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Episilk Hyalogic Facial Mist
An innovative way to use one of the best natural ingredients around, this convenient mist features hyaluronic acid—a molecule known for its ability to hold up to 1,000 times its weight in water. An ideal anytime, anywhere complement to your morning and evening skin care regimens.
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Everyday Coconut Body Lotion
This coconut-based body lotion from fair-trade company Alaffia not only contains coconut’s ultramoisturizing oil, but also the tropical-fruit's nutrient-rich water (rather than plain H20). It doesn't hurt that the pure coconut scent is borderline intoxicating.
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Weleda Skin Food
Skin Food remains a go-to for moisturizing hands, elbows, and heels. Its nourishing bouquet of plant ingredients include sunflower and sweet almond oils and extracts from rosemary, chamomile, and pansy—an ingredient used to help treat skin issues such as eczema and acne.
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Desert Essence Organic Jojoba Oil
Jojoba, a time-tested natural moisturizer, matches your body's own sebum oil, making it ideal for sensitive parts of the face such as around the eyes. Plus, it's an excellent all-over body moisturizer and massage oil (just add a few drops of your favorite essential oil). This pick is supersmooth and USDA Organic, too.
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Episencial Soothing Cream
Tailor-made for babies' itchy, sensitive skin, this soothing cream blends organic calendula, oat extract, and raspberry butter to moisturize. But the formula's most unique ingredients are its probiotics (or "friendly bacteria") that may help fight eczema when applied topically, according to recent research.
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Nordic Naturals Omega Woman
Moisturize from the inside out! Fish oil's EPA and DHA fatty acids join with evening primrose oil's high-potency omega-6. This formula also helps to balance hormones, which in turn supports a clear complexion.
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Veria ID Daylight Oil-Free Day Moisturizer
A new Ayurvedic moisturizer for oily-skinned Kapha doshas, this oil-free formula features neem extract, peptides, licorice root, and vitex oil. The carefully formulated combination of herbs and extracts helps to both moisturize and fend off blemishes on breakout-prone skin. Another perk: its fragrance comes exclusively from essentials oils.
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MyChelle Dermaceuticals Supreme Polypeptide Cream
This supercharged moisturizer (a 2012 Beauty Award Winner) contains innovative antiwrinkle peptide matrixyl synth's, which has been shown to reduce wrinkle volume and depth. And that's not all: Marine-sourced collagen helps restore skin's stores of this skin-supportive protein. You'll also find moisturizing hyaluronic acid and nourishing plant oils on this all-star ingredient list.
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SeabuckWonders Himalayan Seabuckthorn Deep Hydrating Serum and Body Lotion
This new line of beauty products from the makers of seabuckthorn-based supplements features nutrient-rich seabuckthorn oil, which contains the rare omega-7. Touted for its ability to improve skin hydration and elasticity and increase skin thickness, it also may help to improve collagen synthesis to ward off visible aging signs. These products' high-concentration of the ingredient's potent berry oil, proven by their yellow hue, definitely got our attention.
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Vermont Soap Green Gold Organic Herbal Moisturizer
We love this ubersoothing USDA Organic salve for its back-to-basics simplicity, excellent for people with sensitive skin. The formulation includes only shea butter, hemp seed oil and anti-inflammatory calendula, St. Johns Wort and rosemary—that’s all folks.
Why choose a natural moisturizer? Unlike lotions that use synthetic ingredients such as parabens, artificial fragrance, and petroleum derived ingredients, which may ultimately inhibit your skin’s natural moisturizing factor, natural ingredients work with your skin’s oils to maintain optimal moisture and help prevent clogged pores. The result: smoother, healthier skin for the long-haul. These favorite picks feature plant-based oils and extracts and natural humectants.