Natural Skin Care

As my title suggests the best facial moisturizer is actually not a moisturizer at all.

But lets look first at what a moisturizer is and what it should do for your skin.

If you use a moisturizer it should help your skin retain it’s hydration. Moisture, not oil. And if your skin retains it’s moisture it is healthier, less prone to skin damage, more supple and looks and feels better.

Well moisturized skin is more healthy skin, and protects itself better than a dry skin will do. It feels good.

And many different moisturizers help protect the skin in different ways, for example by including a sunscreen.

But sadly there are moisturizers that can contain suspect and even dangerous ingredients.

I believe that you should avoid using moisturizers which include mineral oil. Why? Because it isn’t good for your skin, and as it coats the skin with oil to prevent moisture loss it can cause skin problems, like acne flareups.

But although it may sound like a contradiction I believe that you shouldn’t be using a moisturizer with sunscreen. If it’s so important to avoid sunburn surely a moisturizer with sunscreen is a great idea? No. Because you should be using your moisturizer 365 days a year. And many believe that sunscreens can cause cancer, so you don’t want to be putting a sunscreen on 365 days a year when it may be suspect and you don’t need it.

So when looking for the best facial moisturizer you need to consider the ingredients in it. There are ingredients in many skin care products, including facial moisturizers, that can cause skin reactions and allergies believe it or not.

So you can, in fact, do more damage than good if you choose the wrong facial moisturizer.

So lets answer the question about which is the best facial moisturizer.

I consider the best facial moisturizer to be the natural skin care products from a small niche skin care company that you probably have never heard of. Ill explain why.

This small company, called Xtend Life, makes a range of natural skin care products that are targeted to overall skin health rather than just moisturizing the skin. So if you visit their website you won’t actually find a moisturizer there at all. However if you use the products you’ll find that they moisturize better than any other product on the market. And that is intentional.

They add a number of ingredients to their products specifically included for their moisturizing properties. They don’t add a sunscreen for the reasons we have talked about before, and they dont use mineral oil.

Jojoba Oil is an example of an ingredients that moisturizes extremely well and is non allergenic and works for all skin types. It is absorbed into the skin and helps protect the skin cells from moisture loss, and makes the skin more supple.

These types of natural skin care ingredients are beneficial for every skin type, so there are no products for different skin types.

Another important ingredients is vitamin B5. Vitamin B5 helps protect the skin from sun damage more naturally and also helps repair skin damage as well as adding a moisturizing effect.

And Sorbitol which is found in grapes and berries and seaweeds and others and can help the skin retain it’s moisture. It is from the seeds of the Capuacu tree.

So hopefully you get the idea. The best moisturizer is in fact a range of skin care and skin health products that moisturize better than any others, but which also come as a complete skin care routine that leaves your skin healthier and looking and feeling better, and better moisturized.

And surprisingly at a more reasonable price than some. So even though it may come as a surprise the best facial moisturizer isn’t a moisturizer, it is in fact natural skin care products that work very well as a moisturizer, but do way more than moisturize. For all skin types.

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