Best products for dry sensitive skin?

EagerLearner

Hmmm, still finding that the Goat Milk Plus cream is a bit too thick for me, I find it does not absorb easily (whether I massage it into wet or dry skin) and would like to put this one down to experience...

Maybe the Rose Absolute cream from Barefoot Herbs will be better - thanks GFN.


In the meantime, has anyone tried the Siana day or night cream (from Aldi?) or the Lacura cream, also Aldi?

Wondering if they are any good for dry/sensitive skin... also apparently they do cleansers too?

Wonder whether Siana or Lacura is best... if at all!

GFN123

Ah, shame you are not getting on with the goat's milk cream. I too find it very thick but use only tiny amounts, it does take a bit of a rubbing in but my super-sensitive skin has never reacted to it so I persevere. If you decide to stop using it I'll happily buy the remainder from you

There are some reviews of the Aldi cream on the 'cheap but outstanding' thread on this board IIRC. One ingredient that has always caused me massive problems is lanolin, so may be worth watching out for it if you try anything new.

EagerLearner

Ah, thanks GFN, I am only now really *thinking* about ingredients, much more so since being on MSE! I know for a fact that Nivea cream and Nivea wipes bring my skin out in red blotches, still don't know why.... what does Lanolin do to you?

I will try some more with the goat milk moisturiser, skin does feel nice, and need to give it a full go of things! Thanks for the offer ;o)

For anyone who uses or is considering using Aquaceous cream, I wrote this up earlier on that very same thread (you and I must be reading the same things at the same time GFN!)

"I liked the idea of the Aqueous cream, however as I understand it, it has SLS in it? Apparently SLS Sodium Lauryl Sulphate is used to strip engines? I want to understand more about it, but see so many things saying 'SLS free' now...

Aqueous cream ingredients:
About this product. The name of this product is aqueous cream BP. The ingredients that make up the cream are cetostearyl alcohol, sodium lauryl sulphate, white soft paraffin, liquid paraffin, purified water and the preservative phenoxyethanol. Aqueous cream BP is available in a plastic container of 500g and 100g.


About this product. The name of this product is aqueous cream BP. The ingredients that make up the cream are cetostearyl alcohol, sodium lauryl sulphate, white soft paraffin, liquid paraffin, purified water and the preservative phenoxyethanol. Aqueous cream BP is available in a plastic container of 500g and 100g.About this product. The name of this product is aqueous cream BP. The ingredients that make up the cream are cetostearyl alcohol, sodium lauryl sulphate, white soft paraffin, liquid paraffin, purified water and the preservative phenoxyethanol. Aqueous cream BP is available in a plastic container of 500g and 100g.

Apparently:
Sodium Lauryl Sulphate started its career as an industrial degreasant and garage floor cleaner.

Sodium Lauryl Sulphate is such a caustic cleanser that it actually corrodes the hair follicle and impairs the ability to grow hair.

Sodium Lauryl Sulphate is routinely used in clinical studies deliberately to irritate the skin so that the effects of other substances can be tested.

(...)has a low molecular weight and so is easily absorbed by the body. It builds up in the heart, liver and brain and can cause major problems in these areas."

So yes, I'd rather stick with natural jojoba oil for now!

GFN123

EagerLearner wrote: »

Ah, thanks GFN, I am only now really *thinking* about ingredients, much more so since being on MSE! I know for a fact that Nivea cream and Nivea wipes bring my skin out in red blotches, still don't know why.... what does Lanolin do to you?

I will try some more with the goat milk moisturiser, skin does feel nice, and need to give it a full go of things! Thanks for the offer ;o)

For anyone who uses or is considering using Aquaceous cream, I wrote this up earlier on that very same thread (you and I must be reading the same things at the same time GFN!)

I can't remember when I first started looking into ingredients but when I did I became a bit obsessed! Lanolin is an emollient & gives me lots of little spots & red blotches. I think it just clogs the skin.

We must be leading weird parallel MSE lives......... either that or I really need to get out more! :rotfl:

juliettet

My niece who is 17 and into her second year hairdressing was on the verge of giving up due to her dry cracked hands. She tried hemp hand cream from the body shop and slept overnight with cotton gloves over the cream (a tip from her aunt ) It cleared up and now she uses it all the time. I find this good too when I run out of Liz Earle.

EagerLearner

Wow - maybe I will try that next winter - Hemp cream is something I have heard of but not thought to try... My L'Occitaine shea butter is ok but doesn't seem to keep hands soft for veeeeery long.

Anyone heard if Lidl's Iseree sensitive skin pump cleanser (250ml) - saw it on the cheap but amazing thread and wondered if my skin would be ok with it...

EagerLearner

Hi all, any thoughts on the Iseree sensitive skin cleanser from Lidl?

Also I found the following on this site (http://www.cosmeticscop.com/learn/art.asp?ID=379)

Irritating Skin-Care Steps and Products to

• Overly abrasive scrubs (including many at-home-microdermabrasion scrubs)
• Astringents containing irritating ingredients
• Toners containing irritating ingredients
• Scrub mitts
• Cold or hot water
• Steaming or icing the skin
• Facial masks containing irritating ingredients
• Loofahs
• Bar soaps and bar cleansers (Sources: International Journal of Dermatology, August 2002, pages 494-9; Skin Research and Technology, May 2001, pages 98-104; and Dermatology, March 1997, pages 258–262.)

The Most Common Irritating Ingredients to avoid:
(These are of greater concern when they appear in the beginning of an ingredient list.)

• Alcohol or SD-alcohol followed by a number (Exceptions: Ingredients like cetyl alcohol or stearyl alcohol are standard, benign, waxlike cosmetic thickening agents and are completely nonirritating and safe to use.)
• Camphor
• Citrus juices and oils
• Eucalyptus
• Excessive fragrance
• Menthol
• Mint
• Peppermint
• Sodium lauryl sulfate

It could explain why I did not get on well with the Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish as mentioned on here before, yeah it prob was the eucalyptus...

jooles69red

just aquick reply to your message.

i have used aveeno cream and lots of others, have got bad eczema and dry skin. have been using a new cream calle PEP 50. NO steroids in it which for me has been great..

Hope this helps x:T

jooles69red

hello again

just put a msg on but i am off away for the weekend :beer: So if anybody would like the address where i got the cream from i will be back Monday.
Oh and they do send samples out.

Rachie_B

DebbieMids72 wrote: »

Has anyone got some advice for me please, re. a Moisturiser for Sensitive Skin?

I wore one yesterday, and my eyes were watering. It's called "No 7 Advanced Hydration Day Cream" and it's Hypo-allergenic, apparently :rolleyes:
(and expensive too )

thanks in advance

Boots Expert sensitive is good I find

lotion
http://www.boots.com/shop/product_details.jsp?productid=1080392&classificationid=1018009

also available in a cream http://www.boots.com/shop/product_details.jsp?productid=1080391&classificationid=1018009