Best Moisturizers of the Year | Doctorly Favorites of 2025
- no stillLa Roche-Posay$22.99
- “La Roche-Posay has a urea product that they've launched”
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- “We have a 10% ura product that has lactic acid and retinol in it”
- “It's the number one most frequently used product in my household. It is the number one empty I've created”▶ 2:31
- “The body of it is very thick. It's very rich hydration. It leaves like this protective feeling on it. It's not greasy though, not tacky”▶ 2:36
- “Takes a little bit effort to rub this one in”▶ 2:45
- “I buy like three or four at a time because it really is just that incredible”▶ 2:56
- “I do think is super underrated when it comes to moisturizers”▶ 2:59
La Roche-Posay$18.99- “The barrier revive cream has just an incredible aesthetic. So not only does it give you a healthy skin barrier, decreases inflammation, balances out the microbiome, but also has a lot of other ingredients that just help the skin and they nail the aesthetics”▶ 3:20
- “Like you just love how this feels”▶ 3:31
- “I absolutely love this product. Use it all the time and I'd be remiss if I didn't mention it”▶ 3:39
Remedy Skin$28- “It's the moisturizer that I use every single night”▶ 4:11
- “It was named the people's beauty award winner of the year for best moisturizer for dry skin”▶ 4:16
- “We basically restructured your natural skin barrier and create skin identical lipids in a 1:1 molar ratio”▶ 4:27
- “It's our one of our most repurchased products”▶ 4:42
- “The formula is extremely complex. The price point is really good and the aesthetic to this is just slay”▶ 5:00
COSRX$26.00- “It's a little bit of a lighter weight moisturizer, but it really brings a ton of just deep, deep hydration”▶ 7:23
- “It's light, non-greasy. If you have oily skin, you'll still like it. If you have combination skin, you'll still like it”▶ 7:28
- “The amount of hydration it adds and the way it sets, perfect”▶ 7:32
- “And the way that it plays with the skin is just really unlike anything else”▶ 7:50
- “It keeps you super hydrated and dewy without being very heavy”▶ 7:54
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Vichy$32.00- “This product needs so much more love than it gets. The brand puts no ad spend behind it and it drives me nuts”▶ 9:17
- “It's like frosted and when you open this thing, it's like it literally looks like just this perfect smooth and icy blend and it decreases the skin temperature even for minutes after applying it and it absorbs oil”▶ 9:26
- “I just love the aesthetics. I love the packaging. Love the way it feels on the skin”▶ 9:39
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- “The gel cream is that lighter weight moisturizer that's going to blend well with your skin if you're oily skin”▶ 10:15
- “There may be no other moisturizer I hear more from just from my nurses and patients that they just try this and they they love it”▶ 10:29
- “In the world of dupes, there's been almost no brand that's been able to dupe this formula. It really is just such a nice nice formula”▶ 10:39
- “It's great for oily skin. If you have oily skin, you're going to love it because it also has salicylic acid which is good at removing oil and trapping oil, but also it's great at actually treating acne in the process”▶ 11:03
- “This is another product that there's no ad spend behind. And again, it drives me nuts cuz I think it's such I I've said this product for three or four out of the last 5 years. I think this is the best acne moisturizer out there or at least one up”▶ 11:11
- “It just feels good on the skin. Helps with oil control”▶ 11:24
- “I just find this a very great compliment for people with acne prone skin who are using other targeted acne treatments”▶ 11:31
- “My patients seem to love it”
- “They have a Cetaphil has an oil control sunscreen moisturizer that's great for acne prone skin as well”▶ 11:45
Neutrogena$27.99- “This one is a fond one for me. It's the first retinol product I ever used”▶ 12:06
- “It is effective. They have a lot of studies backing it up”▶ 12:16
- “This retinol is paired with a lot of hydrating ingredients. So it offsets irritation especially for someone who's just starting a retinol. I think this is a perfect pick”▶ 12:18
- “They have some really fascinating internal studies that show its retinol activity on the skin and actually having increased retinol activity actually acting in your skin compared to other moisturizers that have retinol in it”▶ 12:25
Peter Thomas Roth$105.00- “The cream and the serum both have 21 different types of peptides in it including ingredients like argirene and argirelox”▶ 13:17
- “Argirelox I believe that particular combination of peptides has been shown to increase the longevity of your botox. So if you get botox done it usually lasts only 3 months. This can increase longevity at up to 6 months”▶ 13:24
- “It is just a really interesting combination of ingredients and it's power packed with different types of peptides. And because of that, even though it's a little bit more pricey, it definitely makes our list of the year definitely”▶ 13:37
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Eucerin$14.97- “This is one of my most repurchased items here”▶ 13:55
- “My daughter doesn't have eczema, but this is one that just melts into her skin. She doesn't freak out when I put it on. It's not oily. It's not greasy”▶ 14:01
- “It has colloidal oatmeal. It's skin protectant. It's got ceramides. And it's also fragrance free”▶ 14:10
- “This is a really nice moisturizer for both eczema skin and for baby skin”▶ 14:31
- “This is something that I personally use myself and I use on my daughter”▶ 14:34
- “All of the call outs he made were exactly what you need to look for if you've colloidal oatmeal is one of the best active ingredients”▶ 14:40
- “If you have eczema or atopic dermatitis, your body does not make ceramides in your skin. That building block that cement and you really have to have to you have to supplement that”▶ 14:58
- “Greasy stuff people will not wear. You will not wear it and you will not use it. It will not work”▶ 15:12
- “They studied it and they showed that from a patient perspective you wear it under clothes. Like they just like how you feel it wearing it under the clothes”▶ 15:21
- “Using this every single day, using it consistently is going to be really good for eczema skin”▶ 15:29
Dieux$45.00
Cetaphil$49.95- “Of all of the urea products that launched this year, one of the best, if not the best, is the 20% urea from Cetaphil”▶ 1:15
- “They stabilize 20% urea which is actually very difficult to do. So you're going to get that moisturizing and the exfoliation benefit”▶ 2:02
- “If you're somebody who has thickened elbows and knees that lead them to be darker, if you have dry cracked heels, this is going to be really beneficial for that. If you have ichthyosis vulgaris, this will be beneficial for that as well”▶ 2:10
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