Mark that one down as a lesson learned. You have to become an ingredient reader. It is the only way to evaluate a product before buying. I would strongly suggest to buy an ingredients dictionary such as "drop-dead gorgeous" by Kim Errickson or Ruth Winter's " A consumer's dictionary of cosmetic ingredients".
90% of all skin care is just pure marketing with mostly the same synthetic ingredients. I was watching TV last night and while channel surfing I saw a sales pitch on QVC for a popular shampoo/skin care line. They talked up a great story about their ingredients originating from a Central American rainforest. Suppose ably these ingredients have been used for over 500 years by the indigenous people.
Since I love all things natural, I was intrigued to do more research. Looking on their webpage I found the ingredients for one of their shampoos: (of course I was disappointed to find all the regular synthetic ingredients in these products)
AQUA (WATER), MAGNESIUM LAURETH SULFATE, COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE, ELAEIS OLEIFERA (PALM) OIL, CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA (LIME) PEEL EXTRACT, CITRUS NOBILIS (MANDARIN ORANGE) FRUIT EXTRACT, CHONDRUS CRISPUS (CARRAGEENAN) EXTRACT, CARICA PAPAYA (PAPAYA) EXTRACT, BRASSICA OLERACEA ITALICA (BROCCOLI) SEED OIL, PRUNUS AMYGDALUS DULCIS (SWEET ALMOND) OIL, TRITICUM VULGARE (WHEAT) GERM OIL, SESAMUM INDICUM (SESAME) SEED OIL, BUXUS CHINENSIS (SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS (JOJOBA) SEED OIL), MACADAMIA TERNIFOLIA SEED OIL, ORBIGNYA OLEIFERA SEED OIL, PERSEA GRATISSIMA (AVOCADO) OIL, HEDERA HELIX (IVY) EXTRACT, HYDROLYZED WHEAT PROTEIN, PEG-2 DIMEADOWFOAMAMIDOETHYLMONIUM METHOSULFATE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, DISODIUM LAURETH SULFOSUCCINATE, COCO-GLUCOSIDE, DICAPRYLYL ETHER, LAURYL ALCOHOL, IMIDAZOLIDINYL UREA, POLYQUATERNIUM-10, GLYCOL DISTEARATE, LAURYL GLUCOSIDE, LIMONENE, PEG-55 PROPYLENE GLYCOL OLEATE, LAURETH-4, GLYCERYL OLEATE, CETRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, BUTYLPHENYL METHYLPROPIONAL, HYDROXYCITRONELLAL, LINALOOL, HYDROXYISOHEXYL 3-CYCLOHEXENE CARBOXALDEHYDE, MAGNESIUM NITRATE, METHYLCHLOROISOTHIAZOLINONE, MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE, METHYLISOTHIAZOLINONE, PEG-40 HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL, POLYSORBATE 80, PPG-26-BUTETH-26, RETINYL PALMITATE, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, ALLANTOIN, ASCORBYL PALMITATE, BIOFLAVONOIDS, CI 19140 (YELLOW 5), CI 17200 (RED 33), PARFUM (FRAGRANCE)