If you can't be bothered by multiple skin care steps, this minimalist-approved, ultra-buzzy product could be the answer to your prayers. It's hella spendy at nearly $300, but beauty editors, celebs, and skin care editors are going nuts over Augustinus Bader's The Rich Cream. It's formulated to be intensely hydrating while also triggering your skin's ability to regenerate and is meant to be applied morning and night with no other products.
Blustery winter months often translate to an increase in not just dryness, but sensitivity. As such, it becomes extra important to seek out ingredients known for their healing and soothing powers. This cream from Naturopathica doesn't hold back on the above. It's made with calendula, aloe vera juice, borage seed oil, rosa damascena essential oil, and other botanical extracts. It's meant to be applied liberally, so don't hold back.
Though lightweight in formulation, this ultra-rich cream from Kate Somerville is a godsend for those with severely dry skin, including those with scaly or rough patches and uncomfortable tightness. The unique formulation contains nourishing and skin-bolstering oat kernel flour, a blend of blackcurrant seed oil and balloon vine extract to soothe and improve barrier function, Japanese kelp to moisturize and firm, a lipid complex that notably improves hydration, and indigenous Australian plant extract to soothe and calm.
For a lightweight cream that still offers plenty of hydration, try this new banana-infused launch from Glow Recipe. It's a water-based moisturizer that also contains coconut alkanes (think of them as natural alternatives to silicones), as well as banana water, hyaluronic acid, magnesium cica extract, and jojoba seed oil among other botanicals. Together, this ingredients plump, soothe, hydrate, and rebalance the skin.
