So while I was visiting Costco to collect the AMEX rebate and get some gas, I also picked up some RoC Retinol Correxion Deep Wrinkle Fancy Flashing Lights and Mirrors Face Cream. I’d wanted to get some AlphaHydrox, which (as one might suspect) contains a stiff dose of alpha hydroxyls and did indeed make my ruggedly seasoned face look much better when last I used it. But couldn’t find the stuff at the drugstore on the way from the college to the Costco, so settled for the RoC, which boasts not only alpha hydroxyls but also a retinoid compound. It comes highly recommended by those who claim to be in the know. And it’s made in France. Oooooo! Must be good!
Like the mineral make-up, this set of three small tubes of overpriced face goop also came encased in steely hardened cardboard and impenetrable plastic.
Grrrrr…. To make a point, I asked the check-out dude if someone at the store would please cut the consumer-proof package open, since the last time I bought a package of make-up there I wondered if I was going to slice off a finger before I could get at the stuff.
To my amazement, he whipped out a box cutter and cheerfully sliced all the individual components free from their plastic prison!
Clearly, he was not dealing with the first person to make this demandrequest.
So. Now we know: whenever you are forced to buy items sealed in wretched impossible-to-open packages, ask the store’s staff to open them!
And, I’ve learned from a friend, that when I by a huge jar of something that I want to take home and put in smaller jars (like pickles) the clerk will loosen that cap, too!
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I’ve seen AlphaHydrox at Dollar General and similar shops.
Oops–forgot to mention: If you use AHA, you HAVE to use sunscreen.
@ Ellen: that’s a great idea…never thought of that one!
@ frugalscholar: You can order AlphaHydrox on-line, too. Around here, you occasionally see it in drugstores, but it’s very spotty. I think that’s because it’s so cheap, people don’t realize how good it is. It has the same percentage of alphahydroxyl [sp???] acid as the wildly expensive stuff my dermatologist was peddling, and it really DOES work. Frankly, I suspect if they raised the price on it, they’d sell a lot more of it!
I have a bunch of Neutrogena’s sunblock, SPF 45, which I really like because it’s odorless. This mineral makeup stuff is supposed to be SPF 20, but you’d prob’ly have to cake it on to have it block much UV light.
Well…heh heh heh…we have the “before” pictures already. Let’s see how the wrecking yard looks after a couple months of slathering these anti-aging chemicals on.
What a great idea! I’m going to remember that one. I did finally remember to ask that my prescriptions be packaged with non-childproof caps on them. That helped a lot!
@ SimplyForties: I hate those things, which really are adult-proof caps. You have to give them to a kid to open them for you.