An effective skin-care routine for mature skin should feel intentional, hardworking and results-driven—and these aw
ard winners check every box. From protective sunscreens that double as treatment to serums, creams and oils designed to restore firmness, smooth lines and support changing skin, these NewBeauty Award–winning picks are the gold standard for aging skin done right.
Best Sunscreen for Aging Skin
Lancôme UV Expert Supra Screen Invisible Sunscreen Serum SPF 50 ($50)
Protect, nourish and correct mature skin with Lancôme UV Expert Supra Screen Invisible Sunscreen Serum SPF 50, which offers the benefits of an anti-aging serum—think fading dark spots and wrinkles.
Best Eye Cream for Mature Skin
NEOSTRATA Intensive Eye Therapy ($89)
Newly reformulated with NEOSTRATA’s innovative MicroDiPeptide229, Intensive Eye Therapy tackles multiple signs of aging, from crepey skin to crow’s-feet, for a firmer, more youthful look.
Best Retinol Night Cream
Murad Retinal ReSculpt Overnight Cream ($98)
Not all retinal creams firm skin as much as they hydrate it, but Murad’s Retinal ReSculpt Overnight Cream is different, and one you’ll want to slather on every night. As you sleep, it helps soften deep-set wrinkles and smooth crepiness with encapsulated retinal and a unique NAD+ Lift Complex.
Best Retinal Serum
Hydrinity RetaXome Retinal Hydrator ($145)
A game-changer for aging skin, Hydrinity’s RetaXome Daily Retinal Hydrator uses proprietary, precision-targeted biomimetic exosome technology (RetaXome), which encapsulates the retinal and enhances its delivery for faster results and no irritation.
Best Firming Moisturizer
OLAY Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream ($25)
OLAY’s bestselling Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream got a recent makeover to include a unique Triple Collagen Peptide, which strengthens surface cellular bonds. Translation: You’ll see fewer lines and wrinkles and firmer, smoother skin.
Best Firming Serum
SkinCeuticals A.G.E. Interrupter Ultra Serum ($185)
When lax skin is the concern (collagen decline and glycation are no joke), SkinCeuticals’ double-patented A.G.E. Interrupter Ultra Serum helps tighten using ingredients with scientifically proven lifting benefits. In clinical testing, skin was visibly lifted, wrinkles were reduced and smoothness was increased after 12 weeks.
Best Serum for Menopausal Skin
Skinbetter Science Mystro Revive Renewing Serum ($245)
Hormonal shifts can take a toll on our skin, but skinbetter science’s Mystro Revive Renewing Serum helps offset the damage. Its proprietary blend of antioxidant enzymes reduces dryness, dullness, loss of elasticity and the look of lines and wrinkles for rejuvenated skin.
Best Face Oil for Aging Skin
Topical Skin Phyto AOX Facial Oil N°10 ($95)
Whether your concern is lines, wrinkles, dryness, loss of firmness or all of the above, Topical Skin’s Phyto AOX Facial Oil N°10 provides visible improvement via a blend of 10 botanical oils, antioxidants and adaptogens.
Best Toner for Aging Skin
Sulwhasoo Essential Revitalizing Water EX ($70)
Every step should be intentional and hardworking in an age-defying skin-care routine. Sulwhasoo’s Essential Revitalizing Water EX checks both boxes, offering multilayer hydration and barrier support that make every product you apply after work better.
Best Growth Factor Cream
PCA SKIN MGF Age Renewal Cream ($161)
Made for mature skin experiencing advanced signs of aging like volume loss, laxity and extreme dryness, PCA SKIN’s MGF Age Renewal Cream uses patent-pending Micro Growth Factor technology to stimulate collagen in a results-driven way.
Best Multitasking Serum for Aging Skin
ALASTIN Restorative Skin Complex with TriHex+ ($258)
ALASTIN’s Restorative Skin Complex got a glow-up this year, adding magnolol to amplify the skin’s natural ability to visibly enhance volume. Its signature technology (now TriHex+) is also more potent with Octapeptide-45, which means collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid production get a boost, too.
Best Sunscreen Primer
Laura Geller Beauty Spackle Skin Perfecting Primer Broad Spectrum SPF 30 ($38)
Laura Geller Beauty’s iconic primer now has UV defense, making it a double-duty essential that’s ideal for mature skin. Spackle Skin Perfecting Primer SPF 30 smooths, blurs and protects in one step, so makeup stays put.
