If Guerlain feels too bougie for your bank account, you'll probably love this budget-friendly gel moisturizer, a major drugstore favorite. It's a super lightweight formulation that boosts hydration, locks in moisture, and keeps skin feeling soft and hydrated, without any of the greasy stuff.
We'd be remiss to not include this cult favorite moisturizer from PTR. The Water Drench contains a whopping 30 percent hyaluronic acid that helps flood your face with moisture to fill in fine lines and leave you looking luminous AF for up to three days. Yeah, this is one you'd bring with you on a deserted island.
This multiuse gel moisturizer gets extra points for versatility and a super approachable price tag. It's a true gel that's made with arctic spring water, natural nordic birch sap (an ingredient known for its ability to boost hydration), and hydra-technology that slowly delivers moisture binding agents throughout the day. You can use it as an overnight mask or regular mask (just glop it on real heavy and then rinse when you're done). You can even simply apply a thin layer as a regular moisturizer.
For a no-fuss easy way to boost hydration throughout the day, keep this genius face mist at-the-ready. It's a super hydrating, water-based mist that's packed with calming peppermint extract, antioxidant-rich holy basil extract (which happens to be an adaptogen), and skin-evening neem leaf extract.
You can't leave the house without applying SPF, but we totally understand why applying a heavy sunscreen can feel like a bother. Give it up for patently adorable K-beauty brand Tony Moly, which has managed to create a sun protection product — a broad spectrum option that boasts an SPF 50 and PA+++ — that feels and smells literally nothing like sunscreen. It's a thin, water-based formulation that sinks into the skin really quickly, making it one of those rare sunscreens that's actually fun to apply.
