RANKING Of The Best Face Creams. The Most Recommended Moisturizers For All Skin Types

Did you know that moisturizing is the most important step of a good skin care routine? Without it, the skin loses its firmness, its condition worsens, and its resilience decreases. Skin ages faster without hydration! What is the best way to keep the skin properly moisturized? Reach for a good moisturizing cream. Check out our ranking of the most recommended face creams for all skin types and choose the best moisturizer for yourself!

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Is it necessary to use face cream?

It’s essential! A good day and night face cream is a must. It should primarily moisturize, but also nourish and support the skin barrier. It is also important for a good face cream to contain antioxidants that combat free radicals. You should know that if you DON’T use a face cream, you also DON’T protect your skin from:

• TEWL (transepidermal water loss).
• Oxidative stress.
• UV rays.
• Aging.
• Damage (like dark spots and blemishes).
• Irritation.
• Harmful environmental factors (smog, frost, wind, dry air).

What kind of face cream to choose?

First and foremost, a face cream should focus on the skin’s main need – hydration. Remember that skin needs water! It is well-hydrated skin that dazzles with radiance, ages more slowly, and is resilient to harmful environmental factors and various body dysfunctions. Maintaining its optimal hydration level is the first major step toward aging prevention! It is worth remembering that a good face moisturizer is an absolute skincare staple, regardless of age and skin type. Therefore, don’t waste time at all to analyze your skin type – everyone needs moisturizing without any exceptions! Where to start your proper skin care? Introduce a good moisturizer into your daily skincare routine!

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Face moisturizer is one of the basic beauty products – dry, mature, oily, and acne-prone skin types need it equally. It’s perfect for winter when dry air from the heaters dehydrates the skin. It is great during dermatological treatments, for hot weather, and following treatments at the beautician.

What is the best cream to moisturize the face?

A good moisturizing cream? It should have a great formula rich in natural moisturizing ingredients that protect the skin from water loss, as well as other precious ingredients that nourish the skin, improve its condition and appearance, slow down the aging process, and ensure a healthy skin tone. A good face cream should be free of parabens, silicones, comedogenic ingredients, synthetic dyes, and fragrances. Ideally, it should also be multi-purpose: it should be suitable for day and night use and work well under makeup. Before choosing a face cream for yourself, make sure it contains vitamins and is based on beneficial botanical ingredients, which provide a powerful dose of antioxidants that soothe and nourish the skin.

How did we create our ranking of best face creams?

Which face cream do you recommend? You no longer have to wonder! You will find the answer below. Just check out our ranking of the best face creams. We rated them, considering the ingredients, formulas, texture, prices, and user reviews. We’ve analyzed a lot of face creams to determine the top 10 most noteworthy ones. They are ranked starting from the best one that passed all the tests. It turns out that a good face cream does not have to cost a fortune at all! Check which moisturizing face cream topped the ranking and choose the best product for yourself!

RANKING OF THE BEST FACE CREAMS.

Most recommended moisturizing creams for all skin types

This moisturizing face cream with Maltese honey surprised us not only with its performance but also with the abundance of unique ingredients. Its formula contains unique Maltese honey, shea butter, castor oil, vitamins E and B6, caffeine, and botanical extracts from green tea and sage. This combination of ingredients allows the GHASEL face cream to perfectly moisturize, improve firmness, and support skin suppleness. It conditions the skin, strengthens blood vessels, and ensures the complexion looks rested and radiant every day. The precious ingredients stimulate collagen production and protect the skin from harmful environmental factors. It is suitable for all skin types, including dry, sensitive, and mature skin. It will be appreciated by any skin in need of rejuvenation, that has lost its hydration, suppleness, and radiance. This face cream is perfectly absorbed and does not leave a greasy film.

GHASEL Face Moisturizer – reviews

GHASEL has been rated by many women as one of the best face moisturizers they have ever used. It is praised for its excellent formula and great performance. It doesn’t leave a greasy film on the skin’s surface and is very efficient, even if you use it morning and evening as a night cream.

GHASEL Face Moisturizer – where to but it?

First of all, you can buy it on the brand’s official website (www.ghasel.mt) – it’s fast and convenient, and you can do it without leaving home!

GHASEL Face Moisturizer – price

How much does the Ghasel face cream cost? It turns out that although it features such excellent quality, it does not cost much. Our ranking of the best face creams involves plenty of much more expensive products. If you consider its performance, you will find that this excellent moisturizing cream is definitely worth the investment!

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The iconic La Mer face cream could not be missing from our ranking. This face cream features a unique formula, which was developed based on the patented Miracle Broth™ complex, made from marine algae. They are radiated and subjected to sound waves to extract the legendary unique ferment for which this moisturizing face cream is famous worlwide. The product features a rich formula that contains, apart from the already mentioned algae complex, natural plant-based oils (linseed, almond, and sunflower), hyaluronic acid, licorice and St. John’s wort extracts, and lecithin. This luxurious face cream makes the skin soft to the touch, supple, and smooth.

 La Mer The Moisturizers – reviews

Unfortunately, this is not a cheap face cream. The very high price is a huge downside for many women.

 La Mer The Moisturizers – where to buy it?

This elegant face cream is available in Sephora, Douglas, and many other beauty stores at very different prices. Since it is super expensive, it is worth checking the prices and choosing the most favorable option.

 La Mer The Moisturizers – price

Very high. La Mer is considered the most expensive face cream in the world!

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Our ranking of the best face creams also includes Lancôme Nutrix. It’s an intensive moisturizing face cream, which you will love if your skin is extremely dry or sensitive. This is one of the brand’s staple beauty products: its tradition dates back to 1938! Today, the face cream features a new formula and is enriched with nourishing ingredients that ensure maximum care and regeneration. This moisturizing face cream simultaneously soothes and regenerates the skin. It contains lanolin, beeswax, and vitamin E.

Lancome Nutrix – reviews

This soothing and moisturizing face cream is rated highly, especially by owners of very dry and sensitive skin. It protects the skin from damage and dryness well. However, it is not a recommended face cream for oily and acne-prone skin.

Lancome Nutrix – where to buy it?

You can buy Lancome face cream in many regular and online beauty stores.

Lancome Nutrix – price

It may not be a cheap face cream, but its quality speaks for itself. It is worth checking if this face cream is offered by a store or drugstore on promotion. You can then save a lot of money.

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Are you in need of hydration but your skin is oily or combination and you are worried that a moisturizer will make it excessively shiny? The Chanel Hydra Beauty face cream is a good solution. It comes in the form of a lightweight gel. It provides the skin with the necessary hydration and comfort, without overburdening it. This moisturizing face cream is non-comedogenic and easily absorbed while protecting the skin from free radicals. It has a pleasant and fruity fragrance, and its formula is based on the camellia flower, from which the brand extracts an intensely moisturizing ingredient: Camellia Alba PFA. The unique technological process, developed by CHANEL, makes it possible to produce extremely pure active beauty ingredients. That’s why this face cream helps maintain optimal levels of cellular hydration.

Chanel Hydra Beauty – reviews

This is a recommended moisturizing face cream for owners of oily skin prone to imperfections. Unfortunately, it is also one of the more expensive products listed in our ranking of the best face creams.

Chanel Hydra Beauty – where to buy it?

You can find it on the brand’s website and in renowned beauty stores. However, this face cream is certainly not available in Rossmann.

Chanel Hydra Beauty – price

As we have already mentioned, this is not a cheap moisturizing face cream. In fact, Chanel Hydra Beauty comes at one of the highest prices on our list.

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An intensive moisturizing cream with a specific, light, and gel-like texture. It contains nourishing bio-enzyme from aloe vera and perfectly moisturizing hyaluronic acid. The cream’s lightweight and well-absorbed formula allows the face cream to penetrate the multiple layers of the skin, ensuring hydration for the whole day and night, even after washing your face. The Clinique’s face cream helps the skin maintain optimal hydration and leaves it looking supple, radiant, and full of vitality. Its formula is oil-free to ensure the face cream doesn’t overburden the skin and is not comedogenic. Its formula contains various botanical extracts, including ones from green tea extract, milk thistle, and birch bark

Clinique Moisture Surge – reviews

This is quite a popular and recommended face cream, which is especially appreciated by owners of young skin. Ladies with mature skin are certainly looking for formulas with richer ingredients.

Clinique Moisture Surge – where to buy it?

This popular face cream can be bought in most beauty stores.

Clinique Moisture Surge – price

It comes at quite a good price. Is it a cheap face cream? Certainly one of the most affordable ones. In addition, you can buy the product in different sizes, adjusting the price to your budget.

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The next eagerly recommended face cream is one from Kiehl’s. It’s a multi-purpose water-based cream, enriched with concentrated calendula serum, but that’s not the only floral extract you’ll see in the formula of this moisturizing face cream. Kiehl’s Calendula Water Cream also contains geranium and chamomile flower oils, wormwood extract, as well as panthenol, and vitamin E. This lightweight, moisturizing face cream refreshes the complexion and adds vitality, and, when used regularly, evens out skin tone and boosts radiance.

Kiehl’s Calendula Water Cream reviews

Although it’s not a cheap face cream and doesn’t impress much with its performance, it’s still quite a recommended moisturizer that works well for dry skin, regardless of age or condition. Its high price is a downside, unfortunately.

Kiehl’s Calendula Water Cream – where to buy it?

You can buy this face cream in many branded and renowned beauty stores as well as on the official Kiehl’s website.

Kiehl’s Calendula Water Cream – price

As we have already mentioned, unfortunately, this is not a cheap face cream. However, it is certainly a good face cream that supports the care of dry skin in need of soothing.

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Moisturizing face cream with a rich texture. It contains special hydro-ionized mineral water that helps keep skin moisturized throughout the day. The producer assures this cream reaches the deeper layers of the skin to hydrate and moisturize it long term. This face cream contains hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid, and a unique probiotic: Lactobacillus bio ferment, which strengthens the skin microbiome and restores its balance, as well as an extract of the unique Undaria Pinnatifida algae, which blocks tyrosinase – an enzyme responsible for the formation of dark spots. In addition, it has toning and soothing properties. The Laneige moisturizing face cream strengthens the skin’s defense mechanisms, reduces redness, and helps retain moisture in the skin.

Laneige Water Bank Cream Moisturizer – reviews

Is this a recommended moisturizing face cream? Many women appreciate its soothing and strongly moisturizing properties and the effect of firm and supple skin throughout the day.

Laneige Water Bank Cream Moisturizer – where to buy it?

You can buy this face cream online and in all major beauty stores.

Laneige Water Bank Cream Moisturizer – price

Although it is not a cheap face cream, it doesn’t cost a fortune. It is worth checking the major beauty stores to see if they have it on special offer.

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The ranking of moisturizing face creams also includes Origins, an advanced, intensely hydrating face moisturizer, enriched with energizing citrus oils, ginseng, and coffee. This face cream is perfectly absorbed and revitalizes dull skin, providing it with long-lasting hydration. It can be used on any skin type, at any age. It impresses with its rich formula. This face cream contains jojoba oil, sunflower oil, shea butter, urea, niacinamide, ginseng and coffee extracts, as well as barley, algae, and cucumber extracts. Hyaluronic acid, vitamin E, and arginine finish up the rich list of nourishing ingredients.

Origins GinZing Ultra-Hydrating – reviews

This is a good moisturizing face cream, praised for its rich formula and fairly affordable price. Owners of oily skin claim the cream boosts a healthy glow in the skin. Also, beware of citrus essential oils – they might be allergenic.

Origins GinZing Ultra-Hydrating – where to buy it?

Looking for a store that sells Origins cosmetics? This face cream comes at different prices in Douglas, Sephora, and other beauty stores. It is worth checking the prices so as not to overpay.

Origins GinZing Ultra-Hydrating – price

The price of the face cream is affordable. Compared to other products in the ranking, it is a fairly cheap face cream, but it is worth asking for samples first: not every skin tolerates essential oils.

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The ranking of the best face creams couldn’t miss the staple from La Roche-Posay either. This oil-free face moisturizer is perfect for both sensitive and combination or oily skin, as it does not leave an oily film on the skin. It moisturizes well while helping to restore the skin’s natural barrier. This face cream features SPF 30 sunscreen, niacinamide, and glycerin. It has prebiotic properties and supports the skin’s microbiome, ensuring a nice and healthy look of the skin.

La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair UV SPF – reviews

Opinions about this cream are divided. In general, it is a recommended moisturizing face cream, but many people with oily and combination skin claim the product does not prevent shine at all while glycerin sooner or later dries out the skin.

La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair UV SPF – where to buy it?

You can find it on La Roche-Posay’s website, as well as in many online beauty stores. It’s also available in most beauty stores.

La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair UV SPF – price

Its price sometimes varies a lot, so it is worth checking out the special offers in various beauty stores: you may find a bargain as in general, this face cream is not one of the cheapest.

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Neutrogena Hydro Boost Dry Skin Moisturizer is a face cream that contains two key ingredients to combat dry skin and maintain optimal hydration levels: hyaluronic acid and naturally-derived trehalose. It’s a lightweight face cream with a gel-like consistency, so it doesn’t leave a sticky finish or a greasy film on the skin. Day by day, the cream ensures the right amount of moisture in the tissues and seals the water-lipid barriers. This moisturizing face cream was developed in cooperation with dermatologists.

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Face Moisturizer – reviews

It’s a lightweight face cream that absorbs quickly and, according to many, doesn’t deliver the expected hydration. It is too light, especially for winter, but in summer it works well under makeup. Some reviews also claim that the Neutrogena face cream may cause discomfort and a burning sensation.

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Face Moisturizer – where to buy it?
This is a regular drugstore product, so Rossmann certainly has this face cream on the shelves. We must admit it is also a cheap face moisturizer.

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Face Moisturizer – price

This is an inexpensive face cream, dedicated primarily to young skin, so just right for a student budget!

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How to apply face cream properly?

Certain conditions must be met for a face cream to deliver maximum results and work properly. First of all, the cream should be applied on clean skin. Before the application, remove your makeup thoroughly, cleanse your face with a gel or foam cleanser, and use a face toner to balance out the pH level and get rid of any debris left. Only following this step, you may apply face cream. However, if you use a serum daily, make sure to apply it after the toner, but before the cream, as face cream should be the final step of proper skin care. Also, remember that face serums cannot be used without face cream.

Why can’t serum be used without a moisturizer?

Serums feature different concentrated formulas to “accommodate” the abundance of active ingredients. They can reach deeper into the tissues, but without proper occlusion, meaning without a face cream, the serum ingredients quickly escape from the skin. It is the face cream that helps retain them in the tissues, meaning face cream can intensify the effects of the serum. Simply put: face cream applied over a serum is a condition for the serum to work on your skin.