Comments on: Does Over-Moisturizing Dry Out Your Skin? http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/09/30/beauty-q-a-does-over-moisturizing-dry-out-your-skin/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:18:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steph http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/09/30/beauty-q-a-does-over-moisturizing-dry-out-your-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-46374 Steph Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:40:20 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/06/20/beauty-q-a-does-over-moisturizing-dry-out-your-skin/#comment-46374 I just read an article somewhere saying that lotions disrupt the skin's water barrier and thus do make you addicted, even though the beauty brains says otherwise. Is there any new information on this? I just read an article somewhere saying that lotions disrupt the skin’s water barrier and thus do make you addicted, even though the beauty brains says otherwise. Is there any new information on this?

]]> By: Sunday Link Love #003 http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/09/30/beauty-q-a-does-over-moisturizing-dry-out-your-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-43280 Sunday Link Love #003 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:50:26 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/06/20/beauty-q-a-does-over-moisturizing-dry-out-your-skin/#comment-43280 [...] Can overmoisturizing dry out your skin? [The Beauty Brains] [...] [...] Can overmoisturizing dry out your skin? [The Beauty Brains] [...]

]]> By: Tony Hurst http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/09/30/beauty-q-a-does-over-moisturizing-dry-out-your-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-42961 Tony Hurst Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:54:22 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/06/20/beauty-q-a-does-over-moisturizing-dry-out-your-skin/#comment-42961 In the piece on lip balms it was said, "Since the top layer isn’t drying and flaking off as much [due to balm use], the basal layer never gets the signal to produce new cells." MK makes a mask & balm set, Satin Lips. You use the mask first to remove the dead skin cells and then apply the balm. Using the mask every three days should trigger new skin cell growth and avoid the issue. In the piece on lip balms it was said, “Since the top layer isn’t drying and flaking off as much [due to balm use], the basal layer never gets the signal to produce new cells.”

MK makes a mask & balm set, Satin Lips. You use the mask first to remove the dead skin cells and then apply the balm. Using the mask every three days should trigger new skin cell growth and avoid the issue.

]]> By: Epione, Los Angeles Cosmetic Surgery http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/09/30/beauty-q-a-does-over-moisturizing-dry-out-your-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-42958 Epione, Los Angeles Cosmetic Surgery Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:43:16 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/06/20/beauty-q-a-does-over-moisturizing-dry-out-your-skin/#comment-42958 Any other treatment which can use in the place of balm to protect our lip-skin? Any other treatment which can use in the place of balm to protect our lip-skin?

]]> By: Tony Hurst http://thebeautybrains.com/2009/09/30/beauty-q-a-does-over-moisturizing-dry-out-your-skin/comment-page-1/#comment-42899 Tony Hurst Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:41:30 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/06/20/beauty-q-a-does-over-moisturizing-dry-out-your-skin/#comment-42899 Balms are emolients. They are waxy and seal the skin. Body moisturizers are generally humectants, they draw moisture in. Eye skin is very thin and fragile but not like lip skin. Balms are emolients. They are waxy and seal the skin. Body moisturizers are generally humectants, they draw moisture in. Eye skin is very thin and fragile but not like lip skin.

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