The most common question we are asked assumes that Rich is the stronger product. It is not. Both creams carry an identical dose of AVL SOM3®; the difference is the lipid phase that carries it.
Start with how your skin behaves at 4pm
If your forehead shines by mid-afternoon, Light. If your cheeks feel tight after washing, Rich. If both are true — and in Irish winters both are frequently true — use Light in the morning and Rich at night. Roughly a third of our customers end up here.
Texture is not a strength setting. It is a delivery decision, and your skin makes it differently in February than in July.
Switching seasonally is normal and costs nothing in results. What does cost results is applying a rich texture to skin that cannot absorb it, then concluding the range does not work.