Family skincare tips shared with La Roche-Posay

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Keeping your family’s skin healthy can be difficult, particularly once the winter chill sets in. With that in mind, La Roche-Posay would like to hear about the skincare tips you have.

Here’s what La Roche-Posay has to say: “Extreme temperatures, a lack of humidity in the air and even strong wind can weaken the protective layer of the skin, causing it to lose natural moisture. This is why you tend to notice even more dry or sensitive skin in winter. It is key to pay attention to these signs and take extra care of your family’s skin during this time of the year. We would love to understand what winter skin concerns you and your family have, and how you are dealing with them”

Do you have a skincare routine that works for the whole family? Maybe you have ‘hero’ products that seem to do everything for everyone? Does La Roche-Posay feature on your family’s skincare routine? Perhaps you have tips on things to avoid to keep your skin healthy?

Whatever your family skincare tips, share them below to be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £300 voucher for the store of their choice (from a list).

Thanks and good luck!

MNHQ

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La Roche-Posay has changed our skin care life (See pics) my DD eczema started when she was 1 as you can see it was horrific she would scream in pain, couldn't sleep and constantly itched!

After multiple creams bought and prescribed with nothing helping I saw a mumsnet post on trying their products! I didn't get in on the trial so I went out and purchased the balm, all I can say is thank god for mumsnet! The replenishing balm changed my daughters skin from week one, finally it started to clear and a year on she is eczema free only needing to moisturise with the balm after a bath to keep the eczema away!

Then my DS was born and his skin was the same but started much younger (currently 4 months and had red flaky dry patches all over his body) child's farm oaty bath which worked with my DD really dried out his skin so we bought the LRP cleansing balm, I bathed him every night in this and then used the balm after and his skin has finally cleared up after 2 weeks with these products!

Safe to say La Roche Posay will always be part of my DC skincare routine! Also the suncream by this brand is the only one that does not bring out my DD's eczema..... not cheap but definitely worth it 🥰🤩

Loooooads of sunscreen

We use sunscreen in the summer and stick to sensitive shower gels, moisturisers etc.
I only buy make up with SPF protection.

Being of Indian descent, we have been blessed with thick hair. My mum always used to put almond oil on our hair before baths and the result was shiny and soft hair. I still do this to the day!

Our most used product is a giant bottle of flexitol. Hand cream for me and DH and protection from drool rashes for DS2 with SN. It also stops him from scratching himself raw when he overheats.

We seemed to cope quite well for a long while with soap, water and some E45 or equivalent moisturiser just fine. Now I have teenagers I am very aware of the need to help them manage their skin (it bothers them at times), but a bit lost as to what is best. So many products!

We have bumpy skin, think is called something beginning with k. My daughter and I both have it. Just make sure we cleanse each night and use a good quality moisturiser.

Sunscreen in summer is the major change

In winter, I find an extra thick body lotion on my legs and then pjs on means I avoid scaly skin

We are all eczema sufferers and the hardest times of year are spring and autumn. The changing weather triggers it and causes cracking and bleeding.

We use an emollient cream on feet, then plastic bags and socks on vet the top to heal cracks. On hands a blob of Vaseline on the crack, then a plaster over helps speed up heeling.

Moisturise twice a day and after every hand wash.

Avoid SLS too, my skin is so much better for switching to bar soap rather than shower gel.

The only difference between. Our skincare routines is sunscreen in warmer months and moisturizer in the cold months.
I've taught my kids the importance of cleansing daily to remove makeup, sweat and pollution. They enjoy the feeling of their clean faces at night and will hopefully help them have good skin in the future. They are teens so their skin is not the best tbh.
They have tried LRP cleansers (different ones as their skin is very different) and liked the gentle but effective feeling afterwards

moisturisers throughout the year and sun creams in summer. my kids also drink loads of water

We use moisturiser and sunscreen in the summer

I use la Roche Posay skin care and use the sun spray SPF50 on my youngest son who has eczema as I find this is the only brand which doesn't irritate his sensitive skin, the rest of the family use simple products which keep their skin healthy.

La Roche Posey does lovely eye cream same as a few others here, don't change anything between seasons really, maybe Vaseline for splits in fingers in the winter and cracked heels in the summer.

I slather Vaseline onto my heels in the summer and then put a pair of socks on while in the house. Works a treat.

Moisturise every day especially after washing.

Never exfoliate, it destroys the skin barrier.

Factor 50 on face every day even in winter, in tshirt weather use it on body too.

My 5yo has been getting a really dry face and we've been using old lady diprobase- it's fantastic. It was the only thing that cleared a patch of dry skin on my eldest a few years back, we tried all the creams. Apart from that, a little lip balm when they let me and sun cream in the summer. Like some other people have said, not washing when not needed is as important as anything else.

We always use sun cream but other than that we're not obsessive about skincare. I think if you eat healthily and avoid smoking and heavy drinking it makes a difference. We've used bar soap for years for environmental reasons and any problem areas soon clear up with a bit of Sudocreme.

I now have both my kids (one teen, one twenty) using sunscreen almost every day.
DS uses LRP Effaclar Duo+ spf 30 as it suits his oilier skin.
DD and I use Cerave face moisturiser spf 25 (would love if this was also available in an spf 50) in the cooler months, stepping it up to an mineral based spf 50 the rest of the year thanks to melasma.
PROPER CLEANSING EVERY SINGLE NIGHT no matter how tired you are!
We're also total wipes snobs, only to be used in emergencies thank you very much.

Nivea Q10 for me and aqueous cream for DD as needed.

My DH keeps a special pitchfork for warding off any attempts to pamper or groom him.

Sun lotion, stay out of very hot sun and a good moisturiser for sensitive skin.

I've always had sensitive, eczema-prone skin so have to be careful what products I use.

My DD seems to be taking after me and (after reading about it on MN actually) La Roche-Posay balm has been a game changer- applied all over after each bath and not a sign of dry or itchy skin since.

Products for sensitive skin do often tend to be more expensive though, so I'm glad DH has the hide of a rhino and loves a bargain when it comes to sunscreen etc.

Quick and simple: cleanse, serum, moisturise.
I like to cleanse with charcoal cleanser.
Este lauder ANR for evening.
La roche vitamin c serum for day time.
La roche moisturiser with spf (2 in 1)
Eye cream!

I currently trying to find a product to help with my daughters eczema, we have used many emollients without success and limit the use of hydrocortisone cream. After reading this I'll be trying LRP!

Do you have a skincare routine that works for the whole family?

I just buy supermarket own baby lotion and shampoo, shower gel which is fragrance free and baby lotion to cleanse and moisturise, it works, and means we also don't have a myriad of bottles in the bathroom.

Maybe you have ‘hero’ products that seem to do everything for everyone?

I love coal tar soap - we have used in it our family for 3 generations

Does La Roche-Posay feature on your family’s skincare routine?

I would buy if it was on offer (love the 3 for 2 deals)

Perhaps you have tips on things to avoid to keep your skin healthy?

A mild cleanser and spf moisturiser.

We all love the La Roche Posay facewash - me and DH, and my two teens, all use it daily. I have the Effaclar three-step system and find it really keeps my hormonal cystic acne that breaks out on my chin under control better than anything I've ever tried, including medication - started using it three years ago after recommendations on here. Teen DS has eczema on his eyelids/face and finds the facewash fine, he then uses Child's Farm moisturizer which keeps the eczema at bay - like some sort of miracle, we landed on it after seeing a newspaper article about it, having had 10 years of prescription emollient misery... Overall we try to keep routines as simple as possible. What I would love to see would be more sustainable packaging/larger sizes for La Roche Posay products (what about selling recyclable pouches of products that you could use to refill your own pump dispensers? Like Splosh).