laura, i SWEAR by this: olay total effects 7x. i have combo skin, as well, and whenever a part of my skin is dry, which is usually around my mouth, it's brown, red, and flaky and just all together NASTY. i used it the first time and was just like, okay, whatever, it works, but then i ran out and found it cheaper online, so i had to wait. during the waiting time, my skin got back to its usual state, which i described above, and then once i used this, it took 2 days to get even, soft skin. i will neverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr go to another moisturizer again and this is surprising because i'm the type of person, no matter how well something works, i'm such a product junkie that i'll go buy another one.