I got a $9 dupe for a $200 moisturizer – add a $9 serum and it’s a perfect match

A BEAUTY pro has a great dupe for La Mer’s luxury face cream that can save you a ton of money.

She said her $9 product leaves her skin baby soft, and it’s only missing one ingredient that pairs perfectly with the $200 moisturizer.

A beauty professional uses a $9 moisturizer instead of spending $200 on La MerCredit: Instagram lashd_eyelashes

A chemist determined that it is virtually the same productCredit: TikTok deanna_cee

TikToker Deanna Cee (@deanna_cee) would like to keep her skin plump and hydrated without spending a lot of money.

Deanna showed a video of her doing her skincare routine.

She put a few dabs of Nivea’s body cream and rubbed it over her skin.

“When the soft-skinned old ladies and the TikTok skin chemist lady said the Nivea Creme is like La Mer without their seaweed,” she wrote.

Deanna was referring to cosmetic chemist Carley Musleh, whose video received 4 million views after testing Le Mar against Nivea.

“In the hydration test, Creme de La Mer had a 23% increase,” Musleh noted, “while Nivea Soft had a 95% increase.”

Even though Nivea won the hydration test, they had the same percentage of transepidermal water loss or TEWL.

It is when water evaporates through the skin, thus Cerave.

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The only major difference La Mer has is the algae extract, which according to the National Library of Medicine.

Commenters on Deanna’s TikTok told her she could get the full effects of La Mer by using Nivea with The Ordinary’s Marine Hyaluronics.

I am a fashion photographer and have worked on all the beautiful shoots. Makeup artists always claim Charlotte Tilbury’s £79 magic cream is exactly the same as Boots’ £2

So skincare enthusiasts can pay $200 for La Mer at Sephora.

Or they can buy Nivea at CVS for $8.99 and Marine Hyaluronics for $9.20.

People in Deanna’s comments section agreed that Nivea was the right choice.

“I had a patient who was 102 years old. She looked fantastic. She said Nivea was the right solution,” said one.

“Blue tin Nivea and Creme de la Mer have the same moisturizing formula,” wrote a second.

“I work with older patients. I consistently ask the ladies with the best skin what they use. It’s ALWAYS Nivea,” a third added.