Anti-Aging Rating: 2.5 out of 5 Overall Impression: Fair
Review
While Philosophy does have a small anti-aging collection of products, it is mostly a �bath and body� line. The anti-aging collection is mostly based around retinol, a Vitamin A form, that is a more mild than its chemical cousin, retinoic acid (the active ingredient in Retin-A). They also use vitamin C and amino acid peptides in their Save Me product, but they do not mention what form of vitamin C they use and do not specify the number/kind of peptides used, so its impossible to tell what to expect from these products without this information. Reviewers of this line has reported fair to moderate anti-aging results (lessening of wrinkles, lightening of hyperpigmentation, etc.) with most of the formulas in this line.
The line itself is more marketed to a younger demographic, and many of the products are rather gimmicky with names like �Hope Is Not Enough Serum� and with non-traditional packaging methods. For instance, the Hope & A Prayer product is packaged as small capsules in a jar, where the user opens a capsule to apply the inner liquid contents. There really is no reason for doing this as the active retinol ingredient in the product is stable in solutions and there are no other ingredients mentioned that would need this kind of sealing to preserve. It is also difficult to find out what the full list of ingredients are in the products as they only mention the active ingredients on the homepage they sell from.
Typical Price Range
Up to $60 for face products and up to $35 for eye area products.
Website
www.philosophy.com
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