humectacion vs hidratacion

English translation: moisturizing vs. hydration

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Spanish term or phrase:	humectacion vs hidratacion
English translation:	moisturizing vs. hydration
Entered by:	María Sanz

07:57 Feb 16, 2004

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Spanish term or phrase: humectacion vs hidratacion

would like to know the difference between both. one is moisturizing and the other? which one is moisturizing? the context is facial skin care products.

thanks a lot"

María Sanz KudoZ activity Questions: 335 (4 open) (3 without valid answers) Answers: 30 Argentina
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moisturizing vs. hydration

Explanation:
Beauty creams can direcly moisturize and/or enhance/preserve natural hydration of the skin (a simple example is a film that prevents evaporation through the pores). Most of the beauty product brochures apply the term "moisturizing" for both.

Refs:

Por dentro y por fuera
...
Al hablar del agua con relación a la piel, debemos diferenciar dos conceptos principales: la hidratación y la humectación.

• La hidratación es el agua que aporta la sangre a la piel, junto con el oxígeno y los nutrientes, durante el pasaje desde los vasos hacia los tejidos.
• La humectación, en cambio, es la humedad que la piel toma del medio exterior, ya sea en forma natural o artificial, al usar distintos preparados a base de agua y productos químicos. Ellos son componentes que naturalmente se encuentran en la piel, o sustancias de origen vegetal, animal o mineral, y que ayudan a humectar la piel.

drugstore.com - Visage Naturel Skin Hydration Serum
... Step VI of the Home Microdermabrasion Skincare System. Provides nighttime
skin moisturizing and hydration. Model VN540 Contents made in the USA. ...

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Davorka Grgic
Local time: 05:19

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moisturizing vs. hydration

Davorka Grgic

4 +1

moisturizing and hydrating

María Eugenia Wachtendorff

also....

sassa

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peer agreement (net): +1

moisturizing and hydrating

Explanation:
Moisturizing is more superficial. Hydrating comes from inside the organism. That's how I understand these concepts.

María Eugenia Wachtendorff
Chile
Local time: 23:19
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 104

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peer agreement (net): +5

moisturizing vs. hydration

Davorka Grgic
Local time: 05:19
Native speaker of:

Croatian,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 7

32 mins confidence:

also....

Explanation:
[...]Los conceptos de humectante e hidratante frecuentemente se confunden, por lo que algunos autores, como Maison de Navarre han revisado las publicaciones al respecto y presentan una definición bastante clara, la cual según el autor, fue establecida por Jacobi y está incluida en varios diccionarios como el Random House Dictionary, la cual es como sigue :

Humectante : Sustancia que absorbe o ayuda a otra a retener la humedad, por ejemplo la glicerina.
Hidratante: Sustancia que imparte o restaura el agua de la piel. [...]

Reference: http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/BVRevistas/folia/Vol13_N1/agua_hi...

sassa
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Greek,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12

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