Most Effective Skin Firming Products

Aug 7, 2011 | By Joshua Duvauchelle

Help to firm up your skin without relying on expensive, potentially painful cosmetic procedures by using skin firming creams, serums and other over-the-counter treatments. Don't expect a miracle or instant banishment of problems like cellulite, but several of the best products, as chosen by beauty experts, can help moisturize, condition and plump up your skin's surface to improve your general skin resilience and firmness.

Borghese Energia Firming Wrinkle Cream

Paula Begoun, in her review book "Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me," calls Borghese's firming cream one of the company's top moisturizers. The company says its active ingredients, including multi-hydroxy acids and ceramide 2, helps to improve your skin's firmness and appearance. Begoun says that it's rich in antioxidants. Antioxidants may help defend your skin against future damage.

Clarins Extra-Firming Night Cream

InStyle magazine's beauty editors placed Clarin's firming night cream in its list of 2009's best beauty buys, calling it one of the best night creams for dry skin. The editors said its antioxidants, like vitamin E, and herbal extracts like alfalfa, helps firm and hydrate your skin for a plumper, more moisturized look.

Aveeno Positively Ageless Firming Body Lotion

Aveeno's wheat protein-based firming lotion placed as one of the top finalists in the 2010 beauty awards thrown by the Cosmetic Executive Women, one of the beauty industry's largest trade groups. The reviewers liked both its innovative ingredients, like mushroom extract, long-lasting firming and moisturizing results, and environmentally friendly, recyclable packaging.

Rodan + Fields Anti-Age Night Renewing Serum

Allure magazine's beauty editors recommend using Rodan + Fields' night serum to "keep skin firm." The editors liked it for both its conditioning peptides and wrinkle-smoothing retinol, a stable derivative of vitamin A. It also won an "Editors' Choice" award from Harper's Bazaar magazine, and may improve other skin conditions like skin discoloration.