For extra dry skin, using hydrating moisturisers is the key to smooth, soft skin, that’s not just hydrated, but luminous and glowing.
Using a super hydrating moisturiser is essential to help skin stay youthful, soft and hydrated, especially in cooler weather.
Using a hydrating moisturiser on a daily basis is a key ingredient to soft supple skin, reduced fine lines no matter what your age and a subtle glow is hydration.
Drinking regular water daily, or coconut water which contains natural ions for hydration (and ideally not iced cold), drinking tea, reducing caffeine, and limiting time spent indoors in either excessive heating or cooling are critical factors for ageless skin.
Exercise is also a great way to keep the blood flowing, secrete toxins and flush the skin with endorphins for a fabulous glow. Even low impact fitness like pilates and yoga are incredible for the skin.
Infrared saunas can have a very similar effect as long as you are consuming a lot of water at the same time.
But even if you are focussed on hydration and you feel your skin is not hydrated enough, fine lines and wrinkles can begin to appear. Skin loses elasticity without hydration and becomes listless.
Your skin tone and the appearance of skin can quickly start to looked sullen, and washed out, especially in photos. This results in tired, and even aged looking skin, and it can happen fast, especially if you are ill or over tired.
Using moisture boosting, protective products with the right ingredients for your skin type is key. And you need to review your products regularly espeecally with the change of season and if and when you travel.
The right hydrating moisturisers not only keep skin well nourished and protected, but when worn under rich (and potentially drying) foundation, will keep skin smooth and avoid dryness.
If your skin feels dry to touch or the surface is not smooth, and you are seeing fine lines around the under eyes, these 8 hydrating moisturisers might be key to turning it around and help you achieve your skincare goals.
Leitin Water Bomb Face Cream RRP $69
This thick, rich and velvety face moisturiser is perfect for all skin types, especially very dry skin.
Leitin is an Australian skincare gem, created in Melbourne, and Water Bomb cream is no exception. It is enriched with antioxidants to deeply hydrate, nourish, and restore skin’s natural radiance.
Water Bomb cream uses advanced phospholipid technology, mimicking the skin’s natural bilayers to deliver surface lipids, hydrolipids, and phyto-ceramides, enhancing the skin barrier for a youthful, hydrated and nourished feeling appearance to skin. Results can be seen in 7 days.
AHC Brilliant Gold Cream RRP $89
This luxurious AHC Brilliant Gold Cream is a hydrating and brightening moisturiser perfect for managing dehydrated skin and increasing skin elasticity.
The cream by this cult Korean skincare brand utilises gold to luxuriously moisturise the skin and bring out a radiant glow. Gold is known to balance sebum and increase moisture in the cells of the skin, quickly boosting skin hydration.
Though quite luxurious, this face cream is still affordable and makes a great addition to your daily skincare regimen.
MooGoo Ultra Hydrating Face Cream RRP $25
This face cream is full of nourishing oils rich with fatty acids to instantly improve moisture levels of the skin and great for trouble prone skin.
This hydrating face cream helps to replenish dry, dull and tired skin, with the added use of ceramics to help strengthen the skin barrier.
The texture of this cream is light, and uses natural ingredients. It’s ideal for sensitive skin types and anyone who is prone to breakouts and eczema. A great price too.
Paula’s Choice C5 Super Boost Vitamin C Moisturiser RRP $56
This multi-active vitamin C moisturiser combines clinically proven hydration with anti-ageing benefits to improve dullness, revive firmness + strengthen skin’s barrier is a hero product for the brand.
Don’t be deceived by the light texture of this cream, as it carried heavyweight with nourishing ingredients to help skin stay extra smooth and hydrated throughout the day, with the vitamin C component helping skin look toned and radiant.
Sand and Sky Tasmanian Spring Water Renewing Night Cream RRP $69
Hydrating masks are great, but have you tried an overnight Night Cream designed to work as an overnight mask as well?
Overnight masks are great, as they provide much needed nourishing ingredients to the skin to help it stay hydrated throughout the night and into the morning, and then help the skin stay fresh and moisturised into the next day.
This cream by Sand and Sky is an innovative night cream that deeply hydrates skin, prepping it for an overnight boosted regeneration and replenishing process, for more youthful radiance by morning.
Tip: Don’t wash skin in the morning with a cleanser. If you have an oil cleanser, or soft face wipe, do this instead to maintain the dewiness this cream will give skin by morning, and then follow with normal skincare routine, for extra hydrated skin.
ELF Holy Hydration Face Cream RRP $28
This ingredient-driven moisturiser helps brighten and even out skin tone, lock in moisture and promote a plumped up, bouncy complexion.
Packed with skin-loving ingredients, this nourishing yet lightweight cream instantly sinks into the skin for smooth, non-greasy feel and soft, supple skin.
It’s suitable for all skin types, and uses the added benefits of Hyaluronic Acid, which helps provide hydration by locking in moisture and reducing water loss resulting in a plumped up, bouncy complexion.
Beauté Pacifique Enriched Moisturizing Day Creme for Dry Skin RRP $58
This nourishing rich day cream from this cult Danish skin care brand provides skin with a renewed softness in days.
With the addition of Squalane and other humectants, and contains anti-oxidants which protect the skin against the signs of ageing.
It is an intensive and long lasting moisture care create, with, dedicated specifically for dry and sensitive skin types, and provides the skin with plenty of moisture.
Nontre Miracle Glow Face and Body Milk RRP $36
100% Australian made and owned, this affordable, luxury cream has been formulated to suit both face and body.
Fragrances with the calming essentials oils of Jasmine and Rose, known to help reduce skin inflammation and stimulate hydration in the skin.
The cream is made from a natural blend of pure shea butter with the added essential oils, to provide a nourishing and hydrating soothing sensation to the skin.
