De Betovering van Bodylotion - Een Essentieel Onderdeel van Mijn Leven

Body Lotions You Should Avoid

Here’s why it’s important to use a non-toxic body lotion. I created this ingredients comparison between the wildly popular eos body lotion versus the Derma e body lotion. They both cost about the same $11. The eos lotion contains petroleum-based ingredients (petrolatum and mineral oil) plus a ton of fragrance (the higher up on the ingredients list the more of it the product contains). For the same price, Derma E does not include petroleum-based ingredients and a safer fragrance at the bottom of the list.

The research

We interviewed three dermatologists: Dr. Angela J. Lamb of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, Dr. Papri Sarkar of Boston’s Brookline Dermatology Associates, and Dr. Cynthia Bailey of Advanced Skin Care and Dermatology Physicians in Northern California. They filled us in on how lotion works and how to prevent dry skin. We read dozens of academic papers and picked through the results of clinical trials to get up to speed on the latest research about how lotion works.

The best lotion for you is the one you’ll use consistently. If you’ve found one that you like and that’s cheap enough for you to use regularly and preventively, it’s probably good enough.

On the other hand, have you noticed that your lotion doesn’t seem to make a difference? You might be using it wrong. Many people avoid lotion because it’s too greasy, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Our picks are the least-greasy lotions we tested—read on for all you need to know about greasy lotion and how to avoid it.

For everyday wear

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If you prefer a more fruity touch, HUGO Women can be your signature fragrance. In addition to fruity notes, it incorporates floral and black tea notes, giving it a lot of character. If you lean towards citrusy touches, HUGO BOSS scent for her combines top notes of green mandarin and pink pepper, a heart of orange blossom, and base notes of cocoa, adding sensuality and elegance.

How lotion works

Your skin is an organ. Its job is to keep the outside out and hold your insides in.
Your skin’s structure is similar to that of a wall: It has bricks (dead skin cells) and mortar (oils and water) and a sealant (more oils) on top. Just because the skin cells are dead doesn’t mean they are useless—they contain proteins and fats that trap water, which keeps your skin healthy.

When skin gets dehydrated, two things happen: Allergens, microbes, and anything else that can get under your skin have an easier time doing so, and skin can’t shed its excess cells properly. “Our skin really is our first defense against the outside world,” said dermatologist Dr. Papri Sarkar. The result is dry, rough, scaly skin. “Ashy skin” is what a too-thick layer of dead skin cells looks like.

If you want to add moisture to your skin, you have to apply moisturizer to wet skin to trap excess water inside.

This means by the time you notice that you have dry skin, your skin’s self-healing processes are already overwhelmed. Ideally, you use a lotion to prevent dry skin before it happens. If you wait until it’s already dry, lotion can protect your skin while it heals, but does little to actively heal it.

Moisturizers add a thin layer of oil to the skin’s surface to replace the sealant and prevent water from evaporating. So if you want to add moisture to your skin, you have to apply moisturizer to wet skin to trap excess water inside. According to dermatologist Dr. Cynthia Bailey, ideally, your skin will already be soaked—wet for more than five minutes—and you’ll apply the moisturizer within three minutes (our other two dermatologist experts agreed).