DISQUS

TAG · 2 years ago

Rythyms and polarities of nature, huh? Sounds like star trek stuff. Meaningless marketing speak, just like everyone else.

Jul · 2 years ago

My dad actually formulates skin care products. Whenever a new product catches my eye, I ask him about it. The answer is almost always the same: whatever the new miracle product/formula/ingredient is, it's unlikely to make much of a difference. Most claims are ridiculously exaggerated, if not completely bogus.


But this "rhythms and polarities" stuff? I'm sure he'll be very, very impressed. :)

Izzy · 2 years ago

Their response sounds like bullshit to me. I'm just sayin'...

whatzerkitty · 2 years ago

I think there's a lot to be said about drinking water, to keep your skin moisturized. I've tried some Dr. Hauschka products. Though I do like the lip balm, I think it's ridiculously expensive, and I refuse to buy it again - sorry, but Alba Terra Tints is much better, and much cheaper. I would like to see fewer "miracle" claims, and I would definitely like to know why I have to pay four times the amount for a natural product, made of fewer ingredients.


I think plain old castile soap works wonders, is economical, and all that writing on Dr. Bronner's bottles is purely entertainment. In my opinion, the simpler, the better. Though I continue to use reasonably-priced natural products, I still believe that natural companies need to hold themselves to higher standards, and stop making claims they can't prove, especially when they're charing a premium for the privilege of buying their stuff.

Lesley · 2 years ago

Frankly, I don't think that there's a "skincare line" that isn't full of crap. I think they all try to sell us on the hope that we can beat genetics when we simply cannot.


And what you put on your skin is much less important than what you put in your body and how you treat your body, but that message doesn't sell hand cream.



Incidentally, I judge a skincare line's legitimacy on the inclusion (or exclusion) of a product meant to "minimize" stretch marks. Ooh, it really burns me up to see marketers preying on poor pregnant women giving them hope that there's some magic product that will alleviate their stretch marks when the marks are actually occurring in the dermis, the middle layer of skin that cares not what you put on your epidermis. Dr. Hauschka not only promotes a body oil "to help prevent stretch marks," but has a body oil that's supposed to help prevent cellulite as well. What? Seriously? I find that downright offensive. A body oil that helps prevent cottage cheese thighs...please.

m.k. · 2 years ago

I especially hate when a company has "natural" or "organic" on the front of the bottle, and when I look at the ingredients I can't even pronounce some of them. That's not natural, let alone organic. I think Dr. Hauschka has good products, from my experience with them, but that doesn't mean they are innocent of all the marketing speak. A straight answer would make their company really good.