15 Best Night Creams for Women Over 50, According to Celebrity Makeup Artists
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Skincare can get even more confusing as we get older. Should we be keeping the routine that’s worked for us for years—or is it time level up? Especially in those precious hours when we’re sleeping and the body is healing itself, it’s ultra important to use the right anti-aging and moisturizing products to help us look radiant in the morning.
When it comes to choosing the best night creams for women over 50, celebrity makeup artists have some excellent recommendations that cater to various skin types and concerns. From luxurious high-end options to affordable drugstore picks, these experts share their top picks for mature skin.
Here are the 15 best night creams for aging skin that’ll leave you looking rested, glowing and oh-so-gorgeous.
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15 Top Night Creams for Mature Skin
Best Overall: Juice Beauty STEM CELLULAR Anti-Wrinkle Ceramide Overnight Cream
Best Drugstore: Versed Skin Sweet Relief Overnight Face Barrier Balm and Olay Regenerist Collagen Peptide 24 Max Face Moisturizer
Best Luxury: True Botanicals Chebula Extreme Cream and Natura Bissé Essential Shock Intense Retinol Night Renewal
Best Clean: Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow AHA Night Treatment
Best Lightweight: ILIA The Base Face Milk
Best Alternative: Skin slugging. (A technique that creates a protective barrier on your skin using an occlusive layer, like Kaia Skin Calming Blue Tansy Face Balm, to seal in moisture and enhance the benefits of your nighttime skincare routine.)
Best for Sensitive Skin: Glotanicals Everyday Glo Facial Oil
Most Ultra Moisturizing: Elemis Pro-Collagen Overnight Cream
Best Multi-Tasker: Augustinus Bader The Rich Cream
Best for People in Perimenopause and Menopause: Emepelle Night Cream
Best for Face and Neck: Isdin Age Contour Cream
Most Innovative: Mother Science Molecular Hero Treatment
Best Dewy Finish: Osea Seabiotic Water Cream
What Types of Face Creams Are Best for Women Over 50?
According to celebrity makeup artist Tamara Delbridge, who has worked on Sanaa Lathan, MC Lyte and En Vogue’s Cindy Herron, "When choosing a face cream for women over 50, opt for products that contain a combination of these ingredients to address multiple concerns like hydration, firmness, wrinkles, and dullness: retinol, hyaluronic acid, peptides, vitamin C, niacinamide, and ceramides."
Celebrity makeup artist and clean beauty expert Cassandra McClure, who has worked on worked on Susan David, Priyanka Naik and Kylin Kalani, echoes Delbrudge’s emphasis on peptides, retinol and antioxidants, adding, "These ingredients help in reducing signs of aging such as wrinkles and fine lines while promoting skin recovery and renewal."
What Is the Difference Between Moisturizer and Night Cream?
"Moisturizers, also known as day creams, are lightweight and suitable for daytime use," Delbridge explains. "They are formulated to provide hydration and create a protective barrier on the skin to lock in moisture throughout the day. Night creams, on the other hand, are formulated to be richer and more emollient than daytime moisturizers. They are designed for overnight use to deeply hydrate, repair and nourish the skin while you sleep."
McClure adds, "Night creams are typically richer and more hydrating than day moisturizers. They are designed to support the skin's natural repair process during sleep. Night creams often contain higher concentrations of active ingredients to help improve skin texture and tone overnight, which is crucial for mature skin that needs extra nourishment."
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15 Best Night Creams for Women Over 50, According to Experts
Best Overall: Juice Beauty STEM CELLULAR Anti-Wrinkle Ceramide Overnight Cream, $75
McClure says this outstanding formula is both clean and potent. “It leverages plant-derived ceramides and fruit stem cells to intensely moisturize and reduce wrinkles while you sleep.”
Best Drugstore: Versed Skin Sweet Relief Overnight Face Barrier Balm, $17.99 and Olay Regenerist Collagen Peptide 24 Max Face Moisturizer, $34.99
Versed Skin / Walgreens
"[Versed Skin's] is a standout for the drugstore category because it's both affordable and formulated with gentle, nourishing ingredients like ceramides and squalane that strengthen the skin's barrier overnight," McClure explains. "It's cruelty-free, dermatologist tested, and suitable for sensitive skin.”
Delbridge says that the formula for Olay's moisturizer formulation helps drive key ingredients, collagen peptides, and vitamins deep into skin for optimal absorption.
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Best Luxury: True Botanicals Chebula Extreme Cream, $110 and Natura Bissé’s Essential Shock Intense Retinol Night Renewal, $255
True Botanicals / Natura Bissé
McClure says, "[The True Botanicals] cream is an investment in your skin's long-term health, blending luxurious care with impressive anti-aging results."
And according to Delbridge, Natura Bissé's night renewal is firming, resurfacing and rejuvenating. The retinol and bakuchiol make it effective and ensure gentle cellular renewal.
Best Clean: Glow Recipe’s Watermelon Glow AHA Night Treatment, $42
Delbridge says the clean ingredients are responsibly sourced and packaged and that it works well by exfoliating and plumping skin.
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Best Lightweight: ILIA’s The Base Face Milk, $58
Celebrity MUA, Aimee Carr of VooDoo Cosmetics, said this formula instantly hydrates your skin and strengthens the skin’s barrier.
Best Alternative: Skin Slugging With Product Like Kaia Skin Calming Blue Face Balm, $95
McClure's favorite clean recommendation is the practice of "slugging." She says, "It's a technique that creates a protective barrier on your skin using an occlusive layer, like Kaia Skin Calming Blue Face Balm, to seal in moisture and enhance the benefits of your nighttime skincare routine. First, layer your serums and treatments. The barrier locks in the products, and allows them to penetrate more effectively.”
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Best for Sensitive Skin: Glotanicals’ Everyday Glo Facial Oil, $75
McClure suggests Everyday Glo Facial Oil by Glotanicals, stating, "It's a versatile face oil suitable for all skin types and addresses a multitude of concerns including blemishes, dryness, dullness, pigmentation, redness and fine lines. It's gentle yet effective, making it perfect for those with sensitive skin."
Most Ultra Moisturizing: Elemis Pro-Collagen Overnight Cream, $245
Rachael Chambers, licensed esthetician and in-house expert at celeb fave Oh Beauty, says this luxurious and emollient night cream will not only hydrate, but will also retexturize. “Samphire has anti-inflammatory properties designed to soothe and nourish.”
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Best Multi-Tasker: Augustinus Bader The Rich Cream, $300
Chambers says this luxe moisturizer is “loaded with minerals, vitamins, peptides and is clinically proven to reduce the signs of aging such as fine lines, wrinkles, and hyperpigmentation.”
Best for People in Perimenopause and Menopause: Emepelle Night Cream, $195
Chambers loves this night cream because it’s specially formulated for women in menopause and perimenopause. “It features breakthrough MEP Technology to help restore the natural function of Estrogen Deficient Skin non-hormonally, resulting in increased firmness and hydration.”
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Best for Face and Neck: Isdin Age Contour Cream, $125
Chambers says this restorative and hydrating night cream for the face and neck is rich in antioxidants, melatonin and peptides, explaining, “It is formulated to support collagen and elastin production which will improve firmness, texture and fine lines and wrinkles. It also helps to stimulate the skin’s natural antioxidant defenses against daily skin aggressors like oxidative stress.”
Most Innovative: Mother Science Molecular Hero Treatment, $89
This breakthrough serum is a great nighttime addition for people with dark spots and sun damage. It uses Malassezin, a revolutionary, patented and first-to-market ingredient that they say is a 10x more powerful antioxidant than Vitamin C.
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Best Dewy Finish: Osea Seabiotic Water Cream, $54
Carr says this cream gives you good, deep hydration that leaves your skin with a dewy look. Not only that, the company is clean which she says is so important to be aware and mindful of what you are putting on your skin.
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Tamara Delbridge, celebrity makeup artist
Cassandra McClure, celebrity makeup artist and clean beauty expert
Aimee Carr, celebrity makeup artist of VooDoo Cosmetics
Rachael Chambers, licensed esthetician and in-house expert at Oh Beauty
