These futuristic formulations feature new ingredients and high-tech molecules that are almost beyond belief. This mineral SPF uses non-nano zinc to protect the skin with SPF 40. There are also peptides and ceramides to plump and smooth, plus hyaluronic acid and allantoin hydrate and soothe. The universal tint erases the potential for a white cast, giving the skin a smooth, glowing base. This sheet mask is beloved by beauty editors and makeup artists alike.
The first-of-its-kind treatment is made with 5% benzoyl peroxide, kaolin clay, and glycolic acid, so it gets into your pores to clear out the clogs while also tackling surface-level buildup. The addition of panthenol helps to ensure your sensitive skin won’t dry out and disrupt that delicate oil balance. Leave it on for five minutes and let it do its magic by shrinking even the most monstrous pimple. We’ve used plenty of hyaluronic acid serums in our day, but this is the first we’ve ever encountered that’s given us a cheekbone contour.
Best At-Home Peel: Shani Darden Triple Acid Signature Peel
Below, all these and more beauty finds (both new or old!) that have been truly game-changing for our Vogue beauty editors here in New York and in London. From high-tech gadgets to newfound signatures, read on to discover our picks. All products featured on Vogue are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links.
Clarins Lip Comfort Oil
For starters, senior beauty editor Margaux Anbouba just got a laser treatment for the first time, which meant her skin needed special TLC to get back to its youthful glow. Beauty editor-at-large Arden Fanning Andrews, on the other hand, has found renewed love in Tatcha’s The Silk Sunscreen—its mini version is perfect for summertime travels to reapply sheer mineral UV protection. And if it’s an anti-frizz hair treatment you’re after, I cannot recommend Color Wow’s Dream Coat spray enough. Available in regular, extra strength, and curly-specific variants, each helps keep hair shiny, smooth, and sleek despite what’s on the weather forecast. Low on lather but big on moisture, this calming cream cleanser from Drunk Elephant helps break down makeup and sunscreen without stripping the skin of its natural balance.
It’s supercharged with 13 skin-brightening ingredients, nine antioxidants, seven peptides, and an algae complex. Together, lexatrade they dial up brightness while protecting, firming, and smoothing the skin. This do-it-all serum uses peptide-rich plasma, glycolic acid, niacinamide, and hyaluronic acid to target 10 signs of aging.
La Bronne Bosse N.03 The Essential Soft Hair Brush
“As someone with sensitive skin, I’m always cautious of at-home peels, but U-Beauty’s Resurfacing Flash Peel is one I can trust. A hardworking blend of glycolic acid, AHAs, and vitamin C exfoliates and brightens without irritation, giving me a radiant glow in just minutes. Plus, it never leaves my skin feeling stripped or dry—just refreshed and smooth.” —L.V. We often preach that good skin care takes time to see real results; however, this sleeping mask from Clinique literally delivers the goods while you snooze.
Your complexion feels clean but not dehydrated after washing, thanks to its marula seed oil, colloidal oatmeal, and illipe butter formula. It has a skin-friendly pH of 5.0, vanilla fruit extract for built-in antioxidant protection, and an oh-so-subtle sweet scent our testers found utterly invigorating. The closest thing to a spa treatment in your bathroom, this decadent eye cream comes with a massage tool that helps to decrease puffiness and feels ridiculously relaxing after a long day of staring at screens. The gel-cream formula is lightweight, so it won’t interfere with your makeup, and the five-mushroom blend helps calm the skin, hydrate, and increase radiance. “This was very hydrating and nongreasy, and I felt like my under-eyes looked brighter after regular use,” says Carrillo.
With this hybrid clay mask and exfoliating scrub, Chanel managed to make exfoliating chic by adding the brand’s signature camellias into this refining treatment that delivers an airbrush effect to your skin. It leaves you looking smooth and soft while reducing the appearance of shine and large pores, all without irritating sensitive complexions. With celebrity fans galore, we’ve had our eye on the CurrentBody Skin Series 2 LED Mask since it hit the shelves. Its flexible silicone shape, added chin strap, and three clinically proven wavelengths of light make it one of the most scientifically tested masks for reducing wrinkles, boosting collagen production, improving skin plumpness, reducing redness, and evening skin tone. We’re talking juicy jelly masks that brighten even the dullest complexions, moisturizers that help build up your collagen while you sleep, and serums that literally sculpt your cheekbones. We didn’t believe it either, but the results were undeniable.
Merit Signature Lip
This is a best-selling, TikTok-viral product, and for good reason. The watery liquid exfoliant contains 2% salicylic acid and green tea. It’s clinically proven to unclog pores, prevent breakouts, minimize enlarged pores, and control excess oil in as little as one week. Without further ado, we can’t wait to give proper due to the formulas we brought with us through this rollercoaster of a year. They’re the ones that made us feel best, whether that’s cleansing, toning, hydrating, evening, firming, or a myriad of other adjectives that give us those same aforementioned tingles.
With so many red-light masks on the market, it takes a lot to impress us these days. Shark managed to get everyone in the office talking (and clamoring to try) when it debuted this hybrid red-light and cryo-tech face mask. It not only features three wavelengths of clinically tested LED lights — red, infrared, and blue — but also has a built-in under-eye cooling patch with three temperature settings to refresh, depuff, and visibly tighten your under-eye area. This SPF is hydrating enough to be a daily moisturizer and offers broad-spectrum SPF 40 with a lightweight and transparent finish. No wonder it’s recommended by so many derms and estheticians. This serum is chock-full of growth factors and peptides that help repair the skin at a cellular level.
The Best Skincare Products of 2021
- What can we say about this lip mask that hasn’t already been said?
- This rose-infused version from Femmue won our testers’ hearts for its instant soothing, hydrating, and refreshing benefits.
- Supercharged with lip-loving ingredients—like moisturizing squalane, protective white tea extract, and brightening licorice root—it keeps lips looking healthy, both instantly and over time.
- It’s supercharged with 13 skin-brightening ingredients, nine antioxidants, seven peptides, and an algae complex.
It’s elegant, potent, and keeps our skin bright, happy, and hydrated without having to worry about degradation from the elements. Shea and murumuru seed butters cushion dry lips in moisture, while vegan wax smooths rough skin. It’s shiny, never sticky, and every single flavor begs to be collected.
- “This is a great new sunscreen. It works well for all skin types and is my new favorite for active patients who play tennis, run, etc.” —D.B.
- Below, all these and more beauty finds (both new or old!) that have been truly game-changing for our Vogue beauty editors here in New York and in London.
- The toner-soaked pads are convenient to use and feel like a mini facial each time you swipe them across your skin.
- Available in regular, extra strength, and curly-specific variants, each helps keep hair shiny, smooth, and sleek despite what’s on the weather forecast.
Out of every beauty category, skincare might be the most daunting. We’ve eliminated the guesswork by selecting 27 multitasking all-stars that will streamline—not complicate—your morning and nighttime skin rituals. With just a couple of these in your arsenal, we’re convinced you’ll have the best skin of your life.
“This is a great new sunscreen. It works well for all skin types and is my new favorite for active patients who play tennis, run, etc.” —D.B. She began her career at Well+Good, where she spent five years evolving from editorial intern to news writer to beauty writer. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English rhetoric from Binghamton University and a master’s degree in health and science journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. She is also a certified fitness instructor and teaches barre in Brooklyn. Luminous skin may look effortless, but behind every glowing complexion is a well-honed routine. Trust these staples to be the architects of your best skin ever.
A spritz of this will hydrate, brighten, and gently exfoliate the skin. It’s formulated with PHA, tranexamic acid, and bromelain (enzymes found naturally in pineapple), so it gently and mildly renews dull, textured skin. Make no mistake—this isn’t any old serum-moisturizer hybrid.
A trio of peptides plus 12% hyaluronic acid and skin-soothing adenosine work during your body’s reparative cycle to hydrate, plump, and smooth the complexion — meaning you wake up to visibly dewier, glowier, and more moisturized skin. As much as we love cleansing balms for their ability to get rid of waterproof/sweatproof/lifeproof makeup formulas, we don’t love having to dip our mitts into jars, contaminating the formula with our not-so-clean digits. This genius balm solves that issue with a mechanism that grinds out a fresh portion with just a twist of the top, letting you get the exact amount you need of the gentle, yet powerful formula. It uses camellia sinensis seed oil, grape seed oil, madecassoside, and centella extract to cleanse and condition, soothing redness and irritation as it dissolves even the most hardcore makeup, dirt, and sunscreen. They don’t call Sofie Pavitt the “Acne Whisperer” for nothing, and this genius mask is just another reason why the New York City-based aesthetician is so beloved for keeping her clients’ skin crystal clear.
Scroll on to see which skincare products are considered the best. This one does too, while also protecting it from environmental pollution and preventing signs of aging, thanks to antioxidants and copper PCA. The latter balances the skin’s pH level and stimulates collagen, resulting in a smoother, firmer appearance.
“Ever since this sublime mist landed on my desk, I haven’t been able to get enough. Created by esthetician and Monastery founder Athena Hewett in collaboration with legendary filmmaker Sofia Coppola, it’s chic down to the last detail—from the amber glass bottle to its energizing floral-woody scent. The blend of rosewood leaf, orchid oil, and hibiscus leaves my skin glowing and helps calm my rosacea.