Top 10 Moisturizers.

/
Best Skin Creams
Best Skin Creams

Moisturizing the skin is an important step in maintaining healthy skin.

It is that vital final step in your skincare routine both day and night.

It needs to be applied daily (both day and night) to keep skin hydrated and basically working properly.

Moisturizers do so much more than hydrate; they protect sensitive skin and improve skin tone and texture.

I have a number of moisturizers that I use and depend on.

Here are my top ten most recommended moisturizers. Click on each moisturizer to learn more about it.

topn_ten_moisturizers_2013.jpg
Mario Badescu Collagen Moisturizer
Kiehl's Super Multi-Corrective Cream
L'Oreal Revitalift

A press sample of the products featured have been provided for editorial consideration. All opinions are my own. Affiliate links have been used in the post. Please see disclosure policy for complete information.

Clinique's NEW Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion+.

/

Have you heard? The iconic yellow lotion seen on more bathroom counters in America than any other has been reformulated to deliver even more dramatic results. Really, it is true. Introducing Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion+. Make note of the + (plus).

Why mess with a good thing? Clinique's famed moisturizer was already the #1 selling moisturizer in the United States, so why did they go and make it even more different? Well, times have changed and science had seen a lot of advancement in skin care. So Clinique took the latest ingredients and advancements to tweak the formula to make it even better.

Clinique's NEW Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion+

Doing so was no easy task. It took 6 and a half years, 3 formulating dermatologists, 53 researchers, and 100 formul trials to get the new Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion+ just right.

See also: Clinique Dark Circle Eye Corrector

The mission was to provide barrier strength and to boost the moisturizing power of the lotion. The barrier repair complex is comprised with a blend of sunflower seed cake, barley extract and cucumber fruit extract that helps to strengthen the skin's barrier, imparting resilience ad resistance to environmental stresses. The new moisturizing ingredients include Hyaluronic Acid to help skin hold onto moisture for improved hydration; Glycerin to attract moisture to the skin; and Urea, which is a naturally occurring component in the products of the skin's own moisturizing factor that helps to mimic that function.

Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion+ was tested on 1,600 people of different ethnicities across 5 countries. Users saw:

  • 50% improvement in moisture for all day hydration without an extra drop of oil
  • 54% improvement in skin's barrier strength in eight weeks without changing the famously silky texture.

I can attest to both of those statements. The new Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion+ formula looks the same, feels the same, and still absorbs very rapidly. This formula keeps my skin feeling hydrating and and glowing all day.

Look for Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion+ on Clinique counters and online at clinique.com now. It retails for $26.00 for 4.2 oz.

Kate Somerville Daily Deflector Moisturizer Review & Photos.

/

This summer I was planning to hunt down the perfect summer daytime moisturizer.  I have a short list of requirements, but they are important ones.  I need a moisturizer to be light enough for summer time use, but it really needs to hydrate my skin at the same time. I need it to sink into my skin quickly. I want a moisturizer that would not interfere with how my makeup looks, but make my skin look better before I even put makeup on. Lastly, it needs to have a sunscreen, both UVA/UVB with an SPF rating of at least 15. I planned to contact a few of my favorite brands to see what they had to offer.  Well, that plan went out the window because I found the one; the daytime moisturizer of my dreams. I found it in the Kate Somerville Daily Deflector Moisturizer.

 

Read More