Boots Top to Toe Beauty: Face Moisturisers

Today Boots Top to Toe Health & Beauty Calendar focuses on helping you identify your skin type to find your ideal moisturiser

 

  No7 Protect & Perfect Skincare - Only at BootsMoisturises are designed to do exactly what they say - moisturise skin! They do this by adding moisture and locking it into the skin, helping to reduce moisture loss. This leaves skin feeling smoother and softer and looking great - and they provide a perfect base for foundation!

Day Moisturisers are designed to replace lost moisture with ingredients to hydrate the skin and restore the skin barrier. Ensure that your moisturiser contains anti-oxidants such as Vitamins C and E and an SPF 15 to protect in more extreme conditions such as the height of summer and in polluted atmospheres, No7 Time Resisting Day Cream is ideal for this. The result is soft skin that looks radiant and cared for! 

The first step in choosing a suitable face cream is to identify your skin type. There are generally 3 skin types:

 

Normal

• Fresh & Clear complexion
• Even, firm texture and tone looks ‘peachy'
• Rarely breaks out in blemishes

Why not try No7 Hydro Quench Day Cream, £15.75.

Oily/Combination

• Visible open pores, especially around the nose and chin
• Shiny patches - especially around the T-Zone (forehead, nose and chin)
• Make up may slide off the face
• Occasional blocked pores leading to blemishes and blackheads

Use a moisturiser suitable for oily skin such as Botanics Responsive Moisture Lotion for Normal / Oily £4.99

Dry/ Extra Dry

• Dull, lifeless complexion lacking luminosity
• Flaky patched is skin
• A tightening sensation after washing

Dr Harnik 24 Hour Moisture - Super Hydration Cream SPF15 £12.99 is a daily moisturiser that effectively binds moisture to skin's surface to promote long term moisturisation. 

In addition to these skin types, people may suffer from sensitive skin. This is a skin condition and not a skin type. Anyone can suffer with sensitive skin regardless of their skin type, however people with dry skin are more prone to sensitivity.

Sensitive

• Redness and/or blotchy appearance
• Hot or tingling skin
• Swelling or bumps under the skin
• Flaking/peeling skin

Why not try the Boots Expert range.  It has been tested on people with sensitive skin. We like Boots Expert Sensitive Daily Defence Moisture Cream £2.99 

Did you know Boots has over 120 skincare advisors across larger Boots stores on hand to help? Available in larger Boots stores they will help you find the right skincare regime for you.

Q: Why do I need to use a separate day and night cream?
A day moisturiser may include sunscreens to protect the skin from the sun and will be formulated to ensure foundation glides over the skin after application.
Night creams won't include sunscreens but will be formulated more richly to take into account that the skin rests at night and can better absorb the goodness a moisturiser offers.

Q: What causes fine wrinkles and fine lines?
Wrinkles and fine lines are caused by the natural process of ageing and by excessive exposure to the sun's damaging rays or environmental pollutants. Up to 90% of the major signs of skin ageing, such as lines and wrinkles are actually due to excessive sun exposure. Help prevent these by using a cream such as No7 Protect & Perfect Day Cream SPF15 or Botanics First Signs of Ageing Face Moisture Cream SPF15, which will reduce the damaging effects of sunlight on skin and help keep lines and wrinkles away for longer

Q How can I protect my skin most effectively to premature aging?
There are various factors that influence premature aging: over exposure to the sun, which causes up to 90% of the signs of ageing, a poor diet, smoking excess alcohol consumption, or psychological stress all contribute.
These provoke the formation of the free radicals in the skin. The skin can be protected from damaging influences by creams that contain sunscreens and anti-oxidants.

Did you know Boots has over 120 skincare advisors across Boots stores that can help you find the right products for your skin? 

For more information on skincare from Boots visit Boots.com

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