Save Your Dry Skin! Moisturizers & Hydrating Foundations You'll Want To Try!

‘Tis the season of dry weather, chapped skin, and well, y’all know the deal!

It’s time to scrap the makeup regimen you know and love in favor of more hydration. With hyaluronic acid-infused foundations and moisturizers boasting glycerin, you won’t have to worry about flaky face anymore!

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Keep your skin looking summer fresh with our top picks (below)!

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First Aid Beauty

Not only a moisturizer but a primer, too? First Aid Beauty (available HERE) is setting you up for success with their two-in-one in gorgeous limited-edition packaging! Coconut water and quinoa protein bring moisture back to the skin while protecting its barrier!

Tarte Cosmetics

Looking for even more hydration?? Tarte’s oil-free gel (HERE) features marine plant extracts, electrolyte-balancing complex, and hyaluronic acid and squalane, which sounds great and all, but what does it do??

Reduce the appearance of lines and wrinkles, restore and retain moisture, and gets your skin glowing again.

We’ll also take it for the packaging. LOLz!

Codex Beauty

If this is your first time hearing of Codex Beauty, we’d like to introduce you to their dry patch saviors Bia Collection Day Cream (above, HERE) and Skin SuperFood (HERE)!

The first is a lighter formula, complete with a subtle citrusy scent, while the latter is a treatment for flaky face, body… anywhere! Calendula firms and smoothes, Comfrey rejuvenates skin, Heart’s Ease retains moisture, Immortelle to provide a protective film, and Marsh Mallow to moisturize!

Julep Beauty

A unique take comes with Julep’s Boost Your Radiance Anti-Pollution Daily Moisturizers (available HERE), which not only boosts hydration  — duh, or we wouldn’t even be here — but brightens and refines skin. *Ariana Grande voice* Yuh.

Lano

An ingredient you haven’t seen highlighted yet?? Vitamin E!

Known as an antioxidant, when it comes to Lano’s Face Base (HERE), this means it works to leave “a velvety moisture barrier” for all-day hydration! Wear it as a primer under your foundation or watch it glow solo!

Biossance

Rated highly on Sephora’s website is Biossance’s Squalane + Omega Repair Creme (HERE), which aims to deliver moisture, along with a smoother, more plumped look!

As described by their team, “Squalane, omega fatty acids, ceramides, and plant sterols also help nourish. Skin looks exceptionally soft and supple with dewy radiance.” We’re in for “dewy” anything in winter!!

Innisfree

Korean skincare brand Innisfree uses Jeju orchid in its lightweight moisturizer (available HERE) that also targets signs of aging! While it won’t take us back to the days of our ~youth~, we’ll take all the extra firmness we can get!

Awake

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The Sweet Hydration Moisturizer (HERE) from Awake may not seem like your first choice as the temps drop, but this gel formula will just glide over your skin! Oh, and the scent!!

Who wouldn’t want to wake up to a whiff of citrus? And a bouncy face!

Skinceuticals

Skinceuticals’ Daily Moisture cream (HERE) is pore-refining AND great for those with normal, oily, or combination skin?? Do we have to say any more?

As the caption (above) states, locking in the moisture after a shower — either at the beginning of your morning routine or end of your nighttime one — is key if you’re seriously suffering from depleted derma!

Dermalogica

Speaking of derma…

The only serum we’ve included on this list, but for good reason: its dual-phases deliver hydration and radiance before your moisturizer even gets to work.

Dermalogica explains in its description:

“In the lifting phase, Phyto-Nature technology uses potent, plant-derived bio-extracts to visibly tighten skin. Amazonian Camu Camu helps prolong radiance while next-generation Hyaluronic Acid delivers a filler effect. Antioxidant Moroccan Rockrose Extract and Madagascar Green Coffee Bean visibly revitalize skin and help decrease the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.”

You chan ch-ch-check it out HERE!

It Cosmetics

Not new, but oh, is It Cosmetics’ Confidence in a Cream Moisturizer (available HERE) something else?? It’s thick, but quick-absorbing, a combination you’ll be grateful for when you’re rushing to get ready in the morning before heading out in freezing cold temperatures!

The last thing you need is to struggle to rub moisturizer into those flaky spots!

Eighteen B

Skin lifting, skin smoothing, and skin firming sounds like a whole lot of benefits for your most exposed organ! Eighteen B aims to deliver all three with their Hydrate + Restore Rich Cream (available HERE). Day or night, this is one you’ll want to include somewhere in your routine.

Bliss

We just had to give a shout-out to sweet watermelon during these chillier months! Bliss’ What a Melon Hydrator (HERE) is best for combination skin, who are looking for a more lightweight option to keep a refreshed complexion.

Bloomeffects

Bloomeffects’ Royal Tulip Nectar (available HERE) doesn’t just make for a mesmerizing Instagram post, but an overnight sleep mask, an after-shower spa treatment, or a holiday travel savior!

The best part? There’s no need to apply this thick ointment-to-serum only to your face, but anywhere you’re experience, dry, cracked skin!

Of course, we can’t talk about moisturizers without mentioning their hydrating foundation counterparts, too!

Laura Geller Beauty

Laura Geller’s Quench-n-Tint (HERE) flaunts weightless coverage while providing a dewy glow upon application!

You won’t have any trouble rubbing this foundation in and there for sure won’t be a flaky patch in sight!

NYX Professional Makeup

Looking for drugstore prices to get that glowy skin?? NYX Professional Makeup’s Born To Glow Naturally Radiant Foundation (HERE) is only $10 for medium coverage and you’ll find 45 shades available to pick your perfect match!

Tarte Cosmetics

If you haven’t tried Tate’s Babassu foundcealer (HERE), a multi-tasking foundation and concealer (hence the name), is also part moisturizer! This two three-in-one offers buildable medium coverage, while also coming complete with SPF 20. Yes, even the winter sun’s rays are harmful!

Charlotte Tilbury

On the higher end of the scale is Charlotte Tilbury’s Airbrush Flawless Longwear Foundation (available HERE), which is characterized as “a long-lasting, weightless, hybrid skincare-foundation” thanks to “REPLEXIUM®,” which “helps to reduce the appearance of wrinkles.” Meanwhile, “MossCellTec™ No. 1” “helps thoroughly hydrate skin” and “AirCool™ “provides an immediate fresh feel on skin.”

Isn’t that all we can hope for??

RMS Beauty

Full coverage meets rms beauty’s “un” cover-up cream foundation (HERE)! Initially light coverage, it is buildable as a foundation for days you’re feeling just a little bit ~extra~. But you’ll find reviewers rave about it as a concealer, too!

It Cosmetics

It Cosmetics’ CC+ Cream (available HERE) has a cult following comes in three versions: illuminating, oil-free matte, and original, all depending on your skin needs! Their OG moisturizer-meets-sunscreen-meets-cream foundation does all the work for you in the drier seasons, complete with collagen, hyaluronic acid, and peptides.

Fenty Beauty

Rihanna really delivered with Fenty Beauty’s Pro Filt’r Hydrating Longwear Foundation (HERE)! Made for normal to dry skin (though reviewers with combination skin have also had positive experiences), this liquid coverup aims to give you the no-makeup makeup look!

Yeah, we wanna look fresh like RiRi!

Iris And Romeo

A creamier option with sustainable packaging to boot? Meet Iris & Romeo! The new line fuses skincare and makeup with their new foundation, complete with SPF 25  — and no need for moisturizer!

In winter?? Yeah, you’ll want to try it (available HERE)!

Laura Mercier

Laura Mercier knows their foundation and this tinted moisturizer is I-T! If you’re looking for hydration, but only a buildable light coverage?? Just wait until you try out this goodness in all its SPF 30 glory (HERE)!

Alleyoop

This list wouldn’t be complete without a few standout body moisturizers, because we absolutely can’t forget about the skin down there — AKA our necks to our toes!

Alleyoop, a multitasking line, launched their new Smooth Operator (available HERE) with just that in mind!

The stubble softener, skin smoothing, lotion glides on like a dream for $16!

Highline Wellness

Prefer a little CBD in your routine?? Highline Wellness’ CBD Body Cream (HERE, when not sold out) has exactly that… and is a perfect option for when your legs — and joints — are sore from trudging through the snow.

Who said living in a winter wonderland was always fabulous??

Sol De Janeiro

Sol De Janeiro doesn’t have a cult following for nothin’! We’d say a big chunk of it is attributed to their dreamy scents, but would you believe their first fragrance-free cream is just as other-worldly??

The Brazilian Nude Cream (available HERE) is packed to the brim with soothing ingredients like passionflower and colloidal oatmeal so you don’t have to live with itchy, irritated skin any longer!

So, why is it called “Nude”? Well, we’re pretty sure anyone would feel confident going buff with richly hydrated skin, right??

Let us know what your favorite way to stay moisturized is, along with your top picks in the comments (below)!

[Image via Rihanna/Instagram]