gels for face

I love the fact that it is a gel. This is the second gel I’ve tried and my face feels refreshed and hydrated....I have used many water gels in this past and this is up there in my favorites.

What it is: A shine-fighting, cooling gel moisturizer with up to 24 hours of hydrating power for oily and normal skin types.

Skin Type: Normal, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Oiliness

Formulation: Lightweight Gel

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Glacial Glycoprotein: Intensely hydrates and maintains skin’s moisture levels.
- Micronized Amino Acid: Reduces the appearance of sebum and facial shine over time.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance.

This product is lightweight and goes on smooth. Also some cleansing gels make my face feel tight and dry after using them. ...For a gel I feel it's a bit runny I'm use to gels that are thicker.

What it is: A cleanly formulated, nondrying gel cleanser with exfoliating, natural salicylic acid and hydrating grape water to purify skin and absorb excess oil.

Skin Type: Normal, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Pores, Acne and Blemishes, and Oiliness

Formulation: Lightweight Gel

Highlighted Ingredients:
- All-Natural Salicylic Acid: Exfoliates, visibly refining skin’s texture.
- Grape Water: Provides antioxidant, prebiotic, hydrating, and soothing benefits.
- Essential Oil Complex and Grapeseed Polyphenols: Provide antioxidant benefits, purify skin, and limit sebum oxidation to visibly reduce blackheads.

I did buy the gel because I am very acne prone and the gel is oil free!!...I like this gel a lot! It's great if you have oily skin because it doesn't over moisturize but it doesn't undermoisturize like other face lotions or gels for oily skin.

What it is: A dermatologist-developed, oil-free face moisturizer that balances and refreshes oilier skin types.

Skin Type: Combination and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Oiliness

Formulation: Gel

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Sunflower Seed Cake, Barley Extract, and Cucumber Fruit Extract: Help support skin’s barrier, improve its resiliency, and balance and retain skin’s moisture levels.
- Hyaluronic Acid: Acts as a natural moisture magnet.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens and phthalates. This product is also vegan.

What Else You Need to Know: This refreshing gel moisturizer delivers up to eight hours of oil-free hydration, slips on easily, and absorbs quickly.

What it is: A best-selling, refreshing eye cream now for on-the-go! It instantly helps brighten & visibly diminish the look of dark circles, bags & puffiness for a wide awake & vibrant appearance, anywhere, anytime with a new sponge-tip applicator.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Dryness, Dark Circles, and Puffiness

Highlighted Ingredients:

- Vitamin C: Diminishes the look of dark circles.

- Niacinamide: Visibly brightens under eyes and energizes skin.

- Panax Ginseng and Caffeine: Support natural skin-cell energy, visibly reviving radiance.

Perfect on a fresh clean face when you don't want to apply a whole "face". ...It covers imperfections just enough but not obvious coverage of a makeup. It’s a sort of gel cream feel to me. I use a bit of concealer where needed, this and a bit of powder and it’s perfect finish for no makeup makeup look

What it is: A weightless complexion booster, infused with skincare benefits, visibly brightens and blurs and evens out skin's appearance.

Coverage: Light

Finish: Natural

Formulation: Cream

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan.

What Else You Need to Know: This cream is inspired by the K-beauty trend, providing a sheer veil of color to give a brightening and visibly toning effect to skin. It smooths the look of the complexion and contains kumquat extracts, blurring imperfections and reducing the appearance of discoloration to leave the skin visibly perked up, dewy, and weekend ready.

Non-greasy, no shine hydration for a balanced look on this middle-aged face. Love it!...Instead of applying on my clean skin..I applied Clinique moisture surge gel moisturizer followed by super goop watery gel spf….WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!

What it is: A tinted hydrator that provides up to 12 hours of hydration, visible complexion perfection, and skin support protection all in one.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Formulation: Lightweight Cream

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hyaluronic Acid and Activated Aloe Water: Help keep skin hydrated for up to 12 hours.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens and phthalates.

What Else You Need to Know: This cream is formulated with powerful hydrating ingredients including hyaluronic acid and activated aloe water that help keep skin appearing plumped and dewy for up to 12 hours. A sheer tint perfects and covers a wide range of skin tones.

The consistency is a little runny so be mindful when applying directly to the face out of the tube. Brown girl approved!...It looks great over all the sunscreens I've tried it with and I love mixing it with a drop of Saie Glowy Gel for extra glow. It applies super easy with just my finger tips and looks great.

What it is: A buildable tint with light-to-medium coverage that gives your skin a natural-looking, dewy glow.

Coverage: Medium

Finish: Radiant

Formulation: Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Baobab Seed Extract: Hydrates skin.
- Hibiscus Flower Extract: Is rich in antioxidants that defend against environmental aggressors.
- Pumpkin Seed Extract: Is rich in Vitamin E, which calms skin and prevents moisture loss.

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

What Else You Need to Know: This nourishing tint is powered by baobab seed extract to hydrate and visibly balance your skin. With a lightweight formula that feels like you're wearing next to noth

Light to medium coverage, featherweight gel-like texture, perfect color match... a go-to everyday product for a dry-skinned girl like me. ...I'm a chick that does not like my face to look cakey. This product makes my face look radiant.

What it is: A lightweight tinted moisturizer that hydrates and smooths skin while brightening with vitamin C and protecting with SPF 30.

Coverage: Light

Finish: Radiant

Formulation: Cream

SPF: SPF 30 and Under

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Vitamin C: Visibly evens out skin tone for a brighter-looking complexion.
- French Polynesian Kopara: Helps to hydrate, condition, and refine the look of skin.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance.

I’ve been using it for a few days it’s a good spf, it applies easily and doesn’t leave a oily feeling. It feels like a gel moisturizer. I thought the tint was too warm for me first but after it was absorbed the tint goes away. ...The consistency to how it felt on the face after application ! Will buy again. Does not make your face look oily either.

What it is: A light, hydrating, and oil-free SPF lotion, rich in vegan-powered extracts to help protect against free radicals as well as blue light.

Coverage: Light

Finish: Natural

Formulation: Liquid

SPF: SPF 30

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Purple Tea Extract: Antioxidants defend against free radicals.
- Green Algae Extract: A natural source of niacinamide that provides moisturizing properties.
- Passionflower Extract: Protects the skin from the adverse effects of atmospheric pollutants.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, sulfates SLS & SLES, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also gluten-free and cruelty-free.

I have combination skin and it didn’t make my face too dry or too oily. I could wear it alone or with makeup and it’s still really pretty on my faces...Seriously my favorite brands for a compete face. I love the coverage as well. It’s just enough.

What it is: A 2-in-1 buildable skin tint delivering 12hr hydration while providing long-wearing, natural-looking coverage that’s sweat proof & humidity resistant.

Coverage: Light

Finish: Natural

Formulation: Cream

SPF: 15

Highlighted Ingredients:

- Provitamin D and Cactus Flower: Support a strong skin barrier.

- Vitamin E Complex: Defends skin from environmental aggressors.

- Hyaluronic Acid and Shea Butter: Immediately moisturize, soften, and condition.