Does anyone moisturise their face daily?

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I recently got a dry patch on my face and have just started moisturising daily.

Does anyone do this and is it recommended?

If so, what moisturising cream do you use?

Do you use a seperate eye cream?

Have you noticed a difference over a period of time?! (Softer skin, less wrinkles etc)

Thank you

I moisturise twice a day and have done since I was a teen. I use a lighter day cream and a heavier night cream, and a light eye cream too.

My DD started using a cleanser and day and night moisturiser when she was about 12. She also knows never to go to bed without taking make up off, and she does a face mask at least once a week.

I do have a friend who hardly moisturises and I think it really shows, but she also smokes and that could be a contributor too.

Look at Caroline Hirons blog. Tells you what you need to know. No bollocks.

It must depend on your skin. I have really dry skin and have been using moisturiser with SPF since my teens. Nothing more expensive than Olay. My skin is massively uncomfortable otherwise. My sister uses no cosmetics at all, I probably have better skin but then her skin has always been more oily and she doesn't feel the need.

I've moisturised twice a day since I was in my teens. I think I'm pretty lucky in not having many wrinkles, but those that I have show when I laugh, so could be worse. I do have dark circles under my eyes and I don't think I drink enough, but I am rarely thirsty. I feel tired all the time anyway, and they are worse at night when I am knackered, so I'm not worrying about them that much. I use the Boots Lift and Luminate creams and serums. Don't know if the serum really works, but who cares? It feels nice and since I have dry skin, which is getting drier as I age, if i didn't use moisturiser, my face would probably just flake off! Your skin does change as you get older, so looking after it at your age will benefit you as you get older. And as other pps have said, having the right genetics helps as well.

Moisturizing isn't about insecurities, it's about having nice and comfortable skin! I wouldn't want dry sore flaky skin, yuk!

There's no need to spend a fortune on expensive moisturiser, it's a billion £££££ con IMO. I use almond oil, simple, no extra chemicals.

Oh no I have noticed I have got a few little red spots after moisturising, does anyone know what they are? (See photo)

Also to the pp below; do you have a particle article on Caroline hirons blog?

Not many people want to listen to the fact that it's virtually all genetics that determines the ageing process, so carry on wasting your money people.
OP, just a couple of spots, try a different, mild moisturiser. Like I said before, almond oil is good and mild.

And you, Buttered, seem not to be listening to people saying they need moisturiser to help dry skin feel less tight and uncomfortable. Nothing to do with ageing or wrinkles, just how it feels!

I've moisturised twice a day for probably 30 years or so (am 46). Usually cheapish brands like Olay or Nivea, have very occasionally used posh stuff. Have also used rosehip seed oil at times. I think the key is to do it regularly rather than remortgage for Creme de la Mer.
I recently did the How Old Am I? app thing which said I looked 33. (smug)

I have oily skin but if I don't moisturise it feels dry and tight (I also have wrinkles and scars from acne - I'm an oil painting!)

Aldi Lacura creams are cheap as anything and pretty good, as are Nivea (some of their ranges have SPF in them). My favourite now is Cetaphil, but that's not particularly cheap.

Dont' forget to moisturise your neck as well as your face

And you, Buttered, seem not to be listening to people saying they need moisturiser to help dry skin feel less tight and uncomfortable. I agree, I too would feel uncomfortable not moisturising in some way, have done for years too, I just prefer not to spend £££££ doing it.

Just imagine the sheer amount of chemicals people who moisturise daily put into their bodies! And some people do body lotions, perfume, fake tan, makeup etc daily too.

None of these chemicals penetrate the skin, so people are putting thing on their bodies, not into them.

I've moisturised mornings, and sometimes nights, since mid/ late twenties. Have tried all sorts of things and always go back to simple Oil of Ulay lotion, the basic pink stuff in a plastic bottle for about a fiver. Never found anything better, even when I was trying really expensive creams after developing deep lines when I was very ill. I also now use spf 50 (yes, 50) facial sun cream before going out, even in this weather - I found I was getting slightly dark patches on my face this summer, including some small ones above my lips - it looked as if I needed a shave! Using the sun protection religiously, these have faded away.

There are plenty of articles online from dermos on the merits of expensive products v cheap, and what these products do. MN had loads of good advice but there are still people (imho) who follow self styled gurus like Caroline H who have no qualifications and are just promoting themselves.

The only point of a moisturiser is to stop water evaporating and make your skin feel nice. If you pay £100+ all you are paying for is the packaging, the staff at the counter, the adverts in glossy mags and the 'research.'

If I get water on my face it feels tight and always have so I use a moisturiser. I'm not under any illusion it will prevent ageing. It depends how you cleanse your skin and what skin type you have. If your skin is oily and it doesn't feel tight or flake after washing it or using a cleansing lotion or whatever, you don't necessarily need to do anything else, except keep the sun off it.

If your skin is oily and it doesn't feel tight or flake after washing it or using a cleansing lotion or whatever, you don't necessarily need to do anything else, except keep the sun off it

Yep Polly except my skin isn't even oily it is just not dry. Moisturiser does absolutely nothing except make my make up more difficult to put on and causes it to slide off.

Oh and I am 40 and I don't have wrinkles yet either. Just good luck and living in a part of the world devoid of sunshine.

I am 48. I have always moisturised erratically - when I remember (missing odd days here and there, or going through good periods of moisturising daily and slack periods of not bothering at all)

I recently decided to make the effort to have a proper skin care routine given that I am not getting any younger. The Clarins consultant was surprised that I had done so little for my skin since she considered it to be in pretty good shape!

That said, I do think it is a good idea to try and look after your skin and am not holding my lackadaisical approach up as a standard....

If I don't moisturise my face within three minutes of getting out of the shower, I can barely talk as it's like wearing a really tight mask, and then within five minutes I look like a leper as all the skin starts peeling and flaking for about three inches around my mouth / cheeks. It's really sore.

As long as I moisturise, I can, you know, talk and eat and stuff.

I suppose the physical ramifications of having tight sore and flaking facial skin are just manifestations of my internal insecurities though.

It is hard to get it if you have been blessed with naturally supple body encasing that doesn't require anything other than a squish of water periodically. lucky buttered.

Speaking of preying on your insecurities though - I am very wary of dermatologists. Popping in to see one of those would sort out your issues with smug, buttered.

Did anybody bother to read the link to clinical trials that I posted ?

I did Biwi

Interesting as I always just figured that moisturisers were just a layer to keep some water in.

I don't know if it's worth me starting at 48 - after a lifetime of sunbathing(and sunbeds in the 80s!) and a laissez faire attitude to skin care. But having seen pics of myself taken today I might have to try somethin

I use a homemade mix of essential oils and shea butter. Skin is lovely :)

Squirrelsmum that sounds lovely. Do you make it yourself?

BIWI, the trial wasn't conducted by Boots but was funded by them. Not exactly unbiased.

I do. I use Boots no. 7 Protect and Perfect. At night I use the serum and then 5-10 minutes later the night cream. During the day, I wear a thin layer of the day cream (no serum).

I don't wear make-up except when I'm attending a wedding or going for a "big" night out (i.e. not just for a casual dinner or drinks or the cinema type of thing).