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The Best Skin Care Products for Your Face

The Best Skin Care Products for Your Face

By Melissa Matthews Brown

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We put our skin through a lot. With daily makeup, sun damage, and dehydration, our face deserves some major T.L.C. to keep it youthful and healthy. From A to Z, your skin care routine needs to be carefully curated and adhered to in order to ensure the best for your skin. To help out, we’ve rounded up our top skin care products for your face that’ll make getting great skin a breeze.

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Best Facial Wipes

Photo: Hector Manuel Sanchez; Styling: Mary Beth Wetzel

Buy It: Yes To Cotton Facial Wipes, $3.19; amazon.com

These cotton wipes are perfect for ultra-sensitive or allergy-prone skin and will cleanse, soothe, and hydrate skin with no irritation or residue. The wipe cloth is made partly from leftover cotton t-shirt manufacturing pieces to save energy and water in the development process—so bonus points!

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Best Exfoliating Cleanser

Photo: Hector Manuel Sanchez; Styling: Mary Beth Wetzel

Buy It: Aveeno 60 Second In-Shower Facial, $6.79; target.com

There’s nothing that feels more indulgent for your skin at home than an in-shower facial that can brighten, smooth, and exfoliate your skin in one minute! This cleanser beat out at-home masks and peels with its faster, more radiant results.

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Best SPF for Face

Photo: Hector Manuel Sanchez; Styling: Mary Beth Wetzel

Buy It: Drunk Elephant Umbra Tinte Physical Daily Defense, $36; sephora.com

This tinted daily sunscreen is loaded with potent antioxidants like astaxanthin, grape juice extract, and sunflower shoot extract to help defend from free radicals and deliver essential moisture for youthful looking skin.

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Best Serum

Photo: Hector Manuel Sanchez; Styling: Mary Beth Wetzel

Buy It: SkinCeuticals H.A. Intensifier, $98; skinceuticals.com

This multi-beneficial corrective serum uses a high concentration of hyaluronic acid for firmer skin, long-lasting hydration, and smoother skin texture. This serum is a top-rated tool against dull, aging skin.

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Best Moisturizer

Photo: Hector Manuel Sanchez; Styling: Mary Beth Wetzel

Buy It: La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair Moisturizer, $19.99; amazon.com

This prebiotic moisturizer uses essential ceramides to restore your skin’s natural barrier, while replenishing skin moisture for all-day lightweight hydration. The oil-free formula is great for everyday use and won’t clog pores.

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Best Night Treatment

Photo: Hector Manuel Sanchez; Styling: Mary Beth Wetzel

Buy It: ElemisPeptide4 Night Recovery Cream-Oil, $59; nordstrom.com

This cream-oil formula is perfect to help fake those eight hours of sleep we never seem to get. It’s gained a cult following thanks to its epic boosting of skin cell repair and renewal at night for fresh, plump skin in the morning. Your complexion will brighten and rebalance after using consistently.

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Best Anti-Aging Cream

Photo: Hector Manuel Sanchez; Styling: Mary Beth Wetzel

Buy It: Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair Regenerating Cream, $19.57; amazon.com

This cream lives up to its name with its rapid results for younger-looking skin using a high concentration of Accelerated Retinol SA for deep skin penetration. It will keep dry skin moisturized and promote cell regeneration while you sleep!

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