Moisturisers

Sixteen moisturisers is a lot to choose from, and the usual shortcut — pick by your age — is the wrong one. Start with texture, because that is what decides whether you will actually use it every day.

Start with texture

• Gel, if your skin looks shiny by the afternoon or you dislike the feel of cream. HYDRALIS™ Oil-Free Hydrating Gel, NIACARIS™ Pore Refining Gel Cream.
• Light cream, the default for most people and most of the year. LEVIA™ Light Day Cream, DIURNIS™ Moisturising Day Cream.
• Rich cream, if your skin feels tight an hour after applying anything lighter. NUTRISSA™ Nourishing Rich Cream, MURALIS™ Barrier Repair Cream.

Then narrow by what you want it to do

• Lines and firmness — RENOVÉA™ Ageless AM / PM Cream, VESPERA™ Line Smoothing Cream, AETERNIS™ Anti-Age Day Cream, COLLAVIS™ Firming Night Cream.
• Uneven tone and the look of dark spots — KOJARIS™ Dark Spot Face Cream.
• Blemish-prone skin — PURIVA™ Blemish Care Moisturiser, which is light enough not to work against the rest of that routine.
• Skin that reacts — SERAVIA™ Sensitive Skin Moisturiser and NOCTURNIS™ Overnight Calming Cream, both fragrance free.
• Beard-adjacent routines — VIRIS™ Daily Hydrating Cream and VIRIS™ Mattifying Face Gel, formulated for skin that gets shaved.

The fragrance question

Fragrance is the most common cause of contact reaction in cosmetics, and a moisturiser is the product you leave on your face longest. Three of ours are fragrance free — NUTRISSA™, SERAVIA™ and NOCTURNIS™ — and every product page here carries the full INCI list, so you can check any of the others yourself rather than take our word for it.

Do you need a day one and a night one?

No. One comfortable moisturiser used twice a day, with sunscreen over it in the morning, is a complete routine. A second, richer cream at night is an upgrade, not a requirement — and it is the one place where a formula gets eight uninterrupted hours, which is why the night creams are worth a look once the basics are settled.