I get asked by friends and family (quite often) if the professional skin care products are worth the money. The following is a list of reasons why professional products are better than that over the counter crap😊.
Professional products are:
1. Made in small batches
2. Contain high levels of active ingredients
3. Don't contain artificial dyes, colors, or fragrances
4. They have an appropriately adjusted pH
5. Contain small molecules which can penetrate deeper and faster into the skin
6. The ingredients treat conditions
Another benefit of professional products, purchased through your esthetician, will be customized to your specific skin that the esthetician has analyzed to fit your skin tone and conditions.
With all that being said, just because you spend a lot on skin care from big names and department stores, that doesn't mean that your getting quality products and ingredients with out all of the bad filler crap. If you choose to buy your own products instead of going through an esthetician, you'll need to do extensive research on the product and ingredients to find out if you're paying for quality or crap.