As we get older, so does our skin. From fine lines to texture and tone, everything can shift. Whether it's due to hormonal changes or just time itself, choosing the right skin care can make all the difference. For this year’s NewBeauty Awards, we spotlighted the products that go the extra mile by hydrating, lifting, brightening and smoothing skin in ways that really show. Here are 18 award-winning essentials worth adding to your routine.
Best Moisturizer for Menopausal Skin
Nakery Beauty Peptide Surge Intensive Collagen Concentrate ($39)
Nakery Beauty founder Liz Folce calls this creamy concentrate a “must-have for mature and sagging skin.” Chock-full of peptides and ceramides, it’s clinically proven to plump and hydrate for 72 hours.
Best Firming Moisturizer
DIOR Capture Day Crème ($145)
Backed by robust research and clinical testing, DIOR Capture Day Crème gives skin a noticeable boost in collagen density and firmness, and reduces wrinkles after two months of twice-daily use. We love the sensorial texture, too.
Best Moisturizer for Fine Lines
Obagi ELASTIderm Lift & Sculpt Moisturizer ($135)
In clinical trials, this moisturizer provided visible improvement in fine lines after six weeks of use, while also firming up slack areas. It also scores big points in the hydration department.
Best Luxury Face Cream
Shiseido Future Solution LX Total Regenerating Cream ($298)
With a rich, velvety texture and exclusive-to-the-brand Japanese ingredients, Shiseido Future Solution LX Total Regenerating Cream is an impressive age-defier promising plump, radiant, rejuvenated skin.
Best Serum for Expression Lines
SkinCeuticals P-TIOX ($148)
Inspired by neurotoxin injections like Botox, P-TIOX is clinically proven to reduce the look of nine types of expression lines via the help of powerful peptides. Use it between aesthetic appointments to maintain smooth skin or by itself.
Best Perioral Serum for Lip Lines
RéVive Advanced Lip Perioral Serum ($125)
This ultra-luxe, peptide-packed lip serum smooths stubborn vertical lines around the lips, which also helps prevent lipstick bleeding.
Best Serum for Menopausal Skin
All Golden Peptide Power Serum ($95)
Clinical stats show that 100 percent of users experienced a “significant improvement in hydration” after using this peptide serum, which helps menopausal skin achieve that perfect balance of moisture and exfoliation.
Best Multitasking Serum for Aging Skin
Exuviance AGE REVERSE+ Total Correct Serum ($98)
A targeted treatment backed by derms, this formula addresses just about every aging-skin concern we have, including uneven texture and tone, laxity, dullness, fine lines and wrinkles, lack of firmness and dryness.
Best Firming Eye Cream
Dermalogica Phyto Nature Lifting Eye Cream ($115)
Aging eyes, meet your match! Powered by peptides and potent botanicals, Dermalogica Phyto Nature Lifting Eye Cream tackles multiple concerns at once: fine lines, wrinkles, dryness and loss of elasticity around the eye and on the eyelids.
Best Luxury Eye Cream
Augustinus Bader The Rich Eye Cream ($205)
The always-luxe, science-backed eye cream harnesses the brand’s age-defying TFC8 technology to address the look of fine lines and wrinkles, under-eye circles, puffiness and dark shadows.
Best Neck Cream
NEOSTRATA Triple Firming Neck Cream ($98)
We didn’t think NEOSTRATA’s neck cream could get any better, but with the recent reformulation to add the brand’s breakthrough MicroDiPeptide229, it takes its neck-smoothing prowess to a new level.
Best Hyaluronic Acid Serum
SkinMedica HA⁵ Hydra Collagen Replenish + Restore Hydrator ($192)
Boasting a proprietary complex of five forms of hyaluronic acid and hydra collagen, the SkinMedica HA5 Hydra Collagen Replenish + Restore Hydrator not only keeps skin quenched for 48 hours, but also builds up its natural levels of hyaluronic acid over time.
Best Moisturizer for Very Dry Skin
Revision Skincare DermProtect Barrier Defense ($140)
Extremely dry skin needs an extra dose of moisture, like the kind Revision Skincare DermProtect Barrier Defense delivers. It also helps the skin retain that moisture and boosts its barrier function.
Best At-Home Laser
NIRA Pro Laser ($599)
NIRA’s Pro Laser is the only pain-free at-home laser that’s FDA-cleared, professional-grade and safe for all skin tones. Did we mention it’s also clinically proven to reduce wrinkles?
Best Depuffing Device
Therabody Depuffing Wand ($170)
Offering both cooling and heated treatments, Therabody’s innovative and portable Depuffing Wand boosts circulation for a quick glow, takes down-under-eye puffiness and feels so good after a long night.
Best Exfoliating Face Pads
NassifMD Detox Facial Pads ($46)
Created by facial plastic surgeon Paul Nassif, MD (you may know him from Botched), NassifMD Detox Facial Pads have developed quite the cult-following for their ability to “wipe away signs of aging” with potent, but not too harsh, exfoliation.
Best Bakuchiol Serum
Dr. Jart+ Prejuvenation Firming Bakuchiol Serum ($66)
When retinol is too harsh, this bakuchiol serum is gentle enough to use twice a day and targets seven signs of aging at once. In clinicals, 91 percent of people showed improved elasticity in one week.
Best Multitasking Facial Device
Althaea Skin C•A•R•A Multi-Modal Tool ($350)
From trusted Los Angeles dermatologist Ava Shamban, MD, comes the Althaea Skin C•A•R•A Multi-Modal Tool, which targets the root causes of skin fatigue and aging with professional-grade tech like radio frequency, electrical muscle stimulation and LED light.
