Nowadays, many MMs like to use cream, but they don't know much about what cream is and what it does. When it comes to cream, we have to talk about its origin first. In fact, the earliest cream in China is Ponzi's cream. At that time, the slogan was "isolate ultraviolet rays, isolate dirty air and isolate makeup". These three functions have also become the slogan of other creams in the future, and even in the minds of many consumers, these are the basic functions of creams. However, the cream at that time was only a sunscreen with a very low SPF value, but this ordinary sunscreen unexpectedly became popular after changing the door of the cream, so more and more creams came out later.
Can cream really isolate ultraviolet rays, dirty air and makeup, or can it isolate computer radiation? No matter how effective the cream is, the essence is still cream. Cream can't really isolate the so-called dirty air and makeup, because it can't form an "iron wall" on the face, so the dirty air and makeup will inevitably fall on the face more or less. You can't think that everything will be fine after using the cream, and you don't have to worry about getting worse!
Isolation cream does have an isolation effect on ultraviolet rays, and its essence is sun protection! The sunscreen used in sunscreen is the same as that used in sunscreen, and it is usually divided into two categories: organic sunscreen and physical sunscreen. Organic sunscreen works with ultraviolet rays to change the wavelength of ultraviolet rays, so that ultraviolet rays harmful to the skin become harmless; Physical sunscreen (titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, etc. ) mainly uses the principle of refraction to block ultraviolet rays. From this perspective, sunscreen and sunscreen are the same thing.
Protecting computer radiation is also the slogan of many sunscreens now, but it is difficult to do it with the current technology. Most of the computer radiation belongs to low-frequency radiation, with a wavelength of about 6.5cm, while isolation cream and sunscreen cream are mainly aimed at ultraviolet rays with a wavelength of 0.0 1-0.40 micron. It can be seen that the cream has no effect on computer radiation at all. In addition to radiation, computers can also cause harm to human body, and the electrostatic effect of computer screens will absorb a lot of dust in the air. When using computers, our skin is in a rather dirty environment. As for dust protection, ordinary creams and lotions can do it. Therefore, MMs who often use computers don't have to use cream. It is more affordable to wash their faces and wash away some dust after using computers.
Classification of cream
Judging from the classification of cosmetics, there is no such thing as cream. The original sunscreen was just sunscreen, and the SPF value was very low. Now some creams also have the functions of covering leisure, adjusting skin color and similar foundation. Therefore, many MMs feel very vague about the efficacy of cream. Basically, it can be divided into two categories:
1. Only sunscreen effect: that is, general low SPF sunscreen, mainly made in Europe and America.
2. It has the function of sun protection and skin color modification, and most of these products are Japanese and Korean products. This kind of products can not only be used as sunscreen, but also as foundation, which can be described as a combination of multiple functions.
Isolation creams are basically divided into two categories, that is, those with only sunscreen function and those with sunscreen and skin modification function. Everyone should choose according to their actual needs. If you only want to have a basic sunscreen effect, you can choose sunscreen or sunscreen with low SPF value. If you want to do some skin color correction, you can choose a cream with foundation effect.
Function chapter of cream
Function 1: forms a protective barrier between skin and makeup.
Showing people with "fine makeup" every day will directly lead to dull skin, lack of healthy luster, loose skin and acne. The use of sunscreen before makeup is to provide a clean and gentle environment for the skin and form a "front line" against external invasion.
In fact, cream is an important step to protect makeup and skin. If you don't use cream to apply foundation, it will clog pores and hurt the skin, and it is also easy to cause the foundation commonly known as "eating" to fall off.
But don't think that everything will be fine as long as you apply cream. If you don't carefully remove makeup and clean, your skin will also suffer misfortune.
The second function of sunscreen: sun protection and isolation of dirty air.
Some skin hazards are hard to avoid, such as ultraviolet rays and pollutants in the air, even when facing the sky. The second function of the cream is to block these two irresistible natural factors.
Some sunscreens have no sunscreen function and can only play a role of "dust prevention". However, most creams have a certain sun protection index, so they have a certain anti-ultraviolet function. Generally speaking, SPF 15 cream can cope with daily sun protection and isolation work.
The third function of cream: regulating skin color.
Different skin colors and skin types need different color creams to adjust skin color.
Green cream is suitable for reddish skin and acne skin. Green and blue contrast with reddish skin, making the skin appear white.
Purple cream is suitable for people with yellowish skin and pale complexion. The skin is yellow and dull. Apply purple cream to make your skin look bright.
Related knowledge links-purple partition and green partition
1. Purple: In chromatics, the contrast color of purple is yellow, so purple has the greatest neutralization effect on yellow. Its function is to make the skin look healthy, bright, white and ruddy. Suitable for ordinary skin and yellowish skin.
2. Green: In chromatics, the contrast color of green is red! Green cream can neutralize excessive redness on the face and make the skin look bright and white. In addition, it can effectively reduce the obvious degree of acne marks. Suitable for reddish skin and skin with acne marks.
The fourth function of cream: anti-radiation
For OL who needs to face the computer for a long time, without proper protection, the skin is prone to pigmentation, fine lines and premature aging. It is a good way to use cream to fight computer radiation. Most of their ingredients are rich in antioxidant factors and high-concentration nutritional moisturizing ingredients, such as green tea ingredients and pure vitamin E, which can inhibit the generation of free radicals, prevent premature aging of the skin, make the skin completely protected under thin protection, and make the skin safely relaxed when facing the computer.
Choice of cream
The cream with foundation can not only protect the skin, but also make the skin feel shiny, light in texture and elegant in makeup. The most important thing is ventilation and comfort. At present, there are more and more skin care products with the functions of foundation, sun protection and skin nutrition, which can also be said to be a development trend in the future. If you choose this product, skin care will become very simple and you don't need to apply it layer by layer. You only need to apply one product to achieve the triple effects of skin care, skin color correction and sun protection.
The cream in make-up is not the same as what we usually know. When applying makeup, you will need to apply some lotions, lotions and creams before applying foundation, mainly to moisturize the skin and help the foundation adhere to the skin better. We also call this kind of products face cream. When you make up, you only need to use make-up water, lotion and cream as the base makeup, not those creams bought in the market. Because those creams contain a lot of powder (especially products with foundation effect), if there is powder in general products, the skin feels very dry. If you use this product as a primer, the skin will feel dry and tight, and secondly, it is not easy to make them stick together by applying foundation, loose powder and blush. And the powder will easily fall off, making the makeup look unnatural and it is difficult to achieve a transparent and flawless state.
Usually, if you want to wear some light makeup without too many skin defects, then you can only use a cream with the effect of modifying skin color, which will look natural and feel breathable and comfortable. Unfortunately, although it has the effect of retouching, its ability to cover and modify coarse pores is far less than that of liquid foundation. You can cover dark circles and acne with concealer first, and then apply a layer of cream, and your skin will be fine.
Cleaning cream is very important. Because the cream can only help you soften your skin at most, there is no isolation function, so there is no way to isolate makeup. In fact, makeup will not make the skin worse, and the quality of the skin depends on whether it is removed. So we must pay attention to cleaning work!
There is not only sunscreen in the cream, but also toner, so cleaning should also take the same means as makeup removal. For general sunscreen, you can only use foam-free facial cleanser (if you feel that your skin is too oily after washing, you can wash it with foam facial cleanser again); For foundation cream, use cleaning oil and cleaning cream to remove makeup. Remember, be sure to clean it, otherwise the cream will affect normal skin like makeup.
Cream skill
The magical use of beauty repair cream
The English name of self-cultivation cream is Age-Fighting Foundation, which literally means: build a mature foundation on your face and skin, and form a breathable film after local application, which can let your skin breathe freely, and at the same time have the isolation effect of wind, sand and external erosion.
Therefore, the basic functions of self-cultivation cream should be: beauty, isolation, moisturizing and moisturizing. After use, it can make the skin dull and colorless, forming a bright, moist, delicate, natural and silky complexion.
A general beauty cream contains the following ingredients: shea butter, squalane, hyaluronic acid, vitamin E, titanium dioxide and iron oxide.
The main functions of these ingredients are:
1, the selected oil, powder and skin can be perfectly combined to maintain the beautiful effect of makeup for a long time.
2. Covering fine powder can dilute wrinkles and pores and adjust the dull and irregular state of facial skin. Give the skin a faint pink color, make the skin delicate and present a healthy complexion from the inside out.
3, containing biological hyaluronic acid, moisturizing and preventing the loss of water and nutrients.
4. After smearing, a fine breathable film is formed, which can make the skin breathe freely and has the isolation function of wind, sand and external erosion.
Usage: After using the basic day cream (emulsion), apply a proper amount of cosmetic cream to the center of the face and evenly apply it with fingertips or sponge.
In the windy and sandy season in spring, it's time to use beauty cream!
Tips for using moisturizer
Generally speaking, most moisturizers on the market are white, green and purple. White is suitable for all skin colors. It can be used locally to create a three-dimensional effect on the face, or it can be used on the whole face to make the skin look white. Green is suitable for easily reddening skin to correct skin color; Purple is suitable for people with dull or sallow complexion, and can neutralize sallow to become pink and tender skin color.
Others are:
Pink-suitable for people with fair skin, which can create a rosy feeling.
Pearlescent-can gather light on the whole face, showing a three-dimensional effect of platinum luster.
Yellow-Used to correct uneven skin tone and make yellow skin more natural.
Peach color-can modify the dullness of face and eyes.
In addition to the whole face, touch-up cream can be used as a local brightening, dark brown can be used to repair capacity, green can be used to fight reddish acne scars, and yellow can be used to modify brown dark circles at the moment.
Isolation cream color products
Efficacy of different color creams
The colors of creams of different brands are not necessarily the same, and the effects of creams of different colors are also different. Generally speaking, the colors of face cream can be divided into six kinds: purple, green, white, blue, gold and skin color, and different colors represent different capacity-repairing functions.
Purple: Purple has the function of neutralizing yellow, so it is suitable for ordinary skin and slightly yellow skin. Its function is to make the skin look healthy, bright, white and ruddy.
Green: Suitable for reddish skin and skin with acne marks. Green cream can neutralize excessive redness of the face and make the skin look bright and white. In addition, it can effectively reduce the obvious degree of acne marks.
White: specially designed for dull, dull and unclean skin with uneven pigment distribution. After using hoarfrost, the skin brightness will increase and the skin color will look clean and shiny.
Blue: Suitable for fair, bloodless and dull skin. Blue can gently modify the skin color, making the skin look "pink" naturally and appropriately. It can make the skin look purer, whiter and more attractive.
Golden: If you want to have healthy chocolate skin, then golden cream is the best choice. Golden cream can make skin dark red, crystal clear and bright.
Near skin tone: Skin tone cream has no color matching function, but it has a high moisturizing effect. Suitable for people with rosy skin and normal complexion, and those who only need to replenish water to prevent dryness and do not need cosmetic repair.
Anti-aging cream
Correct application steps of cream and foundation
1. Clean the skin and keep your hands dry;
2. Apply a proper amount of cream to your cheeks and stretch it upward from your cheeks with your index finger, middle finger and ring finger;
3. Expand to the center of the forehead, then stretch to both sides, and then pat until completely absorbed;
4. Pour a proper amount of foundation into the center of your right hand and dip it with your left finger. Starting from the left cheek, gently pat it open with the fingertips of the index finger, middle finger and ring finger, and stretch it upward to expand the application area;
5. The fingertips gradually slide around the eyes and nose, and at the same time gently pat and evenly smear around;
6. The steps on the right side are the same as above. Finally, put your finger on your chin, pat it gently and apply it evenly.
Comparison of cream
The difference between sunscreen and sunscreen
Sunscreen only has sunscreen function. In addition to the sunscreen function, the cream also adds antioxidant, whitening or vitamin components. Compared with ordinary sunscreen, sunscreen is purer and easier to absorb, and it can also prevent the damage of dirty air and ultraviolet rays to the skin. If you are an office worker and just meet the sun on your way to and from work, just apply some sunscreen, there is no need to apply another layer of sunscreen; However, if you need to stay outdoors in strong sunlight for a long time, it is safe to use high-power sunscreen.
Isolation cream VS sunscreen
There are two kinds of cream. There is also a dressing room. Because the early make-up products all contained ingredients that would harm the skin, we "invented" adding a cream between skin care and make-up products to isolate the make-up from the dirty air and make the make-up more delicate and docile. There are still many such creams in Japanese and Korean brands. Later, sunscreen was added to the cream, which became sunscreen.
The other is actually sunscreen, because it contains or completely blocks ultraviolet rays with physical sunscreen, so it is called UVBlock or SunBlock.
As far as sunscreen effect is concerned, they are no different from sunscreen, except that sunscreen is usually transparent, and sunscreen will add some functions to adjust skin color, such as foundation color, pink, purple, green and white.
In addition, using liquid foundation after sunscreen or sunscreen block may "rub mud". For example, Clinique's Crystal White Sunscreen SPF 30 PA++① itself has a certain foundation touch-up effect, so it will "protest" the repeated use of liquid foundation, and only "welcome" the use of honey powder or powder cake to "fix makeup" to make the sunscreen effect more lasting.
Sunscreen "before makeup" will not have this phenomenon. For example, biotherm Crystal White Makeup Base Cream SPF 23 PA++, Lancome Sunscreen Balance Cream SPF20PA++ and so on. Although the skin color is modified with colored creams such as pink, purple, green and yellow, it is "encouraged" to apply another layer of liquid foundation to make the makeup more natural, so it is applied. At the same time, "pre-makeup milk" should not be heavy and greasy, so the sun protection index is generally below SF25.
For specific products, how to distinguish between physical sun protection and chemical sun protection? From the big classification, all kinds of sunscreen liquid foundation/cream, sunscreen powder cake and so on. It is also pure physical sunscreen, except for products specifically described as pure physical sunscreen. Other sunscreens and sunscreens are mostly chemical sunscreens, or both physical and chemical sunscreens; Some new products this year have added functions other than sun protection. For example, Olay sunscreen SPF 30 pa++ can exfoliate and repair damaged skin, and Clarins anti-wrinkle sunscreen SPA30 can effectively resist free radicals. In addition, all creams and lotions containing SPF are also chemical sunscreen.
Another way to distinguish, of course, is to look at the points. Physical sunscreens are mainly titanium dioxide (TiO2) and zinc oxide (ZnO); Chemical sunscreen is hard to remember. The most common is the Mexo-rylXL full-wavelength ultraviolet isolation system patented by L 'Oré al Group, which has been adopted by L 'Oré al Paris, Vichy, la roche-posay, Lancome, biotherm, HR and other brands. If remembering these chemical terms is too annoying, you can also "ponder" the product manual-usually physical sunscreen is described as ultraviolet "protective screen", "reflector" and "light-blocking component", while chemical sunscreen is described as ultraviolet "absorber", "filter" and "filter".
Isolation cream DIY articles
Many MMs are used to using sunscreen to isolate computer radiation and air dust at work, and to isolate the harm of cosmetics to the skin during makeup. Now tell you, you don't need to buy a cream, you can make it yourself. Let's see how netizens make their own creams!
Aloe sunscreen cream
Materials:
1, aloe extract10ml.
2, pure water (distilled water) 69ml
3. Vegetable oil15ml
4.2g simple emulsifier
5, titanium dioxide white powder 4g
6. Composite antibacterial agent 10 drop (about 0.3g)
Production steps:
1. First, add purified water (distilled water), aloe extract, rose hip oil and simple emulsifier into a sterilized beaker and stir into a thick paste.
2. Add titanium dioxide white powder to the formed cream.
3. Stir with a glass rod or an electric stirrer, and the longer the stirring time, the better, until the white titanium dioxide powder is completely and evenly dispersed in the cream without caking.
4. Finally, add antibacterial agent, stir evenly, and bottle.
Isolation cream products
Dior Xue Jing Ling Huan Whitening Repair Cream (¥450)
SPF35/PA++
Long-lasting and comfortable bright skin coverage, three different colors create a radiant and charming skin color.
HR elite Sunscreen (¥620)
SPF40/PA++
Unique formula, double resistance to ultraviolet rays, prevent skin photoaging. The texture is extremely light and thin, and it absorbs quickly and is not greasy.
Barbie Brown Sunscreen Lotion (550 yuan)
SPF50/PA++
Three-in-one product specially designed for Asian women, with high sun protection index and light texture, has a good foundation and isolation protection for the skin after makeup.
Clinique Daily Light Sunscreen (¥250)
SPF25
Unique moisture-conducting fiber can promote rapid evaporation of sweat and keep makeup lasting. Pure physical formula, with strong anti-oxidation and anti-stimulation functions while sun protection.
L 'Oré al Paris Multiple Protective Cream (¥ 1 10)
SPF50/PA++
L 'Oré al's sunscreen is too similar to Lancome's sunscreen in both texture and color, and the sunscreen ingredients are the same, so it is highly recommended. It is cheap but enjoys a big name.
If there is no cream on your dressing table, please put it on the list of things you must buy this month. Cloudy days have gone and come again, the sun is getting stronger and stronger, and the radiation of computers is everywhere. Only cream can protect your face from these ubiquitous pollution once and for all. Of course, if you wear makeup, they can also prevent foundation from clogging pores. And if you don't wear makeup, they can also shape your skin color.
Mixed skin
1, biotherm Jing Bai Jie Facial Makeup Cream SPF23 PA++3 50 yuan.
There are four shades of green, purple, pink and white, which can isolate ultraviolet rays and make-up, help to adjust skin color and make skin perfect.
2, Lancome Sunscreen Sunscreen SPF20/PA++ 395 yuan
Ultra-light watery texture, patented dual filtration system, pink, green and yellow tones to modify imperfect skin color.
3. L 'Oré al Xueyan Multi-sunscreen SPF 30+PA++ 1 10 yuan
There are two colors: natural color and ivory white, which obviously enhance the skin's ability to resist external invasion and prevent the skin from blackening and aging.
dry skin
4. Sisley Plant Sunscreen 920 yuan
There are three formulations of SPF20 (natural color), SPF25 (colorless) and SPF40 (colorless), which have the effects of softness, moisturizing, compactness and isolation.
5, Bejiasi anti-filtration essence SPF28450 yuan water emulsion, silky texture, both isolation, whitening, highly hydrating and anti-aging effects.
6. Olay Sunscreen Beauty Lotion SPF30/PA++ 129 yuan
It has remarkable antioxidant effect, purifies the inner tissue of the skin, and has the effects of whitening, removing spots, moisturizing and conditioning the skin.
oily skin
7, YSL perfect protection isolation day cream SPF85 70 yuan
Fine and smooth texture, protect skin in all directions and prevent skin aging in advance.
8, Dior Xue Jingling flawless skin tone correction isolation milk SPF35 420 yuan.
Light texture, white, beige and light purple, light control technology can present uniform skin color at any time.
9. Avon Whitening Cleanser SPF30 60 yuan
Contain vitamin e and natural plant ingredients, light and oil-free formula, correct skin tone, and lay a uniform and light foundation for translucent makeup.
10, Oprah Winfrey Protective Beauty Liquid SPF 18 180 yuan.
Contains Rosa roxburghii extract, which is refreshing and non-sticky, isolating makeup, making foundation easy to apply and lasting makeup effect.