The BEST Drugstore Face Moisturizers
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hello hi everyone welcome to skincare with higher if you don’t know who I am my name is Hiram and I’m passionate about teaching you how to perfect your skincare routine so make sure you subscribe to my channel and to the notification bell so that you can see my videos every single week it is a miracle that my skin looks like this right now let me just say that because this morning my skin lost its [ __ ] my skin was not happy with me I think I had an allergic reaction and I had to go and with moisturizer and then a little bit of powder afterwards to make sure that I’m not being like a lighthouse with these lights so yay for that I’m so excited for today’s video because I’m going to be talking about all of the best drugstore moisturizers this is a continuation of my drugstore skincare series so if you want to keep up to date with all the videos that I’m gonna be posting for that feel free to subscribe and I know some of you guys maybe think you wait harm did you skip over serums and don’t worry [ __ ] I’m just taking my time finding the best serums because there’s a lot of them and I’m pretty picky but for moisturizers I managed to find all of the best ones laid out here in front of me for each skin type now finding good drugstore moisturizers has been a little bit of a struggle because there are just so many out there and the majority of them are formulated with a lot of ingredients that I’m not a fan of whether it be stripping alcohols or a lot of fragrance or a lot of essential oils it just kind of left me with a lot of conflict but I’m happy to say that all the products in this video are fragrance free so you can count on there not being essential oils or undisclosed fragrance in these products I want to give you guys the best of the best recommendations and after finding many moisturizers that I definitely don’t like from the drugstore in preparation for this video thanks a lot no I’m kidding I found the best of the best to share with you guys also I’ll be linking all the products that I’m talking about in today’s video in the description box below some of them are affiliate links which helps to support me and my channel so if you guys do feel like getting any of these products please feel free to use those links below I would really appreciate it but no pressure whatsoever thanks guys I found moisturizers for each skin type so don’t you worry I got you know all these moisturizers I really try to make sure that each of the brands were the most accessible skin care brands out there because I know a lot of you guys are watching from other countries where you don’t have access to a lot of the products that I recommend so I wanted to make sure that this is as easy to access as possible by only going to the main drugstores like Walgreens Walmart Target and other stores like that so let’s first start with dry so I have two recommendations if you find that you do have more you know pretty severely dry skin you want something that’s really occlusive really hydrating kind of forms a thicker layer of moisture over your skin I recommend of course and this will come as no surprises a lot of you guys but the seer of a moisturizing cream in terms of a formula perspective this product is just pretty much superior to every drugstore moisturizer for dry skin that I’ve been able to find glycerin is the second ingredient is a humectant which means it’s gonna pull in moisture from the environment deep into your skin to help make sure that it stays hydrated caprylic triglyceride is the third ingredient which is gonna lock in that hydration it’s also formulated with ceramides as well as sodium high all in a rate which is the concentrated form of hyaluronic acid that’s gonna pull in moisture from the environment similar to glycerin it’s fragrance free and another reason I love this product is because it’s one of the most cheap as well you can get one of those big tubs for like seventeen dollars that’ll last you a good six months at least if not longer it’s probably gonna last you longer honestly like a year for drugstore skincare survey just has really superior formulas all of which have non sensitizing but powerful ingredients that are gonna make sure you’re moisturized you’re hydrated and taken care of they may not be the most flashy brand out there but they deliver the best ingredients and the best formulas without risking long-term damage and then next a recent find which I’m so excited to talk about it is the elf happy hydration cream this one blew me away because when I like to the ingredient list I was like that can’t be right elf usually doesn’t have skincare this good I’m seed oil is the second ingredient yes the second ingredient in this product which if you don’t know hemp seed oil is really good for hydration it’s been a really popular ingredient recently but a lot of times brands will formulate with a really low concentration of hemp seed oil and then just slap the name on the cover of the product so that they can get away with a lot of sales because it’s trendy but the fact that it’s the second ingredient in this shows that this is a pretty high quality product in my opinion it’s also formulated with glycerin as a fourth ingredient niacinamide as the sixth ingredient oh one of my favorite ingredients of all time that works to reduce sensitivity and irritation it regulates sebum production to make sure that you’re not too oily or too dry and it brightens any dark spots or pigmentation that you have across your face and it has sodium hyaline area as well as a soothing peptide complex and it’s fragrance free I honestly was so impressed by this formula and after using it I have to say this is a really nice moisturizer I would say it’s really optimal for people who want a lot of hydration but who don’t want a really thick layer of moisture on their skin because we’re a dry skin formula it’s relatively lightweight I noticed that it soothes my skin and overall just had a really nice feel and honestly it’s one of the best products in this entire video that I’ve been able to find I’m just really impressed and I think elf is definitely stepping up the game for their formulas and I hope they come up with more formula similar to this one just because I don’t know I think it’s a really good display of the potential that brands have for good products at a drugstore price point I know a lot of you guys are probably like what I didn’t expect to see elf in this video neither did I [ __ ] also let me know if you guys want a review on elf skincare I’ve seen some requests coming here in there I think there’s a lot of misses but also some hits that they have that I’ve definitely been surprised by recently I have three moisturizers for combination skin because I feel like combination skin is the most common skin type that I usually come across so first if you’re just looking for a basic moisturizer for combination skin that’s gonna work well the sirve moisturizing lotion is a good one to go with it’s really similar to the CR of a moisturizing cream but the only difference is that it’s not formulated with petrolatum which petrolatum is a thicker really occlusive emollient ingredient that forms a thick layer of moisture across your face and I don’t feel like that’s optimal for people with combination skin but all the other ingredients in the moisturizing cream are really good which is why I would recommend the moisturizing lotion if you’re just looking for a good one with good ingredients fragrance free that’s gonna deliver hydration and those benefits now for anyone has more combination to dry skin I personally recommend the Shea Moisture skin rescue moisturizer now I did not expect to put a Shea Moisture product in this video because the majority of their products are formulated with a lot of essential oils but this one is actually free of essential oils in terms of the main ingredients is formulated with glycerin shea butter which is really gonna moisturize and soften your skin as well as hemp seed oil and then it does have a low concentration of witch hazel now I know I’ve talked about how I don’t like witch hazel in the past but I personally just don’t like it when it’s in high concentrations because witch hazel is uh nostalgic and can perform similarly to like a drying alcohol but in low concentrations I think it can’t have soothing benefits because a lot of the drugstore moisturizers that I was trying to use to calm down my face after this irritation we’re not really working the main claim of this one is to soothe irritated skin but honestly I find that the ingredients are really just great ingredients that you would want in a good moisturizer I also really like that it comes in glass packaging I think it’s the one product of all of these so it’s more environmentally sustainable and can be reused it’s lightweight but still delivers a lot of moisture which is where I feel it’s better for combination to more dry skin and then if you want moisturizer for more combination oily skin where you do have some dry areas but you also just want to make sure that it’s not too heavy on the skin I recommend the Olay hungarian water essence another product that i did not expect to be in this video coz Olay is usually a brand that i kind of steer clear of but honestly looking at these ingredients i was really impressed it’s fragrance free formulated with glycerin panthenol niacinamide is the fourth ingredient which is gonna help to control that oiliness that you’re experiencing in your skin and it’s also formulated with green tea extract and sodium hyaline rates and cucumber which are gonna be great for soothing any sensitivity or redness the only thing I will say about this product is that it is kind of pricey I bought it for $19 which is right on the edge of what I would consider to be a drugstore but it is really accessible because you can find Olli in a lot of places and if you are gonna get an old Leroy’s razor I recommend this one but overall yeah great ingredient list I was really impressed and I liked my experience with it now moving on to oily skin which honestly oh my god finding good fragrance free moisturizers for oily skin that [ __ ] is like next to impossible because the usually drugstore brands will only come out with fragrance free products for people with really sensitive skin and it’s like hello there’s some people out there like me who don’t necessarily have sensitive skin but we want to avoid fragrance and we want something for oily skin and boy it’s difficult but I will say I found a product that I absolutely love the other top product in this video it is the verse to do point moisturizing gel cream you can find this product at Target and the reason why I love it so much is because it’s the closest dupe I’ve been able to find to the eye unique centella calming gel cream this one is one of my favorite moisturizers for oily skin but it’s really only available in Korea and only shipped to certain countries and while this doesn’t have exactly the same ingredient list I love it because it’s so lightweight but the ingredients are glycerin it’s formulated with squalene which is usually a more heavy moisturizing ingredient but it’s very lightweight with this product it has green tea extract aloe vera juice and jojoba oil and it’s fragrance free no seriously I was just really impressed with how the formula performed it’s super lightweight soaks into the skin really easily but does offer good ingredients that are gonna hydrate your skin and make sure to really protect it from any damage throughout the day this one of my favorite finds from this video and I’m actually really excited to continue using it because I’ve just I’ve loved the results so far and then finally for someone who’s just looking for good oil control I recommend the Neutrogena oil-free moisture coming in some of you guys are gonna be watching this being like Hyrum you trashed Neutrogena in your video about them I’ll link it below why would you recommend a product from them well I actually somehow overlooked this product from them because it actually is fragrance free and has a relatively good butt basing ingredient list the primary ingredient they use is called cyclomethicone which is actually similar to dimethicone but it provides a drier finish because the thing about dimethicone which is a common really good silicone that prevents any trans epidermal water loss which is the process by which we lose water through our skin which results in dryness irritation sensitivity while dimethicone is really good it sometimes can leave behind like a greasy thick layer on the skin and cyclomethicone is a good alternative that’s gonna just make sure you’re a little bit less oily greasy a drier finish while still providing those good benefits now I have to say the very first time I use this product I hated it as soon as I put it on my skin I was like this feels disgusting I want to take this off but I gave it a chance and after about an hour I noticed that this worked really well to reduce oiliness throughout the day I’d say it takes about a good hour for it to just kind of like not feel like it’s suffocating your skin coz that first hour it definitely feels like you just have a thick layer on that as I continue using this product for a week I noticed that I experienced no oiliness no excess sebum and shininess throughout the day and worked really good to control it but my skin always felt hydrated and protected isn’t the most fancy flashy amazing ingredient list no it’s really simple but it’s gonna deliver you hydration without making you look like a Greece Factory throughout the day which honestly when it comes to drugstore moisturizers is good enough for me now I know some of you guys are watching saying hi erm what about the moisturizers with sunscreens you know moisturizers are in sunscreen and one and I’m just gonna have to be honest guys I have searched far and wide for a moisturizer with sunscreen that I actually think is really really good and I have yet to find one I just have not found one that really like impressed me with the ingredient list because it’s either a moisturizer that’s chock full of chemical sunscreens that can be really irritating to the face and have debatable evidence as to whether or not they negatively affect reef life and with those chemical sunscreens I usually just want to avoid them where possible or you have mineral sunscreen moisturizers that leave behind a really thick white coating that’s really hard to rub into your skin and overall just a negative experience and a few more shows that I found that weren’t like that were just chock-full of fragrance so honestly I just haven’t found a product yet if you do know of any good ones that are fragrance free mineral and don’t leave behind a severe white cast let me know in the comment section down below I would love to know but overall in my opinion I always think it’s just better to go in with a good moisturizer any of these moisturizers will be great because you’re getting the really good benefit of all those amazing ingredients and then following up with a separate sunscreen after not only are you gonna get the best ingredients but you’re also gonna make sure that you’re getting the most protection when it comes to sunscreen because usually people who use moisturizers with sunscreens in them don’t apply enough moisturizer to be able to get the full protection that you need throughout the day but not to worry I’m currently working on the best drugstore sunscreens video it will be coming out very soon and I’ll be able to share the best ones I’ve been able to find or if you’re a little bit inpatient go to link in my description box below I have a video all about sunscreens how to apply it and the best ones I’ve been able to find you can find some of my recommendations there oh yeah I got through that kind of fast I’m a little impressed I mean it’s about [ __ ] time I’m literally drip sweating down my back because it’s so freakin hot and I’m ready to end this video like that that’s super sexy but what do you guys think of this list let me know in the comment section down below if you have any more drugstore moisturizers that you recommend because I would love to hear them these are the ones that after scouring for hours and hours and hours online I’ve been able to find the best of but who knows I may have missed a few that you guys would recommend and I’d love to hear your thoughts like I said before if you are interested in purchasing any other products feel free to use the links in the description box below and if you haven’t already be sure to subscribe to my channel and to the notification belts that you can see my videos every single week and I’ll see you guys in the next video
