How old were you when you started using face cream?

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I am considering starting to use face cream as a preventative measure!

My "beauty routine" currently consists of waking up, washing with water (soap destroys me), cleaning my teeth and er, that's it...!

So, I think it's high time I did something extra...

which creams would you recommend? I'm 26 and poor...

Skin (re)hydration is very complex and different skins require different products to maintain optimal hydration, however.

Purple, what sun screen do you recommend? I often use a factor 50 on my face. I can't find a brand that sinks well into my skin.

Skin is constantly aggressed by the environment - it is important to hydrate from within, but equally important to protect the skin from sun, wind, central heating etc.

Have used Nivea soft for as long as I can remember.

I agree, hard water is a killer for the skin.

Skin protection is not different from hydration. Water is drawn out of the skin by environmental factors. Water is retained within the skin if proper moisturisers are used. Different skins and different environmental factors require different moisturising products.

Moisturisers have a very strong cumulative effect also.

How can 'anything less than SPF 25 be useless'? Surely even factor 5 is better than nothing.

Get the cheapest cream with SPF in for general daytime use. I have Olay complete care fluid.

Riven I am 38 and do not use face cream yet. I do not have any wrinkles, but my skin does tend to be greasy, so I am afraid that creams will irritate it.

I may consider starting using an eye cream soon.

I am not a sun worshipper, because I burn easily. I think that if you go on the type of holidays where you sit on a sun lounger by a pool or beach all day long, then you will have wrinkles in your late twenties/early thirties. If you use sun beds, then you are also going to get wrinkles. If you are sensible with the sun, then you are more likely to keep a young skin for longer.

Started using a basic moisturiser when I was about 12/13. Used clinique dramatically different for years but I'm now on the hard core stuff .

At the moment I use Lancome primordiale and reckon it's great but I also totally rate the Olay regenerist cream if on a budget.

My mum had me on a clarins regime when I was about 13, it sorted out my teenage spots. I have been a convert ever since.

I would never go out without SPF, and never go to bed without cleasning.

Bonsoir, what products did you think were good?

I'm generally a fan of Avène and ADERMA products, and some Bioderma products too.

Thank, I'll check them out.

By TrillianAstra Mon 16-Nov-09 10:16:41
How can 'anything less than SPF 25 be useless'? Surely even factor 5 is better than nothing

I was repeating what I have read by many dermatologists- if you think that when you are on the beach/in hot sun you apply sun cream every hour or two- then what you put on your face usually has to last the whole day, if it's under make up, or you reapply.

SPF 5 gives you 5 times what your skin could cope with before showing sun damage- if that is say 30 minutes, then SPF5 would give you 2.5hrs' protection. Also, you need a sun block that contains mineral block ( zinc) not just chemicals.

The sun's rays get toyour skin even in cloudy weather- that's why you eed an SPF all year round.

At 23 when I got my first flat

Riven, my grandmother swears by Nivea! The old fashioned one in the blue tub. At 85, she is often mistaken for 15-20 yrs younger and a sibling to her daughters. It's been a lifelong habit, since she was young. I tried but it brings me out in spots!