Which Moisturizer or Body Lotion is Best
February 24, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
No matter what type of skin you have, you need some type of moisturize. If all you want from a skin care product is moisture, then you still need to know what type of moisturizer is right for your skin type. There are a lot of different types of body lotions and creams
Aside from all the facial moisturizers. Does it really matter if you use natural lotion or cream as long as you use some type of moisturizer? Of course it does!
Body moisturizers are no different than facial moisturizers when it comes to making the right choice for your skin. They may be specific for your skin type or to serve a certain purpose. First, Let’s look at the difference between natural body lotion and creams.
Both body lotion and cream serve the same purpose, which is putting moisture back into your skin. What determines which one is right for you is how dry your skin is and what areas you want to put the moisturizer on. Body lotions are usually made of water and oil. They are light moisturizers that aren’t greasy feeling and are absorbed quickly into skin when applied.
As a rule, lotions are used on skin that is not severely dry. You may not have dry skin in the summer, but it becomes drier when the winter season rolls around. That’s when you want to apply lotion, to provide a light moisturizer to your unusually dry skin.
Body creams are also made with oil and water, but they are thicker in consistency. They also absorb rather easily into the skin, but they provide a barrier between your skin and elements that may chap or irritate your skin. If you have oily skin then you want to avoid creams as they tend to block pores and can cause blemishes in acne prone skin.
Sometimes people have drier skin in some areas of their body, such as hands and elbows, than they do in others. If that’s the case, you may want to put cream on the drier areas and lotion on the oilier parts.
One of the newer types of body creams is body butter. If your skin is dry at all, you’ll love the way the body butter feels on your skin. It absorbs well and has the consistency of a butter spread.
Unless you have sensitive skin, you may prefer a body lotion or a cream that is scented. A lot of fragrance lines offer moisturizers in your favorite scent if you want your moisturizer to enhance your perfume and make the scent last longer. Places like Victoria’s Secret and Bath and Body Works offer lines of scents that are refreshing with your choice of lotions, creams, or body butter.
If your facial moisturizer is an anti-aging skin cream, you may want to wear a body lotion or cream that has anti-aging ingredients as well. Some of these boast of properties that reduce the progression of aging in your skin while others have a “skin firming formula” that helps restore elasticity to your skin while you sleep.
An added benefit to these moisturizers is that they tend to be less expensive than those for use on your face while they seem to work just as well. Most of them have the same or similar ingredients and some are available for different skin types.
Baby Skin Care Fragrances
March 30, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
After the early months of babyhood have passed the skin of most children has a more than adequate layer of fatty ‘padding’ which gives it a beautiful smooth appearance, often described as having the quality of ‘purity’. All the functions are very active, and because the stratum corneum is functioning effectively the skin is very well hydrated. Indeed, by and large children’s skin is the healthiest we ever see.A child’s skin shows little or no damage from sunlight. Children have more leisure time than they will ever enjoy again, however, and many of them play outside whenever they can, often spending most of the summer out of doors. There is often massive exposure to the sun during childhood, which will have long-term consequences. The use of natural baby products like natural baby body lotion, natural body wash, an a natural sunscreen lotion are always helpful too.
The care of the skin of small children is almost entirely in the hands of parents or other carers. Nevertheless it is never too soon for them to begin to learn about skin care. The skin does not need moisturising unless there is atopy or eczema, or after prolonged exposure to sun or sea, but regular protection against the sun should begin now.
Products for babies and young children are usually highly fragranced. That sweet, recognizable aroma you could smell a mile away is nothing more than added fragrance, which we know can cause irritation. Moreover, baby products almost always have a pretty yellow or pink tint, which is contrived by coloring agents, another group of problematic skin care ingredients for sensitive skin. If baby products were really gentler than those that adults put on their skin, they would be fragrance free and contain no coloring agents. Sadly, few of those existed just a decade ago. But now there are many clean, healthy skin care products lines to choose from.
Cosmetics and hair-care companies know that mothers have an impulsive emotional pull toward scents that trigger the image of their babies. That subconscious pull is difficult for a marketer to ignore, given the way women gravitate to the fragrance generated by other perfume-laden products. In other words, hair and skin care companies don’t have much motivation to take these problematic ingredients out. That means you, the mother and consumer, as an advocate for your child, need to pay attention to this issue and choose fragrance-free and color-free products whenever you can. If your using natural baby lotion your off to a good start!
