Products
Bellagena Skincare Products
Bellagena offers two professional product lines. After much research we have chosen, what we believe are among the best professional products on the market.
Sanitas Skincare
Sanitas Skincare believes in active, biogenic, and concentrated products. The focus on skin health. Their products are based on the formula of Skin Stimulation + Topical Nourishment = Healthy Skin.
All of their products are paraben and preservative-free in highly concentrated amounts that stimulate and nourish skin tissues.
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Why should you purchase professional skin care products vs over the counter products?
I’m often asked, “What is the difference between over-the-counter products sold at drugstores or department stores compared to professional products like yours?” “Do professional products work better?”
The simplest answer is yes. Here are the reasons why professional products are more effective and will deliver better results than drugstore or department store products.
Note: I can’t speak for every professional line but I can certainly share how my professional line of skincare products compares.
Professional Products:
- Made in small batches to ensure absolute freshness and are made to deliver immediate results.Light therapy
- With a focus on results (rather than mass selling), a higher quantity and percentage of active ingredients are added to ensure the product does what it says it’s going to doInfrared sauna
- Formulated and sold by an esthetician who has 25 years of hands-on experience with a true understanding of the skin and its function. (This is the case in my line.)
- Extensive product selection to cater to all different types of skin conditions. (My line has nine unique skin types. What’s your skin type? Choose yours here.)
- No added synthetic fragrances, colors or dyes. This lessens your chance of sensitivity and irritation to these unnecessary chemicals.
- High quality ingredients with proven results. (We avoid mineral oil and petroleum, poor quality oils commonly found in drugstore products.)
- Sunscreen numbers with safe and proven SPF ratings. (SPF 30-SPF 50.)
Over The Counter Products:
- Made in large batches for the masses so more preservatives are added since the shelf life will need to be longer.
- May have less or lower percentage of active ingredients since they will be sold to “for all skin types” and therefore need to be more basic, simpler formulas.*
- Formulated by chemists and presented and sold to the public by corporate marketing specialists. Lots of hype and clever marketing jargon to get you to buy it.
- Most products are made for “one size fits all.” (If you’re looking for results, it’s imperative that you use products formulated for the unique needs of your skin.)
- Added synthetic dyes, colors and fragrances to heighten the sensory experience and esthetic look for the sole purpose of encouraging sales.
- Low quality, inexpensive oils with potential pore clogging properties. The drug store is loaded with products containing mineral oil and petroleum which are forbidden ingredients by most skin care professionals.
- High SPF numbers (SPF 50 and above) originated by mass marketers to mislead people into believing that high SPF numbers were more effective without scientific proof for the sake of selling more products. (The FDA has put in a ruling to ban all sunscreens higher than an SPF 50 since there is no proof showing it protects the skin more.)
Additional Information
*Important information to know: Two products can have the exact same list of ingredients, and one will be highly effective while the other could be completely useless. The difference is the concentration of those ingredients. One product may use a very small amount while the other uses a clinically active level. Unfortunately for you, the consumer, there is no way to understand the difference. This is because all ingredients are supposed to be listed in order of the concentration used, but for ingredients with a concentration less than 1% they can be listed in any order. There’s a big difference between an ingredients used at .01% versus 1%, but you would never know it from the label on the bottle, tube or jar.
Since skin care formulas are proprietary, cheap products can easily disguise themselves as looking like quality products–especially if fancy packaging is used. You must choose a skin care company that you trust. The credentials of the company as well as positive results experienced by real customers make all of the difference in skin care.
If you truly want to improve the appearance in your skin, I think there is no better place to purchase your skin care products than through a reputable skin care professional. I would love to be your trusted skin care professional.
“Information courtesy of www.ReneeRouleau.com, a website with skin care tips, products based on nine skin types and advice from skin care expert and celebrity esthetician, Renée Rouleau.”
