Skin care aimed at women vs what's aimed toward men?

My husband recently brought home some lotion for men - body and face. It was a 31+ ounce bottle.





I have never seen lotion for both face AND body advertised toward women. All I've seen are lotions either for your body OR for the face.





A generic Walmart brand 6 ounce bottle of facial lotion aimed at women costs more than the 31 ounce bottle of face and body lotion geared for men.





Is there any significant difference between the actual lotions?





Or could I just use the Men's face and body lotion? And assume this is all down to advertising and companies knowing that they can make a profit from women buying multiple products?








Thank you.





Skin care aimed at women vs what's aimed toward men?
It's definitely safe to use men's skincare if you're a woman and vice verse. There are different things that are in some types of skin care products, but you can usually tell just by reading the packaging. Many of the differences are just in the marketing scheme and you can use either product or whatever's on sale, but, here's some things that might be of interest to you.





As Sam said, body lotions are indeed more moisturizing and depending on your skin type, it can clog your pores, give you a ';greasy'; look, and increase oil build up causing break outs.





Typically, when you buy a face moisturizer, you would buy one that suits your face's needs. If you have oily skin, you would buy a moisturizer that is light, perhaps a gel of some sort, something with ';Matting'; in the description or something with an AHA like glycolic acid which helps to get rid of excess oil. If you have really dry skin, you might try looking for something with ';Deep moisturizing'; in the title, and a thicker cream versus a light gel.





Women's face products are often scented, but lots of dermatological brands produced by pharmaceutical companies are getting away from scents in their products because more and more people have intolerance to them (allergies, breakouts, etc.). Men's skin care will often have added moisturizers and ingredients to minimize razor burn/bumps but of course it's safe for you to use, just unnecessary unless you shave your face. :-)





All in all, there are some things that you should always have in a face care regime - a good cleanser (but not harsh) to remove excess oil or clogging of pores, a moisturizer that caters to your skin's needs (ideally with spf of at least 15 in it to help prevent wrinkles and protect your skin from the sun's uv rays).





As far as what your husband purchased, if his skin isn't already oily, I'm sure it's fine. He might want something to help prevent razor bumps, but after shave works towards that effect as well. If you two were looking to buy face care products to share, try a gender neutral line of pharmaceutical products like Vichy. They make really good, scent free cleansers, moisturizers, toners, etc. that aren't too costly and the two of you can share.Skin care aimed at women vs what's aimed toward men?
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It could be a mixture of both products being different and marketing. My mom always noted how women's hairstyling was more expensive than guys even in the same salon. Could be the same here. Women place more value on this stuff and so are willing to pay more and the companies know that. But women's skin is softer too and so there could be ingredients differences or even in the amounts of the different ingredients. Could just try it!





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The huge price difference can definitely be linked to advertising. Simply based on what women are willing to pay vs. men. I've read that men's products are commonly successful women's lines that have been repackaged, so in many cases they are the exact same thing.
Body lotions tend to be richer and more moisturising as skin on the body and hands is usually drier than the face. Body lotions may clog pores on the face. As far as I know there's no difference between men's/women's body lotions and many are unisex anyway.
Generally you get what you pay for regarding brands but according to a friend of mine in the industry there is no difference between mens and womens products, its just that women are prepared to pay more
I have a friend who will not buy gasoline from ARCO, because they're priced 15 cents/gallon cheaper than Chevron.





In his mind, Chevron MUST be better - why else would they charge more?





No conspiracy here - just marketing and psychology.
I think you can use either lotion for the body if you like the scent. Womens' skin tends to be softer than men's so I would use a woman's facial product rather than a man's.
there are lots of ladies uses such type of products. Ladies are only satified with.. and generally not concerned the below belt hygen and structures in asian countries.
I would read the ingredients and see. I don't think there would be any more of a risk than using a new lotion. I think the main differences are smell.
It depends on whether you like the smell.





Some lotions may cause you to break out or feel sticky.





Go ahead and try it.