Why should you buy your skincare products from professionals, rather than the drug store or websites that specialize in beauty deals? We all love to save time and money but in the end, you may end up spending more of both simply to correct the damage done by your “great find.”

Higher-Grade Ingredients

Regulations about the intensity of certain ingredients are in place for drugstore and beauty-counter products. And there’s good reason for that. After all, if you don’t know what you’re doing, you can end up buying strong products that do more harm than good for your skin condition.

A licensed professional, on the other hand, is able to analyze your skin and prescribe exactly what your skin needs. Because of this, she’s able to carry products with a higher percentage of those active ingredients. The result? Products that reach deeper layers of your skin, for maximum impact.

The Right Beauty Product for the Right Customer

Even among those professional lines with a higher concentration of ingredients, one size does not fit all. Beauty professionals know that often one highly-respected professional brand isn’t “better” than another quality line. What sets each apart is their separate patented technology and proprietary blends.

Skin care professionals will point you to the right line, whose patented technology allows the strong ingredients to reach the appropriate layer of skin. For instance, if your problem is uneven pigmentation, a licensed professional can recommend the product line which reaches that affected layer of skin for maximum impact.

Giving You Only What You Need

Professional skincare brands lack the harsh alcohols and cheap fillers that many commercial products have. Those fillers can cause long-term damage, or at least temporary irritation.

Some people may be drawn to drugstore skincare products because of their pastel colors or flowery fragrances. Yet those extras are synthetic. That’s why professional skincare products are more uniform looking and scentless. That “plainness” actually tells you that the product isn’t packed with artificial dyes and scents.

The PCA line, for example, is free of synthetic dyes and fragrances, parabens, lanolin, mineral oil and phthalates.

Streamlined Practices

Studies have shown that the best method for correcting skin care issues is practicing consistency. Not only is it important to stick to the same quality moisturizer than to switch brands, but that all of your other skincare products come from the same brand.

That’s because professional lines are designed to work in tandem. As you layer your serum, eye cream, moisturizer and sunscreen, for example, they’ll each be more effective if they’re produced by the same high-quality skincare manufacturer.

What About Beating the System?

Many of us know the value of professionally-recognized skincare lines, but we’re tempted to circumvent licensed sellers or buying directly from the manufacturer.

So what’s wrong with saving a few bucks by using a website that claims to have the same products for less? The products could be fake or expired. Experiments with some of these purchased “bargains” have found that they looked and smelled different than they should, likely because of oxidation from improper storage and age.

Learn More

To learn more about the best and safest beauty product for yourself, contact the New York Institute of Beauty.

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