#  How cosmetic manufacturers deceive you

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Almost all cosmetics are made from synthetic ingredients. Why do you think people believe that a polymer cocktail will hydrate, rejuvenate, and improve their skin's health, or smooth out wrinkles? After all, we are living organisms and don't eat plastic.

People believe in the “miracle from a test tube” for very simple and understandable reasons. Here are the top 7 real mechanisms why 95 % of women continue buying synthetic cosmetics, even knowing it’s “chemistry”:

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- Instant visible effect
     Silicones, polymers, film-formers give a “wow” in 5 minutes: skin feels silky, wrinkles seem to disappear, hair shines. It’s not treatment — it’s an optical illusion. But the brain registers: “it works!” — and logic shuts down.
- Marketing hits pain and dreams
     Ads show a 25-year-old model with “10 years younger in 28 days”. No one reads the ingredients. The main thing is emotion. When skin gets worse after 3 months — they buy an “even stronger” cream from the same brand.
- Authority of science and white coats
     “Dermatologically tested”, “clinically proven”, “hypoallergenic”, “laboratory tested”. People think: if scientists made it — it must be better than nature. In reality 90 % of these “studies” are marketing tests on 30 people with before/after photos + retouching.
- Laziness to read the ingredient list
     The average buyer spends 40 seconds choosing a cream in a store and 7 seconds online. The list is 150 lines in tiny Latin font. No one will figure out where the silicone is and where the shea butter is.
- Social conformity
     All friends, bloggers, moms, sisters use it — so it’s “normal”. Saying “I only use natural” is still considered weird or “too eco-freaky” in most circles.
- Price creates the illusion of quality
     A cream for $100 with dimethicone is perceived as “luxury”, while [coconut oil](https://by-cosmetics.com/shop/pure-oils/coconut-detail) for $7 is “cheap supermarket stuff”. In reality it’s the opposite.
- No instant “rebound”
     When a person stops using silicone cosmetics, skin and hair become **even worse** for 2–6 weeks (withdrawal syndrome: no film anymore → everything that accumulated for years comes out).
     Most panic and return to the old cream: “See, natural doesn’t work!” In fact it’s just detox, but no one talks about it.

###### What’s really happening (short and brutal)

Skin is a living organ. It feeds on amino acids, fatty acids, vitamins, antioxidants. Plastic ([silicones](https://by-cosmetics.com/blog/silicone), acrylates, PEGs, parabens, etc.) it **does not absorb** — it just lies as a film and prevents breathing.

It’s like feeding a person a plastic bag and saying they became more beautiful. People don’t eat plastic. But every day they “feed” it to their skin.
 And wonder why at 35 it looks 45.

###### What actually works

What worked for 5000 years before petrochemicals were invented:

- cold-pressed oils ([jojoba](https://by-cosmetics.com/shop/pure-oils/jojoba-detail), shea, argan, moringa,...),
- hydrosols,
- essential oils in therapeutic doses,
- plant extracts,
- vitamins in natural form.

No films! Only nourishment, restoration, and real rejuvenation — slowly, but forever. Our clients at **by-cosmetics** have already understood this. All that remains is to convey it to the rest — and the world will become a little healthier and more beautiful.

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