Facial Moisturizer provides critical daytime protection for vulnerable facial skin, regardless of your age. Moisture Balance Restorative Night Crème provides overnight rejuvenation for environmentally stressed or fatigued skin that looks older than it should. It is an ultra-rich (but non-greasy) liposome complex, designed to work while your skin is its most relaxed and receptive.

Mature skin and environmentally stressed skin need extra moisturizing attention at night. Moisture Balance Restorative Night Crème is formulated with a higher concentration of humectants, and special lipids that strengthen cells' defenses as you sleep. (See Best Defense Facial Moisturizer for a definition of humectants and lipids.)

In addition to Saccharide Isomerate (a humectant that holds moisture in low humidity), Moisture Balance Restorative Night Crème contains Sodium PCA (a moisture-holding amino acid that occurs naturally in the body), Tocopheryl Linoleate (a long-lasting moisturizer), and Sodium Hyaluronate, one of the body's most important moisturizing agents, present in the living part of the skin. Sodium Hyaluronate infuses hundreds of times its weight in water into dry skin cells, more than any other material known to science.

In addition to Sphingolipids, which are present in the skin, Moisture Balance Restorative Night Crème contains several natural vegetable lipids, which simulate the body's vital oils. These include avocado oil, jojoba oil, shea butter, and evening primrose oil. Evening primrose is rich in polyunsaturates, a critical component of the skin's natural lipid protection against moisture loss. These ingredients work overnight to help your skin strengthen its lipid barrier, while they soften and condition your skin.

Moisture Balance Restorative Night Crème also contains Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A), essential to the development of healthy skin. It is non-comedogenic (won't clog skin pores), and is dermatologist tested and approved.

Facial Moisturizer:Purified Water, AloeExtract, Ammonium Salt, Polyglycerylmethacrylate, Stearic Acid, Cetyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Ammonium Stearate, Phospholipids (and) Sphingolipids (and) Cholesterol (Glycosome), Saccharide Isomerate, Superoxide Dismutase, Polyhydroxyethylmethacrylate (Hydron), Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A), Panthenol, Ammonium Lactate, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Stearoxytrimethysilane, Steareth-20, Lanolin, Titanium Dioxide, Benzyl Alcohol, Dehydroacetic Acid, Fragrance.

Moisture Balance Restorative Night Crème:Purified Water, Aloe Extract, Avocado Oil, Jojoba Oil, Glyceryl Stearate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Saccharide Isomerate, Sodium PCA, Glycerin, Stearic Acid, CetylAlcohol, Evening Primrose Oil, Beeswax, Phospholipids (and) Sphingolipids (and) Cholesterol (Glycosome), Ammonium Stearate, Polyhydroxyethylmethacrylate(Hydron), Tocopheryl Linoleate (Vitamin E), Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A), Ammonium Lactate, Shea Butter, Steareth-20, Lanolin, Benzyl Alcohol, Dehydroacetic Acid, BHA, Fragrance.

To further fight the effect of free radicals, Facial Moisturizer also contains antioxidants, vitamins and enzymes. Antioxidants react with free radicals and neutralize them, so they can't harm healthy cells. We use Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate (Vitamin C) and Superoxide Dismutase, an ingredient that occurs naturally in the skin.

Facial Moisturizer also uses two important types of moisturizing agents to soften and condition the skin: humectants (which hold moisture), and lipids (which help prevent moisture loss from occurring).

Many humectants lose their effectiveness when exposed to low humidity: indoor heating in a home or office, or dry climates common in the Western states. The dry air wants to rob skin of its moisture. Facial Moisturizer contains a humectant derived from sugar (Saccharide Isomerate) that holds moisture even at low humidity levels.

Facial Moisturizer also contains lipids that help reduce moisture loss. These include: Sphingolipids -- a natural component of the skin's lipid barrier against moisture loss, which is broken down by soap and detergents; Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A) -- which helps thicken the skin and improve its resiliency; Panthenol (Pro Vitamin B) -- which aids the skin's natural renewal process.

Facial Moisturizer is 100% oil free. In a daytime facial moisturizer, this assures fast absorption and no greasy afterfeel or makeup shine-through. It is also non-comedogenic (won't clog skin pores), and is dermatologist tested and approved.