How do mineral sprays and moisturizers affect the skin?

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1. Hydrate the skin

Hydration of the skin or can be understood as the process of moisturizing (watering) the skin, this is not something that only people with dry skin or dehydrated skin need to worry about. Hydrating your skin is like hydrating your body, your body needs to stay hydrated for its best appearance and vitality, and so does your skin, regardless of your skin type.
A lot of advertised products will give the user a hydrated skin including skin oils, gels or moisturizers, facial mists... So how to choose a food grade providing the skin with the necessary amount of moisture?

2. Hydrating vs Moisturizing - what's the difference?

Scientifically, moisturizer is a general term to refer to moisturizers that contain moisturizing ingredients (which retain moisture in the skin, not letting them lose it):
Emollients (fats and oils) oil); Squalene (vegetable oil); Humectant; Moisture lock. However, in the marketing world, these terms have changed. "Moisturization and moisturizing are just marketing terms and they can be defined by brands however they want," says Perry Romanowski, cosmetic chemist and co-founder of The Beauty Brains.
Although there are no standards for the definitions of moisturizing and moisturizing, most brands that use these terms mean that the user's skin will get the necessary amount of moisture when used product.
Moisturizers are oil-based ingredients, including humectants (such as mineral oils), emollients (such as esters) and vegetable oils. They work by creating a "seal" layer on the surface of the skin to prevent water from escaping (moisturizing). Romanowski says they also make the skin smoother and less dry.
Meanwhile, humectants like glycerin or hyaluronic acid work to absorb more water from the atmosphere or your interior. Moisturizing products are used to increase the amount of water in the skin. The upper layers of the epidermis need to be hydrated to ensure the suppleness and strength of the skin.
Besides, moisturizing products also contain humectants to prevent moisture from escaping from the skin. Therefore, on the market, moisturizing skin care products (such as facial mists) often have additional moisturizing properties.
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3. Is water a good moisturizer?

Water is not a strong enough ingredient to moisturize your skin. When you leave the shower, the water will naturally evaporate along with the natural oils on your skin. In fact, the more you rinse your skin without applying a moisturizer or a facial mist, the more likely it is that your skin will dry out than if you hadn't washed it with water. However, water is an indispensable ingredient in facial mist products.
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4. Which option is best for the skin?

There are many skin care products on the market, from balms, moisturizers, gels, ointments to skin mists, most of these products do the same thing in moisturizing the skin.
Romanowski says: “Most skin moisturizers contain both emollient, humectant, and humectant ingredients, so they work to hydrate and hydrate the skin at the same time. . The dosage form of a product is gel, balm, cream, or liquid... does not really affect the effectiveness of the product. Appearance only affects the experience when using”.
Sometimes the user's skin can be better with just moisturizer or skin mist, not both. If you have dry skin, try a thicker moisturizer. A thick moisturizer will help prevent water from "flying" from your skin, providing nutrients and nourishing the skin. According to Romanowski, “For dry skin, petrolatum blockers are best.”
If the skin is temporarily dehydrated, you need to actively replenish water back to the skin. Look for a hydrating serum with hyaluronic acid - this can attract an impressive amount of water, 1,000 times its weight, to help replenish moisture in the skin.
Try to drink a lot of water is the simplest and most effective method of providing moisture to the skin. Add water-rich foods such as watermelon, strawberry, cucumber... to help provide the necessary moisture for your skin and body.
The fact that you have oily skin does not mean that your skin is not dehydrated, if your skin is dehydrated it can aggravate the problem of oily skin. People with oily skin often have damaged skin barrier function, making it difficult for the skin to retain moisture. So when the moisture escapes, dehydrated skin will again produce more oil. This is a vicious cycle and the only way to break it is to provide the skin with the necessary moisture.

People with oily skin should look for water-based, hypoallergenic moisturizers. So is mineral spray good? Water-based moisturizers like mineral sprays will feel softer on the skin and won't clog your pores.

5. Distinguishing moisturizing ingredients - moisturizing

Choosing moisturizers or moisturizers all depends on your skin type, most regular skin moisturizers do both. Here is a list of some ingredients that hydrate and moisturize the skin:

In fact, there is no harm in using both humectants and humectants at the same time, simply by applying a hydrator like hyaluronic acid first, and then following with a vegetable oil. to retain moisture. Or if you want things to be simpler, find a product that does both. Masks are a great option to either hydrate and moisturize the skin in a single product.

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Reference source: healthline.com