What is the difference between lotion and cream?

Skin care is a key step for girls to learn to maintain their skin every day. It can prevent skin aging and sagging, and make the skin smooth and elastic, so skin care products are indispensable, such as: toner, lotion, eye cream, face cream, essence, etc. Among them, lotion and face cream are quite similar, and their functions are also similar. They both hydrate and repair the skin. However, many girls don’t understand the difference between lotion and face cream. Let’s take a look below.

I believe everyone is familiar with lotions and creams, which play an important role in skin care products. Although lotions and creams, as essential products in basic skin care steps, are often used together, the difference between lotions and creams does not disappear. So what is the difference between lotion and cream? To solve the difference between lotion and cream, we need to explain them in detail.

Difference between cream and lotion

1. Facial cream is not suitable for use in summer, but lotion is suitable for use all year round.

2. Facial cream is a paste with a thick texture, while lotion is a liquid with a light texture and is easily absorbed.

3. Facial creams contain a lot of oil and have a strong moisturizing effect. Although lotions are well absorbed, their moisturizing and retention time are not as strong as those of facial creams.

4. When the weather is dry, you may still feel dryness when you only apply lotion. You need to add moisturizing cream to lock in skin moisture and enhance moisturizing.

Lotion or cream?

After understanding the difference between lotion and cream, many people begin to wonder whether to use lotion or cream. In fact, whether to use lotion or cream depends on the needs of personal skin.

Lotion is generally used as the second step of basic care, so it is usually refreshing, light and non-greasy. It is suitable for most skin types, including normal, combination and oily skin, and is suitable for daytime use. Facial creams are generally thicker in texture and contain more moisturizing ingredients. They are suitable for dry and normal skin and for special care at night.

In general, lotion is suitable for basic care and is suitable for most people's needs. Facial cream is a deep care, and you need to choose products with different functions according to different needs.

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Facial creams include: moisturizing cream, anti-aging cream, whitening cream

The moisturizing cream has a high water content, is easy to spread, well absorbed, and has high water retention. It contains ingredients including: hyaluronic acid, glycerin, amino acids, collagen, provitamin B5, AHA, etc.

The whitening cream contains arbutin, tranexamic acid, ellagic acid, L-C and other whitening ingredients. It is non-irritating, safe and reliable, does not contain alcohol, has mild properties, can penetrate into the skin and improve dull skin tone.

Anti-aging cream provides a dual anti-aging effect, which can stimulate the regeneration function of skin cells, while promoting the synthesis of collagen, improving skin texture, brightening skin tone, and making the skin more delicate and tender.

Generally speaking, the cream contains an SPF15 light filtering system, which can enhance the ability to resist external pollution and protect the skin from damage.