BAZAAR Beauty Awards 2022: Cleansers, Toners and Moisturisers For Every Skin Type
Get the basics right
Cleansers, toners and moisturisers and night creams — these skincare products form the basis for your skincare regimen, no matter what your skin type is.
A good cleanser walks the line between removing impurities on the skin and not strip skin of its natural oils—which is exactly what the Checks and Balances Frothy Face Wash from Origins does. Broad Leaf Kelp Extract, Wheat Protein and Tourmaline cleanses skin easily while leaving it comfortable refreshed, without the taut and tight feeling.
It's all about being extra with the Barrier Booster Orange Ferment Essence. Firstly, hyaluronic and polyglutamic acids help to keep skin extra hydrated, while orange active and vitamin C gives it an extra glow. Lastly, niacinamide supports clear skin and keeps it extra healthy.
Weightless gel creams have a special place in our skincare routines due to the climate and the Plum Plump Hyaluronic Cream delivers hydration to the skin without feeling heavy or greasy on skin. The formula contains a blend of three anti-oxidant rich plum extracts, along with hyaluronic acid and polyglutamic acid to keep skin plump and strengthened.
Tapping on skin's ability to restore and heal while you sleep, the Decorte Liposome Advanced Repair Cream envelops skin in hydrating comfort while you snooze. Its encapsulation technology releases one trillion night capsules (night multilamella bio-liposomes) throughout the night, delivering essential nutrients to enhance skin's repair functions.
Suitable for oily and acne-prone skin, this cleanser contains glycolic acid and salicylic acid to gently exfoliate while effectively unclogging pores. Active ingredient Zinc gluconate helps to reduce excess sebum, while getting rid of bacteria on the skin.
Launched in 1974, the Albion Skin Conditioner Essential N has amassed generations of loyal followers. Its star ingredient Job's Tears helps to normalise epidermal metabolism, regulate skin's immune functions and also has anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties. Now in its third iteration, the Albion Skin Conditioner Essential N contains organic Job's Tears oil which is rich in oleic acid, linoleic acid and other unsaturated fatty acids to enhance hydration, while improving ceramide and collagen production.
This cleanser works to restore skin barrier functions so that it's able to defend against daily aggressors while preventing moisture from escaping. Amino acids and Moroccan lava clay help to remove impurities , retaining moisture while enhancing the absorption of the skincare steps that will follow in your routine.
PHA, or poly hydroxy acids, are a derivative of alpha hydroxy acids, known for its ability to gently exfoliate skin while addressing concerns like enlarged pores, excess sebum and dullness. PHA is milder on skin as it doesn't penetrate skin as deeply as AHAs like glycolic acid, making the PHA Clarifying Toner a good addition if you require constant care for refining sensitive or acne-prone skin.
The seventh-generation Water Bank range uses a new Blue Hyaluronic Acid technology which is formulated to strengthen and repair skin barrier. With a smaller hyaluronic acid molecule, the cream is able to penetrate deeper into skin to imbue it with lasting hydration. The gel-type texture absorbs quickly and leaves dry skin soothed and hydrated.
Just as the body needs vitamin C, the skin can also benefit from it. A powerful antioxidant, vitamin C helps protect the skin from the onslaught of free radicals while simultaneously helping it appear brighter. The C5 Super Boost Moisturizer strengthens the skin's barrier functions while locking in hydration so skin appears radiant and smooth over time.
A potent blend of botanical oils like clove, Egyptian camomile, eucalyptus, hops, grapeseed, Abyssinian and camelina oils form the base for this luxurious oil cleanser. Each capsule melts away stubborn makeup easily, while forming a comfortable veil to keep skin hydrated for up to 12 hours after cleansing.
This lightweight lotion is formulated with peach ceramides to restore skin's barrier while preventing trans-epidermal water loss. Lactobacillus paste balances skin's microbiome, thus maintaining skin health. Its watery texture absorbs quickly to imbue skin with hydration.
Combination Skin - Day Moisturiser: Strength Trainer Peptide Boost Moisturizer, $80, OLEHENRIKSEN
A strong and healthy skin barrier is able to keep aggressors out and hydration in—exactly what the Strength Trainer Peptide Boost Moisturizer is designed to do. This universal daily moisturiser contains amino acids, peptides, ceramides and collagen to help restore skin's barrier functions, allowing it to look smoother, more hydrated and healthier.
Combination Skin - Night Cream: Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Cream EX, $330, Sulwhasoo
This luxurious cream is infused with the brand's latest Ginsenomics technology, which delivers precious ginseng saponin into the skin faster and more efficiently—strengthening skin from within. Its lightweight texture melts into skin to keep complexion soft and hydrated throughout the night.
This balm pulls triple duty, acting as a cleanser, mask and soothing balm. Smooth over skin to melt away makeup, impurities and sebum without stripping skin's natural oils. Key ingredients licorice root extract helps to reduce redness and inflammation, while vitamins A and C, along with oat and botanical oils help to fortify skin's defenses against environmental damage.
The Dynamic Resurfacing Facial Pads are formulated with lactic acid and probiotic ferment complex to improve cell's natural turnover, helping it appear smoother and brighter. With an dull surface skin being lifted away gently, skin is now able to receive the active ingredients from the other products that follow your skincare routine more efficiently.
Powered by the brand's proprietary TFC8, or Trigger Factor Complex, which contains over 40 ingredients to cellular renewal while adapting to address individualised skin concerns like wrinkles, redness and hyperpigmentation. The Cream is also able to stimulate collagen and elastin production, and hydrate to leave it looking smooth, radiant and supple.
This nourishing night cream is able to hone in on areas where stress shows up the most with its Drone Peptide Technology. Padina Pavonica, Chlorella and Wild Indigo Oligosaccharides form a protective veil to seal in hydration, while restoring balance to stressed and fatigued skin.
This soap- and fragrance-free cleanser leaves even the most sensitive of skins hydrated and cleansed. It's pH balanced, which means the microbiome on the skin is not disrupted. Irritated and itchy skin is also left feeling soothed, without any tightness.
While caring for the microbiome has been a buzzword in the last few years, Gallinée was the first to recognise its importance and role in keep skin healthy. The Face Vinegar Toner contains a patented complex of prebiotics, probiotics and lactic acid to nourish skin's microbiome—the skin's first line of defence against environmental aggressors—essentially helping skin remain healthy and strong.
Sensitive Skin - Day Moisturiser: Essential Comfort Moisturizing Cream, $95, Sulwhasoo.jpg
The Essential Comfort Moisturizing Cream contains the JAUM Balancing Complex – Yam, Hawthorn Berry, Arrowroot Flowers, Jujube and Mulberry Leaf, each with rich soothing and moisturising properties. These five botanicals are used in traditional Korean medicine and work together to relieve dryness and irritation, while infusing it with essential nutrients to improve skin's barrier functions.
The Secret Cream is formulated to address major skin concerns like loss of elasticity, dehydration, roughness and redness. Its rich and creamy texture forms a layer of hydration and keeps it protected against the elements. The cream also contains Cica, or Centella Asiatica, an ingredient which helps to soothe redness and irritation quickly.