The best base is a great skincare routine. Feature the products that actually change your skin — not just how it looks.
Skin That Doesn't Need Makeup
Skincare-First Beauty
Best Skincare For Bare Skin starts with a focused routine, and I found everything from LYMA's Power Youth Starter Kit to Auteur's Definitive Eye Cream. Protini moisturizer, Dr. Dennis Gross peel pads, an oil-free SPF 30 moisturizer, and a superlative serum round out a lineup made for days when skincare gets to be the main event.
Power Youth Starter Kit Duo Cream and Serum
LYMA
$515
Definitive Eye Cream
Auteur
$420
Superlative Serum Phi
Auteur
$415
Protini™ Polypeptide Firming Refillable Moisturizer
Drunk Elephant
$56
Dr. Dennis Gross Alpha Beta® Extra Strength Daily Peel Pads
Sephora
$94
Oil Free Moisturizer SPF 30
Mario Badescu
$28
Toleriane Double Repair Face Moisturizer with Niacinamide - 3.38 oz
La Roche-Posay
$26
Revitalizing Supreme+ Youth Power Cream Moisturizer - 2.5 oz
Estée Lauder
$140
Cloud Dew® Gel Cream Moisturizer
Summer Fridays
$55
Instant Angel Lipid-Rich Firming Moisturizer
Dieux
$45
Watermelon Milk Peptide Cushion Cream Refillable Moisturizer
Glow Recipe
$40
The Dewy Skin Cream Line-Plumping Moisturizer - 1.7 oz
TATCHA
$28
LIFT UP & SCULPT FACIAL MOISTURIZER
Obagi
$185
Beauty Booster Hyaluronic Face Serum
Trish McEvoy
$130
OIL-TO-GEL CLEANSER
MUTHA
$41
Active Renewal Cleanser Vintner's Daughter
Vintner's Daughter
$105
Daily Detox Foaming Cleanser
Goop
$38
Glycolic Foaming Cleanser
Mario Badescu
$20
GinZing Refreshing Scrub Cleanser
Origins
$22
Marini SkinSolutions Bioglycolic Face Cleanser
DermStreet
$48
Alastin Skincare C Radical Defense Antioxidant Serum
DermStreet
$180
Plump + Juicy Gel Cleanser
Kosas
$38
Detox Face Cleanser
Ouai
$38
Baptism Gentle Gel Cleanser Fragranced
Dieux
$34
Salicylic Acid Cleanser Duo
The Inkey List
$26.6
Alastin Skincare A Luminate Brightening Serum
DermStreet
$82
