Walgreen's Institut Arnaud Thermo-Active Body Contouring Gel Vs. Clarins Total Body Lift

We just can't get enough cellulite fighting skin care! Every beauty line from L'Oreal to La Prairie has their contender. One of the very best selling cellulite fighters for the last several years is Clarins Total Body Lift. This heavy-hitter is an alcohol-based gel with caffeine and loads of botanical extracts. Though this product always gets raves from beauty editors, the formulation itself is fairly standard. Alcohol, caffeine and texturizers make the bulk of these formulations and few companies vary from that standard.

The trick with Clarins' and really any cellulite treatment is constant and consistent use. The effects of these products are temporary but if you use the treatment every day you will see improvement in texture and firmness. Stop using it, and the benefits go away. It's a common joke behind cosmetic counters to say the effect is only temporary if you stop using it!

So, if every line has its own cellulite-fighting treatment, is it really worth paying top dollar for thigh cream?

The price difference between Walgreen's Institut Arnaud Thermo-Active Body Contouring Gel, for example, at $20, and Clarins Total Body Lift at $58, makes you wonder how much benefit are you really getting for an extra $38? Both products are sold in stores with rather generous return policies, so I decided to put them to the test. If I truly hated one of them, back it would go. As it turns out, you can get samples of the Clarins Total Body Lift just by asking. That's probably the way I would go if you're really not sure which formula you'd like. Walgreen's does have some samples of their European Beauty Collection skin care, but they did not have samples of that particular product. So if you purchase the product from there, hang on to your receipt just in case.

Clarins Total Body Lift