Skin-Care Launches Are Here to Complete Your Skin-Cycling Routine

Here are luxurious moisturizers, gentle yet highly effective retinoic acid, and everything you need to get your glow on this spring.

Longer days (thank you, daylight saving time), blooming flowers, and cooler temperatures are all welcome changes that herald the arrival of spring.

Just as we swap winter clothes for lighter ones, it’s time to rethink our skincare routines.

For a fresh start, Renee Rouleau offers a gentle cleanser for deep cleansing, while The Outset offers a selfie-worthy purifying blue mud mask.

If skin circulation is your priority, Dr. Whitney Bowes Retina Night Advanced 0.1% Retina Firming Treatment is sure to pique your interest (more on that below).

Are you ready to replace heavy salves and nourishing creams with something that has a lighter, more gel-like texture?

You can choose from the newly upgraded La Mer Softening Cream, Dermalogica Firming and Toning Oxygen Cream, or a moisturizer with SPF, like Olay Hyaluronic + Peptide 24 Moisturizer with SPF 30.

Don’t forget to take care of your skin from the neck down—Supergoop! Unseen Body SPF 40 is just as transparent as the popular face-care product.

Finish with a few spritz of Ellis Brooklyn Florist’s sparkling new fragrance—we bet you’ll feel refreshed again.

See below for more on all of these products and more.

Dr. Whitney Bowe Beauty Retinal Night Cream Advanced 0.1% Retinal Firming Treatment

Do you know the skin cycle trend that’s going viral on TikTok? (If you’re not one of the 300 million viewers familiar with the concept, here’s the short version:

Alternate your treatments each night, exfoliating first, using a retinoid the next night, and using only moisturizer for the final two nights as a recovery period.

Then start over.) Dermatologist Dr. Whitney Bowe is an expert on this skincare product, and she just launched her own line (which also includes a scrub and moisturizer), including the Dr. Whitney Bowe Beauty Retinal Night Advanced 0.1% Retinal Firming Treatment.

It contains retinaldehyde (rather than retinol), which is said to have a strong smoothing effect while being less irritating. It’s also enriched with a potent blend of lipids to further improve tolerability.

Lancôme Clarifique Refining Brightening Pro-Solution

When a brand tries 70 different formulas to perfect a single product, you can consider it great. Lancôme did just that to perfect its new Clarifique Refining Brightening Pro-Solution serum—a serum that reduces dark spots, evens skin tone, and boosts skin brightness.

It contains ingredients like niacinamide, PHA, and glycerin. With regular use, pigmentation won’t show up.

Dermalogica Phyto Nature Oxygen Cream

While bottled air is convenient, your skin cells actually need oxygen to function and repair damage. One application of Dermalogica Phyto Nature Oxygen Cream is like taking a deep breath for your skin: The botanical formula helps cells absorb oxygen more efficiently, resulting in firmer skin over time.

Dr. Dennis Gross DRx SpectraLite EyeCare Max Pro

Step into the future with the newly developed Dr. Gross SpectraLite EyeCare Max Pro. With 30% more red LED light (for tightening and firming the skin) than its predecessor, this easy-to-wear eye mask treats the entire eye area.

And since the charging cable is detachable, you can relax your eyes while you vacuum or do something more relaxing, like have a glass of wine and watch Netflix.

Ellis Brooklyn Florist

You can treat yourself to some flowers or a bottle of the garden-inspired perfume with scents of tuberose, gardenia, and jasmine. A daily spritz of Ellis Brooklyn Florist perfume lasts longer than the scent of fresh flowers and is just as invigorating.

SkinCeuticals A.G.E. Interrupter Advance

If wrinkles and sagging skin were superheroes, this corrective cream would be their kryptonite. SkinCeuticals A.G.E. Interrupter Advance is a nourishing balm with antioxidants and proprietary protein Proxylane to plump up the skin.

Together, they work to minimize collagen breakdown, which prevents sagging skin. The Outset Purifying Blue Clay Mask. After a visit to Iceland’s Blue Lagoon, applying the Outset Purifying Blue Clay Mask in the evening might be the best choice.

Massage the formula into your face, turn on Daisy Jones & The Six, and let the protagonists—Riley Keough on screen and the purifying kaolin clay on your skin—do their thing. After 10 minutes, pause the show, then rinse for a healthy glow.

Olay Hyaluronic Acid + Peptide 24 Moisturizer

Any product that can save us a step and get us out the door faster is a good thing. All you need in the morning is Olay Hyaluronic Acid + Peptide 24 Moisturizer, which contains smoothing peptides, brightening niacinamide, hydrating hyaluronic acid, and UV protection.

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La Mer Hydrating Softener

If you don’t like change, then the news that your favorite moisturizer has been tweaked may cause you concern. However, after using La Mer Hydrating Softener, you may not notice the improvement in your skin until you see the radiant results.

The luxurious, lightweight texture remains the same, now with billions of hydrating spheres to hydrate the skin better than before.

Clarins Les Enfants Moisturizers

Instead of gold, silver, and diamonds, the three new products in the Clarins Les Enfants collection are embellished with French moonflowers, which bloom only one night a year. It sounds a bit like a fairy tale – this is a dreamy product line – but there is real science behind it, too.

After the antioxidant-rich flowers are hand-picked, they’re immediately frozen to preserve their youth-boosting active ingredients, which are then combined with three smoothing peptides. You’ll find all of this in La Lotion, a lightweight serum that’s applied before the face and eye creams in the collection.

Westman Atelier Skin Activator

Makeup artist Gucci Westman is known for helping her customers achieve radiant skin — and it all starts with the perfect foundation. With that in mind, Westman launched her first skincare product, the Westman Atelier Skin Activator.

Enriched with 12 active ingredients, the gel-serum includes some well-known stars, like hyaluronic acid for hydration and niacinamide for even skin tone, as well as some less-common ingredients, like the plumping amino acid L-arginine and cactus extract for soothing.

Renée Rouleau Better Than Balm

Makeup artist Gucci Westman is known for helping her customers achieve radiant skin — and it all starts with the perfect foundation. With that in mind, Westman launched her first skincare product, the Westman Atelier Skin Activator.

Enriched with a host of active ingredients (12 to be exact), the gel-serum includes well-known ingredients like hydrating hyaluronic acid and niacinamide to even skin tone, as well as some less-common ingredients like L-arginine, plumping amino acids, and soothing cactus extract.

Renée Rouleau Better Than Balm

If you’ve ever seen the completely invisible Supergoop! If you’ve ever used the Unseen Sunscreen, you’ll know why the new body version is so popular. Just like the original face formula, Supergoop! promises…

Unseen Body SPF 40 Invisible Unscented Sunscreen—this time with body-specific benefits, like a smooth gel texture that makes it easier to apply to larger areas.

Flamingo Estate Clarity Mineral Soak

Breathe the soothing scent of Douglas Fir and Vetiver from the Flamingo Estate Clarity Collection and leave the stress of the day behind.

Choose your warrior: the mineral bath (a combination of California sea salt and Hawaiian green salt), body oil (made with blueberry seed oil and sandalwood nut oil), or fragrance oil (a calming earthy scent with a hint of sweet basil) will soothe tense moments.