Creams For Combination Skin

Combination skin, as its name suggests, has a mixture of skin conditions. Typically, the T-zone, comprising the nose and forehead region are oily while the cheeks are dry. Several skin-care creams offer the nourishment and hydration that combination skin needs, providing a good balance between mattifying and moisturizing to keep both dry and oily skin areas happy and healthy.

Aubrey Organics Blue Green Algae Moisturizer for Combination SKin

Aubrey Organics' combination cream comes formulated with antioxidant-rich grapeseed extract, according to skin-care expert Paula Begoun. It also contains lightweight hydrating ingredients such as aloe vera gel, which moisturizes your skin without overwhelming your oily regions. Basic sunscreen ingredients help protect you from the wrinkling effects of the sun.

Darphin Stimulskin Plus Divine Lifting Cream

Darphin's cream was named the best anti-aging product for combination skin by Real Simple magazine's beauty editors. They liked its use of wheat proteins for ample hydrating while retinol, a form of vitamin A, helps to exfoliate oily skin. Additional beneficial ingredients include soy extract and antioxidants such as green tea polyphenols, vitamin C and vitamin E, all which may help your skin repair.

Olay Complete All Day Moisture Lotion UV Defense

Olay's product combines moisturizing emollients with oil-absorbing particles, leading InStyle magazine to call it "ideal for combination skin." The magazine praised its vitamin E and vitamin C antioxidant content. Meanwhile, zinc oxide helps to block out wrinkle-causing UVA and UVB light to help keep signs of aging from developing in your skin.

Clarins HydraQuench Lotion SPF 15

Clarins makes its face cream with shea butter, which moisturizes dry skin, plus aluminum starch, which absorbs excess skin oily in oily areas, according to Begoun. She also liked its use of "helpful ingredients" such as avobenzone, which helps to reduce environmental skin damage to your cells and can "reinforce healthy skin."