Here's some recommended moisturizers for dry, cracked, or flakey skin.

1. Caudalie Vinosource Intense Moisture Rescue. This extremely nourishing moisturizer contains grape oil and vinolevure; a fortifying compound from wine yeast which is great for dry and/or parched skin for deep hydration.

2. Bioderma Sensibio AR Cream. Bioderma is anti-redness which targets inflammation to treat dry skin and rosacea with oils & ginko. It has replenishing ingredients: Avocado oil, bilbo leaf extract, and camellia leaf extract to soothe skin.

3. La Roche-Posay Toleriane Soothing Protective Lotion. Great for dry/acne prone-skin since it's a lightweight, paraben-free, and fragrance-free moisturizer! It's also good for sensitive skin due to the spring water it has to soothe skin (antioxidant thermal). The soft, silky and refreshing, texture easily absorbs and is preservative free.

4. Avene Cicalfate Restorative Skin Cream. Avene really soothes redness, rashes, rosacea and inflammation. It's one of the best hydrating creams and it conditions very well. The product speeds up the recovery process of those skin issues you may have and reduces appearance of scarring. Their rich, occlusive ingredients has a protective texture in a water-oil formula. Pros: the thermal spring water soothes, softens, and calms the skin and has copper-sic sulfate complex to promote a healthy skin environment for optimal recovery. Sucralfate helps restore and protect damaged skin and isolates the lesion from external environmental aggressors.

5. Dr. Jart + Ceramidin Gel Cream (All Skin Types!). This cream keeps skin firm by preventing moisture loss; hydrating and extremely soothing. It retains an 85% moisture content due to its encapsulated ceramics from long-lasting hydration. Ceramide penetrates every layer of skin, restores lipids and "supports skin's barrier function to prevent moisture loss". It's rich gel texture is ultra light-weight to soothe skin and ideal for soothing damaged, scarred, and irritated skin from uva/uvb rays or sensitive skin. Dr. Jart's cream is paraben-free, sulfate-free, phthalates-free and has no mineral oils, talc, benzophenone, ethanol, or artificial fragrance. On the plus side, it does contain Phytoncide water to soothe and reduce redness. Aloe Vera Juice: moisturizes and soothes irritated skin. Ceramide 3: Provides time-released moisture and Licorice root extract to soothe even further.

4. Paula's Choice Skin Recovery Replenishing Moisturizer. Paula's Choice doesn't clog pores and helps minimize the appearance of wrinkles and improves your skin texture! It also reduces redness while preserving skin's moisture content. The antioxidants and plant oils restore radiance with it's creamy texture without leaving a greasy residue. Plus, it's 100% fragrance-free, not tested on animals and improves dullness drastically!

5. Crucial Moisture. Crucial Moisture relieves parched skin, tightens fine lines, and combats dryness while softening and soothing the skin. It penetrates quickly, with no oily residue. The product contains; Dimethicone: ultra-lubricating substance. Ginseng, Sumac, Gotu, Kola, Dong Qual Chinese Herbs: balancing plant extracts. Sandalwood, Clary Sage, Geranium essential oil: calming.

6. Cerave Facial Moisturizing Lotion. Cerave helps repair damaged skin and penetrates deep into each of the 7 layers of skin to hydrate and nourish. The ceramide 3 provides time-released moisture, non-greasy finish, softens skin, and goes on smoothly (glycerin). Also, it treats winter dryness.

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Moisturizers for Dry/Combination Skin

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