Moisturizers for Dry Skin

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Flakes and cakey makeup are giveaways of a year round dry complexion. If your skin is dehydrated regardless of the season, you’re all too familiar with the struggle to find a moisturizer that not only relieves the drought, but puts an end to redness and the uncomfortable tightness that comes with a parched complexion. Although it might take a few tries before you find the right product to get your moisture fix, a softer, smoother complexion and makeup complexion will make it all worthwhile. Here, we have eight moisturizers that are sure to put an end to your skin’s dry spell.

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GlamGlow Glowstarter Mega Illuminating Moisturizer

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$49 Glamglow SHOP IT Opens a new window

In addition to thirst quenching hyaluronic acid, GLAMGLOW's illuminating formula will make your complexion look like a real life Valencia filter.

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Clinique Pep-Start HydroBlur Moisturizer

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$30 Clinique SHOP IT Opens a new window

If your skin is dry, you're all too familiar with makeup settling into flaky spots. This multitasking hydrator also doubles as a foundation primer that smooths out uneven texture and minimizes pores. In other words: A flawless complexion.

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CeraVe Facial Moisturizing Lotion

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$8 SHOP IT Opens a new window

Who doesn't love a good drugstore find? Consider CeraVe's lotion a hall-of-famer. With an all-star lineup of moistuizing ingredients such as ceramides, hyaluronic acid, and niacinamide in its formula, the odds of a winning streak are in a dehydrated complexion's favor.

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Caudalie Vinosource Intense Moisture Rescue Cream

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$39 Caudalie SHOP IT Opens a new window

If a glass of wine a day is supposed to do you good, let dehydarted skin drink up Caudalie's duo of grape seel oil and vinolevure, a skin strengthening compound derived from wine yeast.

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Laneige Water Bank Gel Cream

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$33 Laneige SHOP IT Opens a new window

While winter can take skin's dryness up a level, summer's heat and humidity don't do a parched complexion any favors either. A water-based gel cream such as Laneige's will hydrate and sooth overheated skin.

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Nuxe Rêve de Miel Ultra Comfortable Face Cream

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Reviving parched skin is the only thing on this rich cream's agenda. Nuxe's nourishing formula replenishes moisture for softer, smoother skin, and reduces tightness from dryness.

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Pai Avocado & Jojoba Hydrating Day Cream

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$55 SHOP IT Opens a new window

If you have dry and sensitive skin, picking out a moisturizer for your tempermental complexion can get complicated. Luckily, Pai's is chalk-full of natural ingredients like avocado and jojoba oil that will give skin the moisture it craves without any extra irritation.

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Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream

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$105 Charlotte Tilbury SHOP IT Opens a new window

There's a reason Charlotte Tilbury's cream has been a fashion show backstage staple for years: it instantly eliminates dryness along with a number of common skin woes. We'vre convinced this thick cream that goes on lightly is actually magic.

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GlamGlow Glowstarter Mega Illuminating Moisturizer

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