Question about skin cream (best budget brand for fine lines and sun damage)

[Stitch76]

I've been seeing a lot of commercials and ads for creams that are supposed to fade lines and even your skin color and remove spots due to sun/aging.
I'm 35 so I've got the start of some laugh lines and crows feet and would like a cream that helps this, but the biggest thing is I need a cream that will help remove some dark spots due to acne, and sun damage. I like wearing very minimal or no makeup in the summer, but my age is starting to creep up on me and I need some help.

When I was a teen we baked ourselves in the sun for hours, even rubbing butter on ourselves so we would get darker. We never even thought of the damage we were doing. So because of this I have some freckles (sun spots) on my cheeks. In the last several years I don't leave the house without my moisturizer with SPF, which has really helped prevent further damage, but I would like to find something to fix the damage already done. I don't want to go extreme and have any kind of peel or anything done, and I don't want to pay $100 a bottle for something.

Has anyone tried any of the less expensive creams for these problems, that have actually worked for you. Also, if there are any that I just need to stay away from and not waste my money, I would appreciate that info too. Thanks!

 

[disneyfab]

You can try out this this serum at Sally's Beauty Supply for $11 ($10 for Beauty Club members). It gets rave reviews for having the same potency of a lot of similar (and pricey ) department store brands.

 

[2bearsmom]

I would suggest coconut oil....you can get a jar for between $6-12 at most healthfood stores or grocery stores. It improves the connective tissue of the skin. I have only used coconut oil as an all over body moisturizer for almost 3yrs now and my skin has never looked or felt better. I use it to take off my eye makeup too and in the winter use it on my face as a moisturizer. I use it on my scalp and hair too, put it on at night and put a towel on my pillow and wash it out in the morning. This is also the only thing I use on my ds6 who has eczema and it's the only thing that has never burned when he's having a flare up.