Lidl €2.99 face cream is best moisturiser on the market - again
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 @ 2:18 PM
A FACE-CREAM from Lidl costing €2.99 has once again been found to be the most effective following research by a leading consumer organisation.
The OCU carried out rigorous tests, which involved every moisturiser being tested 'blindly' by at least 20 volunteer women over a four-week period.
None of them knew which brand they were testing out of the 17 creams which covered the full price range from a couple of euros to several hundred.
Ingredients were also examined by OCU researchers, with points deducted for those brands which contained substances that, although permitted by the European Union, are not recommended.
These include certain 'parabens', including Butylparaben and Propylparaben; the preservative Methylisothiazolinone, which has a high allergy-causing potential, and perfumes which may cause adverse skin reactions.
The OCU stressed that moisturising creams do not provide deep rehydration – only certain pharmaceutical products even reach the dermis, or second layer of skin, let alone penetrate it – meaning moisturisers are merely cosmetic and those which promise miracle anti-ageing skin-repair effects are only referring to the appearance they give, which lasts until the next time the face is cleansed.
Last time a study of this type was carried out by the OCU, Lidl's Cien Q10, in a yellow jar and costing €2.99 came out top – even causing stores across Spain to run out and queues to build up at the doors when the data were released.
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