My Dry Skin Care Products

I suffer from extremely dry skin.

Growing up, I fell victim to eczema - I had it on the interior of my arms, back of my legs, and even through college and now I get it on my eyelids and under my eyes.  {thinking about it makes me itchy}

I've always found it important to take care of my skin... but... wearing make up means you have to take it off - which means washing my face.  This has always dried out my face terribly.

I can't wear make up every day.  It's on very rare occasions (2-3 times a year) that I wear eye shadow.  The bronzer I wear is a moisturizer, and mascara and eyeliner are the two main things I will wear when I am out.  I am always envious of the beautiful make up women wear that enhances their pretty features.

For Christmas... I asked for quite a few skin care products from my parents.  I am not a dermatologist, nor do I know the best products for skin care... I have just found a few that help easy my skin's discomfort & itchiness.  I have now found a way to work all of these into my daily routine (it was a goal of mine for the new year to take better care of my skin).

(This is NOT a sponsored post)

1. Pevonia Evolutive Eye Cream my girlfriend Trish is an expert and esthetician and she actually gave me this bottle of lotion for my eyes.  I use just a few tiny dabs of this around my eyes 3-4 times a week.

2. Hands of Hope by Philosophy is my favorite hand cream.  My mom gave me this because it resembles the non profit I work for {Hands4Hope} - but it's turned out to be one of my favorite daily lotions for my hands.  I love it.

3. Foamingly Clean facial wash by Benefit.  My parents got me the big bottle of this for Christmas because I have used up my small size I got at Benefit.  It smells really good and easily takes off my make up.  I don't use this every day, just when needed.

4. Origins Eye Doctor cream.  My mom found this and got it for me for Christmas, and I love it.  It doesn't sting going on and it does a good job at keeping my eyes moisturized.  I put this on twice a day.

5. c. Booth moisturizing body lotion.  My friend Shannon found this and had our friend Trish look at the ingredients and she deemed it pretty good for skin.  It's a natural daily moisturizer with good ingredients.  Plus it smells amazing (in vanilla butter).  I put this on my legs and arms after every shower!  Plus, it's pretty inexpensive for a big bottle.

6. Origins Make A Difference Plus + was also a gift from my parents for Christmas and it works great on my dry face.  I use this once a day, switching of with #8.  It is so soothing on my face.

7. Palmers Cocoa Butter Formula...  I started using this about 4 months ago.  It works great on my belly and it smells good.  I read that genetics are what control whether or not you get marks... but this stuff really helps keep my belly and chest moisturized and I love it.

8. Total Moisture facial cream by Benefit.  This cream smells so good.  I am not sure how healthy it is for skin, but it really does sooth and moisturize my face.  I really like to use this before bed because it can be a little oily.

Again, I am not a doctor, but these are what have been working for me.  In the past, I have gotten so discouraged because I felt like nothing worked to help cure my dry skin.  What I have found works best for me is switching up the products I use on a daily basis (specifically for my face).  Just in the past few weeks since receiving these for Christmas, I have noticed a difference in my face... now I just need to keep it up!

What skin care products do you love/can't live with out?!