Moisturiser for very dry skin

kerri_gt

I've had very dry skin all my life, the type where if I don't mpostureise within 5mins of having a shower / bath I can feel my skin tightening and starting to itch.

I don't know about parabens etc but I use Vaseline Intensive Rescuse moisture locking lotion (used to use an E45 24hr one but they stopped doing it). Often places have it on 1/2 price offer when I stock up, or Savers for £2.99 - £3.99

http://www.superdrug.com/vaseline/vaseline-intensive-rescue-moisture-locking-lotion-400ml/invt/406783

For my face I did use Clinique Dramatically Different lotion but tbh I have found Clarins Hydraquench is much much better, they also do a cold weather / very dry skin version. It's quite pricy and recently i have been pinching my OH Palmers Coco Butter for Face and Men (he swears by Coco Butter and it does seem to do the job)

The other thing I would say is even if you do have dry skin is to exfoliate regularly. I love Soap and Glory Flake Away for the body - beware it does leave the bath a bit slippy though. For the face I use Decleor Phytopeel Natural Exfoliating Cream - Cheapsmells.com often has it at a reasonable price. And to cleanse I use Decleor Micellar Water. It's lovely stuff and my skin is much better using that compared to when I used Clinique.

Bitsy_Beans

m33r4 wrote: »

Coconut oil is indeed great for many things including topical skin application, as a hair oil and also to cook with.

I quite often suffer with dry skin on my legs and coconut oil would last the longest out of all the stuff I tried, better than acqueous cream etc. brilliant stuff and edible. What more could you want?!

FlacosFloozie

second Liz Earle superskin- only thing that woks on my very dry sensitive skin. Its not cheap but lasts for ages as I only need to use a little.

lostinrates

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

I don't know if I would use this on my face but for best moisturiser I've ever used was pure coconut oil. It's solid at room temp and because its edible it doesn't contain all the usual carp of other moisturisers. Asian supermarkets sell it really cheap but I think holland and barratt sell a version.

Before I was certain what was causing my 'skin rash' and dryness I was using coconut oil and it did no harm. But have to say, it's not as great for ME as the creams I am using.

That's one of the difficulties of personal recommendations tbh, we are all so different, our skin types, the demands our skin faces in our environments and routines....:)

E.g. I also tried Nivea because I had a few recent samples and I thought it was pretty innocuous. But it immediately sent my skin into a burning rage and it went like a peeling mess. Now most people will not have that reaction to nice, gentle Nivea I hope!

m33r4

My daughter had terrible sensitive dry skin for a while and the Bodyshop Hemp cream helped a lot.

NoahsPennilessMummy

Lush Dream Cream is fab!

iamamm

Eucerin 5% for the face
Palmers original cocoa butter for the body

margaretclare

lostinrates wrote: »

Before I was certain what was causing my 'skin rash' and dryness I was using coconut oil and it did no harm. But have to say, it's not as great for ME as the creams I am using.

That's one of the difficulties of personal recommendations tbh, we are all so different, our skin types, the demands our skin faces in our environments and routines....:)

E.g. I also tried Nivea because I had a few recent samples and I thought it was pretty innocuous. But it immediately sent my skin into a burning rage and it went like a peeling mess. Now most people will not have that reaction to nice, gentle Nivea I hope!

There's an ingredient in some Nivea products which is responsible for sending our skin into a 'burning rage'. I had this a couple of months ago and none of the docs I consulted could pinpoint the reason. Now, apparently: http://www.annmariegianni.com/ingredient-watch-list-methylisothiazolinone-the-toxic-ingredient-that-could-cause-nerve-damage?fb_action_ids=10151782065933453&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582

I find Body Shop Vitamin E daytime and night-time cream is good for my skin. It melts in very easily, you need very little. I also use Body Shop cocoa butter body cream.