Summary
Are more expensive face creams worth it?
I'm back with a new series of Sliced Bread to investigate more of your suggested wonder products and I'm starting with one of the most-requested so far. Do more expensive moisturisers, serums and oils live up to the hype? Can they result in smoother, brighter, firmer, healthier skin or is it all just marketing BS?
Listener Aristide wants to know whether one of the most expensive products on the market - 'Creme de la Mer' (?80 for 15ml) - has any more evidence to back it up than the cheap moisturiser he uses from the High Street. And listener Fiona is keen to hear about the effectiveness of retinol, one of the most popular ingredients used in creams and serums today.
In this episode I'll get the answers with the help of our expert, consultant dermatologist Dr Emma Wedgeworth.
Once again this series I'm looking for more of your suggestions for wonder products to investigate. If you?ve seen an ad, trend or fad rproduct promsing to make you happier, healthier or greener and want to know if there?s any evidence behind it, then email us: [email protected] or you can send a voice note to our WhatsApp number: 07543 306807
Presenter: Greg Foot Producer: Simon Hoban
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| 0:34.1 | BBC Sounds, music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:42.3 | Hello, I'm Greg Foote and welcome to a new series of sliced bread, the show that takes a whole pile of wonder products promising to make you happier, healthier or greener and runs them through |
| 0:55.3 | the evidence mill to find out if they are indeed the best thing since sliced bread or marketing BS. |
| 1:03.2 | Over the past few years, I have scrutinised more than 70 of your suggested wonder products |
| 1:08.2 | from running shoes to portable heaters to shampoo and conditioner. |
| 1:12.6 | And we're kicking off this new batch of investigations with one of your most popular requests. |
| 1:17.5 | To introduce it, here's Aristide Bernard Grau in London. |
| 1:23.0 | Hi Greg. My partner and I are debating on whether the more money you spend on face creams, |
| 1:27.6 | the better they are for your skin. I've been using the same cheap face cream since I was a teenager, |
| 1:32.3 | but recently he's been trying out something called Cam de la Merre, which is one of the most |
| 1:36.1 | expensive on the market. We both feel our skincare routine works well. What's the science behind it |
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