At La Mer, we recommend immersing skin in head-to-toe healing hydration with a rich body cream or silky body lotion. The main difference between body cream and body lotion is texture. Rich or silky, your choice will be guided by your personal preference. When regularly applied, these treatments effortlessly replenish skin, no matter the season.
In the midst of winter, it may seem like the only way to soothe dry skin is a trip to the tropics. With the right treatments at hand, you’ll discover this isn’t the case. Formulated with a rich and lavish texture, our luxury body cream, The Body Crème, cocoons skin in nourishing, powerful ingredients including Miracle Broth™, high-performance ferments and delivery systems. This body cream for dry skin delivers intense hydration and helps heal dryness, transporting your skin to an ideal state of renewal.
When warm weather arrives, you may prefer a luxury body lotion instead. Light and silky, The Reparative Body Lotion is ideal for daily hydration and keeps skin looking soft, pampered and luminous with a lighter touch.
Maintaining a body care routine is essential for keeping your skin looking healthy and nourished. If you’re wondering how to treat dry skin, follow these body care steps for soft, supple skin all year long:
• Exfoliate with a gentle body scrub or soft, dry brush. To reveal soft skin, use a dry brush to rub away dead skin before getting into the shower. Pay special attention to rough spots, such as knees, elbows and ankles. Alternatively, an exfoliating body scrub can be integrated into your shower routine as needed.
• Bathe with care. Opt for a mild body wash with moisturizing ingredients and use lukewarm water to help avoid drying skin out even more.
• Reach for a moisturizing body lotion or cream post-shower. Our best hydrating body lotions will hydrate to plump and quench dry skin. With frequent application of a body lotion or cream, you can maintain hydrated, smooth and soft skin.
Hands, often described as the most expressive part of the body, are also the most active. They’re exposed daily to environmental stressors, stripping soaps and drying hot water. As a result, over time, your hands can become dry, look dull and feel rough. Because of this, we believe that hands deserve the utmost care and attention.
The best way to help soothe dry hands is to regularly use a hydrating hand cream such as The Hand Treatment. Formulated for moisture-deprived hands, this luxury hand cream infused with Miracle Broth™ features a silky-smooth formula that hydrates, nourishes and softens skin in need of TLC.
Specifically designed for the thicker skin of our hands, hand cream has a sumptuous and rich texture due to its nourishing oil content, which is found in greater concentration than in our face and body creams. Luxurious hand creams like The Hand Treatment help replenish your hand’s moisture barrier with deep moisture and are designed for dry to very dry skin. The Renewal Oil is a nutrient-rich, multi-purpose oil that can be used on hands in need of extra TLC, softening the look of fine, dry lines.
To determine what type of care will be most beneficial for your hands, it’s important to identity what causes dry hands in your environment. In addition to minimizing exposure to harsh weather and irritants and wearing daily SPF, a moisturizing hand care routine is key for healthy looking and hydrated hands. A a rich and hydrating hand cream like The Hand Treatment can help replenish your natural moisture balance, and renew your skin’s appearance.
We recommend pausing for a moment of hand pampering on a regular basis. Gently massaging a hand moisturizer into your skin directly after washing or following exposure to harsh elements can help soothe while providing a moment of relaxation. For very dry hands, applying hand cream before bedtime floods skin with hydration. To enhance your hydration hibernation, a pair of cotton gloves worn over hand cream can help create an occlusive environment to help keep in moisture, so you wake with soft, glowing hands.
