Best overall
CeraVe
Moisturizing Cream
8.8Excellent
A fragrance-free ceramide and petrolatum cream that remains the default barrier moisturizer for dry face and body skin at a drugstore price.
Cream5$19.99
Calm & Protect · Sensitive
Soothing
13 products we review are built for soothing — 31% of them moisturizers. The ingredients doing most of the work: glycerin, niacinamide and ceramides. Most are made for sensitive skin, dry skin and acne-prone skin.
Redness, sensitivity and protection — including the sunscreen that keeps everything else working.
Top rated
The soothing podium.
The ingredients behind it
Key actives in the products that deliver soothing — tap one for what it does and how strong the evidence is.
Often paired with
Benefits that tend to come along for the ride.
13 products
Every soothing pick.
13 products
Best overall
Nizoral
A-D Anti-Dandruff Shampoo (Ketoconazole 1%)
8.4Great
The drugstore ketoconazole shampoo that dermatologists and dandruff sufferers keep returning to, used just twice a week.
Shampoo4$16.88
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Aestura
Atobarrier 365 Cream
8.4Great
A ceramide-dense Korean barrier cream with visible capsules that has become a Reddit favorite for dry, sensitive and retinoid-stressed skin.
Cream5$32.00
Best value
Vanicream
Moisturizing Cream
8.4Great
A minimalist petrolatum cream with no fragrance or botanicals, trusted for reactive and eczema-prone skin rather than for elegance.
Cream4$20.99
Sensitive-skin pick
La Roche-Posay
Toleriane Double Repair Face Moisturizer
8.4Great
A light, oil-free ceramide and niacinamide face cream that Reddit routinely recommends for sensitive and acne-prone skin.
Cream4$24.99
Community favorite
La Roche-Posay
Toleriane Hydrating Gentle Facial Cleanser
8.4Great
A fragrance-free, sulfate-free cream cleanser with ceramide-3 and niacinamide that dermatologists keep recommending for dry, sensitive skin.
Cleanser4$19.99
Best overall
Aquaphor
Lip Repair
8.3Great
A cheap, fragrance-free drugstore lip ointment that reliably soothes chapped, cracked lips without prestige-brand pricing.
Lip balm4
Community favorite Trending
Hero Cosmetics
Mighty Patch Original
8.3Great
The benchmark hydrocolloid pimple patch: flattens surfaced whiteheads overnight and stops picking, but does little for deep, closed bumps.
Patches4$12.99
Cult favorite
Bioderma
Sensibio H2O Micellar Water
8.3Great
The original no-rinse micellar water: fragrance-free, gentle on sensitive skin and effective on everyday makeup with a cotton pad.
Micellar water4$14.99
Best value Trending
Beauty of Joseon
Glow Serum: Propolis + Niacinamide
8.0Great
A cushiony propolis-and-niacinamide serum with a low price and a devoted following for glow, calm and smoother-looking pores.
Serum5$17.00
Community favorite Trending
EltaMD
UV Clear Broad-Spectrum SPF 46
8.0Great
The dermatologist-office staple for acne- and rosacea-prone skin: light, fragrance-free and niacinamide-boosted, at a premium price.
SPF 465$46.00
Cult favorite Trending
COSRX
Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence
7.9Good
The K-beauty hydration staple: 96% snail mucin in a lightweight, fragrance-free essence that most skin types tolerate, at a fair price.
Essence5$25.00
Sensitive-skin pick Trending
Tower 28
SunnyDays Tinted SPF 30
7.7Good
A gentle 100% mineral tinted SPF 30 with buildable light-medium coverage and an NEA seal, in 17 shades.
SPF 305$32.00