The idea of exfoliating every day is both promising and terrifying. You want to reap the benefits of fresh, uncongested skin, but you also don't want to overdo it, which is all too easy if you're not exfoliating the right way. Luckily, Murad's new Daily Clarifying Peel is absolutely the right way to get in a daily dose of glycolic acid, salicylic acid, and a gentle retinoid in perfect harmony, resulting in better cell turnover, clearer pores, and, ultimately, smoother, more even skin. A touch of avocado extract helps moisturize and even tamp down shine.

Guerlain Abeille Royale Advanced Youth Watery Oil may be a mouthful, but more importantly, it's a bottle full of bee benefits: four kinds of honey from around the world, as well as royal jelly. Even though it feels as rich as an oil, it's intended to be used prior to serums and creams, helping to plump skin while supporting its ability to repair itself quickly. The result is a noticeable radiance and an unshakeable eagerness to do your skin-care routine.

It only makes sense that a formula made with kangaroo flower would help skin regain some of its lost bounce. That's just one benefit of the new Clarins Extra-Firming Energy. It's a day cream that moisturizes to the max as it firms and brightens skin with fruit extracts like that of goji, apricot, and vitamin C-rich acerola, which also works as a pollution-protective antioxidant. It's smooth texture makes it a must-have before applying makeup, too.

Some face mists just kind of send a light haze of good intentions at your skin; others, like Ghost Democracy's new Peptide-Packed Dewy Toning Mist, actually do something. In this case, your complexion is showered in a combination of firming peptides and blue algae, barrier-bolstering niacinamide, and hydration attracting hyaluronic acid. Give your skin a plump-up any time of day, or use it like a toner prior to serums and moisturizers.

Topicals hit the ground running when it launched in 2020, impressing everyone who tried its Faded gel-serum in an effort to diminish their hyperpigmentation. And now, the brand has turned it Faded into a Brightening & Clearing Mist made to be used anywhere on the body where breakouts may have left discoloration. It contains all of the same effective ingredients, like niacinamide, kojic acid, arbutin, and tranexamic acid, all known for their contributions to evening out dark-marked skin tones.

Good Skin MD just launched exclusively at CVS, with six products formulated to ease to woes of stressed-out, sensitive skin. That especially true of the Rescue Facial Cream, a moisturizer for skin that has seen things. Whether your complexion is looking and feeling punished by sun damage or it's simply in a constant state of WTF-ery, this super soother and smoother is made for major relief and moisturizer, provided largely in part by glycerin.

Whether or not "superfoods" are really all that super is up for debate. What's not up for debate is how great a pore-purifying treatment Nooni's new Black Superfood Clay Mask is. The kaolin clay takes gunk away when you rinse it off and reveal smoother skin. And one thing's for sure: The so-called superfoods in this formula — soybean seed, rice, and sesame extract — are definitely more of a pro than a con.