying what I thought.

Anyway I love La Mer creme. I used nivea for bad face skiing sunburn, it worked really well, for the pain at least. My skin still peeled though. Now I use creams with oils in them to create a moisture barrier. Without this barrier skin gets dry really fast. My skin is very dry but at 60 now I have very few wrinkles and those are hardly noticeable. I rub the oil cream into the wrinkled areas to 'iron' out the wrinkles and penetrate.

I do this after a face wash of plain very warm water to open the pores and gently use a wash rag to exfoliate. Yves Roche Riche Cream has oil based ingredients and is cruelty free and formulated for mature skin. It can be somewhat greasy, use sparingly. All of their products are plant based and reasonably priced. Coconut oil by itself works very well too. Long before estee lauder bought la mer and ruined it by changing it into just another white, whipped oil skin cream, it had another formulation. It broke down quickly and you were advised to keep it cool, even refrigerate it, and keep it in a dark place.

The consistency was unique- it got a little waxier and stickier as you rolled it in your hands and dotted it on your skin. After it had been opened a while it would separate into a greasier and watery-er, 2 consistency blob in your jar. I have never used anything that was so great for my skin. It even seemed to heal small skin irritations. I have never seen or tried anything that is like that product, ever again. Because people that knew the original loved it, and because the myth- or real- story of its origin as a burn salve invented by a nasa scientist to ease his burned skin was so intriguing, the moniker 'miracle broth' was retained up until the present for use in advertising, even though the new, estee lauder product had standard department store cream ingredients. I often wonder where that original recipe is, whether it couldn't be resurrected for use in hospitals, and why estee lauder would ruin such a unique product.

Of course, they are still selling it for hundreds of dollars for the smallest jars, so it does not matter to them. Most likely, when they bought it they just wanted to remove a competitor. Jesus christ. Are you for real.

How uneducated are you? You boast about how wonderful petroleum is in skincare? That shit belongs under a car, not on the skin.

But then you have concerns about the effectiveness of plants???? YOU ARE A MORON! It is sad that in an age of information and technology you are this ignorant!!! It's shocking.

Do you not realize the La Mer is nothing but a scam. Petroleum and its byproducts cost less than $1 per litre.

This entire cream is nothing but cheap fillers. It is toxic sludge in a jar sold for astronomical prices and you're all too dumb to understand. I cannot believe people fall for this shit!!!! I wouldn't put this toxic crap on my skin even if someone paid me!!!! After reading your article about possible 'Dupes de la Mer (ha, ha), I just wanted to weigh in with my two cents but first, a couple of observations. To Louis Lee who posted how much he loved Creme de la Mer.

I'm assuming that you have a constant flow of cash that would allow you to pay such an exorbitant amount of money for this basic cream (how much of that seaweed broth is in it anyway? They never say). For a young person, you're pretty dang lucky to afford this - the majority of us would have to use money that should be used for a better purpose, like food, rent, bills.etc.So kudos to you. For Britt who had to spew vitriol all over the page and try to belittle someone who more than likely knows about petroleum and other similar chemicals - chill out! I know a lot about other natural brands that don't contain nasty chemicals, petroleum, petrolatum, mineral oil and so on. Their price point is better than 'Creme' but it's still up there for a lot of women and men and it's still taking a bite out of your budget. I have found a perfect dupe for 'Creme' on Etsy and yes, it's made with an exact dupe of the seaweed broth and the cream itself doesn't contain any nasty chemicals, oils, and petroleum products.

$46.21 CAD and the best part is that it comes in a glass container with a pump/fine spray. Hope this helps! Finally someone has enlightened online La Mer shoppers like myself!

So let me contest to all you said and AGREE 100% with you! My dear husband gave me as a gift this precious, sought after and highly regarded Creme De La Mer!!!! You can imagine my excitement! I have used the entire container in record fast time considering the size, the price and all. And checked my skin every single day!

Took pictures every day at the same time and DIDNT SEE ANY AMAZING RESULTS! Yes for this kind of money I do expect amazing results in record fast time!!!!!! To my surprise I also find out that my skin didn’t really get any amazing benefits from this product it was not already getting it from a much much cheaper ones like NIVEA!

Yes I use it in a winter because my skin gets so dry! I use European version send from Germany and the end effect is same!!!!! Imagine my disappointment and dissatisfaction in the end!

In my personal opinion this product is NO BETTER than a baseline NIVEA cream. Your skin will be soft and moist And that’s IT. Your wrinkles will still stay same and no, there won’t be any glow and awe! I already had this from the skincare I was using!

As you can imagine I have Never said to my husband what I really think of La Mer. And I know for sure I will never buy this product again! And to those who are in doubt. Get Nivea and see if there is any difference in result between them!!!!! Disclaimer: I am European!

My grandma was religiously using Nivea cream all her life and her skin was always baby soft, not wrinkle free! But baby soft! That’s why I use it too!

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MAC's Studio Waterweight Foundation SPF30 is the latest foundation from MAC, and it has been getting tons of raves online for its lightweight, water-like texture. However, the foundation really made its way onto my radar because I was asked by my colleague at work whether I was going to review it or not.

After sheepishly admitting that I probably wasn't (not because I don't want to, but because I'm already backlogged on my reviews), she told me that she had heard that it was a dupe of a Smashbox foundation, the Smashbox's Camera Ready BB Water SPF30. So I just had to check it out! Smashbox Camera Ready BB Water: A new Smashbox product, rumoured to be a dupe for the MAC Waterweight Foundation Turns out, as you might guess, the MAC Waterweight Foundation SPF30 and Smashbox Camera Ready BB Water SPF30 are indeed extremely close, if not identical. But I wanted to find out more - what if there were other similar products out there? So began my journey into ingredient nerdiness.

Are the MAC Waterweight Foundation and Smashbox Camera Ready BB Water dupes? There has been much buzz about the two being dupes for each other, so let's clear this up! The only way to tell is to look at the ingredients in both the MAC Studio Waterweight Foundation and the Smashbox Camera Ready BB Water, and to see how similar they are. If they are very similar, they should have quite a lot of ingredients in common (particularly ). If they are truly dupes in the purest sense of the word, the ingredients lists should be identical.

So, let's take a look at the ingredients lists, and see just how similar they are! MAC Studio Waterweight Foundation SPF30 Here's the ingredients list for the MAC Studio Waterweight Foundation SPF30: Active Ingredients: Octinoxate 5%, Titanium Dioxide 3.1%, Zinc Oxide 2.1%. Smashbox Camera Ready BB Water SPF30 And, here are the ingredients for the Smashboxs Camera Ready BB Water SPF30: Active Ingredients: Octinoxate 5%, Titanium Dioxide 3.1%, Zinc Oxide 2.1%. Yes, both MAC Waterweight Foundation and Smashbox Camera Ready BB Water are dupes The Estee Lauder Group does own both Smashbox and MAC, so it's really no surprise that they decided to leverage their economies of scale to put out the same formula under different brands.

After all, if you've spent time and money to develop a nice, lightweight foundation that performs well, it makes sense to market it under all your umbrella brands (or as many as possible without decreasing your overall profits) in order to increase your sales. It may not be the most palatable marketing tactic to consumers, but Estee Lauder is by no means the only large beauty conglomerate that does this. In fact, over my 5 years of beauty blogging, I've come to realize that such 'self-duping' among brands belonging to the same parent company is quite commonplace, and it doesn't bother me. I understand it makes business sense for the brand, and in my opinion, the onus is on me as the consumer to be as savvy as possible when choosing and buying beauty products (hence all my ingredient geekery).

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So make of it what you will - and if you have liked the Smashbox Camera Ready BB Water, now you know where you can get a cheaper dupe! But how do the MAC Waterweight Foundation and Smashbox Camera Ready BB Water work, anyway? Ethics of duping your own formula in your other brands aside, I thought I'd also touch on how the formulas work, just for the fun of it (that's my ingredients nerd at work there)! Why has the product been getting so many raves? And is the SPF protection actually worth it?

First, let's look at the SPF protection. The key filters are Octinoxate 5%, Titanium Dioxide 3.1%, Zinc Oxide 2.1%, which is good - I love it when the two physical filters (Titanium Dioxide and Zinc Oxide) are included. There is also Octinoxate for good measure. I've mentioned before in my, and that is true, but if the alternative is not wearing any SPF at all, then I guess this is better than nothing. On the bright side, though, we're covered for both UVA and UVB rays - while Octinoxate only provides protection from UVB rays, both Titanium Dioxide and Zinc Oxide provide protection from both UVA and UVB rays.

Octinoxate does degrade over time, so it's just as well that Titanium Dioxide and Zinc Oxide, which are stable, are there. On the other hand, if we check in with the, we get an estimated SPF of anywhere from SPF16.4 to SPF18. There are various reasons why the Sunscreen Simulator could give readings that differ from the product, such as the inclusion of sunscreen boosters and antioxidants, but ideally, the two should be closer together, as it gives an idea of what the sun protection is from just the UV filters alone. Of course, noone buys foundation solely for the SPF protection. We buy and love it because it feels nice on our skin, blends in well, and gives us a good match. And on that count, the MAC Waterweight Fouundation SPF30 and Smashbox Camera Ready BB Water SPF30 both do excellently on that front.

The products contain a variety of silicones and polymers which have various functions such as emulsifiers, but most of them help the foundation to feel nice on the skin and form a nice layer on top of it (Methyl Trimethicone, Phenyl Trimethicone, Dimethicone, Dimethicone Silylate, Lauryl PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone, Polysilicone-1, PEG-10 Dimethicone), thickener (Silica), emollients (Butyloctyl Salicylate, Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate), and humectants (Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Sodium Hyaluronate). These are the key ingredients that give the product its key properties, and it's interesting to note that most of these are fairly light and don't feel heavy on the skin, hence contributing to the 'water'-like feel of the product.

Of course, there are other minor ingredients too (such as the plant extracts and so on), but when we are considering a foundation, 3. Are there any other dupes or products similar to the MAC Studio Waterweight Foundation and Smashbox Camera Ready BB Water? Now that we know how the formula works, we can consider how to find similar products. To get as close a match as possible, we should watch out for products with as many of the top few ingredients as possible, and in particular the main ingredients that give the product its texture: the top few silicones (Methyl Trimethicone, Phenyl Trimethicone, Dimethicone), emollients (Butyloctyl Salicylate, Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate), thickener (Silica) and humectants (Butylene Glycol, Glycerin). Of course, not every product will have all of these ingredients, so the general goal is to focus on these top few ingredients, especially the top 5, which are Water (this is pretty duh, so I guess we won't count this), Methyl Trimethicone, Phenyl Trimethicone, Silica, Butyloctyl Salicylate, and Dimethicone, as they make up most of the product and are the ones that are primarily responsible for the nice feel of the product on skin. If we can find a product with as many of these 5 ingredients in the top few ingredients, then we know we've got one that is fairly close.

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Of course, this is about finding similar products, not exact dupes (the MAC Studio Waterweight Foundation and Smashbox Camera Ready BB Water are already exact dupes of each other, as it is). It may not be as helpful if you're looking for the exact same thing, but it might be useful if you've tried and liked either the MAC or Smashbox versions and want to branch out to try similar products, or if you've tried one of the similar products below, and are wondering if the MAC or Smashbox version would give you a significantly different experience. Either way, it's always good to know what products might be similar! Again, this time we would have to trawl a number of products to see their ingredients lists. It turns out there isn't an exact dupe for these two products, but there are some products that come close. Interestingly enough, they're all from the Estee Lauder Group, and they're all Clinique products. Clinique Repairwear Laser Focus All-Smooth Makeup SPF 15.

Clinique Repairwear Laser Focus All-Smooth Makeup SPF 15 The Clinique Repairwear Foundation, while not quite a dupe, definitely has some very close similarities. It has the main silicones (Methyl Trimethicone, Phenyl Trimethicone, Dimethicone, Lauryl PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone), humectants (Butylene Glycol, Glycerin), and also some of the same UV filters, although since we're looking at a dupe for the foundation, rather than the sunscreen part of the product, this is less relevant. This isn't surprising, because Clinique is also part of the Estee Lauder Group, so it's no surprise that we find a very similar formula in another brand. Below is the full ingredients list for the Clinique Repairwear Laser Focus All-Smooth Makeup SPF 15: Active Ingredients: Titanium Dioxide 4.1%; Octocrylene 2%; Inactive Ingredients: Water, Methyl Trimethicone, Phenyl Trimethicone, Dimethicone, Triethylhexanoin, Butylene Glycol, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, PEG-10 Dimethicone, Lauryl PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone, Glycerin, Alumina, Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter, Whey Protein, Sigesbeckia Orientalis (St. Paul’s Wort) Extract, Micrococcus Lysate, Acetyl Hexapeptide-8, Sodium Hyaluronate, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Sodium Myristoyl Sarcosinate, Dimethicone/PEG-10/15 Crosspolymer, Sodium Chloride, Tocopheryl Acetate, Acetyl Glucosamine, Glyceryl Polymethacrylate, Methicone, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Lecithin, Dimethicone Crosspolymer-3, PEG-8, Laureth-7, Dipropylene Glycol, Disodium EDTA, Polyaminopropyl Biguanide, Phenoxyethanol May Contain: Mica, Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Bismuth Oxychloride 2. Clinique Redness Solutions Makeup SPF15 with Probiotic Technology. Clinique Redness Solutions Makeup SPF15 with Probiotic Technology Clinique Redness Solutions Makeup SPF15 with Probiotic Technology is another one that's pretty similar.

It has some of the same UV filters, of course, but it also has a good match for some of the key ingredients, particularly the silicones (Methyl Trimethicone, Phenyl Trimethicone, Dimethicone, Lauryl Peg-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone), emollients (C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate), humectants (Butylene Glycol). Some of the other ingredients that are present in larger amounts in the MAC Studio Waterweight/Smashbox Camera Ready BB Water Foundations are also present in this product, just in different amounts, too (e.g. Glycerin, Peg-10 Dimethicone).

Again, no surprise there! Interestingly, the Clinique Redness Solution Makeup is also pretty darn similar to the Clinique Repairwear All-Smooth Makeup - the first 9 ingredients, in fact, are word-for-word identical, and the differences are really quite minor (e.g.

Plant extracts and things like that). I would consider them to be pretty much almost-dupes of each other. Thus it's not surprising that both made it onto this list! Clinique Even Better Makeup SPF 15 Yes, another Clinique product!

(Don't worry, the next one will be something different, promise!) Again, this is an almost-dupe for both the Clinique Redness Solution Makeup and the Clinique Repairwear All-Smooth Makeup, because the first 9 ingredients are again exactly identical! So if any of you have been wanting a dupe for your favourite Clinique foundation, now you know that your dupe is probably another Clinique foundation, haha. So yes, it is unsurprising that the Clinique Even Better Makeup turns out to also be quite similar to the MAC Studio Waterweight Foundation/Smashbox Camera Ready BB Water. Like the Redness Solution Makeup and the Repairwear All-Smooth Makeup, this one has very similar silicones (Methyl Trimethicone, Phenyl Trimethicone, Dimethicone, Lauryl PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone) and humectants (Butylene Glycol). It may not be a 100% dupe, but it will probably feel pretty similar.

Here are the ingredients for the Clinique Even Better Makeup SPF 15: Active: Octinoxate 6%; Titanium Dioxide 2.90%; Zinc Oxide 3.5%. Clinique Repairwear Anti-Aging Makeup SPF15) I was on the fence about including the Clinique Repairwear Anti-Aging Makeup SPF15, because it's actually discontinued and replaced by the Repairwear Laser Focus Makeup. But I thought it might be helpful for people who have tried the Repairwear Anti-Aging Makeup before, or for people who are still able to get their hands on the older version.

This product has some similarities within its first few ingredients, with similar silicones (Dimethicone, Lauryl PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone), humectants (Butylene Glycol), and thickener (Silica) within the top few ingredients. Some of the other major silicones (Methyl Trimethicone, Phenyl Trimethicone) are either absent or lower down the ingredients list, so while the formula has some similarities, the absence of two of the major silicones might mean that there will be some differences in how the product feels on skin. I suppose the newer formulas probably feel lighter than the older one with the addition of the two silicones.