Moisture - it's a must

MANILA, Philippines - Just like the earth itself, we are mostly made up of water. But like the earth, we can get dry and cracked under harsh conditions, be they heat or cold. Healthy skin is 90 percent water beneath the surface. Imagine a parched land suddenly being filled up with heaven-sent rains, replenishing what was lost and bringing life back through moisture. The same things happens with our skin: when it’s thirsty it needs to drink up. Water is what helps give our skin the strength and flexibility to protect our body. However, we lose about a pint of water and vital nutrients from our skin as we go through our day. The solution is naturally to add moisture to our skin, but the kind the skin will absorb, retain, and use to repair the drying-out effects of dehydration.

Vaseline Total Moisture lotion is a multi-vitamin moisturizer. It replenishes lost moisture, along with the essential nutrients that skin needs to be vibrant and feel healthy every day. Key ingredients like vitamins A and E and minerals are essential skin nutrients, and conditioning moisturizers provide 100 percent of daily hydration. Vaseline Healthy White is a product specific for the Asian market, who culturally prefer their skin to be fair (the Western world has the Healthy Glow version which does the opposite, that is give the skin a tannish glow in a few weeks). Healthy White contains an active whitening formula with vitamin B which protects skin from the sun’s darkening effects and promises healthy-looking whiter skin in a few weeks. It also works as an effective sunscreen, and its Yogurt Serum keeps your skin moist and nutritious.

Our skin is an amazing organ — porous yet waterproof, protective yet sensitive, an expanding, regenerative piece of ourselves that we grow into (heard of the term “to be comfortable in one’s own skin”?). We may not know too much of its mysterious and miraculous workings, but we see how it fights infections, how it browns nicely in the sun, how it tingles when it is touched by someone we love. The most it asks of us, really, is to feed it moisture and nutrients. The products created by Vaseline, a brand that has been around for over 130 years, are no-brainers — they’ve been developed with the passion for healthy skin, which at its perfect state is flexible, resilient, and heals quickly. But Vaseline knows that we also want more than just “thick skin,” and thus gives us a range of products that fragrances us gently, lightens us naturally, refreshes us delightfully, firms us gradually, and protects us diligently — but always, always keeps our skin beautiful to the touch.

Skin facts:

• It’s the body’s largest organ.

• When your body is low on vitamins, it will sacrifice the skin to support other organs and tissues.

• Every 28 days, your skin renews itself completely.

• Skin is the ultimate defense against bacteria, pollution and chemical that attempt to invade your body

• It takes as much as 8 hours for skin to replenish the moisture lost during a shower.

• Skin is a barrier that shields you from pollution and chemicals.

• Exercise helps maintain healthy skin: improving your circulation which in turn helps to deliver oxygen and nutrients to your skin.   

From www.unilever.com.ph