Collection: Skincare - Moisturizers

Pick the weight by how skin feels at the end of the day, not by skin type on a label. Tight and flaky by evening means you went too light. Shiny or congested means too heavy. Most people need one of each: something lighter under makeup and something richer overnight.

The difference is lipid content, not strength. A lotion holds more water and sinks in fast, which suits skin that still produces its own oil. A cream carries more lipid and stays put, which suits skin that has stopped. A balm is the heaviest, and it works as a last layer rather than the only one.

For daytime, a lightweight daily hydrator sits under makeup without weight, or a day cream carrying broad-spectrum SPF 30 handles two steps at once. For richer skin needs, a rich cream built for dry or sensitive skin or a deeply hydrating cream that comes in four sizes. Overnight, a formula built on the lipids skin makes itself.

If skin feels tight whatever you put on it, the moisturizer is not the problem, and the barrier shelf and what it says to stop using is the page to read first.

Several of these carry SPF, so they overlap the sunscreens that double as a day cream.

Moisturizer is one step of several, and every skincare category we carry holds the rest.