Best Face Moisturiser For Men?

therokerroar · 10-06-2010 01:35AM #1

Alright lads?

Now that the somewhat hot days are upon us, the skin on my face has returned to it's annual habit of getting very flaky, mainly around the eyebrows.

I'm just wondering, can any of you recommened a good, and preferably reasonable priced, moisturizer that would stop the flaking, and give me nicer, smoother looking skin?

Thanks lads

Hyperbullet · 10-06-2010 01:38AM

I started using Nivea for men rehydrating one when the heat started up, made a good difference.

therokerroar · 10-06-2010 01:43AM

Hyperbullet wrote: »

I started using Nivea for men rehydrating one when the heat started up, made a good difference.

Is that this one mate?:

It's only around €7 too, that seems like a very good option

CDfm · 10-06-2010 02:09AM

I dont like nivea myself and tried l'oreal which was around the same.

I have settled on Clinique which is a bit pricier.I use an exfoliating scrub,toner and moisturoiser.The exfoliator and toner you use once a week and it takes off the dead skin and toner closes the pores and moisturoiser well.

Dublin_Gunner · 10-06-2010 04:13PM

I use this one below:

Have always found it great, though its a little expensive (around €12 iirc)

piby · 11-06-2010 11:41PM

I use King of Shaves SPF24. Started using it about five years ago and I really like it so stuck with it. I think it was because I saw it win the grooming awards in Men's Health or other similar magazine. Good moisturiser with decent sun protection and just found it nice and compatable with my very fair and very sensitive skin!! You can find it in Boots and it's about €10 a bottle but you can usually avail of the 3 for 2 offer so that offsets the cost a little.

Galvasean · 11-06-2010 11:53PM

Thanks for the input guys. I've recently converted back to the blue Bics and they rip my neck to shreds.

jonas7 · 12-06-2010 02:21AM

Galvasean wrote: »

Thanks for the input guys. I've recently converted back to the blue Bics and they rip my neck to shreds.

Blue bics? :eek: why would you do that to yourself? you might aswell open the kitchen drawer and use the potato peeler

Galvasean · 12-06-2010 02:36AM

jonas7 wrote: »

Blue bics? :eek: why would you do that to yourself? you might aswell open the kitchen drawer and use the potato peeler

Because I had been using one of those Babyliss i-trimmer yokes (as I like to leave aittle bit of stubble behind), but I've had it two years so the blades are getting blunt so its not working as well as it did. So I bought one of these for €100 and it can't shave worth a BLEEP! Seriously, I was shaving for over half an hour and at best it was still very patchy. Since I had to go to work and couldn't very well go in with patches of stubble I went for plan B - bic.

bigwormbundoran · 12-06-2010 02:39AM

Johnsons baby moisturising cream, its like 2.50 and tis fookin quality stuff altogether

CDfm · 12-06-2010 02:16PM

Galvasean wrote: »

Thanks for the input guys. I've recently converted back to the blue Bics and they rip my neck to shreds.

LOL -Matt Talbot springs to mind.

Could not resist.

Harvey Norman had a special deal on philips rechargeables for around a tenner and they work fine.

Larianne · 12-06-2010 02:22PM

I'd definitely get a face scrub as well as a moisturiser if you're quite flakey.

As others have stated the L'Oreal and Nivea products are both very good.

And King of Shaves do really good range for shaving.

CDfm · 12-06-2010 02:25PM

But if you are on an economy drive use your girlfriends as women always buy the good stuff

Mr Cawley · 12-06-2010 02:28PM

may i direct Mr Clinique towards a gentleLADIES thread.

cleanse, tone

too far

Larianne · 12-06-2010 02:31PM

Mr Cawley wrote: »

may i direct Mr Clinique towards a gentleLADIES thread.

cleanse, tone

too far

I would definitely disagree with that statement.

krudler · 12-06-2010 03:36PM

Mr Cawley wrote: »

may i direct Mr Clinique towards a gentleLADIES thread.

cleanse, tone

too far

Yeah, keep using soap and lynx, you real mans man you.

CDfm · 12-06-2010 04:16PM

krudler wrote: »

Yeah, keep using soap and lynx, you real mans man you.

dont be harsh.

i expect he has a mangroomer

Mr Cawley · 12-06-2010 04:23PM

They never come with the extended handle.

is there need to tone, exfoliate etc???

((it makes you feel better about youself? you delicate flower????))

keane2097 · 12-06-2010 05:09PM

Mr Cawley wrote: »

They never come with the extended handle.

is there need to tone, exfoliate etc???

((it makes you feel better about youself? you delicate flower????))

Afterhours is that way dude

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schween · 12-06-2010 05:14PM

I tried the Aldi moisturiser when there was a big fuss about it not so long back. It's the best one I've tried so far.

CDfm · 12-06-2010 06:53PM

Mr Cawley wrote: »

((it makes you feel better about youself? you delicate flower????))

nah -blackheads and spots does it for me

let people who want to be spotty and have blemishes have them but it dont want them.;)

terlywerly · 12-06-2010 06:59PM

My OH uses the Molton Brown mens range (after I bought him his own - sick of him robbing my girly smelling one

).
If you're looking for something good though I'd try Dermalogica, that's what I'm using now and its brilliant. Also a lot of their moisturisers have SPF in them, so time saving too!

CDfm · 12-06-2010 07:14PM

terlywerly wrote: »

My OH uses the Molton Brown mens range (after I bought him his own - sick of him robbing my girly smelling one ).
If you're looking for something good though I'd try Dermalogica, that's what I'm using now and its brilliant. Also a lot of their moisturisers have SPF in them, so time saving too!

So you keep the best for yourself and buy smelly over non perfumed.

Not nice at all.

WHATS SPF

peasant · 12-06-2010 09:19PM

proper stuff for sensitive skin

terlywerly · 12-06-2010 11:12PM

CDfm wrote: »

So you keep the best for yourself and buy smelly over non perfumed.

Not nice at all.

WHATS SPF

Haha exactly, but seriously they are both very good

The SPF of a sunscreen is a laboratory measure of the effectiveness of sunscreen — the higher the SPF, the more protection a sunscreen offers against UV-B (the ultraviolet radiation that causes sunburn).

courtesy of Wikipedia

CDfm · 12-06-2010 11:22PM

For men translate ultra violet radiation to be hot sunlight

entropi · 13-06-2010 02:01AM

terlywerly wrote: »

My OH uses the Molton Brown mens range (after I bought him his own - sick of him robbing my girly smelling one ).
If you're looking for something good though I'd try Dermalogica, that's what I'm using now and its brilliant. Also a lot of their moisturisers have SPF in them, so time saving too!

Thing about that is, although Dermalogica have excellent products, they tend to be pretty damn expensive and the OP is looking to cheaper, but effective options:)

I used the one pictured below before I became vegetarian (it has glycerin in it so now avoid it) but it worked really well, and is cheap enough to boot:

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CDfm · 13-06-2010 05:44AM

I think guys look at the cheap option and I wouldnt with cooking oil. I found myself that a product like clinique will last longer but you need to buy clever too and look for testers and samples when buying. I learned that by being sent in to buy for the gorlfriend who assesses performance based on freebies

cheekyass · 13-06-2010 11:18AM

My BF has quite dry skin too, he reckons drinking more water helps....it doesn't! I bought him 'Simple' face wash and moisturizer..... it seems to work better then his 'drink more water' theory :rolleyes:

krudler · 13-06-2010 12:44PM

Mr Cawley wrote: »

They never come with the extended handle.

is there need to tone, exfoliate etc???

((it makes you feel better about youself? you delicate flower????))

no,i much prefer getting spots, blackheads and having layers of dead skin encrusting my face, an oul bar of shoap under the arms and I'm set to go for a night at the village social, the beors wont know what hit them when they get a whiff of my masculinity.

krudler · 13-06-2010 12:47PM

cheekyass wrote: »

My BF has quite dry skin too, he reckons drinking more water helps....it doesn't! I bought him 'Simple' face wash and moisturizer..... it seems to work better then his 'drink more water' theory :rolleyes:

Drinking more water does help your skin though.

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