Finding the perfect moisturizer for your skin is not always simple, especially when you start considering what you really want for your skin and which ingredients are going to help you get there. The general consensus? A combination of healthy instant hydration and long-term antiaging benefits, ideally budgeted at an affordable price point that means you don’t have to skimp on your skin or break the bank. Not exactly simple, right?
This moisturizer’s secret to success lies in a natural formula that combines 2.5 percent retinol, the most potent antiaging ingredient, and hydrating ingredients like hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and jojoba oil that work to keep your skin barrier healthy and intact as it works with active ingredients to visibly reduce the appearance of fine lines, laugh lines, sun damage, and loss of elasticity and plumpness. Otherwise the risk of irritating and stripping the skin barrier is made higher when strong active ingredients like retinol lack soothing counterparts.
Most importantly, shoppers cannot sing better praises for this face and neck cream, raving that results can start to be seen in as little as two weeks and that continual use garners insanely effective results that have them coming back for multiple jars at a time, which is a highlight made even more appealing with the $25 price point. (Many of the best retinol moisturizers can ring in over $50.)
We found that most actually recommend pairing this cream with the brand’s equally best-selling vitamin C serum to bolster up even quicker results and healthier skin overall. Between the two products (you can shop a bundle here), younger-looking skin isn’t the unattainable goal that feels overwhelming to figure out, and many are so happy with their progress that they include photos of their skin transformation that backs up the cream’s clout.
“I’ve been using this product for exactly 6 weeks. I’ve done a self evaluation of myself and I have to say, bravo Kleem. I have always had beautiful skin, but I am 67 years young and I’ve received a few more fine lines, as everyone does,” one shopper writes. “Recently I had a friend ask me what I’ve done to my skin and this was only after using it for 3 weeks. I told her and she ordered a jar. Then just last week, another friend asked me the same thing. I told her and she just ordered a jar. Both women are in their mid-sixties,” she concludes. Considering many of the reviewers seem to be in their 40s, 50s, and 60s, we’re prone to listen up.
So if you’re on the lookout for an anti-aging moisturizer for your face and neck, this affordable best-seller might be the fighter to choose. (SHOP IT: $25; amazon.com)
As far as application goes, we’d recommend slowly starting out each product to avoid irritating your skin, particularly if you’ve never used retinol. Alternate using the face cream every other night for a week, before moving up to every night, and finally every morning and night. Afterwards, slowly work in the vitamin C serum each morning after cleansing and before moisturizing—and always apply SPF.
