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🧴✨ Hydration Prep: Dry Skin Essentials
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items Flawless makeup starts with the skin. Dry patches and flakiness can ruin your base, but the right prep makes everything smoother, glowier, and longer-lasting. These are my go-to affordable skin prep products for dry skin—each one is under $25 and giv...
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1. e.l.f. Holy Hydration! Daily Cleanser
Creamy and gentle, this cleanser gets rid of dirt and leftover makeup without drying you out. A great daily pick for soft, clean skin.
Holy Hydration! Daily Cleanser
2. CeraVe Hydrating Facial Cleanser
Packed with ceramides and hyaluronic acid. Leaves your face super soft and moisturized after washing—no tight feeling at all.
Hydrating Facial Cleanser: Skin Refresh
3. The Inkey List Oat Cleansing Balm
Melts makeup while soothing and calming dry, irritated skin. Best for the first step in your double cleanse.
The INKEY List USA Oat Cleansing Balm 150ml
4. La Roche-Posay Toleriane Hydrating Gentle Cleanser
Amazing for sensitive dry skin. Leaves the skin calm, hydrated, and super comfortable before applying skincare.
Toleriane Hydrating Gentle Facial Cleanser
5. The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5
Classic hydration booster. Helps your skin hold on to moisture and makes everything you layer on top work better.
Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 (with Ceramides)
6. Good Molecules Hyaluronic Acid Serum
Lightweight with no sticky feel. If The Ordinary pills on you, try this—it layers smoother under makeup.
Hyaluronic Acid Serum
7. Naturium Quadruple Hyaluronic Acid Serum
More hydrating than basic hyaluronic serums. Soaks into dry skin fast and gives a plump, smooth look.
Quadruple Hyaluronic Acid Serum 5%
8. The Inkey List Polyglutamic Acid
Locks in moisture and smooths texture better than hyaluronic acid alone. Great right before primer.
The INKEY List USA Polyglutamic Acid Serum 30ml
9. e.l.f. Holy Hydration! Face Cream (Fragrance-Free)
Thick enough to hydrate dry skin, but still lightweight enough for under makeup. No pilling.
Holy Hydration! Fragrance-Free Face Cream
10. Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel (Fragrance-Free)
So refreshing and gives a glass-skin feel. I love using this during the day under sunscreen or makeup.
Neutrogena ® Hydro Boost Hyaluronic Acid Gel Cream Fragrance Free 1.7 Fl. Oz
11. Aveeno Calm + Restore Oat Gel Moisturizer
Calms any redness or irritation. Good for super sensitive skin days when everything else stings.
Calm + Restore Oat Gel Moisturizer, Sensitive Skin
12. CeraVe Moisturizing Cream
If you’re extra dry or flakey, this is a game-changer. It’s thick but makeup still goes on smooth after.
Deep Hydration Moisturizing Cream
13. Vanicream Daily Facial Moisturizer
Very plain but very effective. No fragrance, no irritation, just hydration that lasts.
Vanicream™ Daily Facial Moisturizer for Sensitive Skin
14. e.l.f. Power Grip Primer + 4% Niacinamide
Hydrating and gripping. This version gives a bit of glow and helps smooth out your base without drying you out.
Power Grip Primer + 4% Niacinamide
15. Milani Supercharged Dewy Primer
Lightweight, brightening, and juicy-looking under foundation. No glitter—just natural radiance.
Supercharged Dewy Primer
16. Beauty of Joseon Relief Sun: Rice + Probiotics SPF 50+
Lightweight and creamy with no white cast. Leaves a dewy finish that feels like a moisturizer. A dry skin favorite!
Beauty of Joseon Relief Sun: Rice + Probiotics SPF50+ PA++++
17. e.l.f. Suntouchable! Whoa Glow SPF 30
Works as a glowy primer and sunscreen. Leaves skin radiant and protected—great base under makeup.
Suntouchable Whoa Glow Primer with SPF 30
18. COSRX Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence
Deeply hydrates and repairs dry, stressed skin. Apply before serums or moisturizer to help everything absorb better.
Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence
La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume B5
A rich balm that soothes dry, irritated skin instantly. Use it as a barrier cream or on flakey patches before foundation.
Cicaplast Balm B5 for Dry Skin Irritations
20. Tower 28 SOS Daily Facial Rescue Spray
Calms redness, hydrates instantly, and preps skin beautifully. Great right before moisturizer or as a midday skin reset.
SOS Daily Rescue Facial Spray with Hypochlorous Acid
21. Avene Thermal Spring Water Spray
A light mist that soothes and refreshes dry, tight skin. Perfect between layers or right before primer.
Avène Thermal Spring Water
22. e.l.f. Glow Reviver Lip Oil
📝 Note: Don’t forget the lips! This keeps your lips hydrated and plump before lipstick or gloss—no more dry cracks.
Glow Reviver Tinted Lip Oil