Best Beauty Buys
Anti-Aging
Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair Serum
Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair Serum
Can your love affair with retinol be best described as on-again, off-again? Dermatologists say this over-the-counter cream can help you stick with the ingredient, which is essential to addressing fine lines and sun damage. “Many people find it irritating at first,” explains Dr. Chiu. But the gentle formula, which doesn’t blast your skin with a highly concentrated dose of retinol at once, can help mitigate that, she says. With dryness and redness under control, moisture-drawing hyaluronic acid can do its work of plumping up lines in the short term, while the retinol builds collagen in the long term.
SkinMedica TNS Essential
SkinMedica TNS Essential
Are you familiar with the saying “You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone”? Don’t let it apply to your bright, youthful skin. This much-heralded serum makes “more mature skin cells behave like young, healthy ones to improve the overall texture and tone,” says Dr. Zeichner. The key to this dermatological voodoo? A formula that, unlike the ones in some other equally pricey products out there, has a proven track record of spurring collagen production with the use of growth factors, says Dr. Zeichner.
Garnier SkinActive Renew Eye Roller
Garnier SkinActive Renew Eye Roller
For some of us, it’s going to take a lot more than a cucumber to get rid of undereye baggage. This tool checks all the boxes: It has a cooling metal tip, which you can massage around the eyes to get blood flowing. The formula packs caffeine to stimulate circulation and decrease puff as well as glycerin to moisturize. And applying it feels like a therapeutic treat—so you’ll actually want to whip it out in the morning (and at night and lunchtime) and get rolling.
SkinMedica Lytera
SkinMedica Lytera
If your total obsession with emerging creases and wrinkles has caused you to overlook the equally aging sun spots that have cropped up on your nose and cheeks, this brightener can help you play catch-up in the pigment-reduction department. Fully explaining how it works would make a compelling high school science project for a budding dermatologist, but here’s the short version: Retinol “promotes the exfoliation of surface pigment, while antioxidant vitamin C decreases the formation of pigment in the first place,” says Dr. Chiu. “And niacinamide cuts down on the production of pigment that stems from inflammation.”
Origins Plantscription Anti-Aging Cleanser
Origins Plantscription Anti-Aging Cleanser
Talk about flower power. In this gentle cleanser that dermatologists routinely recommend for daily use, jasmine extract whisks away dirt and grime without stripping the skin, while botanical extracts of anogeissus boosts cell turnover to leave skin smooth and soft.
Skinceuticals CE Ferulic
Skinceuticals CE Ferulic
Like bodyguards for your skin, vitamins C and E in this serum fight free radicals while ferulic acid boosts collagen. Best of all, unlike many anti-agers, it’s nonirritating, says Dr. Shah, making it safe even for those with supersensitive skin.
Revision Teamine
Revision Teamine
Whether Chinese takeout or a fussy newborn is to blame for your puffy eyes, this thick whip brightens things up with a
one-two punch of “short and long-term benefits,” says Dr. Susan Binder. Mica reflects light, grapeseed oil flushes pooled
blood, and a pentapeptide plays the long game to tighten wrinkles.
Colorescience Anti-Aging Serum
Colorescience Anti-Aging Serum
A newcomer on the anti-aging scene, this mineral-based serum has quickly made waves with dermatologists.
Peptides reduce fine lines, hyaluronic acid plumps, and minerals provide a flattering tint to even skin tone. “Women want
to simplify,” says N.Y.C. dermatologist Marina Peredo. “This does it all.”
Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant
Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant
A few drops of water turn this ultra-fine powder into a creamy paste, then nonabrasive rice bran whisks away dead cells. "It's great for anyone with clogged pores," says N.Y.C. dermatologist Rosemarie Ingleton. Plus, the scrub contains licorice-which evens skin tone-and green tea to protect skin from free radicals.
Clarisonic Aria
Clarisonic Aria
Like a street sweeper for dead skin cells and dulling debris, this tool clears the way so that serums and anti-agers can get the job done. The head massages at three speeds (from delicate to deep cleaning), but all “give your skin the glowy look that everyone wants,” says N.Y.C. dermatologist Anthony Rossi.
ROC Retinol Correxion Deep Wrinkle Night Cream
ROC Retinol Correxion Deep Wrinkle Night Cream
If you’re a retinol rookie, this lavish cream is an effective (and affordable) first foray. “People need time to build up tolerance for stronger prescription retinoids,” says Dr. Karyn Grossman, who touts its swift work on fine lines, yawning pores, and brown spots.
Olay Regenerist Filling + Sealing
Olay Regenerist Filling + Sealing
On George Clooney, eye crinkles are cute. On the rest of us? Not so much, especially once foundation settles in. Devised as an alternative to injectables, this vitamin E–rich ointment instantly fills fine lines around the eyes, forehead, and mouth, says Dr. Shah.
L'Oréal Revitalift Miracle Blur
L'Oréal Revitalift Miracle Blur
This fast-acting finishing cream can be worn alone or under makeup to deliver a final dose of oil-absorbing silica and fade the look of fine lines and pores. Instant gratification junkies will be hooked.
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Neocutis Lumière Bio-Restorative
Silk 'n Face FX At-Home Anti-Aging Device
Silk 'n Face FX At-Home Anti-Aging Device
Not into needles? This collagen-boosting hand- held laser uses a mix of heat and light therapy to diminish fine lines, enlarged pores, and even dry skin, in two months. No pain, all gain. Silk 'n
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Skin and Facial Anti-Aging Creams & Lotions
These carefully curated anti-aging treatments target fine lines and sunspots and leave skin feeling rejuvinated. With products from brands such as Dermalogica and SkinMedica, you'll be looking younger in no time.