Putting aside the claims, hype, and misleading information you may have heard, the only real difference between a daytime and nighttime moisturizer is that the daytime version should contain a well-formulated sunscreen. A popular myth told repeatedly by cosmetics salespeople echoes the notion that skin is doing some kind of special repairing at night that […]

Most women believe that eye creams are specially formulated for the skin around the eye area. Although the eye area does tend to be more prone to allergic or sensitizing reactions and often shows wrinkles before other areas of the face, it turns out the product formulations for eye creams don’t differ from those for […]

Skin can develop dry patches for many reasons. Makeup left on overnight can cause ir­ritant or allergic reactions; but there are also drying skin-care products, dermatitis, eczema, and heavy moisturizers that can cause a buildup of dead skin cells. Any and all of these can contribute to dry patches of skin. The best advice is […]

Several things can cause the combination of a layer of dry, flaky skin combined with oily skin. More often than not this is caused by using the wrong combination of skin-care products. An emollient, wipe-off cleanser, followed by a toner that is too emollient for your skin type, and then an unnecessarily emollient moisturizer can […]

You may be wondering what to use if you don’t have dry skin but still want to give your normal or oily skin such all-important ingredients as antioxidants, skin-identical ingredi­ents, and cell-communicating ingredients. Products (moisturizers) in cream, balm, thick lotion, or ointment form are bound to be problematic if you have any degree of oiliness. […]

Those with truly dry skin (not caused by irritating or drying skin-care products) know that, over and above antioxidants, skin-identical ingredients, and cell-communicating ingredients, which can conquer most moisturizing needs, additional help is required to help skin feel normal or younger. Emollients are necessary to provide dry skin with the one thing it’s missing, the […]

These are strictly marketing terms, nothing more. They do not tell you anything about what the product can do for your skin. Serums are not specially enhanced in any way, anti-wrinkle products do not get rid of wrinkles or offer any additional benefit for skin, anti-gravity products don’t lift skin, and on and on. They […]

All of the factors above, antioxidants, skin-identical ingredients, and cell-communicating ingredients, are leading elements that contribute to making a state-of-the-art moisturizer. And there are many brilliant formulations in stable packaging that include these substances. It is now far easier than before for a consumer to purchase a truly exceptional product for their skin type, regardless […]

Can skin-care ingredients be absorbed into skin? There is no question that they can. Of course it’s a bit of a paradox that while the skin is designed to keep substances out of the body it can also let other substances in. State-of-the-art skin-care formulations are designed to both stay on the surface and be […]