These 9 Skin Fixes Are The Pros’ Secret To A Party-Season Glow

If you love U Beauty’s original Super Smart Hydrator (a game-changer for dry, dehydrated skin) this new tinted version offers the same moisturizing benefits but with an added hit of color that adapts to your skin tone. It comes in 10 shades and, when buffed in with a brush, it offers a seamless second-skin effect. It’s a great instant luminizer for the morning after indulging in festive cocktails, when you want a little coverage and lots of luminosity.

Anyone who has tried La Mer’s original decadent cream is hooked on its soothing benefits. It delivers an instant cocooning effect to skin while reducing redness and irritation at the same time, thanks to its famed Miracle Broth – a special complex that boasts antioxidant-rich algae extract. Even better, when generously applied on top of your favourite skincare products (aka skin slugging), it acts as a final layer of heavy-hitting hydration to soften, smooth and brighten, too.

Famous for its signature mix of nutrient-dense botanicals, this is the original cult serum from Vintner’s Daughter, the brand beloved by A-listers and leading beauty experts alike. More of an oil than a serum in texture (although there’s zero greasiness to this formula), it melts into skin to offer instant luminosity and, over time, it can truly transform skin by working on a wide range of concerns, including aging, pigmentation, redness, dryness and dullness.

Developed by dermatological expert Dr. Antony Nakhla, Eighth Day’s cult Regenerative Serum banks on skincare heavy-hitters hyaluronic acid (for hydration), niacinamide (to target redness and inflammation), and glycolic acid (to refine and renew skin), together with the brand’s signature peptide-rich plasma and growth factors to stimulate your skin’s own healing and repair processes. The result is a visibly tighter, plumper, glowing complexion.

While oils don’t hydrate skin (they only help to lock moisture into skin), this novel formula by Noble Panacea does by slowly releasing hyaluronic acid (a powerhouse hydrator) deep into the dermis using the brand’s signature ‘OSMV’ encapsulation technology. What’s more, added retinol, squalane and sea-fennel extract help to refine, smooth and plump the skin’s surface at the same time. Use it as the last step in your morning and evening routine for a glowy – not greasy – skin finish.

If you only buy one facial tool, make it an LED mask. And this one from MZ skin will help to brighten and plump tired, party-weary eyes as it specifically targets an uneven tone, fine lines and wrinkles (read: crow’s feet) around this delicate area by bolstering collagen production. An added bonus? The LED mask, which is FDA-approved, uses peptide and hyaluronic acid-infused hydrocolloid patches to stick onto skin, which supercharge results even more.

This bestselling serum by Dr. Barbara Sturm is a beauty-expert go-to for good reason. It banks on both high and low-weights of hyaluronic acid molecules to keep skin’s moisture reserves continually topped up deep within the dermis, while plumping out fine lines and wrinkles for a smoother appearance on the surface too. But it doesn’t just provide hydration; it also contains anti-inflammatory purslane to soothe, balance and protect skin for the long term.

This silky eye cream offers an impressive formulation made by renowned New York dermatologist Dr. Macrene Alexiades. It’s a true all-rounder, working on depuffing, brightening, firming, hydrating and protecting with a slew of hardworking actives and botanicals (caffeine, mushroom extract, coffee seed and red algae, for example). Tapped into skin, it leaves a dewy finish that won’t pill under concealer.

The fastest way to smoother, firmer, more luminous limbs? Try Agent Nateur’s holi(wash) Ageless Resurfacing Body Cleanser, which uses lactic acid – one of the more gentle AHAs – and antioxidant-rich peony-root extract to do just that (by removing buildup of dead skin cells) in a brilliantly light oil-to-foam formula. It comes spiked with algae extract, vitamin E and aloe vera, so you’ll get all the refining and brightening benefits while replenishing and hydrating extra-rough patches at the same time (think elbows, knees and shins). Plus, it offers a warm and woody floral-infused scent that will revive and restore your senses, too. Pair it with the brand’s silky-textured body(balm) Lifting And Firming Body Treatment Crème post-shower for your softest, most luminous limbs yet.

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