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Best Neck-Firming Cream Overall
RoC Derm Correxion Neck Cream
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Best Neck-Firming Cream Overall
RoC Derm Correxion Neck Cream
“The most tried and true ingredient to firm the skin on your neck is retinol,” says dermatologist Shereene Idriss, MD, which happens to be the gold-star ingredient in this neck cream from Roc. “Retinols speed up cell turnover in your skin, which helps smooth texture and fine lines and boosts collagen production to make skin look tighter and more plump,” she says. However, it can be very difficult to tolerate retinoids on your neck, because they can be irritating and can cause redness and itching, Dr. Idriss adds. Which is why she loves this cream that’s filled with moisturizers (shea butter and hyaluronic acid), along with soothing allantoin, to help offset some of the negative side effects.
- Key ingredients: Retinol, hyaluronic acid, shea butter, allantoin
- Fragrance free? Yes
Glowing customer review: “I recently started using it to address some mild lines on my neck, and I was pleasantly surprised by the results. After just one week of use, I noticed a visible reduction in the appearance of the lines on my neck.”
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Best Temporarily Smoothing Neck-Firming Cream
Dr. Naomi Skin Hit The Dec Face, Neck, and Dec Treatment
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Best Temporarily Smoothing Neck-Firming Cream
Dr. Naomi Skin Hit The Dec Face, Neck, and Dec Treatment
Cons
- Filled with dimethicone, which can pill when layered over certain water-based skincare
These days, my tech neck is pretty much unavoidable (cue me pushing my shoulders back as I type this). So I’ve been looking to this fast-acting neck treatment from Dr. Naomi, which uses a whole lotta dimethicone to make my neck look a bit firmer and smoother immediately—all the while peptides, lactic acid, and niacinamide work on my fine lines and texture with regular use.
- Key ingredients: Peptides, allantoin, dimethicone, lactic acid, niacinamide
- Fragrance free? Yes* (*but contains essential oils)
Glowing customer review: “Hit The Dec is amazing. It not only makes my skin feel smooth and soft but it makes my look like refreshed , firmer, and plump. It has a filter like effect that makes skin look beautiful. Absolutely love this product.”
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Best Peptide-Rich Neck-Firming Cream
SkinMedica Neck Correct Cream
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Best Peptide-Rich Neck-Firming Cream
SkinMedica Neck Correct Cream
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This smoothing neck cream is packed with peptides to help fill in the ridges of your neck’s fine lines and wrinkles. “This is the only thing I’ve tried that visibly smooths my necklace lines,” says Lauren Balsamo, Cosmo deputy beauty director. “It firms and tightens but doesn’t feel sticky or tacky like other neck creams I’ve tried.”
- Key ingredients: Peptides, knotgrass extract, squalane
- Fragrance free? Yes
Glowing customer review: “I have to admit that my neck and négligée feel smoother and looks better. It’s non-irritating and is packaged like a luxury skin brand. I believe this product will continue to improve my neck over time. I’m loving it so far.”
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Best Neck-Firming Cream for Texture
U Beauty The Return Eye Concentrate
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Best Neck-Firming Cream for Texture
U Beauty The Return Eye Concentrate
Hear me out: At an event for a U Beauty product launch, Nicky Hilton said she uses this eye cream everywhere she wants to prevent wrinkles, including her neck. And because I’m all for an experiment, I also started slathering this all over my tech neck. And yup, it’s actually one of the best “neck” creams I’ve ever used.
Lemme break it down: This rich cream is legit loaded with ingredients that’ll help smooth my neck. Glycolic and mandelic acids help reduce skin texture by chemically buffing away dead skin, while peptides and hyaluronic acid plump up my skin to make my lines look a bit less pronounced. And I just love how rich and moisturizing this feels (hi, castor oil and squalane). Weird, but amazing, okay?!
- Key ingredients: Glycolic acid, mandelic acid, peptides, hyaluronic acid
- Fragrance free? Yes
Glowing customer review: “It’s a nice eye cream and definitely hydrates. It doesn’t completely soak into my skin, but rather leaves a thin soft film that isn’t irritating and keeps my skin feeling soft and hydrated around my eye area all day. It’s really unique. I’ve never had anything quite like this cream.”
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Best All-in-One Neck-Firming Cream
Skinfix Barrier+ Triple Lipid-Peptide Refillable Face Cream
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Best All-in-One Neck-Firming Cream
Skinfix Barrier+ Triple Lipid-Peptide Refillable Face Cream
Cons
- Some testers with acne-prone skin found it a bit heavy (try the gel cream instead)
Lazy ppl, listen up: You don’t even actually need a separate neck cream and face cream. Instead, just slather this multitasking cream to help plump and firm your skin from your forehead to your chest. I’m obsessed with the Barrier+ line from Skinfix (my oily, acne-prone skin gets along with the gel-cream v well), including this moisturizer. Shea butter and squalane help hydrate and leave skin feeling super smooth, while peptides and ceramides strengthen your skin barrier and slowly help prevent wrinkles over time.
- Key ingredients: Shea butter, squalane, peptides, ceramides
- Fragrance free? Yes
Glowing customer review: “The perfect moisturizer for someone who has normal to dry skin. This moisturizer has saved my skin. It leaves my face hydrated all day and glowing. Worth every penny.”
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Best Lightweight Neck-Firming Cream
Laneige Cream Skin Toner & Moisturizer
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Best Lightweight Neck-Firming Cream
Laneige Cream Skin Toner & Moisturizer
Now 20% Off
Cons
- Cap can leak sometimes, according to reviewers
A heavy, rich cream on your neck feel suffocating? Cosmo assistant shopping editor Hannah Oh relates, which led her to start patting this go-to hydrating toner on your neck too. “I just pour some into my hand and pat it into my neck and chest at night,” she explains. “It absorbs so quickly and almost feels like water, but there are tons of ceramides and peptides and other moisturizing ingredients that really make a difference in my skin.”
- Key ingredients: Meadowfoam seed oil, squalane, peptides, ceramides, hyaluronic acid
- Fragrance free? Yes
Glowing customer review: “I’ve never been able to find a moisturizer that wouldn’t clog my pores anytime I used it, even in moderation. I have combo skin, dry everywhere besides my t-zone. This moisturizer is an ACTUAL game changer!!! I bought one a little under two weeks ago on prime-day and I have been using it ever since. My skin has never looked this good, and stayed looking this good.”
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Best Luxury Neck-Firming Cream
RéVive Fermitif Neck Renewal Cream Broad-Spectrum SPF 15
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Best Luxury Neck-Firming Cream
RéVive Fermitif Neck Renewal Cream Broad-Spectrum SPF 15
I love giving myself a gua-sha facial massage with this neck-firming cream because it has such a slippery texture that helps the tool and my hands glide across my skin. The richness makes my at-home massage feel so luxe, along with the ~chic~ glass bottle and peptide-rich formula. It helps plump up my skin, making it look so smooth and hydrated right after I massage it in and builds up over time.
- Key ingredients: Sunflower seed oil, squalane, peptides, aloe, bisabolol
- Fragrance free? No
Glowing customer review: “I love the rich consistency of this cream on my neck. It makes my skin feel so soft and firm, and its rose scent is so light and fresh.”
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Best Roll-On Neck-Firming Cream
Womaness Let’s Neck Neck Firming & Decollete Wrinkle Serum
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Best Roll-On Neck-Firming Cream
Womaness Let’s Neck Neck Firming & Decollete Wrinkle Serum
Cons
- Doesn’t contain any actives to prevent or smooth fine lines
Sometimes, my neck looks a lil dry and dull from hunching over my phone and laptop all day long (brb while I sit up straight!), which is when I turn to this moisturizing roll-on neck cream. It has a built-in metal roller head that I can easily glide along my neck, chest, and jawline to simultaneously dispense the product and give myself a massage. I keep it in the fridge so it stays cold and helps temporarily constrict my blood vessels to give my skin a tighter appearance, but I love that the roller even stays a little cool while I’m traveling too. Yes, this is technically considered a serum, but it’s filled with so many moisturizers—hi, squalane, hyaluronic acid, and sea buckthorn oil—that give it a richer texture that makes it feel more like a cream, IMO.
- Key ingredients: Squalane, sea buckthorn oil, aloe vera, hyaluronic acid
- Fragrance free? Yes
Glowing customer review: “Love the feel of the cream—lightweight, not sticky, but still feels substantial and very hydrating—and really love the way you apply it. The applicator roll is the nicest massage on my neck. I keep it next to my bed to apply at night and give myself a little lymphatic neck massage at the same time!”
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Best Dermatologist-Recommended Neck-Firming Cream
L’Oreal Paris RevitaLift Pressed Night Moisturizer
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Best Dermatologist-Recommended Neck-Firming Cream
L’Oreal Paris RevitaLift Pressed Night Moisturizer
Cons
- Some reviewers wish it were more moisturizing
Dr. Idriss recommends this retinol-spiked cream for your face and neck to help firm, tighten, and smooth fine lines and wrinkles. “It has 0.2 percent retinol, so it’s a great starting point that won’t cause as much sensitivity as stronger formulas,” she says. It actually combines both retinol and retinyl palmitate (the least irritating type of retinoid), which both put cell turnover into overdrive, thus smoothing texture and fine lines. She’s a big fan of slathering this all over your face and neck three nights a week, but she suggests following it up with an occlusive cream to help lock in moisture and offset potential dryness.
- Key ingredients: Retinol, hyaluronic acid
- Fragrance free? Yes
Glowing customer review: “I love this stuff. My skin has not felt smoother. Ever. It has a good smell. It is not too thick. And I feel moisturized when I wake up in the morning as well. I would definitely recommend this!”
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Best Face and Neck-Firming Cream
RoC Multi Correxion 5-in-1 Chest, Neck, and Face Moisturizer Cream
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Best Face and Neck-Firming Cream
RoC Multi Correxion 5-in-1 Chest, Neck, and Face Moisturizer Cream
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Cons
- Some reviews disliked the strong, floral fragrance
This cream isn’t filled with intense AHAs or retinoids, which makes it such a solid pick for slathering all over your face and neck every single day. Not only is it filled with collagen-boosting vitamin C, which helps smooth and plump up fine lines, but it also has SPF 30 to protect your skin from sun damage (which Dr. Idriss says can make your neck get saggy and wrinkly faster, FYI). Plus, you’ll get a nice shot of brightening hexylresorcinol (a lab-made antioxidant) to even out your skin, along with moisturizing shea butter to keep your skin soft.
- Key ingredients: Vitamin C, hexylresorcinol (synthetic antioxidant), shea butter
- Fragrance free? No
Glowing customer review: “I was pleasantly surprised to find that after several weeks of using it the wrinkles and itchy dryness on my neck are significantly diminished. The cream is much greasier than I’d typically use on my oil-prone face, but on my neck, it absorbs beautifully and the smell is kind of growing on me. For the price point, I’d definitely recommend this product, especially if you get frequent exposure to the sun and to dry conditions as I do here in Colorado.”
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Best Neck-Firming Cream for Dry Skin
Drmtlgy Advanced Neck Firming Cream
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Best Neck-Firming Cream for Dry Skin
Drmtlgy Advanced Neck Firming Cream
Most neck-tightening creams are filled with retinoids and AHAs that can cause your lil bb dry skin to just feel irritated. Instead, boost your skin barrier with this ceramide-rich neck cream. It’ll help boost collagen to tighten and firm your neck with peptides, all while coating your skin with hella moisture and barrier support (thanks to shea butter, sweet-almond oil, and wheat-germ oil).
- Key ingredients: Peptides, ceramides, shea butter, sweet almond oil
- Fragrance free? Yes
Glowing customer review: “This is a very moisturizing cream that works very well with my aging, dry skin. It is rich and cream but doesn’t feel too heavy. It goes on my skin easily and feels very smoothing. It plumps up the skin and lessens the appearance of lines and creases.”
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Best Drugstore Neck-Firming Cream
Olay Regenerist Collagen Peptide 24 Face Moisturizer Cream
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Best Drugstore Neck-Firming Cream
Olay Regenerist Collagen Peptide 24 Face Moisturizer Cream
Now 17% Off
If you don’t wanna spend a lot but still want a smooth, moisturized neck, opt for this firming cream Olay that you can use on your face and neck. Thanks to moisturizing ingredients like collagen and peptides, this neck cream will hydrate TF out of your skin, while still being lightweight enough that it won’t leave behind a sticky, greasy finish. Just massage it on your face and neck before bed every night and/or morning (the formula also has smoothing silicone to temporarily “blur” the look of your lines).
- Key ingredients: Collagen, peptides, dimethicone (temporarily smooths)
- Fragrance free? Yes
Glowing customer review: “It’s lightweight and effective. Just because it is inexpensive does not mean it is not a quality product. I think it has done wonders for my 60+-year-old skin.”
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Best Neck-Firming Cream for Tech Neck
SkinMedica TNS Advanced+ Serum
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Best Neck-Firming Cream for Tech Neck
SkinMedica TNS Advanced+ Serum
Pros
- Combines peptides, growth factors, and hydrators to firm and plump skin, all in one
Cosmo’s entire beauty team agrees this face serum is the GOAT for smoothing, firming, and brightening, which is why I swear by smoothing it all over my face and neck to help mitigate my tech neck. It combines collagen-boosting peptides with growth factors that can potentially help repair your skin barrier. The bottle is actually made up of two chambers: One with a lightweight, watery substance filled with growth factors and peptides to help smooth wrinkles and uneven texture, while the second chamber is filled with botanical extracts to hydrate your skin. And if you needed another endorsement, Dr. Idriss says all of her patients love it.
- Key ingredients: Peptides, growth factors (repairing)
- Fragrance free? Yes (*But contains botanical extracts)
Glowing customer review: “I think my skin texture and lines look better after using for 12 weeks. I’m not one to usually pay this much for beauty products, but I think this one works.”
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Best Neck-Firming Cream for Sagging Skin
Maelys B-Poised Neck & Décolleté Firming Cream
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Best Neck-Firming Cream for Sagging Skin
Maelys B-Poised Neck & Décolleté Firming Cream
If you want your skin to look temporarily smooth and tight, try this neck-firming cream from Maely’s. It uses an ingredient called pink pepperslim that some anecdotal evidence suggests can make your skin look a bit more taught to disguise sagging skin. FYI: It does sting a bit right after you smooth it on for up to an hour, but most testers (including me) find it tolerable. If it feels too spicy, massage it into your skin, then glide a chilled ice roller around your neck to cool things down.
- Key ingredients: Pink pepperslim (temporarily tightens), peptides
- Fragrance free? No
Glowing customer review: “I have been using this product for two weeks now and am starting to see results. It takes 30 seconds to rub in to your skin, so there is very little effort in the application of this cream. I will continue to use this cream and, hopefully, the lines will disappear FOREVER…”
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Best Neck-Firming Cream for Sensitive Skin
Paula’s Choice Calm Intensive Moisturizer for Dry + Sensitive Skin
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Best Neck-Firming Cream for Sensitive Skin
Paula’s Choice Calm Intensive Moisturizer for Dry + Sensitive Skin
Cons
- Might not be rich enough for very dry skin
Ever since former Cosmo editor Chloe Metzger told me she’s obsessed with this calming moisturizer for her keratosis pilaris-prone skin, I’ve been slathering it all over my sensitive neck. It feels like I’m giving my neck eczema a big hug, thanks to calming allantoin and lightly moisturizing sunflower-seed oil (the brand also makes an oily-skin version I’ve been loving on my face). All the while, a barrier-boosting peptide puts my skin into collagen-making overdrive to help smooth and plump my skin.
- Key ingredients: Allantoin, sunflower-seed oil, peptides
- Fragrance free? Yes
Glowing customer review: “This stuff is the best. It looks thick, but vanishes into my face, leaving it soothed and moisturized. My skin is very sensitive, and I’ve tried so many moisturizers, and this is the best one I’ve found.”
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Best Neck-Firming Cream for Fine Lines
Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare Advanced Retinol + Ferulic Intense Wrinkle Cream
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Best Neck-Firming Cream for Fine Lines
Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare Advanced Retinol + Ferulic Intense Wrinkle Cream
Retinol—aka the gold standard of anti-aging ingredients—is the MVP of this cream and for your fine lines. It, along with bakuchiol (a plant-based retinol alternative), works to plump up your skin and fill in fine lines and wrinkles by producing more collagen while also increasing cell turnover to make your skin look bright and smooth. Meanwhile, shea butter, hyaluronic acid, and squalane help offset some of the potential drying effects.
Start by coating your neck with a pea-sized drop once a week at night for one week, then twice a week for two weeks or until your skin can tolerate three times a week indefinitely. Dr. Idriss recommends loading up on another moisturizing cream too (like just bringing your face moisturizer down to your neck) and adding an occlusive layer like Vaseline or Aquaphor.
- Key ingredients: Retinol, bakuchiol, shea butter, hyaluronic acid, squalane
- Fragrance free? No
Glowing customer review: “I have been using this product for about two weeks now, and I already see a difference in the way my skin looks and feels. It has definitely helped smooth lines and help pores look less defined. I am pleasantly surprised at the smell of the product too; it has a fresh scent.”
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Best Tightening and Brightening Neck Cream
StriVectin TL Advanced Tightening Neck Cream Plus
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Best Tightening and Brightening Neck Cream
StriVectin TL Advanced Tightening Neck Cream Plus
Cons
- Jar doesn’t feel very luxe for some testers considering the price
Hormonal, cystic acne has left me with lots of jawline and neck scars. So in my late-20s effort to both brighten up hyperpigmentation while also preventing fine lines on my neck, I started incorporating this AHA neck-firming cream into my daily routine. I just coat my entire neck with it before smoothing on sunscreen in the morning, and it helps smooth uneven texture and fade my acne scars with lactic acid and licorice root extract. But I also love how damn moisturized and supple it makes my skin feel (‘sup, shea butter and hyaluronic acid)
- Key ingredients: Lactic acid, licorice root extract, shea butter, hyaluronic acid
- Fragrance free? No
Glowing customer review: “Where has this product been my whole turkey neck life?! Suddenly, I noticed a lack of firmness on my neck and panic-bought this cream. I look like I’ve had Botox on my neck as the results appeared within a few days! Makes my skin so smooth, and the container is carefully thought of design. Great product 10/10.”
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Best Neck-Firming Serum
Nécessaire The Neck Serum
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Best Neck-Firming Serum
Nécessaire The Neck Serum
TBH, most days I’d rather just incorporate this lightweight neck serum into my routine than a whole rich cream. I love how thin and light it feels on my skin, but because it’s chock-full of firming peptides and soothing niacinamide, it still makes my neck look and feel v smooth. And because it’s so sheer, it doesn’t pill or get goopy when I layer it with other products, like another cream from this list.
Dr. Idriss is also a fan of this serum’s featherweight texture. “This neck-firming serum has a combination of various peptides, such as argireline, to help smooth visible wrinkles, as well as a slew of other peptides to increase collagen production which can improve skin’s firmness and elasticity.”
- Key ingredients: Peptides, niacinamide, squalane
- Fragrance free? Yes
Glowing customer review: “I love this neck cream. Necessary? Unsure, but it does do its job by reducing fine lines. I am using this more as a preventative step in my skincare routine as my decolletage hasn’t really aged like my face has.”
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Best Neck-Firming Cream for Double Chin
Pillowtalk Derm The Depuffer
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Best Neck-Firming Cream for Double Chin
Pillowtalk Derm The Depuffer
Listen, there is nothing (!!! say it louder for the people in the back!) wrong with having fat under your chin or a round face. And there’s nothing wrong with wanting to disguise it a bit or get a snatched Bella Hadid jawline. But, TBH, the only thing that can truly do that is surgery (like liposuction or Airsculpt), or an in-office fat-reduction procedure like Sculpsure and Kybella.
But if you wanna make your jawline and chin look more chiseled, try this depuffing serum from Pillowtalk Derm (which was created by Dr. Idriss herself). The formula is filled with anti-inflammatory ingredients—like arnica, centella asiatica, and niacinamide—all of which help bring down swelling and inflammation that could be making your face look puffy. FWIW, I slathered this on my neck and jawline twice a day for a month after getting Airsculpt on my double chin, which really helped reduce the swelling and pain, as well as calmed down redness and irritation too.
- Key ingredients: Arnica, centella asiatica, niacinamide
- Fragrance free? Yes
Glowing customer review: “I love it. I was recently diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, and my face has been inflamed and swollen like a blowfish. I use The De-Puffer, and within five minutes, I can see the bone structure of my face again.”
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Best Post-Procedure Neck-Firming Cream
Alastin Restorative Neck Complex
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Best Post-Procedure Neck-Firming Cream
Alastin Restorative Neck Complex
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So if you do end up trying an in-office procedure (like a skin-tightening laser) to firm your skin on your neck, then you should definitely slather on this cream from Alastin for three to four weeks afterward. It’s chock-full of barrier-repairing ceramides and collagen-stimulating peptides to help your skin heal. But it also gives you a little bit of brightening with niacinamide and major moisture with squalane and shea butter.
- Key ingredients: Peptides, niacinamide, ceramides,
- Fragrance free? Yes
Glowing customer review: “My neck is much smoother and the appearance of my lines are much better since using this. I liked it so much, I ordered more so I wouldn’t run out. Yes, it is expensive. But it is the BEST product I have ever used. I’ve seen such great results on my neck.”
Beth Gillette is the beauty editor at Cosmopolitan, where she covers skincare, makeup, hair, nails, and more across digital and print. She can generally be found in bright eyeshadow furiously typing her latest feature or hemming and hawing about a new product you “have to try.” Prior to Cosmopolitan, she wrote and edited beauty content as an Editor at The Everygirl for four years. Follow her on Instagram for makeup selfies and a new hair ‘do every few months.
Ama Kwarteng was previously the associate beauty editor at Cosmopolitan.