Formerly an anti-aging retreat, La Prairie transformed into a true skincare brand in 1982. The founder of the retreat, Dr. Niehan, pioneered the use of cellular therapy to fight aging, and also set the brand tone for his skincare products. Compared with the product characteristics of other lady brands "Little Bridge Flowing Water", La Prairie is characterized by short-term skin care - adding innovative ingredients to the product, such as sturgeon roe extract and platinum.
 
Developed and launched in 2010, Platinum Cream has been a legend in the skincare world – it pioneered the addition of platinum to skincare products, followed by the "platinum skincare" trend. Combined with La Prairie products' core "Living Cell Essence", it has a positive effect on anti-aging.
 
Lady Cream represents the ultimate skincare experience. There are only three types of ladies cream that can reach the 10,000 yuan level on the market (except for limited edition and commemorative models): Guerlain Imperial Orchid Cream (Black Orchid Cream), Decorté AQ Essence Cream (Cream of Beauty) and La Prairie Platinum Cream. As a 10,000-dollar cream, the platinum cream has a domineering and intimidating appearance - the cylindrical acrylic bottle is inlaid with a purple diamond-like container, without too much decoration, simple and gorgeous. The matching rod is composed of gold and silver, the yellow gold medallion symbolizes the sun, the front is set with broken diamonds, the back is marked with a laser brand, and the bottom is connected with a silver crescent moon.
 
The platinum cream does not contain La Prairie sturgeon roe extract, which is the main ingredient of La Prairie and uses platinum as a selling point of the product. However, although platinum, malachite and other metal ingredients are rare and expensive, the real anti-aging effect is the peptide, which combines with platinum powder to become platinum peptide, which can effectively regulate the balance of the skin, accelerate blood circulation, stimulate fibroblast regeneration, restore firmness to the facial skin, and delay aging.
 
In addition to firming and anti-aging, platinum cream also has a striking effect in brightening the skin tone and reducing the appearance of fine lines. Antioxidants such as hematite and resveratrol in the cream form an antioxidant barrier, inhibit free radicals that cause skin aging, effectively improve skin dullness or spots, and make the skin translucent without false whiteness. While using squalane as the base of the cream, it also adds phospholipids, matripalmitic acid and other factors to moisturize the skin while smoothing pseudowrinkles and plumping the skin.
 
The squalane base in the cream adds a hint of heaviness to the texture, but the paste is thick but not greasy, similar to a slightly melted ice cream. The touch is thick and the upper face feels soft and easy to push, which shows its good ductility. As a nourishing cream, this product occasionally rubs mud, so it is recommended to choose a more refreshing essence to use together. Although it is suitable for a wide range of skin types, the use scenarios are very different for different skin types - even in the hot summer, people with dry or combination skin can use it with confidence; For oily skin, it is recommended to reconsider this cream in winter, or in summer as a sleeping mask interval to prevent excessive oil from causing skin discomfort, weakening the feeling of use, and even acne.
 
The Caviar range of creams is another of La Prairie's flagship products. The caviar extract of Huadan sturgeon contains certain amino acids and high-quality proteins, which can provide moisturizing, nourishing, anti-aging, vitamin supplementation and protective functions to the skin, making the caviar Qionggui series cream a high-level player who can "play swords and dance with swords". The "Caviar Qionggui Series" is divided into two types according to the skin type: cream and cream, and the difference between the two is only the texture.
 
"Qionggui Cream" is a nourishing cream tailored for mature skin, which can improve skin problems such as dryness and dullness that mature skin is prone to, and is suitable for dry and normal skin. The product uses sturgeon caviar extract as the main ingredient and peptide ingredients as the main ingredient, and the combination of the two can visibly improve the skin texture. Lactic acid, AHAs and amino acids are added to make the cream lightly exfoliate while also plumping the facial skin, making the face look fuller and more radiant.
 
Compared with other nourishing and anti-aging creams, the texture of Qionggui cream is as light as a gel, and the upper face is clear and easy to absorb, without stickiness, and the skin feeling is amazing, but the moisturization is slightly inferior in winter. This product has its own set of massage techniques, which are applied along the curvature of the face from the tip of the chin upwards and from the sides of the nose outwards. This applies in such a way that it prevents mud rubbing and lifts the skin, adding to the firming effect of the cream.
 
Unlike the cream, the cream is mainly for people with oily skin. In order to make it refreshing, the ingredients are slightly adjusted to reduce the content of sturgeon caviar extract and fruit acid, and the main ingredients remain the same, but the sealing moisturizing properties are insufficient, and the moisturization level is greatly reduced in the dry winter.
 
Launched in 2017, the new member of the caviar family, "Caviar Plumping Cream", is similar to the Qionggui series of creams in terms of efficacy, both with anti-aging and firming as the main force, but with a slightly different emphasis: the plumping cream does not take moisturizing as a selling point, but focuses on maintaining skin plumpness, and there is also a sense of "blue is better than blue" in terms of ingredients. The sturgeon roe extract content in the volumizing cream is higher, and the pure caviar essence is newly added, the antioxidant content is also increased, and the sensitive ingredients such as fragrances and preservatives are reduced accordingly, making it more suitable for acne skin in addition to mature skin.
 
The above products can be purchased at the counter, platinum cream is divided into 30ml and 50ml, the two are 6700 yuan and 10200 yuan respectively, and the caviar series is slightly lower than this. Qionggui cream also has a difference in capacity, 50ml and 100ml are priced at 4150 yuan and 7550 yuan respectively; Qionggui cream is only available in 50ml, priced at 4150 yuan; The plumping cream is also only one size, and the price of 60ml is 5100 yuan. Due to the slightly higher price, if you are worried about buying the wrong one, it is recommended to choose a small sample or a medium sample before buying a formal suit.