If you're on a budget, finding the right products to care for your skin at the right price can be difficult. You may think you have to spend a lot of money on expensive face creams, but many of these contain the same ingredients as their more affordable drugstore counterparts. In fact, drugstore moisturizers are often rated better by the experts than the designer brands.
Best Overall Moisturizer
Consumersearch.com experts point to Olay Regenerist UV Defense Regenerating Lotion SPF 15 as the best overall skin moisturizer for skin of all ages. It provides both UVA and UVB protection, contains wrinkle-fighting antioxidants and amino peptides, moisturizes well and is lightweight. At about $16 for a 4-oz. container, it's one of the pricier drugstore picks, but the reviews show it's worth the money.
Best Anti-Wrinkle Moisturizer
Neutrogena Healthy Skin Anti-Wrinkle Cream wins the award for best anti-wrinkle moisturizer on consumersearch.com, and Good Houskeeping and Allure both back up that designation. Just like the expensive department store brands, Neutrogena Healthy Skin Anti-Wrinkle Cream contains retinol, a powerful age-defying ingredient that pushes the prices of other lotions sky high. At about $14 for 1.4-oz. container, you're not getting a steal, but you're getting quite a bargain.
Best Dry Skin Moisturizer
Realsimple.com gives L'Oréal Nutrissime Reactivating Dry Skin Cream top marks for its effectiveness, and says its "intense formula delivers hard-core hydration." This is a thick, rich formula for those with seriously thirsty skin, but at only $10 for 2.5 oz., your skin can drink all it wants.
Best Sensitive Skin Moisturizer
Aveeno Ultra-Calming Daily Moisturizer SPF 15, with its soothing ingredients and road-spectrum UV protection, is rated best in class for sensitive skin by consumersearch.com. This oil-free lotion also contains ingredients to reduce redness and soothe irritation, including all-natural feverfew, oatmeal and soy. $15 for 4 oz. is what you can expect to pay, but can you can't really put a price on soft, soothed skin.
Best for Oily Skin
For those who might not need so much moisture in their moisturizer, Almay offers its Daily Moisturizer for Oily Skin with SPF 15. Containing meadowsweet, a clarifying ingredient, this lotion is fast absorbing and only $12 for a 4-oz. bottle. Realsimple.com gives it five stars.
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