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The 10 Best Night Creams to Hydrate Dry Skin

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Published on Mar 4, 2020
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Multi-step routines can be tiresome on those nights when you need some good shut-eye, but a really good night cream can be an important addition to your skincare routine, especially if you have dry skin. Dermatologists agree that nighttime is when your skin restores itself, and night creams tend to address concerns that are distinct from daytime moisturizers, such as intense hydration and ingredients that fight visible signs of aging. They’re also a lot thicker, and they tend to be packed with exfoliators that smooth the texture of skin, as well as photo-sensitive ingredients like retinol.

Check out our list of the best night creams for dry skin for an extra boost of moisture—and be sure to read up on our fave moisturizers for dry skin, while you’re at it!

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1. The Best Ultra-Moisturizing Night Cream:

ORIGINS Make a Difference™ Night: Overnight Hydrating Repair Cream

If you have dry, dehydrated skin that could use an extra dose of moisture, look no further. This face cream improves skin tone with ingredients like Rose of Jericho, lychee, watermelon, and rhodochrosite, which bring hydration back to the surface of your skin. Wake up looking super refreshed and totally quenched.

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2. The Best Night Cream for Dry Skin & Anti-Aging:

HEY HONEY 24Seven Honey Day & Night Cream

This revitalizing anti-wrinkle lotion also works well for your delicate neck and eye area. The cruelty-free formula is packed with orange, shea butter, melon, and honey—and it smells as delicious as it feels. Smooth it onto your skin any time of the day or night, and watch your complexion come back to life before your eyes.

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3. The Best-Smelling Night Cream:

MAËLLE BEAUTY Restorative Night Cream

This luxurious skin cream will make your face look and feel well-rested. It’s packed with anti-aging hyaluronic acid, antioxidant-rich camellia oil, soothing kukui nut oil, and rejuvenating kiwi seed oil, all of which cocoon and deeply moisturize skin. A fragrant blend of lavender, rose, and mimosa adds a spa feel to your nighttime routine.

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4. The Best Firming & Hydrating Night Cream:

FIRST AID BEAUTY Ultra-Repair Hydra-Firm Sleeping Cream

Want firmer, smoother skin? Try this buttery overnight treatment, which includes a potent peptide blend that diminishes the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. Niacinamide plumps up tone and texture while brightening skin and reducing dark spots and discoloration. Sodium hyaluronate, colloidal oatmeal, and conditioning waxes work to restore your skin to its full health and elasticity.

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5. The Best Soothing Night Cream:

PIXI BY PETRA Beauty Sleep Cream

Sometimes, all your skin needs is a little extra love. Give your skin the nourishment it craves with this absorbent, cruelty-free night treatment. Mango butter, as well as oils of lavender, lemon, and bergamot work in tandem to balance and calm your skin, and to restore your natural glow.

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6. The Best for Stressed Dry Skin:

SKYN ICELAND Oxygen Infusion Night Cream

Deplete environmentally stressed skin with breakthrough botanicals while you sleep! This advanced peptide-filled night cream boosts the skin’s natural ability to repair itself overnight. It counts on saponaria pumila, a plant with potent stem cells that stimulate cell rejuvenation, and gosulin agave, a silicone alternative that plumps and smooths fine lines. It’s like a filler without any of the downtime or side effects.

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7. The Best for Plumping Dry Skin:

TRUFORA® Intensive Night Treatment

Dry, itchy skin will love the extra dose of moisture from this hydrating skin recovery cream, which is formulated with anti-aging antioxidant polyphenols that work at the cellular level to firm and smooth skin. It’s also packed with organic shea butter, vitamin E, organic aloe vera, panthenol, and oat extract, as well as multiple forms of hyaluronic acid, to enhance your skin’s radiance, elasticity, and texture. The dermatologist-tested cream is great for all skin types.

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8. The Best for Smoothing Skin:

ANDALOU NATURALS Resveratrol Q10 Night Repair Cream

A luxurious combo of resveratrol, CoQ10, grape fruit stem cells, and goji glycopeptides act as an elixir for the skin. You’ll even out your tone and texture overnight with this rich night repair cream, which also helps combat the appearance of fine lines while restoring a glow to dull skin.

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9. The Best Balm-to-Oil:

FARMACY Sleep Tight

Who needs retinol when you have a high concentration of gentle plant-based alternatives? Hydrate dry, sensitive skin with this cult lightweight balm. It glides onto the skin like silk, and ingredients like black currant seed, balloon vine extract, and sunflower oil help reinforce the skin barrier, while acmella plant extract stimulates collagen production. Vitamin C and super-antioxidant cichoric acid give you an even tone.

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10. The Best for Lightweight Moisture:

NO B.S. Day + Night Hyaluronic Cream

This unique formula is highly absorbent, lightweight, and hydrating—factors that thirsty skin will love.  Hyaluronic acid brings relief to flaky skin and fine lines, while jojoba oil keeps your complexion supple and soft, and apricot oil boosts elasticity and gives you that beauty-sleep glow. Your skin will stay plumped and you’ll wake up looking like a million dollars.

 

 

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