Body Oil and Lotion - Do I Need Both?
Just like your face, the skin on your body needs added hydration every day—especially after you’ve showered or during the colder months when the air is dry. Your skin can easily dry out, so using effective moisturizers is key. So what kind of moisturizer do you need? Body oil? Body lotion? Both? Actually, layering the two formulas will give you the highest level of hydration.
The Difference Between Body Oil and Lotion
Both types of products are designed to moisturize your skin—but the way they work differs. Lotion is a blend of water, oil, and an emulsifier that helps combine the oil and water so they don’t separate in the bottle. It often has humentants in it to help pull moisture deep into your skin to rehydrate it. Body oil is exactly what it sounds like: it’s made with oil. There is no water in it, so it needs a humectant to help it penetrate your skin. And it’s great at locking in moisture.
Why You Need an Oil
Oil gives you immediate moisturizing benefits thanks to its thicker, occlusive consistency. It easily softens flakey skin and soothes irritation. But its benefits are more short term since oil doesn’t penetrate the skin as easily as a lotion. It’s best to apply lotion right after a shower when your skin is damp, so the droplets of water from the shower help to pull the oil into your skin.
Oil can be very helpful for dry, dull skin. But it can also help to balance your skin’s sebum production. So even if you have naturally oily and acne-prone skin, don’t count oil out. Oils naturally have other important benefits like firming, protecting, and smoothing.
Why You Need a Lotion
Body lotion is a lighter weight moisturizer that easily sinks into your skin to deliver hydration thanks to its mix of oil and water. If it’s blended with humectants, these can increase the hydration levels even more. It also often has added ingredients to help the health of your skin, like antioxidants to help protect and repair skin faced with environmental stress.
Solutions from EVER
EVER’s LAVISH Nourishing & Firming Body Oil pairs perfectly with LAVISH Ultra Rich Body Butter. The oil is high in antioxidants and made with a blend of grapeseed, almond, and avocado oils and collagen-enhancing amino acids to help firm skin and reduce wrinkles. The lotion protects and smooths the skin with hydrating jojoba oil and a superfruit antioxidant complex.
A look at what makes EVER’s LAVISH newness for Summer 2021 the perfect pairing for parched skin. Treat your body like your face!
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