(Most) Lancome makeup artists use L'Oreal
Apr 08 '02
The Bottom Line You'll get the same if not better results from Lancome's maker L'Oreal at much lower prices. If you need the fancy packaging, then buy Lancome.
As a makeup artist who loves many Lancome products, and worked as both a makeup artist and business manager in the NE region for Lancome, I can honestly say that the products are not worth the money. Many of us were told, right at our early trainings that L'Oreal owns and makes Lancome and that several products are essentially the same. This is not just an opinion--if you compare the ingredients you will find that many are identical, with the exception of a dye or fragrance component. For example, Line Eraser retinol lotion by L'Oreal is so similar to Lancome's Resurface that my own Lancome acct. executive couldn't tell the difference! The only difference is the price! Also, Rouge Pulp lip gloss by L'Oreal is the same essentially as Lancome Lip Brio. L'Oreal Eye Defense Gel=Lancome Primordiale Yeux, and so on. One product that I think L'Oreal actually does better at is the Translucide foundation as opposed to the Lancome Photogenic. It's over $20 less, and as a makeup artist, I feel the texture is superior. One thing Lancome does is great skincare and color. However, armed with the knowledge that L'Oreal makes it and the ingredients are so similar, even a professional cannot differentiate betwen the two. Even when I got my free gratis from Lancome, I always used L'Oreal--why use a $70 creme when the $10 has less fragrance and produces identical results? The only thing Lancome does that its creator doesn't is great fragrance. You can't beat Poeme, Tresor, or Miracle--and L'Oreal hasn't even tried.
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