Best anti aging moisturizers

A good anti aging moisturizer is a beauty essential that every woman needs to use every single day.

As your skin ages you need to provide daily hydration and protection from harmful free radicals. Starting to protect your skin in your twenties is ideal but by 40 it’s essential if you want younger looking skin in your 50’s and beyond.

And if you think all anti aging moisturizers are more or less the same – think again. That may have been true in the past but things have changed.

Nowadays anti aging moisturizers do so much more than just moisturize and it pays to get the best you can afford. So – how do you pick a good one without wasting oodles of money by trial and error?

Start with some basics – the very best anti aging moisturizers should offer:

• Non-stop hydration throughout the day without heaviness or greasiness
• A great base for make up – no clogging or sliding
• A high level of antioxidants to protect your skin from free radical damage.

Physician grade or dermatologist skin care is often best for this. There are literally thousands of anti aging skin care products out there so it’s important to narrow your search – here’s some of my top picks:

Skin Medica Recovery Complex Best Results Kit combines two great anti aging products in one highly effective kit.  Skin Medica Dermal Repair is a luxurious feeling anti aging moisturizer with very high levels of Vitamins C and E plus retinol, hyaluronic acid, and omega-3.  Skin Medica TNS Recovery Complex is an anti wrinkle serum for use under the moisturizer.  Used together they work superbly and better than bought alone.  Skin Medica is a great brand – producing high strength physician grade skin care that’s been featured extensively on Oprah. Both products sell fantastically well and come with 5 star reviews from users.  You can buy them separately but if you can afford it go for the best results kit.

Philosophy Hope in a Jar – world renowned skin cream and still one of the best anti aging moisturizers around for all skin types. Originally created for the medical market it contains a powerful antioxidant and lactic acid which is a gentle exfoliant.  Another Oprah favorite – the cream is rich but not heavy and can also be used morning and night.   Good reviews from lots of satisfied customers.

Skinceuticals Daily Moisture – Skinceuticals are renowned for their highly advanced skin care and this cream comes in normal/dry or normal/oily versions.  A beautiful cream to wear containing extremely high levels of pure vitamin E and marine extracts for anti aging protection.  Both versions are best sellers with very positive reviews.

Kinerase Cream – Kinerase is a best selling pharmaceutical strength skin care line based on Kinetin – a key active anti aging ingredient with the same anti wrinkle effectiveness as Retina-A.  Kinetin is derived from a natural active extracted from blue anemone flowers that stop the flowers withering.    A little pricier than some of the other creams but a little goes a long way.  Highly recommended.   Fans of the Kinerase range include Jennifer Anniston.

Z-Bigatti Re-Storation Skin Treatment – a luxurious anti aging skin cream formulated to repair, nourish and protect your skin.   High levels of hydroxy acids, potent antioxidants, vitamins, natural botanicals and enzymes even out skin tone and reduce fine lines and wrinkles.  Gives the skin a lovely glow and silky feel.   Expensive but you only need a very small amount of this rich cream applied to clean skin morning and evening.  Best selling moisturizer with many long term users and good reviews.

All of these anti aging moisturizers will do a great job. Of the ones I have personally used -  Skin Medica TNS Recovery Complex Best Results Kit is my favorite and I also had great results from Kinerase Cream.

Whatever you go for – you can be sure that money spent on good anti aging skin care is an investment in younger looking skin you’ll never regret.

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