earth's Answer 

We were told for years that we were crazy and it was cost-prohibitive to put so much product and ingredients in our formulas most products have around .

3 % of actual actives  the rest is just useless fillers that can cause irritations and make your skin worse

-this is why you don't get the result - it's  like a band-aid on a bullet wound effect - I will not substitute for a inferior cheaper product ingredients -for the sake of extra $$