Lancôme 5-Piece Absolue Rich Cream Set

Why Moisturize?
Everyone can benefit from using a moisturizer after cleansing. The key is finding the appropriate moisturizer based on your skin type. Moisturizers seal moisture into the skin, so the effect is hydrating while also inhibiting evaporation. Many moisturizers contain active ingredients that deliver vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and skin supporting compounds to provide therapeutic benefits that sooth, protect and ultimately delay the onset of early aging.
Eye creams are optional, but may be desirable for those with dry or aging skin as a welcome addendum to a moisturizer. Some individuals have very delicate eye areas that are more susceptible to wrinkling, dark circles and puffiness. An eye cream can help address these specific concerns with intense moisture and a high concentration of active ingredients.

How to Choose a Moisturizer
The oilier your complexion, the lighter and more liquid your moisturizer should be. Some moisturizers even have oil free ingredients that still serve to moisturize the skin without adding oil. Conversely, dry or aging skin requires a more moisturizing-nourishing preparation. Use a moisturizer labeled with your skin type or specific skin concern. If you live in a particularly harsh climate, consider wearing a more moisturizing face cream during the winter and switch to a lighter formula during warmer months.
Night creams tend to be thicker and more moisturizing than day creams. It is generally recommended to have separate moisturizers simply for the fact that you will want a day cream with a Sun Protection Factor (SPF). This will provide you with added protection from sun damage that ultimately leads to premature aging.
Based on the amount of time you spend outside on any particular day, you might want to wear a moisturizer designed for outdoor use with a significantly higher SPF. You must also factor in how easily your skin burns and take precautions to protect your skin with a sufficient SPF. As a general rule, it is recommended that your day moisturizer should have at least 15-20 SPF, and if you spend more time outdoors, consider a moisturizer with 30+ SPF.

How to Use Moisturizer
After you wash your face and apply toner or a serum (optional), scoop out enough moisturizer to comfortably cover your face and neck area. Using your finger tips, rub it in using upward strokes, making sure to moisturize the neck, décolletage and earlobes. In order to prevent streaks, allow your moisturizer to penetrate before applying foundation.

When skin ages, its collagen and elastin are produced more slowly. This causes gradual changes like hyperpigmentation, discoloration, dryness, sagging, wrinkles, crepe-like folds, loss of muscle tone, textural unevenness and loss of elasticity.

The topical application of key skin firming ingredients works synergistically to protect and strengthen the skin. Skin care products should have a combination of naturally occurring active ingredients. They will contain compounds to protect which will likely be in the form of extracts containing antioxidants. Another set of ingredients will firm the skin by penetrating through its seven layers to support the collagen process at a cellular level.

Skin firming creams are usually formulated as night creams. They tend to be richer, thicker and more emollient and should be able to stay on long enough to absorb for maximum benefits. In general, face creams are designed to minimize lines/wrinkles, improve skin density, firm, plump and decrease puffiness (especially in the eye area).

Many manufacturers describe their product as a "cocktail" of ingredients that work together to decrease the effects of aging. Skin firming and anti-aging ingredients often include antioxidants, minerals, seaweed, herb extracts and different kinds of oils like Vitamins A and E. Other ingredients attributed to having a firming effect on the skin include green tea, aloe vera, beech bud extract, alpha lipoic acids, shea butter, hyaluronic acid and the very exotic sounding emu oil. Some firming and anti-aging products also contain light reflecting pigments, such as mica, to enhance the glow and make the skin look radiant.

What is a Serum?
Deciding to use a serum can depend on various factors including skin type, age or degree of damage. They are able to effectively absorb onto the skin, delivering active ingredients for maximum benefit. Depending on ingredients, serums contain anti-aging properties that help to firm, tighten, provide anti-oxidants, re-texturize, or address the signs of aging. If you decide to use a serum with your moisturizer, select one with the ingredients or benefits associated with the concerns you wish to address.

How To Use

Creme Rich - Apply an even layer to clean, dry skin.

Creme Fondante - Use daily, in the morning and/or at night. Apply an even layer to clean, dry skin.

Oleo-Serum - Use twice daily, in the morning and at night, on clean, dry skin before using your moisturize. Rub your fingertips together so that the serum is evenly distributed on the fingertips of each hand. Gently apply the serum onto the face and neck using outward motions.

Eye Serum - Use twice daily, in the morning and at night, on clean, dry skin or before eye cream. Using your fingertips with a tapping motion, apply small pearls of the serum to the skin on the eye contour. Gently smooth the serum onto the skin until it is completely absorbed.

Eye Cream - Use twice daily, in the morning and at night, on clean, dry skin or after using your eye serum. Using your fingertips, apply small pearls of the cream to the delicate area under the eye, dotting from the outer to inner corners.Gently massage the cream on the eye area using small, circular motions. Avoid pulling the skin and applying too close to the eyes

Average Days of Supply: Depends on Use

Ingredients

Creme Rich - AQUA / WATER, GLYCERIN, HYDROGENATED POLYISOBUTENE, OCTYLDODECANOL, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, SQUALANE, GLYCERYL STEARATE, CETYL ALCOHOL, ZEA MAYS GERM OIL / CORN GERM OIL, COCOS NUCIFERA OIL / COCONUT OIL, PEG-100 STEARATE, DIMETHICONE, CYCLOHEXASILOXANE, CERA ALBA / BEESWAX, MYRISTYL MYRISTATE, CI 14700 / RED 4, CI 19140 / YELLOW 5, ALCOHOL, TOCOPHEROL, HYDROXYPROPYL TETRAHYDROPYRANTRIOL, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, HYDROLYZED LINSEED EXTRACT, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SODIUM BENZOATE, PHENOXYETHANOL, ADENOSINE, PEG-14M, CHLORPHENESIN, POLYSORBATE 80, LIMONENE, XANTHAN GUM, PANTHENOL, PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRA-DI-T-BUTYL HYDROXYHYDROCINNAMATE, PENTYLENE GLYCOL, LINALOOL, PROPANEDIOL, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, ISOHEXADECANE, CAPRYLOYL SALICYLIC ACID, SORBITAN TRISTEARATE, ACRYLAMIDE/SODIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYLTAURATE COPOLYMER, CARBOMER, SORBITAN OLEATE, GERANIOL, ROSE EXTRACT, DISODIUM EDTA, ROSA DAMASCENA FLOWER OIL, ROSA CENTIFOLIA FLOWER EXTRACT, TETRASODIUM GLUTAMATE DIACETATE, CITRONELLOL, COUMARIN, PARFUM / FRAGRANCE

Creme Fondante - AQUA / WATER, GLYCERIN, HYDROGENATED POLYISOBUTENE, DIMETHICONE, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, BIS-BEHENYL/ISOSTEARYL/PHYTOSTERYL DIMER DILINOLEYL DIMER DILINOLEATE, BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII BUTTER / SHEA BUTTER, LIMNANTHES ALBA SEED OIL / MEADOWFOAM SEED OIL, STEARYL ALCOHOL, C30-45 ALKYL DIMETHICONE, PEG-20 STEARATE, SILICA, PANTHENOL, HYDROXYPROPYL TETRAHYDROPYRANTRIOL, PEG-100 STEARATE, GLYCERYL STEARATE, OCTYLDODECANOL, PROPANEDIOL, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, PHENOXYETHANOL, AMMONIUM POLYACRYLOYLDIMETHYL TAURATE, CHLORPHENESIN, ROSE EXTRACT, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, CARBOMER, CAPRYLOYL SALICYLIC ACID, ACRYLATES/C10-30 ALKYL ACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER, PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRA-DI-T-BUTYL HYDROXYHYDROCINNAMATE, POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, TETRASODIUM EDTA, ADENOSINE, HYDROLYZED LINSEED EXTRACT, ZEA MAYS OIL / CORN OIL, PRUNUS ARMENIACA KERNEL OIL / APRICOT KERNEL OIL, PASSIFLORA EDULIS SEED OIL, ORYZA SATIVA BRAN OIL / RICE BRAN OIL, CARAMEL, LIMONENE, TETRASODIUM GLUTAMATE DIACETATE, LINALOOL, PEG-30 DIPOLYHYDROXYSTEARATE, ROSA DAMASCENA FLOWER OIL, TRIDECETH-6, ALCOHOL, CITRONELLOL, GERANIOL, SODIUM BENZOATE, TOCOPHEROL, COUMARIN, ROSA CENTIFOLIA FLOWER EXTRACT, CI 14700 / RED 4, CI 19140 / YELLOW 5, CITRIC ACID, ASCORBYL PALMITATE, PARFUM / FRAGRANCE

Oleo-Serum - AQUA / WATER, GLYCERIN, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, BIS-PEG-18 METHYL ETHER DIMETHYL SILANE, ALCOHOL DENAT., HYDROXYPROPYL TETRAHYDROPYRANTRIOL, PEG-20, DIMETHICONE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, VINYL DIMETHICONE/METHICONE SILSESQUIOXANE CROSSPOLYMER, POLYMETHYLSILSESQUIOXANE, METHYL GLUCETH-20, ORBIGNYA OLEIFERA SEED OIL, CI 77891 / TITANIUM DIOXIDE, CI 15985 / YELLOW 6, CI 61570 / GREEN 5, MICA, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, HYDROGENATED LECITHIN, SODIUM HYALURONATE, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, HYDROLYZED LINSEED EXTRACT, SODIUM BENZOATE, PHENOXYETHANOL, ADENOSINE, DIMETHYL ISOSORBIDE, AMMONIUM POLYACRYLOYLDIMETHYL TAURATE, LIMONENE, XANTHAN GUM, PANTHENOL, LINALOOL, PROPANEDIOL, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, CAPRYLOYL SALICYLIC ACID, CARBOMER, ACRYLATES/C10-30 ALKYL ACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER, GERANIOL, ROSE EXTRACT, DISODIUM EDTA, ROSA DAMASCENA FLOWER OIL, ROSA CENTIFOLIA FLOWER EXTRACT, OCTYLDODECANOL, TETRASODIUM GLUTAMATE DIACETATE, BHT, CITRONELLOL, COUMARIN, PARFUM / FRAGRANCE

Eye Serum - AQUA / WATER, PROPANEDIOL, BIFIDA FERMENT LYSATE, GLYCERIN, ALCOHOL DENAT., BIS-PEG-18 METHYL ETHER DIMETHYL SILANE, DIMETHICONE, PEG-20, ACACIA SENEGAL GUM, PEG/PPG/POLYBUTYLENE GLYCOL-8/5/3 GLYCERIN, LIMNANTHES ALBA SEED OIL / MEADOWFOAM SEED OIL, VINYL DIMETHICONE/METHICONE SILSESQUIOXANE CROSSPOLYMER, HYDROXYETHYLPIPERAZINE ETHANE SULFONIC ACID, CI 77891 / TITANIUM DIOXIDE, MICA, HYDROXYPROPYL TETRAHYDROPYRANTRIOL, HYDROGENATED LECITHIN, SODIUM HYALURONATE, SODIUM BENZOATE, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, HYDROLYZED LINSEED EXTRACT, PHENOXYETHANOL, ADENOSINE, CAFFEINE, PPG-3 MYRISTYL ETHER, SILICA, CHLORELLA VULGARIS EXTRACT, DIMETHICONE/VINYL DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER, AMMONIUM POLYACRYLOYLDIMETHYL TAURATE, XANTHAN GUM, PANTHENOL, PENTYLENE GLYCOL, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, CARBOMER, GERANIOL, JASMINUM OFFICINALE FLOWER EXTRACT / JASMINE FLOWER EXTRACT, ROSA DAMASCENA FLOWER OIL, ROSA CENTIFOLIA FLOWER EXTRACT, BHT, CITRONELLOL

Eye Cream - AQUA / WATER, GLYCERIN, CYCLOHEXASILOXANE, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, ALCOHOL DENAT., BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII BUTTER / SHEA BUTTER, STEARIC ACID, STEARYL ALCOHOL, CETYL ALCOHOL, PALMITIC ACID, PEG-100 STEARATE, GLYCERYL STEARATE, CERA ALBA / BEESWAX, SODIUM STEAROYL GLUTAMATE, OCTYLDODECANOL, CI 77891 / TITANIUM DIOXIDE, CI 19140 / YELLOW 5, CI 16035 / RED 40, ZEA MAYS OIL / CORN OIL, MICA, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, ESCIN, TOCOPHEROL, ASCORBYL PALMITATE, HYDROXYPROPYL TETRAHYDROPYRANTRIOL, HYDROLYZED LINSEED EXTRACT, SODIUM BENZOATE, PHENOXYETHANOL, ADENOSINE, PEG-20 STEARATE, TRISODIUM ETHYLENEDIAMINE DISUCCINATE, POLYSORBATE 80, CHLORHEXIDINE DIGLUCONATE, PANTHENOL, PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRA-DI-T-BUTYL HYDROXYHYDROCINNAMATE, TIN OXIDE, PROPANEDIOL, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, ISOHEXADECANE, CAPRYLOYL SALICYLIC ACID, ACRYLAMIDE/SODIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYLTAURATE COPOLYMER, MYRISTIC ACID, SORBITAN OLEATE, GERANIOL, PASSIFLORA EDULIS SEED OIL, ROSE EXTRACT, ROSA DAMASCENA FLOWER OIL, ROSA CENTIFOLIA FLOWER EXTRACT, TETRASODIUM GLUTAMATE DIACETATE, CITRONELLOL, CITRIC ACID, PRUNUS ARMENIACA KERNEL OIL / APRICOT KERNEL OIL, ORYZA SATIVA BRAN OIL / RICE BRAN OIL, PARFUM / FRAGRANCE