A day cream should be moisturizing

True. The primary function of the day cream is to prevent dehydration. The skin produces water that evaporates continuously. The role of day cream is to help keep water in the epidermis to keep skin supple and hydrated. Well moisturized skin is skin that can better protect themselves against oxidation, pollution, UV aggression

Then one can choose his cream purely personal criteria: to find out if a cream is "comfortable", it will look for example if the cream spreads well, penetrates more or less well, if it does not, take does not make the bright skin, is not sticky. . Following what we looking cream can contain different assets: antioxidants, anti-UV, anti pollution...

We must start early day cream

True. From puberty and adolescence, the skin may begin to have small problems. It can be oily or irritated. In this case, it uses a specific cream with treating anti seborrhoeic, anti inflammatory or antimicrobial agents. If there is no problem of skin to adolescence, put a day cream is not necessary. From 18-20 year olds, the skin becomes drier. It is important to moisturize every morning. A well-hydrated skin will better fulfill its role in barrier against all kinds of external aggressions

A nourishing day cream and a moisturizer is the same thing

True and false. A nourishing cream will moisturize the skin but the opposite is not necessarily true. All moisturizers are not nourishing. A nourishing cream is richer than a simple moisturizer and caters more to dry skin. It is an emollient cream that will bring comfort to the skin, make it more flexible. It can contain, for example, vitamins and omega 3

A day cream mattifying has an effect tanning

Fake. This cream fits rather oily skin that tend to shine in the day. Mattifying creams contain ingredients that will act like mini sponges and absorb sebum excess, for effect control. Some trace elements such as zinc or copper will play a role of sebum regulator over the longer term

Normal and mixed skins can use any day cream

True and false. Normal skin without particular problem need a fluid and light texture cream. Too rich creams promote irritations. "When one has the combination, i.e. dry on certain areas of the face and oily skin on other, either using a cream" for mixed skin "that reconciles the two. Either we take two types of creams, one for 'fat skin' and one for 'dry skin'.For the area of the eye, can be care eye contour with a more moisturizer as a day cream normal tensor effect. Ideal for skin which lose their elasticity

I have oily skin, I use a mattifying cream

True. The so-called creams 'matifying and seboregulatrices' suited to oily skin which glow due to a State of seborrhoea

You can also opt for a cream special 'fat skin

They are fluid and non comedogenic: they limit the shine and

the appearance of pimples and blackheads

I have dry skin, I prefer a cream for dry skin

True. But fluid cream for "normal and mixed skins" are also well the case. This prevents too greasy ointments that promote irritations. If you have hyper-sensitive skin or atopic, best is to consult its dermato

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I have some acne pimples, I fled the day cream

Fake. A problem of buttons does not prevent to use a care on a daily basis.

If you have only a few spots, treated with anti-boutons creams that contain active ingredients such as nicotinamide, derived vitamin PP or zinc, effective to fight inflammatory reactions.

Where to find them? In pharmacy, there are many creams labeled "for acne prone". At the supermarket, the medical term for acne will be not used, it will read instead "for skin with imperfections" or even "oily", "large pores", etc. If the buttons persist, there is no hesitation to consult his dermato which will give us a medicine cream to apply preferably in the evening. But will continue to moisturize his face the morning anyway.

It's good to change the day cream regularly

True and false. If you have younger skin without problems and it uses a classic moisturizing cream that suits us well, there's no reason to change

On the other hand, if you use a moisturizer that contains anti-aging assets, tensors, depigmenting or others, you can change asset every 3-4 months. This avoids too to get our skin with a cream by diversifying supply assets, according to the needs season, fatigue, stress