When is it better to use a moisturizing gel and when is it better to use a cream?

The type of texture of your facial moisturizer that you can apply to your face depends on two factors:

• on the one hand the type of skin you have
• y on the other hand the weather conditions in which you live.

And this last factor is more important than it seems.

In the same way that we do not feed the body with the same food during the year (in summer we crave lighter and more refreshing meals and in winter foods that help us fight the cold), our skin, as it is the largest organ of our body acts as a protective barrier against external agents, we also have to "feed" it with products with the right texture.

The first thing you should know is the type of skin you have. To do this, we recommend that you respond to these simple questions.

Once you know the type of skin you have, you must take into account the weather conditions in which you live.

In another article we will talk about how weather conditions affect your skin, and how to make the final decision on the type of moisturizer to use for your skin type.

If you live in the southern hemisphere, it is obviously the opposite, but the strategy of combining face gel or cream Depending on the time of year it is the same.

In countries like Chile or Argentina, we recommend the gel texture for winter and the cream texture for summer, unlike countries in the northern hemisphere like Spain or the United States.

In principle our recommendation would be: