face moisturizers for winter

It smells really fresh and it’s great that it has spf in it. Kept my face dewy and moisturized all day even in the super cold winter. ...I found it to be so gentle and comforting in these cold winters months. It looks like my skin only much clearer and smoother.

What it is: A bestselling tinted moisturizer with a new and improved formula, infused with skincare benefits for up to 24-hour hydration and SPF 30 sunscreen to protect.

Coverage: Light

Finish: Natural

Formulation: Liquid

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, and Combination

SPF: SPF 30

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Macadamia and Kukui Seed Oils: Help increase the skin's moisture levels long-term for up to 24 hours of hydration, while reducing the signs of visibly dry skin.
- Silica Treated Pigment: Helps create a soft-focus effect for a naturally dewy finish.
- Tamarind Seed Extract: Locks in moisture and gives enhanced antioxidant protection.

Great for winter...It’s helping a lot with my skin over the winter without leaving it oily and I love it. My skin is super dry and with the weather worse but the cream is exactly what I asked for....Great daytime moisturizer...I think this is a great moisturizer, especially if you live in a colder climate.

What it is: A daytime moisturizer that targets all major signs of aging and protects with SPF.

Skin Type: Dry and Combination

Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles

Formulation: Lightweight Serum

Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, and phthalates.

What Else You Need to Know: This anti-aging, oil-free formula with Clinique Smart™ hydration technology helps skin attract and retain moisture while delivering an essential defense against UV rays with broad-spectrum protection—a critical first step in preventing damage. The appearance of fine lines and wrinkles is improved, and skin is brightened for a fresh, firm, and radiant look.

Great for cold weather...It’s super thick and feels very protective, great for winter...This is a very thick and hydrating cream, if you don’t have super dry and sensitive skin that gets rough patches from being outside in the cold and wind it’s probably too much for you, but as an extremely dry skin girl this is my favorite winter moisturizer

What it is: A powerful, fragrance-free, moisture barrier recovery cream that provides up to 24 hours of hydration for dry and sensitized skin.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, and Combination

Skincare Concerns: Dryness and Dullness

Formulation: Rich Cream

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Cupuaçu Butter: Helps skin retain moisture.
- Babassu Oil: Rich in vitamin E, antioxidants, fatty acids, and melts and absorbs into skin.
- Postbiotic Ferment: Helps supports in skin's microbiome.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This cream has a thick occlusive formula that includes glycerin to attract moisture, cupuaçu butte

Must have for dry cold winters...Loved this cream definitely multi use This is a great product for during the cold winter time it’s a really good skin barrier especially for hands ! ...I suffer from really dry skin during the harsh winter cold and I can definitely tell a difference between appearance and feel of my skin.

What it is: An intensive barrier cream that relieves dry skin, helps support the moisture barrier, and visibly reduces redness caused by dryness.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Dryness and Redness

Formulation: Rich Cream

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Colloidal Oatmeal: Helps soothe and support skin.
- Beta Glucan: Nourishes dry, sensitized skin for a smoother and healthier appearance.

What Else You Need to Know: This barrier cream nourishes dry to very dry skin that can be caused by various types of external and internal aggressors. It visibly soothes, reduces redness, and supports skin.

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nice moisturizer...This a great basic moisturizer without fuss. I have normal/combination skin that sometimes it gets dehydrated especially during colder months and this does a good job in keeping my skin supple....Amazing moisturizer! Dewy skin in days! Only use this and Tatcha and havent had trouble with dry skin in winter however cold it gets.

What it is: A rich, oil-free cream-gel that delivers a fast moisture boost and keeps skin continuously hydrated for up 72 hours—even after washing your face.

Skin Type: Dry and Combination

Skincare Concerns: Dryness and Dullness and Uneven Texture

Formulation: Rich Cream-Gel

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hyaluronic Acid: Holds 1,000 times its weight in water, creating a "moisture reservoir" for ideal hydration.
- Activated Aloe Water: Delivers intense hydration.
- Cica: Soothes dry, delicate skin.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, and phthalates.

My skin has typically been very dry and flaky in the past, but ever since I have started using this moisturizer, I have seen a huge improvement, despite how dry it has been this winter. ...Very Nice Winter Moisturizer...I was looking for winter moisturizer for my mature skin to help with indoor dryness and cold weather.

What it is:
A moisturizer for very dry to dry skin types, which helps visibly smooth lines and wrinkles, brighten, and strengthen skin’s moisture barrier.

What it is formulated to do:
Smart Broad Spectrum SPF 15 Custom-Repair Moisturizer provides targeted repair as needed, where needed to address each person's unique concerns. It delivers essential defense against UV rays with broad-spectrum protection—a critical first step in preventing against damage. The oil-free formula plumps skin with moisture, improves the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, and brightens for a fresh, firm, and radiant complexion.

What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens

A definite for the winter!...This has become my #1 moisturizer especially now with the cold air moving in. ...A must have moisturizer!...It contains omegas and ceramides that helps protect our skin barrier, while deeply hydrating the skin! I live in a cold city and this moisturizer has helped me keep my skin moisturized and glowing!

What it is: A whipped cloud cream that hydrates skin with a blend of nourishing omega fatty acids, ceramides, and antioxidants.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Dryness, Dullness, and Uneven Texture

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Omegas 3, 6, and 9: Support skin's moisture barrier for enhanced hydration retention.
- Shea Butter and Borage Seed Oil: Quickly relieve tight, flaky skin by locking in moisture.
- Ceramides and Amino Acids: Improve barrier health for soft, supple, glowing skin.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES.

Will keep using this stuff especially in winter as the colder weather makes our skin drier...I love this moisturizer. I have very oily skin, so I'm very careful with how heavy my moisturizer is, otherwise I'll break out.

What it is: A lightweight, oil-free gel moisturizer—infused with hydrating actives—that acts like a water magnet, leaving skin looking plumper, smoother, and more radiant.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Dryness, Dullness, and Uneven Texture

Formulation: Lightweight Gel

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hyaluronic Acid: Leaves skin looking hydrated, smooth, and plumped.
- Lactic Acid: Hydrates, smooths, and visibly evens skin tone.
- Polyglutamic Acid: Smooths skin with four times more hydration than hyaluronic acid.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Rehydrate and que

Perfect for Chilly Winter Nights...This is news to me but apparently it’s recommended to switch your face care products between seasons?! Having moved to the east coast from LA, I definitely had to switch up my face routine. ...A Fantastic Moisturizer...It’s a thick, yet very light and creamy moisturizer. In the cold winter it still keeps my normally dry face moisturized though the whole day.

What it is: An ultra-rich, non-greasy cream that provides around-the-clock hydration while helping smooth the look of fine lines and wrinkles.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, and Combination

Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Dryness, and Redness

Highlighted Ingredients:
- S6Pro Complex™: A proprietary blend of prebiotics and probiotic extracts that visibly improves smoothness and maintains balance.
- Hyaluronic Acid, Squalane, and Collagen: Nurture.
- Apple, Watermelon, and Peptides: Smooth the look of fine lines and wrinkles.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: TULA Skincare’s most-loved moisturizer just got intense. This ultra-r

Great for Winter Weather....Just bought this - put it on - a cold day here and immediately my skin felt energized and like the ingredients were helping calm the winter weather. ...Especially right now the weather is getting cold. A nice moisturizer during winter.

What it is: A fragrance-free moisturizer with moisture-retentive polysaccharides and hyaluronic acid that cocoons, fortifies, and defends reactive, stressed skin.

Skin Type: Dry

Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Dryness, and Redness

Formulation: Cream

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Micro-algae Peptides: Help shield against sensitizers and protect sensitive skin from overreacting.
- Mondo Root: Helps support the microbiome and the skin’s natural immune defenses.
- Rose of Jericho: Supports moisture levels and nourishes the skin barrier.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.