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Reija(admin) Since L'Oreal owns Lancome I'm wondering if L'Oreal products are pretty much the same as Lancome. The difference is the price of course. I've never really used L'Oreal products just Lancome over the years here and there. I was at Target the other day and L'Oreal eye shadows were on sale and I was wondering how they are as far as quality goes. I also discovered that L'Oreal owns Maybelline and Biotherm. How is the quality of L'Oreal products vs Lancome products?
Good question. Guess we'll have to wait till Kitty comes back? All I can say is that L'Oreal products are very good when compared to other drugstore brands. I've tried the lipstick and eyeshadow and both were better quality than usual. Their lipsticks are especially rich and moist unlike ones from Max Factor, Wet n Wild, and even Almay for example.On the 60 minute tv special I saw about drugstore vs. high end makeup, they did mention that Lancome and L'Oreal were made with similar or same ingredients.
I don't think Alli or TD use L'Oreal, but I am not sure. ??
Here's some 'cut and pasted' info on the topic:
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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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If you didn't know already, L'Oreal (drugstore) and Lancome (department store) are actually the same company, catering to different markets. Their mascaras are virtually indistiguishable in my opinion, as are their foundations (although Lancome offers a wider color range). Jane Cosmetics is owned by Estee Lauder. Their eyeshadows have great texture and pigment.
Here is a list of my favorite products and brands:
Revlon - for eyeshadows and eyeliners
Almay - for foundation
L'Oreal - for foundation, brushes and lipglosses
Prestige - everything
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----------------------------------------------------Have you ever bought a beauty product and it has cost you big bucks and then you find a cheaper product that looks or does the same thing or at least a similar job? Or vice versa… just If you buy the cheap one first then find that an expensive one looks, and works the same way you feel better
I will add though that I find MOST of the expensive stuff I buy are better quality and last longer etc, but sometimes I don't think a products price can be justified by how good it is.....
My examples are: Cheap vs Expensive
L’Oreal Colour Juice in Strawberry Smoothie vs Lancome JT in Simmer ( I do like Simmer better because of the smell )
Maybelline Foundation Stick vs Lancome Teint Idole Fluide
Any Nail polish vs OPI (for colour alone not so much as staying power)
STITCH mimic perfumes (some are pretty close, some are gross though
they are ok when I don't have $$$$ and if I don't use them I don't feel bad to give them away
) vs The fragrance they are trying to be...
Australis Blush vs Lancome Blush
-- i prefer Loreal's eye makeup remover over other high ends.
--The latest discovery I've had is that L'Oreal Ideal Balance cleanser performs just as well as Biotherm Biopur & Acnopur. Cant believe I wasted over $40 on the two Biotherm cleansers when L'Oreal's is about $12 and is just as good (and better than Acnopur). With foundation though I tend to think that the cheaper brands tend to be a bit too pink for me.
lancome cleansers are far, far better.
i haven't had all that much experience with the moisturisers, but i found that the loreal vinefit was actually much better than the lancome hydra-zen (which was quite disappointing).
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L’oreal Intensifique
L’oreal has been my favorite line of mascaras for a long time. I think the quality is every bit as good as Lancome, and the price is a heck of a lot better! My usual mascara is Voluminous, but Target had this new one on sale, so I scooped it up to try it out. I like this mascara very much! It both lengthens and thickens the lashes, is not goopy or wet, doesn’t smear or flake and doesn’t bother my eyes. What more can you ask of a mascara? One minor complaint - the top of the tube that becomes the handle of the mascara is a bit odd feeling because it narrows to a pointed tip, and feels a little strange in the hand, as if you don’t have really good control of it. I got used to it quickly, but I guess I prefer a regular old even-all-the-way-to-the-end tube for ease of control. I don’t think this mascara thickens quite as much as Voluminous, but it does a great job of creating noticeable lashes with just a few sweeps of the brush. Another winner for the L’oreal mascara group!
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