The actor credits her healthy glow to an all-day moisturising regime. But does she know her humectants from her occlusives?
We have had Liz Hurley on supporting Brexit, and her attempts at bilateral diplomacy (that time she was photographed with Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, inexplicably cuddling a kitten). She bequeathed the word “civilians” for non-celebrities, and added gaiety to the news cycle when she took up with Shane Warne. Her latest act of largesse regards moisturiser. “The one thing I swear by is moisturiser – and lots of it,” she has told Woman & Home magazine. “I’ll moisturise my face about six times a day and my neck about 10 times a day. Lightly dab it over your face, and it instantly makes you glow.”
This raises several questions. Like: is her neck 66% better-looking than her face? But mainly: why? If Hurley feels the need to moisturise so often, says dermatologist Sam Bunting: “It may be that she’s using the wrong kind of moisturiser.” A well-formulated product should last all day, although Bunting adds: “It is more of a challenge coming into winter, with cold air and central heating. It may be that the moisturiser she is using relies on humectant ingredients, which work by attracting moisture from the air; if the air isn’t humid, you won’t get much benefit. That might create a need for repeated application.” What you need, she says, is a moisturiser “based on something called occlusive ingredients, which essentially form a layer that stops water evaporating from the skin. Ingredients such as shea butter work well because they react in that way.”
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