Buy the daily tub unless your skin is genuinely past dry, in which case the Intensive is doing a second job the first one cannot. Both carry the same three ceramides. The Intensive adds 5% urea, which is a humectant AND a keratolytic — it holds water and it breaks down the thickened, hardened layer on a heel, an elbow or a winter shin. If your skin is dry but smooth, that second property is not something you need and the extra weight is not free.
Urea is the whole argument, so it is worth knowing what it does
It is unusual in doing two things at once: at low percentages it draws and holds water like glycerin, and at higher ones it also breaks the bonds in thickened skin. That is why it appears in heel creams at strengths far above 5%. It is also why it stings a crack — it is acting on the skin, not just sitting on it.
The photograph is the reason this page exists
These two tubs are white with the same blue block, and a reseller thumbnail captioned 'CeraVe moisturizer' could be either. The labels are the only reliable difference: one reads Intensive and 5% Hydro-Urea, the other does not. If you are buying in a shop rather than from a link, that line on the front is what to check.
If you only want one
The daily tub, and a separate cream for heels. Buying the Intensive for a whole body because a small area is rough means carrying its weight everywhere for the sake of two square inches — and the two square inches usually want something stronger than 5% urea anyway.
