Hydration is one of the essential foundations of healthy-looking skin. Whether your skin is dry, combination or sensitive, it needs water to remain supple, comfortable and radiant. Choosing the right moisturiser is therefore far from insignificant—it is the product that helps maintain your skin’s balance day after day.
Understanding Your Skin’s Needs
Before anything else, it is important to understand your skin type.
Dry skin lacks lipids and is often accompanied by feelings of tightness. It requires a rich cream that strengthens the skin barrier and restores comfort.
Combination or oily skin produces more sebum but still requires balanced hydration to help prevent excess shine and blemishes.
Sensitive skin reacts more easily to temperature changes or overly potent active ingredients. It requires gentle, soothing and protective care.
Once you have identified your skin type, finding the most suitable moisturiser becomes much easier.
Which Moisturiser Should You Choose According to Your Skin Type?
For Dry Skin: Nourish and Repair
For dry skin, the Source Nutrition Nourishing Cream offers an expert solution. Enriched with safflower ceramides and mimosa honey, it intensely nourishes the skin, strengthens the skin barrier and restores long-lasting comfort. Its melting texture immediately relieves feelings of tightness while restoring softness and suppleness.
For Normal to Combination Skin: Hydrate Without Weighing Down
Skin that seeks both lightness and performance will find its balance with the Source Adaptogenic Moisturising Jelly. Enriched with hyaluronic acid and adaptogenic plant extracts, it restores hydration while helping the skin adapt to environmental changes.
For Dull, Tired-Looking Skin: Revive Vitality
When skin appears tired or lacklustre, an energising formula can make all the difference. My Payot Radiance Vitamin Cream, formulated with a vitamin C derivative and fruit extracts, boosts the complexion’s radiance and helps restore the skin’s vitality. Ideal for an instant healthy-glow effect.
For Mature Skin: Redensify and Strengthen
Over time, skin naturally loses density and firmness. The Supreme Fortifying Pro-Age Cream supports the vitality of mature skin thanks to pro-age active ingredients that help restore skin resilience and improve overall comfort. Its silky texture nourishes the skin and gradually restores density day after day.
For Skin Seeking Firmness: Visibly Reshape Contours
The Roselift Firming Cream combines a patented duo of active ingredients—rose peptide and Damask rose extract—to redefine facial contours and smooth wrinkles. Its velvety texture firms the skin while delivering comfort and radiance.
Adapting Your Hydration Routine to the Seasons
The skin’s needs evolve with changes in temperature and environment.
During winter, richer and more protective textures such as the Source Nutrition Nourishing Cream are recommended to strengthen the skin barrier against cold weather.
In summer, lighter textures such as the Source Adaptogenic Moisturising Jelly provide hydration without overloading the skin.
The Right Way to Apply Your Moisturiser
Cleanse
Start with gentle cleansing using a suitable product, such as the Pâte Grise Purifying Foaming Cleansing Jelly or the Nue Micellar Cleansing Milk.
- Prepare : Follow with a toner, such as the Radiance Toning Lotion, to rebalance the skin.
- Treat : Apply a targeted serum, for example the Source Adaptogenic Rehydrating Serum or the My Payot Vitamin C Radiance Serum.
- Moisturise : Finish with the day cream best suited to your skin’s needs.
- Protect : In the morning, always complete your routine with daily sun protection.
Ingredients to Look For
Certain ingredients are particularly effective at maintaining hydrated, radiant skin:
- Hyaluronic Acid: Captures and retains water within the skin.
- Vitamin C: Enhances radiance and promotes a more even complexion.
- Adaptogenic Plants: Help the skin better resist environmental stressors.
- Plant Oils: Nourish the skin, improve comfort and help strengthen the skin barrier within the upper layers of the epidermis.
PAYOT formulas expertly combine these active ingredients to address the specific needs of every skin type.
Making Hydration a Daily Ritual
Moisturising should not be a routine gesture performed automatically—it should be a true moment of self-care.
Taking a few moments to apply your day cream using gentle massage movements stimulates microcirculation and enhances the penetration of active ingredients. With consistency, the skin becomes more supple, more radiant and visibly stronger against external aggressors.
PAYOT day creams combine efficacy and sensoriality while being formulated and dermatologically tested to ensure optimal tolerance. Whether your goal is hydration, enhanced radiance or improved firmness, each texture has been carefully designed to adapt to your everyday skincare needs.