Real hydration vs. the feeling of hydration: Are you truly nourishing your skin or just masking the symptoms?

Real hydration vs. the illusion of comfort

We’re surrounded by creams that promise “deep hydration.”

But are they really hydrating… or just giving a momentary feeling of relief?

The truth is, many products that seem helpful actually interfere with your skin’s natural process.

They soften on the surface… but leave your skin dependent, fragile and unbalanced underneath.

What is the feeling of hydration?

It’s when a cream:
– Creates an artificial layer with ingredients like silicones, liquid paraffin or petrolatum
– Gives instant softness but doesn’t nourish deeply
– Tricks the skin — leaving it addicted without actually caring for it

Your skin might look better for a few hours, but the discomfort always comes back — sometimes even worse.

And what is real hydration?

It’s when you use ingredients that:
– Are naturally compatible with the structure of your skin
– Nourish the deeper layers and support regeneration
– Strengthen the skin barrier instead of weakening it

Purified tallow, for example, is incredibly similar to our skin’s natural fat.
It contains fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K — essential for regeneration and elasticity.

When we combine it with shea butter, olive oil, raw honey and cocoa butter, we give the skin what it recognises, accepts and uses wisely.

That’s what we call ancestral care: products that work with the body, not against it.

The truth is simple:

If your cream needs perfume, colour and a weird name to convince you… it’s probably doing nothing useful for your skin.

At Raiz de Ser, we choose ingredients your grandmother would recognise.
No tricks. No mystery ingredients.
Just real hydration. For real.