Physician’s Formula Review
By mati. Filed in Uncategorized |
A few days ago, I found out that Physician’s Formula has made a new product line called Organic Wear. Two products caught my attention and I ended up buying them. One was the Organic Wear mascara, and the other was the tinted moisturizer.
The mascara claimed to be all organic and paraben free, and the first ecocert certified organic mascara in United States. So, I thought “I better give this a try.” I know how much it costs to ecocert certify a product – something like $500.00 pr product. They also spent a lot on product packaging. The container tube has a very earthy look with a fancy, schmanzy green shiny top etc. Obviously, nothing was spared in making this product. So I ended up buying it.
After I bought it, I researched it on the cosmeticsdatabase, but I couldn’t find a rating for it. Maybe it is just too new. But, on amazon.com, I found a review that said that it only lasted two hours before she looked like a racoon.
So, I put it on at 8am, and by 10am I looked in the mirror, and sure enough, two racoon eyes looked back at me! I wiped off the black stuff, and every time I went to the bathroom that day, I had to wipe a little more. In the evening, I had a shower. A few drops of water dripped on my eyelashes, and by the time I got out, the racoon eyes had slid all the way down to my cheeks. Now, I looked like I was ready for halloween!!!
It is amazing to me, that a company who put that much money and effort into creating an organic, certified formula, packaged in the latest high tec recyclable packaging, would’nt let a few women wear the stuff first, before they went to all the effort of certifying it! Two or three ladies, wearing the stuff for one day, could have instantly told them that this formula is useless and that it needs a lot more work before anyone will actually use the stuff! So, save your money. The only good thing about the product was the brush – I liked that very much. The rest is being returned to the shop the next time I’m in town.
The other product I tried was their tinted moisturizer from Organic Wear with SPF 15. This one rates at a 4 at the cosmeticsdatabase, which isn’t really impressive for a product that is supposed to be totally non-toxic and organic, but oh, well. Good foundations or tinted moisturizers are hard to come by, so I thought I’d try it anyway.
One of the reviews on amazon said that the cream wasn’t rich enough, and that it caked before the day was over. So, I decided to use my own Green Beauty Cosmetics products under it. First, I moisturized my skin with hydrating spritz and acai serum. Next I added the hand, face and night cream to create an emollient barrier that would keep the moisture from evaporating. And, then I topped it with the tinted moisturizer from Physicians Formula.
The color and texture was very nice. It was neither too yellow, nor too pink. It covered lightly and just helped smooth out the skin color. It made my cheeks look very satiny, and even though I spent most of the day outside in the freezing cold, it still didn’t cake by the end of the day.
I think the key was the emollient barrier that I applied under the tinted moisturizer. It just kept my skin soft and nurtured, and probably blended nicely with the moisturizer.
I can recommend this moisturizer – it wasn’t bad! Hopefully, I’ll make my own version some time soon, but for now, this is definitely worth trying! Just remember that if you have mature skin, you need to put a proper moisturizer and emollient barrier under it, since mature skin has less oils than younger skin.
Department store moisturizer, such as this one, isn’t made for mature skin. It just isn’t rich enough to be applied directly to the skin because we don’t produce enough natural oils to stop it from caking. That is why you’ll have more luck if you apply a moisturizing serum and a rich emollient barrier cream under it first… (I guess making products for menopausal women isn’t anyone’s priority – too bad. I’ll just have to do it myself…)