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Top 12 moisturizers for a tender, glowing skin
Moisturizers come in the form of serums, essences, gels, lotions and mists. To know which moisturizer is best for you, however, you need to look beyond its form and dig deeper into ints ingredients and your skin type.
Why moisturize?
Moisturizers are important as they help maintain the integrity of skin’s barrier function. The skin barrier can be damaged by bacteria, environmental stressors such as UV rays, pollution, blue rays, temperature fluctuations and chemicals.
Moisturizers help seal moisture hence preventing dryness and related itchiness. This in turn leaves you with healthy-looking smooth skin. Healthy skin glows, and that is the holy grail of beauty.
Here are the top 10 moisturizers you should try for supple, glowing skin:
1. CeraVe Moisturizing Cream
This is the best cream for people with any skin issues. It comes in a 19oz bottle and is fragrance-free, non-comedogenic, as well as paraben-free.
It contains 3 ceramides that help restore dry skin in 4 weeks and end itchiness is 2 days of consistent application. It has also proved helpful for acne-prone and sensitive skin types and has approval from the National Eczema Association.
It gives 24-hour protection and absorbs quickly. If your skin is dry, use this water-based cream for a smooth, velvety texture. Try the moisturizing cream without a pump for dry and very dry skin, and moisturizing lotion with a pump for normal to dry skin.
For best results, pair it up with Cerave hydrating skin cleanser for normal to dry skin, hydraulic acid serum, or its moistuHydrating mineral facial sunscreen.
You can use it on the face, ears, feet, elbows, and any dry patch on your skin. If you are allergic to alcohol, beware of the Cetearyl Alcohol and Cetyl Alcohol in this formula.
2. Aveeno Body Lotion
This moisturizing lotion comes in an 18 oz bottle with a pump. It locks moisture in your skin for 12 hours without leaving a sticky film behind.
This water-based lotion contains a unique soothing oatmeal formula that absorbs quickly, leaving your skin soft, beautiful, and healthy-looking in just 1 day.
Aveeno has been in existence for over 65 years and is dermatologist-approved, fragrance-free, non-greasy, and non-comedogenic. You can comfortably use it on the face, hands, and body during the day as well as at night.
For people who wash their hands frequently or wear gloves the whole day such as laboratory workers, this cream can protect your hands the whole day. It offers excellent protection from dryness, chafed, cracked, and chapped skin, while also fighting eczema. Most people use just a bottle a year as it doesn’t finish fast. However, if you have sensitive skin, add the body wash in your routine. You can also consider the following variants for different needs:
a) Aveeno daily moisturizing lotion for everyday dry skin.
b) Skin Relief formula for itchy, extra dry skin.
c) Stress relief formula for everyday dry skin. Has chamomile and ylang-ylang oils, and lavender scent.
d) Restorative skin therapy. For sensitive, distressed, dry skin. It contains aloe and vitamin B5.
e) Eczema formula for eczema-prone skin.
3. Eucerin Advanced Repair Lotion
This lightweight fragrance-free lotion offers 48-hour skin protection from dryness and is effective for people who have aging lines they want to get rid of and extremely dry skin that needs repair.
It is water-based and contains shea butter, ceramide-3 for intensive repair. It also contains AHA and must therefore be used with sunscreen if you use it daily. This is because AHA can increase your sensitivity to the sun.
This product is dermatologist-approved but contains mineral oil. If this formula does not work for you, you can try these other variants:
a) Daily hydration lotion for dry skin
b) Intensive repair lotion for flaky skin
c) Skin calming cream for itchy skin
d) Roughness relief for rough skin
e) Original healing lotion for damaged skin
f) Eczema relief cream for eczema relief
4. Gold Bond Ultimate Softening Skin Therapy Lotion
This lotion comes in a 20 oz pump bottle. It contains Vitamins A, C, and E, and also Shea butter that helps smooth aging lines and heal dryness. People who suffer from diabetes-linked skin problems and eczema have found it effective. Dermatologists have tested and recommended it for sensitive skin too.
5. Hawaiian Tropic After Sun Lotion Moisturizer and Hydrating Body Butter with Coconut Oil
This lotion provides protection against UV rays and works best for people who spend a lot of time in the sun. It comes in an 8 oz bottle packed with coconut oil, shea butter, and avocado oil that leave your skin hydrated for 12 hours. It also heals sunburns and is suitable for all skin types.
Despite its benefits on your skin, it does not offer any cooling effect. However, if you love the sensous exotic coconut scent, you will keep it for summer. You can add a drop of your preferred essential oil to enrich the colada scent.
6. Brazilian bum bum cream
This is a full-body cream that is packed with powerful natural ingredients including caffeine-rich Guaraná extract and a cocktail of Cupuaçu Butter, Açaí Oil, and Coconut Oil to give you that covetable Brazilian look and feel. It is also formulated to smoothen your skin, tighten it and give you a wonderful glow.
Some people say that it has increased their bum size only a little bit, but the majority of users love its intoxicating smell that puts you in a holiday mood every time you apply it.
7. Neutrogena Oil-Free Facial Moisturizer, Sensitive Skin, 4 oz
This lightweight moisturizer is specifically formulated for dry skin. It is hypoallergenic, non-comedogenic, oil-free, alcohol-free, and fragrance-free, hence will not cause any reaction.
Its active ingredients include Avobenzone (1.5 percent), Octocrylene (3 percent), Octisalate (5 percent), and Oxybenzone (4 percent), giving it enough power to protect you from UV rays and premature aging.
Use a full pump on your face and neck every morning and evening for the best results. However, it is not advisable to use this product with other topical acne treatments.
8. Clean & Clear Morning Burst Hydrating Gel Face Moisturizer with Cucumber & Green Mango Extract
This formula was created for acne-prone skin. It works perfectly on oily skin, as it does not clog pores. Cucumber and mango fruit extracts are among its key ingredients that help smoothen your skin. However, if you do not like the smell of cucumbers and mangoes, do not buy.
9. Ancient Greek Remedy
This is an all-in-one moisturizer for the face, neck, hands, body, hair, and nails containing a blend of organic oils such as almond, Grapeseed, olive, and lavender oils.
Olive oil has anti-aging qualities, thickens thin hair, and works on dark spots. Lavender oil, on the other hand, heals stretch marks caused by pregnancy, itching, scars, and hair loss caused by dryness of scalp. Almond oil firms the skin and softens cuticles while Grapeseed oil is a great moisturizer that heals itchy skin and restores elasticity.
You can use it as a day or night moisturizer, scalp healer, dry feet remedy, cuticle remover and treatment for rosacea, psoriasis or eczema. It is unisex and is safe for both children and adults.
10. Cetaphil Moisturizing Cream Hydrating Moisturizer
This cream has been recommended by doctors as a remedy for dry skin. It restores your skin in just 1 week. It is advisable to apply it immediately after shower or washing for the best results. You can safely use it on the face, neck, hands, feet, elbows, knees for 24 hours of hydration.
You can also try these other variants:
- Cetaphil moisturizing lotion with avocado oil, vitamin B5, and E for dry skin
- Daily Advance lotion with shea butter for dry feet
- Restoring lotion with potent antioxidants, niacinamides, vitamin B5, Vitamin E to restore dull, tired skin especially the chest and neck
- Pro-eczema soothing moisturizer with colloidal oatmeal, ceramide and Filaggrin technology for healing problems caused by eczema
- Pro soothing wash with colloidal oatmeal for dry and sensitive skin
11. Neutrogena Hydro Boost Night pressed Serum
This non-comedogenic, oil-free, and alcohol-free moisturiser is enriched with antioxidants that renew your skin overnight as you sleep. It works for all skin types, clearing acne and leaving you with a great-looking glow.
12. Curél ultra healing lotion
This lotion for extra dry and tight skin is known for repairing and renewing skin with its natural hydrating agents. It contains shea butter, oatmeal extract, and advanced ceramide that work together to give you healthy-looking skin.
You can also consider other variants such as:
- Curél hydra therapy wet skin moisturizer with added Vitamin B5 and eucalyptus leaf extract for dry and extra dry skin
- Curél dry skin therapy hydra silk moisturizer with Aloe water
- Curél fragrance-free lotion
- Curél itch defense lotion with Pro-vitamin B5
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