This post could also have been called My Most-Used Autumn Moisturisers but I dicked around with the title for so long that my hair grew and the leaves began to fall and so I settled on the original title. Does what it says on the tin. My Current Favourite Moisturisers.
I have around a dozen pots and tubes of moisturiser lined up next to the bathroom sink and another dozen or so stacked up on the mantelpiece but the ones below are the face creams that I have found myself using again and again. They are all highly effective at moisturising (which is what you want from a moisturiser, obviously) but apart from that they’re really quite straightforward, with no particular ingredient being championed or skin concern targeted. In other words they’re not “retinol creams” or “vitamin C creams” or moisturisers that also exfoliate, or lotions that also tackle spots. They just do a great job, primarily, of hydrating.
I’ve thrown in an all-singing, all-dancing, far-from-basic cream right at the end (the Kate Somerville) – and you could argue that the Frankincense one is rather jazzy – but otherwise, here’s a handful of moisturisers that you can use anywhere and at any time. Need something to buffer your retinol serum" Want a face cream that you can use day or night" Searching for something good and solid to keep your skin moist and dewy beneath your foundation/CC cream" Bob’s your Uncle.
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