Skin creams can dry out skin
New research by University of Sweden shows that skin creams can actually harm the skin in that they can dry it out and weaken the skin’s existing barrier. It was shown that both the use of vegetable and mineral oil results in skin’s lessened ability to cope with the outside stress.
Click here to see the difference between dry skin and normal, healthy skin.
The topic of using oils came up recently when Susan posed a question (see the topic of post summer skin care here) about the difference between oils in skin care. I recommended the use of natural oils such as coconut oil that are much more gentle on skin and allow it to absorb it fully unlike mineral oils that leave the greasy residue and don’t do much to lubricate the skin. Adding beeswax to natural moisturizer recipes is highly recommended for any skin type but especially dry skin type where it can make a huge difference in how much of the moisture the skin takes in and retains.
Since winter is ahead of us and the dry skin type suffers the most throughout it, here are some great dry skin recipes that can help your skin.
Posted in Skin Care on October 27th, 2008 by admin | |
on November 6th, 2008 at 2:54 am
Rice moisturizer is one natural moisturizers it helps protect the skin from being damaged by UVA and UVB which are the cause of melasma, freckle, and skin cancer. Because it has plentiful minerals, unsaturated fatty acid and vitamins especially the natural vitamin E which is in high quantity as Tocols (Tocopherol & Tocotrienol), Gamma-Qryzanol and Ceramide.
on November 8th, 2008 at 10:47 am
I’m always warning my friends about this. I guess it’s hard for some people to believe that a “moisturizer” can actually dry your skin out.
on November 8th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Thanks Angel for pointing out the benefits of rice moisturizer. Since I was not familiar with it, I looked it up. It turns out, Skin Cancer Foundation actually recommends one of the rice moisturizers. Click here for more recommendations.
Face Cream - True, but can you really blame them? We are over saturated with commercials and the cosmetic companies’ advertisement that we kind of go with it, without learning more beforehand.
Thank you both for your comments!