Finding just the right moisturiser for your skin type is a
real triumph, and one that makes a daily difference to how you look and feel.
For those with skin prone to extreme dryness (particularly as we get older, and
as the wintery winds approach to nip at our faces) this choice is even more
important. I have lined up a few of our most powerful deep moisturising
treatments to see how they compare.
If you find that your day cream is too light but you don’t
want to be using your night cream all day, have a look at this
Soil-Association-Certified Organic Avocado Replenishing Cream by Essential Care. The superfoody goodness of avocado is cold pressed with
olives and shea butter into a veritable salad of nutritional delights for
starving skin, and dressed with sweet
essential oils, into a cream that is anti-oxidant rich. This is the lightest of these creams - for dry skin, but not the driest.
The crème de la crème of the face-crèmes is, in fact, not a
crème at all, but rather a blend of oils – Organic Argan and Vitamin E Nourishing Serum.
Oils are usually the most direct way to give your dry skin a good drenching.
Here, organic argan oil is blended with sweet almond oil (my personal favourite
for skin treatments, as I may have mentioned before…), and a healthy dose of
Vitamin E, which has long reigned queen of the skin supplements. This oil
smells delightful (I take secret sniffs of it from my desk as I write) and does
wonders for the skin, however dry it may be.
A final tip - our real wonder-cream for dry skin all over the body (including the face) is Essential Care's Ultra Rich. This balm was originally formulated for those with eczema and dry skin conditions, so if you need something that really goes the extra mile, and is not just for the face, try this blend of shea butter, beeswax, and olive oil.
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