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Many of us have put ample job to get perfect appearance skin : We follow the multi-stage Skin care routines Every day, sometimes choosing to use the most high -end cleaners and moisturizers on our faces. But although we can believe that a more expensive price automatically means better results, an expert works to demystify this hypothesis. Carly Musleh , an approved cosmetic and esthetician chemist, regularly shares beauty advice via his Tiktok account, @carlymusleh. In a February 6 Tiktok , Musleh decided to put two rival skin care options with extremely different prices for the test. Read the rest to find out how she confirmed that the $ 7 moisturizer rivals $ 380 in sea cream.

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Irish Radio DJ Annie Mac started all the conversation on social networks when she published a video on her "Holy Graal" care product last month. In her January 17 Tiktok , Mac admits that it had never been that of skin care or products to be used until recently. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"I just wash my face, I'm going to bed. Whatever the moisturizer, I use," she said in the video.

But now that she has reached 45 years old, the host of the radio has started to experiment with different products - even if she says that she "can never really say if something works".

In other words, until it picks up the Nivea soft moisturizer, which costs around $ 7 in large retailers such as Walmart and Target.

"It's magnificent. He feels the divine. It continues like a dream," Mac explains to viewers. "It keeps your skin really flexible and hydrated all day ... that's literally everything I need."

Mac even went so far as to say that the low -budget care product is an exact replica of a much more expensive product. "I think Nivea is actually cream of the sea but in another box," said Mac in his video.

The cream of the sea costs around $ 380. "It's funny how a box and marketing can change your mind on something," she notes.

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As a point point with Mac's original video, Musleh posted her Tiktok on February 6 to settle what she identifies as one of the biggest skin care debates at the moment. In her video, the scientist shows himself by comparing the moisturizing creams of the cream of the sea and Nivea in a laboratory.

"I weighed the two creams and applied them on the squares [on my arm], and after 45 minutes, each was tested," shares Musleh. "So the question is, which cream worked best?"

When tested for hydration, the chemist says that the cream of the sea experienced a 23%increase, while Nivea experienced a 95%increase.

"Note: This high reading of humidity could have been the result of the high water content in Nivea," Musleh wrote in a warning on his Tiktok.

It also carried out a trans (TEWL) epidermal water loss test on the two moisturizers. As Musleh explains, a higher TEWL is equal to a higher risk of dry or damaged skin. When it was tested, she found that the cream of the sea reduced the 8% tewl while Nivea reduced it by 15%.

"So it was quite close," she said.

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While Nivea technically beaten sea cream in the hydration and Tewl test, Musleh also wanted to compare the two moisturizers under a microscope. The scientist discovered that the product of the cream of the sea has a "tight matrix and closely wrapped globules", which it notes "can be an indication of good stability". Nivea's makeup was exactly the opposite.

However, the overall ingredients of the two products are "quite similar", says Musleh. The only major difference that the chemist has noticed was the use of sea cream algae , which "helps to promote collagen responsible for maintaining elasticity and firmness of the skin, thus creating a tighter and smoother appearance", according to Skinceuticals.

In the light of Musleh's conclusions and the much higher price of the cream of the sea, it seems that Nivea is the clear winner. The scientist's tiktok has won more than 4.4 million views, with many users who have rang on the debate in the comments section.

"I buy Nivea Soft," wrote a person after watching Musleh's video.

Another commented: "I am 63 years old, all I have ever used is Nivea - my skin is excellent."

Some have even indicated that other professionals welcomed Nivea's product. "My mother told me that she went once with a plastic surgeon and asked her what was the best anti-aging cream. He said Nivea," replied a user.

Others also said that the cream of the cream of the sea was not worth it, especially given the more expensive number. "The sea is not worth the beaten media," said a person.

Another commented: "I used the cream of the sea and it literally did nothing for me."