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Skincare Routine for Dry Skin
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items For those who suffer from dry and/or dehydrated skin
Sections
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Choose a Cleanser
Choose a Toner (optional)
Choose a Gentle Exfoliant
Choose a Hydrating Serum
Choose a Face Oil
Mask (optional)
Choose a Cleanser
Avoid foaming, highly-active cleansers. Opt for creamy or oil-based cleansers to help keep skin hydrated
A gentle cleanser using probiotics & resveratrol CoQ10, blended with apricot & borage oils, to gently cleanse makeup & impurities without stripping away moisture
Andalou Naturals Probiotic Cleansing Milk
Designed to soothe as it deeply cleanses without disrupting the skin’s natural moisture barrier, leaving skin soft, calm, smooth, and refreshed without over-drying
Curology Gentle Hydrating Foaming Cleanser
Featuring a trio of essential ceramides (1, 3, 6-II), this makeup remover cleanser helps sustain the skin’s natural barrier. Suitable for various skin types, including dry, oily, and acne-prone skin. It ensures effective cleansing while maintaining s...
CeraVe Cleansing Balm Makeup Remover
Gentle face wash formulated with hyaluronic acid, ceramides, squalane & triglycerides. This gentle face cleanser removes makeup, dirt, and excess oil without stripping moisture for a non-greasy feel & long-lasting hydration $15
CeraVe Hydrating Foaming Oil Cleanser
Known as nature’s ‘moisture magnet’, hyaluronic acid delivers intense moisture, infusing skin with healthy hydration. Our hyaluronic acid facial cleanser helps plump, smooth, and rehydrate facial skin for a youthful-looking complexion $13
Derma E Hydrating Gentle Cleanser with Hyaluronic Acid
Hydrating facial cleanser combines squalane and aloe vera to maintain essential moisture, offering a balance your skin craves. Perfect for combatting dryness and enlarged pores, it leaves your complexion soft and supple without any residue, helping y...
BIOSSANCE Squalane + Amino Aloe Gentle Face Wash
Achieve a fresh and balanced complexion with this gentle yet effective face wash to cleanse your skin without stripping away its natural moisture. Infused with nourishing ingredients and soothing Aloe Vera leaving skin clean, hydrated, and refreshed.
IMAGE Skincare, Ormedic pH Balancing Facial Cleanser
Choose a Toner (optional)
This milky, creamy toner is for everyone
belif Moisturizing Bomb Toner with Ceramide
Gently exfoliates, hydrates, and refines skin texture while minimizing pores for a radiant, flawless complexion.
Squalane + 2% BHA Pore Minimizing Toner
Concentrated in vitamin B3, soothes, smoothes, and hydrates for 24 hours straight. Skin is softened and ready to receive skincare and soak up ingredients.
SVR B3 Hydra Essence Toner - 2% Vitamin B3 & Hyaluronic Acid
An Essence-Moisturizer Hybrid Proven To Hydrate, Reduce Redness, Smooth Texture, + Strengthen The Skin Barrier.
ILIA - The Base Face Milk Essence + Lightweight, Layerable Moisturizer
Choose a Gentle Exfoliant
A gentle night peeling serum with lemon caviar that renews skin texture and reveals a smoother, more lumionus complexion while keeping skin hydrated
Embryolisse Active Night Peeling Treatment
1-minute, 1-step exfoliating peel resurfaces, clarifies and helps to firm the skin for a radiant, renewed glow in a power-packed, at-home treatment
m-61 PowerGlow Peel | Exfoliating Facial Peel Pad
Choose a Hydrating Serum
A hydrating serum works great underneath a face oil and/or moisturizer to boost moisture levels
When choosing a hyaluronic acid (HA) serum, pick one that has multiple types of HA for best results
COSRX Hydrium Triple Hyaluronic Moisture Ampoule
A lightweight, deeply hydrating Hyaluronic Acid serum that immediately delivers intense moisturization to the skin for a healthy, glowing, and radiant complexion.
BABOR CLEANFORMANCE Moisture Glow Serum
Achieve a dewy radiance with 2-in-1 hydration & antioxidant care. Improves hydration in the skin. Addresses skin dryness by providing intensive hydration care with ingredients extracted with Bio-conversion Technology
belif Aqua Bomb Hydrating Hyalucid™ 11% Serum
Boosts Radiance - Gives the skin a healthy and radiant glow. Reduces Redness - Improves red, irritated, and dull skin Replenishes Moisture - Increases moisture levels with one use
COSRX Propolis Ampoule, Glow Boosting Serum for Face
Drenches skin with three molecular weights of hyaluronic acid, plus polyglutamic acid to plump the look of skin & deliver moisture on multiple levels.
TULA Skin Care 24/7 Ultra Hydration - Triple Hydra Complex Day & Night Serum
This powerful hyaluronic serum combines niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, and vitamin E to enhance skin's glow and resilience. Niacinamide helps to improve skin radiance, refine pores, and reduce blemishes for a more even skin tone. Hyaluronic acid offer...
Bliss Glow & Hydrate Serum | Niacinamide + Hyaluronic Acid
Four types of hyaluronic acid to target each layer of skin’s surface to provide concentrated, yet lightweight moisture while reducing water loss. 7 Amino Acids: Found in skin’s own natural moisturizing factors, helps replenish hydration while support...
Bliss Drench & Quench Hyaluronic Acid Serum
This serum holds moisture in the skin thanks to 3 types of Hyaluronic Acid with different molecular weights for multi-depth hydration. Binds and retains moisture in different layers of the skin
Honest Beauty Hydrogel Deep Hydration Hyaluronic Acid Serum
A surge of hydration for thirsty skin. Trans-epidermal water loss (TEWL), redness, dryness, and flakiness is minimized to support happier, healthier daily skin function. Skin feels instantly smooth, soft and nourished
BYOMA Hydrating Serum
Hyaluronic acid moisturizer promotes cellular regeneration and builds a barrier to maintain moisture. This light cream is formulated with two types of hyaluronic acid for a deep, long lasting hydration
Embryolisse Hydra-Serum
Designed to help fight early signs of skin aging such as fine lines and dullness. It provides hydration with a multi-functional mix of hyaluronic acids that help maintain your skin’s natural moisture levels.
Isdinceutics Hyaluronic Concentrate, Lightweight Face Serum
Squalane, beta glucan and hyaluronic acid deeply hydrate the skin while a blend of 5 ceramides and fatty acids lock in moisture to prevent transepidermal water loss. Helps maintain the skin's natural function while ceramide precursors encourage the s...
Ceramide Barrier Serum | Hydrating Serum
Infuses the skin with weightless hydration to help smooth the appearance of dry fine lines and rough texture. A powerful humectant that holds 1,000 times its weight in water, it hydrates and plumps the skin. Soothe, moisturize, and protects skin.
Dr Dennis Gross Hyaluronic Marine™ Hydration Booster
Clinically proven, double patent-pending delivery system delivers long-chain Hyaluronic Acid to areas of dry, dehydrated skin; This mega-dose of hydration deeply penetrates and increases hydration for up to 48 hours
U Beauty The SUPER Hydrator - Mega-Dose Skin Hydrator and Hyaluronic Acid Moisturizing Cream
Choose a Face Oil
May not be necessary for everyone, but I recommend always having one on hand when moisturizer alone is not enough
Provides lasting moisture while helping to calm and revitalize dry, dull skin
HERBIVORE Emerald Facial Oil
A fast-absorbing hydrating face oil is the perfect recipe for a glowing complexion. Packed with vitamin C and a super blend of antioxidants, its lightweight formula works to instantly hydrate.
Youth To The People Superberry Hydrate + Glow Dream Face Oil
Mask (optional)
Add a mask into your dry skin regime if your skin is more parched than usual
Wake up the following day with instantly plump, glass skin
belif Vitamin E Jelly Overnight Mask –
Choose a Moisturizer
A heavy moisturizer is crucial for a dry skin routine (duh)
Increase moisture in your skin in one night . This will even keep skin well-hydrated during the day
Intense Overnight Sleeping Cream
Delivers immediate hydration that is slowly released over a 72-hour time period
Cetaphil Water Gel for Deep Skin Hydration
Use on any skin type and on any area for dry skin relief
Urea Lotion For The Face & Body - Urea Advanced Relief - Prequel
Hydrates and helps restore skin's moisture barrier. Contains the dynamic blend of patented growth factor blend TNS and Ceramide technology to rapidly trigger the formation of collagen while soothing and hydrating skin
SkinMedica TNS Ceramide Treatment Cream
This moisturizer amplifies your skin’s ability to retain moisture instantly and over time by rebuilding its protective barrier. Clinically proven to deliver glowier, smoother, and firmer skin after 4 weeks. 100% of users had immediate barrier functio...
Skinfix Triple Lipid-Peptide Cream
French face cream and skincare brand. The Lait-Crème Concentré is a rich, multi-tasking moisturizing face cream for all skin types.
Embryolisse Lait-Crème Concentré, Multifunction Daily Moisturizer
Infuses skin with 48 hours of hydration and helps protect against environmental stress. This best-selling moisturizer features a state-of-the-art complex that works on a molecular level to help reduce Trans-Epidermal Water Loss.
Dermalogica Skin Smoothing Cream
Lightweight, Non-Greasy Daily Repair – Designed to deliver intense hydration without heaviness, this formula absorbs seamlessly into the skin, making it perfect for layering under makeup or using as an overnight treatment
belif Moisturizing Bomb Daily Ceramide
Choose an Eye product
A nighttime eye serum that locks in moisture - brings life back to a dull, tired area
SVR Relax Concentrate Under Eye Night Serum
I’ve tried hundreds of eye products over my lifetime- especially since I’ve worked with an Oculofacial Plastic Surgeon for 12+ years and this is the best for keeping eyelids hydrated!
belif Moisturizing Eye Bomb with Peptide and Ceramide
Choose an Occlusive
Great for severely dry skin but also a great occlusive
Cetaphil Cracked Skin Repair Balm
Helps to protect and rebuild skin post-treatment and locks moisture in
First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Rescue Barrier Balm
Works wonders on dry skin, cracked hands, chapped lips, split heels, calluses, sunburns, cuticles, tattoos, and much, much more. A versatile, soothing skin balm safe for people and animals alike.
Vermont's Original Bag Balm Skin Moisturizer | For Dry, Cracked Skin
Mega-rich ointment works hard to coat, protect & hydrate extremely dry, rough & unhappy skin. It's proven to last on the skin for over 48-hours unlike other body skin care products.
Lanolips Golden Dry Skin Salve with Vitamin E
Extra Hydration
Face & body mist soothes, softens & calms sensitive skin. Helps reduce visible redness & burning sensations. Perfect for using immediately after a skin treatment like laser or microneedling.
Avène Thermal Spring Water
Light-weight but highly moisturizing skin barrier care in a fine mist spray bottle
COSRX Comfort Ceramide Cream Mist
A multi-purpose balm - Soothe, soften and moisturize dry skin on your face, cuticles, elbows; use as a lip moisturizer or anywhere you need a little extra moisture
Burt's Bees 100% Natural Origin Goodness Glows Miracle Balm
Evian Facial Spray provides an ultra-fine micro-droplet mist of pure Evian water that hydrates and refreshes skin.
evian® Brumisateur® Facial Spray
I have this on hand whenever I need an extra boost of hydration. I apply my moisturizer and then spray this on top. Also a great setting spray for makeup!
Curel Japanese Skin Care Deep Moisture Spray
A lightweight, non-greasy body oil, enriched with Undaria Algae, provides nourishing and skin-firming benefits. Ideal for women and men, it's a must-have dry body oil for various skincare needs, from moisturizing to skin enhancement.
OSEA Undaria Algae™ Body Oil
Mist-on formula supplements skin’s protective barrier by creating an active antioxidant shield to help fight free radical damage, and help prevent the signs of aging.
Dermalogica Antioxidant Hydramist Toner
Choose a SPF
Olive-derived Squalane hydrates and conditions the skin and supports the skin’s natural barrier. Dermatologist recommended - Provides broad-spectrum SPF 40 coverage against UVA and UVB rays. Safe for sensitive skin, non-irritating, and free from benz...
Bask Suncare SPF 40 Daily Invisible Gel Face Sunscreen