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 good anti aging skin care is essential if you want younger looking skin in your 50’s and beyond.
And if you think all moisturizers are more or less the same – think again. That may have been true in the past but things have changed.
If you just want to moisturize your skin then pick a long lasting hydrating cream. The products reviewed in this article offer higher levels of active ingredients. They cost more but it pays to get the best anti aging cream 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 face moisturizers should offer:
- Skin hydration throughout the day without heaviness or greasiness
- A great makeup base – no clogging or sliding
- Intensified anti aging effects – a high level of antioxidants, retinol or peptides 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 moisturizers 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 aging 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 Retinol 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.
For an anti aging product focused on a core ingredient then you should probably consider a retinol cream at high concentrations. But if you want luxurious hydration and added anti wrinkle effects then any of the products featured in this review should do a good 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 an anti aging moisturizer is an investment in younger looking skin you’ll never regret.
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Marciella on Fri, 5th Mar 2010
If you haven’t discovered ‘Made from Earth’ yet, their “Vitamin Enhanced Moisturizer” cream is marvelous. It’s worth every penny – a jar will last you forever since there’s no water in it, it’s a very concentrated and rich emulsion of natural ingredients. it heals uncomfortable dry patches anywhere on your body, it softens cuticles, it makes a great eye cream when my eyes are irritated by allergies.
It is a little rich and heavy for a regular face moisturizer for me (my skin is normal although it’s a little dry in the winter), although from time to time if my face is feeling tight I will dab on a little at night.
Eileen Gravelle on Thu, 29th Jul 2010
Marciella – thanks for the comment and the suggestion. I haven’t tried this anti aging moisturizer myself but it sound great. As it is such a rich concentrated face cream I am surprised it works so well on the under eye area. Often rich creams applied as eye creams cause puffiness which then produces more wrinkles! It’s good to have something extra nourishing for use when skin feels drier than normal.