The skin care industry is virtually a money making machine, as long as you spend enough on advertising and on a well-known pretty face to tout your products for you, you can get away with anything.
That's why most of the skin care products out there never work in the long run and why some of them can actually worsen a skin problem that you are trying to resolve; this over abundance of choices makes searching for the best skin care products that much more difficult.
Even so, getting to the right cream is not impossible as long as you have an idea of what your skin needs and you know how to avoid most of the ineffective creams on the market.
What you need to do is to take the time and read the label on any skin care product that you're considering purchasing and make sure that it doesn't contain certain ingredients which won't do you any favors like mineral oil for instance.
We all know we need minerals in our body so mineral oil doesn't sound like a bad thing.
However, the truth is that "mineral oil" isn't something that naturally occurs in nature.
It is in fact a byproduct of gasoline distillation which does appear to make your skin smooth at first but given enough time this effect will fade away and make way for oily skin, clogged pores and who knows what other related problems.
What you need to have on your label is something like Phytessence Wakame, which is extracted from a variety of Japanese kelp.
This kelp has been cultivated and used for centuries for its health-giving properties and now it's been found out to be one of the most effective things to moisturize your skin thanks to the natural minerals and vitamins that it contains.
The best skin care products are natural ones, because they don't have any sort of side-effects and they are guaranteed to work well because our bodies are perfectly suited to absorbing and using them to great effect.
Keep an eye out for what you need and the right product will certainly offer you a solution to all of your skincare problems.