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 Immortelle Precious Cream
by L’Occitane
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| Category: | | Moisturizer without Sunscreen |
| Price: | | $53.00/1.7 ounces |
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Claims: |
| The Immortelle flower defies aging - it never wilts or withers, even after being picked. Microcapsule technology concentrates hand-harvested essential oil of Immortelle, which grows in the sunny Mediterranean island of Corsica, in a formula that helps to boost microcirculation and increase collagen synthesis. A velvety, patented-ingredient moisturizer with proven wrinkle-reducing benefits. For normal to dry skin. |
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| Review: |
L’Occitane wants you to think that because the Immortelle flower does not wither or lose its color even after it’s been picked that applying its oil to your skin will somehow provide the same benefit and help it resist signs of aging. Whatever prevents the Immortelle flower from withering and fading cannot be transferred to your skin or body, and there is no research proving otherwise. Actually, L’Occitane’s claim is not all that unusual; over the years other product lines also have attributed interesting properties to various plant extracts, trying to convince you that they can be passed on to your skin—those were gimmicks, too.
There are several good ingredients in here (particularly antioxidants), but there also is an overly generous supply of ingredients that aren’t helpful or precious in the least. And when it comes to natural, polyester is looking more like an eco-friendly material than this product. Add to this L’Occitane’s choice of jar packaging and you end up with a product that is anything but precious—rather it is an ersatz zirconium. You’re left with a standard, emollient moisturizer for normal to dry skin and a product that contains far more fragrance and preservative than the natural ingredients that L’Occitane wants you to focus on. |
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| Ingredients: |
| Water, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil, Glycerin, Cetyl Alcohol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetyl Palmitate, Squalene, Peg-20 Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, Dimethicone, Stearic Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Polyacrylamide, Fragrance, Octyldodecanol, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Tocopherol, Retinyl Palmitate, Methylparaben, Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract, Laureth-7, Ethylparaben, Butylparaben, Sucrose Palmitate, Hexyl Cinnamal, Tetrasodium Edta, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Isobutylparaben, Propylparaben, Glyceryl Linoleate, Sodium Hydroxide, Benzyl Salicylate, Alpha-Methyl Ionone, Helichrysum Italicum Extract, Linalool, Limonene, Citral, Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Oil, Borago Officinalis Seed Oil |
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| Last Updated: |
4/16/2009 |
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| Product Tested on Animals? |
no |
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