Facial moisture cream

It starts every winter: the itchy, tight feeling. The sandpaper-y texture. Despite your best efforts humidifiers, masks, more water, less winemaintaining a supple complexion during sub-zero temperatures is always a challenge.

Even worse than walking around with dry, peeling skin is trying to find the perfect product to combat it. The struggle to find a face moisturizer bonus if it has SPF that seemingly does everything at once—like, turning back the clock without clogging your pores—is real. And we know searching for a moisturizing lotion or cream that works for all skin types without putting a dent in your wallet can be even more difficult. Luckily for us, a few skincare experts helped locate some the best—and most affordable—moisturizers at the drugstore.

Quality moisturizers can help soothe and repair dry, itchy, and irritated skin. But with so many moisturizers on the market, how do you find one that works for you? It usually comes down to a matter of personal preference.

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With the veritable cornucopia of creams and moisturizers on the market that claim to cure your dry, itchy, flaky skin woes, it can be hard to tell what really works and what's just advertising. We've cut through all that to figure out what really works—and rounded up the best products for dry skin, from drugstore steals to top-shelf splurges. This Korres moisturizer can be difficult to find, but it's worth the struggle. Hyaluronic acid is a go-to ingredient for many high-end skincare lines for its ability to hold up to times its own weight in water and even draw moisture from the air into your skin.

Part of it has to do with your skin type—some people just naturally have drier skin than others, which largely depends on genetics. Skin disorders like psoriasis and eczemachlorine in pools, and simply getting older can also make your complexion feel dry and dull. But even those with oily skin have probably felt the moisture being zapped from their face from time to time.

Every product is independently selected by obsessive editors. Regardless of age, everyone wants their skin to look glowyradiant, and plump. But the moisturizer that worked so well in your 20s and 30s might not meet the same needs your skin has by the time you hit your 40s and 50s.