Cold weather dry skin woes are a thing of the past. Your best moisturizer for dry skin is on this list
Dry skin check:
- Are you absent-mindedly scratching an itch right now?
- Are you avoiding matte lipstick because of chapped lips?
- If you smile, does your face feel tight?
- Have you been on a mission to find the best moisturizer for dry skin for as long as you can remember?
If you answered “yes” to any of those questions, welcome to the Dry Skin Club. Even if you’ve never had dry skin before, there’s a really good chance one day you wake up and wonder why you have red spots or irritation, or why your face doesn’t feel as glow-y as it used to. The smallest bit of discomfort can even be a sign of dry skin, and you may notice it more in the winter. And while the Dry Skin Club might not be one you’ve ever wanted to be in, we also happen to know a thing or two about treating it. So proudly put on your membership tee and keep reading for dry skin’s worst enemy: excellent products. If you’re looking for the best moisturizer for dry skin this season, look no further than this list.
Colleen Rothschild Extreme Recovery Cream
This is intensive care for delicate skin, but it doesn't feel extremely heavy (though it's not super light either), so it's great for AM and PM use. It has a velvety texture and features hyaluronic acid and wu-bai complex to fight signs of fine lines while smoothing out skin's texture.
Colleen Rothschild Extreme Recovery Cream ($75.00)—Buy Here!
La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair Face Moisturizer
For the sensitive beauties out there, La Roche-Posay's Toleriane Double Repair is the way to go. With a high concentration of Prebiotic Thermal Water, Ceramide-3, Niacinamide, and Glycerin, this moisturizer is oil-free and provides up to 48-hour hydration while helping restore skin's barrier after 1 hour. It's tested on sensitive skin, too.
La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair Face Moisturizer ($22.99)—Buy Here!
CeraVe Moisturizing Cream
It's unlikely you'll find a list of the best moisturizers for dry skin without seeing CeraVe pop up. This one is so popular that it easily holds its own against luxe and high-end beauty brands (just look at the over 127,000 Amazon reviews). It has a rich, velvety texture that leaves skin feeling smooth for softened skin without greasy, sticky, feel. With essential ceramides, you can say buh-bye to flaky skin.
CeraVe Moisturizing Cream ($17.89)—Buy Here!
CORSX Advanced Snail 92 All in One Cream
A lightweight, gel-type cream that repairs and soothes irritated, sensitive, even with ultra-delicate conditions like rosacea. It's powered by snail mucin, hyaluronic acid, and betaine to strengthen the skin barrier by replenishing moisture.
CORSX Advanced Snail 92 All in One Cream ($14.25)—Buy Here!
eltaMD Barrier Renewal Complex Face Moisturizer
'Compromised skin' is red, itchy, tight, and flaky (we're familiar, trust us). eltaMD Barrier Renewal Complex Face Moisturizer is perfect for your skin's recovery, and it hydrates and eases fine lines, too.
eltaMD Barrier Renewal Complex Face Moisturizer ($55.10)—Buy Here!
KORRES Golden Krocus Hydra-Filler Plumping Cream
A seriously luxurious plumping moisturizer that targets visible signs of aging, offering 48-hour hydration, enhanced skin immunity, and a smoother complexion. Use twice a day for that glow you've been craving.
KORRES Golden Krocus Hydra-Filler Plumping Cream ($76.00)—Buy Here!
NYL LIKE VELVET Nourishing Face Oil
If you haven't gotten on the face oil bandwagon, get ready for compliments. NYL's LIKE VELVET Nourishing Face Oil includes antioxidant-rich pomegranate and rosehip oil head up a team of over 15 herb-infused oils to make your skin feel (literally) like velvet.
NYL LIKE VELVET Nourishing Face Oil ($74.00)—Buy Here!
760 Skin Dew or Dry Moisturizer
Boost your skincare routine in the new year with 760 Skin’s Dew or Dry Moisturizer. Dew or Dry is a powerful vegan moisturizer free of parabens, sulfates, and phthalates that harnesses the power of desert plants to give skin a healthy, glowing appearance. Utilizing ingredients such as cactus stem cells, jojoba oil, evening primrose oil, squalane, tremella mushroom, and reishi mushroom, it deeply nourishes, hydrates, and soothes skin.
760 Skin Dew or Dry Moisturizer ($38.00)—Buy Here!
YA-MAN Flawless Serum
This luxurious hydrating face serum contains Vitamin A (you might know it better as retinol) that helps to refine skin and ingredients to hydrate and protect your skin.
YA-MAN Flawless Serum ($36.00)—Buy Here!
First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream
The whipped texture of this moisturizer is non-greasy and formulated for distressed skin from head to toes. That's right—you can use it from your nose to your toes. Clinically proven to immediately improve skin hydration by 169%, it starts healing from day 1.
First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Cream ($28.73)—Buy Here!
Kinskin Ceramide Barrier Repair Oil
This lightweight facial treatment oil contains an advanced oat-based lipid complex plus a proprietary omega fatty acid blend that deeply nourishes and moisturizes, soothes and restores, and glides on for that lit-from-within vibe.
Kinskin Ceramide Barrier Repair Oil ($38.00)—Buy Here!
MISSHA Super Aqua Cell Renew Snail Cream
Snails are clearly having a moment. Forget dull winter skin. This brightening gel-cream moisturizer is fast-absorbing and never feels sticky, your skin will look and feel its dewiest.
MISSHA Super Aqua Cell Renew Snail Cream ($22.52)—Buy Here!
Gemini Beauty Super Fruit Recovery Night Cream
Wake up to deliciously soft, luminous skin (doesn't that sound divine?). This multi-corrective gel cream wraps your skin in a moisture-locking layer of hydration—working to balance, brighten, and smooth while you sleep.
Gemini Beauty Super Fruit Recovery Night Cream ($42.00)—Buy Here!
Primal Life Organics Beyond Face Moisturizer
Go beyond just moisturizer with a formula that combines potent, nutrient-rich oils like tamanu, emu, rosehip seed, sea buckthorn, and filtered beeswax, for more bounce and luminosity. That's right. We said it.
Primal Life Organics Beyond Face Moisturizer ($71.99)—Buy Here!
AS OF TODAY R-Peptide Ampoule Serum Hydrating Essence
This one does it all—mega moisture, firming, wrinkle-reducing, and great for all skin types. AS OF TODAY is minimalist beauty that does a lot.
AS OF TODAY R-Peptide Ampoule Serum Hydrating Essence ($49.30)—Buy Here!
Tana Marie Skincare Hyaluronic Acid FIller Serum
Looking for a little more volume in your face, but want to skip the needles? A painless topical alternative to injectable fillers, the advanced formula in this Hyaluronic Acid Filler Serum contains a powerful blend of hyaluronic acid, copper complex and niacinamide to fight against the visible signs of aging and the improvement of fine lines and wrinkles. Quickly delivering equivalent results to one injection of collagen filler, it can reduce wrinkle appearance and volume by 15% in only 2 weeks. Users have also experienced firmness increased by 13 times in 15 days. This is a real powerhouse.
Tana Marie Skincare Hyaluronic Acid FIller Serum ($135.00)—Buy Here!
Geri G. Skin Reboot
Skin Reboot All-in-One Moisturizer, Primer, Cosmetic Enhancer, and Night Cream is a patented water-resistant, translucent moisturizer that penetrates the skin to keep it soft, smooth, and supple with a bright glow. Nowhere else will you find a product that moisturizes, primes/preps your skin, and custom blends your makeup instantly, in addition to being a great night cream.
Geri G. Skin Reboot ($59.99)—Buy Here!
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