I Always Had Dry, Scaly Skin Until I Added This One Product Into My Bodycare Routine

This unassuming body serum has become a firm favourite amongst our beauty team (it even won a Who What Wear Next in Beauty Best in Class Award—it’s that good). It has a light, cooling gel-serum texture that sinks in within a matter of moments and leaves skin with a velvety soft finish. I find it hydrating enough that I don’t need to use a body moisturiser on top; you can just apply and go. It comes in three different varieties, including Dewy Radiance, Flawless Tone and Overnight Radiance, but my favourite is Flawless Tone, which helps to fade hyperpigmentation and leaves your skin with a glow. It’s great for treating lingering scars from ingrown hairs or sun-induced pigmentation while leaving your skin feeling really hydrated. Honestly, I can’t believe it’s only £13.

This new Naturium body serum now has a permanent spot in my bathroom. It's ultra-lightweight, yet incredibly hydrating thanks to the addition of urea in the formula, and the milky serum texture absorbs into a cooling, silky finish on the skin (no waiting around for this one to sink in). The handy pump dispenser makes it so handy to apply, too. It’s one of the more hydrating body serums I’ve tried, and it works well when worn alone in the summer or layered underneath a body lotion or body cream in the colder months to really lock in the hydration.

While expensive, trust me when I say that this body serum is worth every penny. It works as a body exfoliator and serum in one, helping to slough away dull, dry skin while hydrating to leave your limbs satin-soft. Whenever I use it, I’m always amazed at how glowy and smooth my skin looks. Because it’s an exfoliating body serum, you only need to use it a couple of times a week, but the results are nothing short of transformative. It’s also brilliant to use as exfoliating prep before using a self-tanner, helping your tan go on more evenly and last for longer, too.

What I love about Nécessaire is that many of its products come in unfragranced form. And if you’re someone with sensitive skin like me, you know it can be hard to find products suited to eczema or psoriasis-prone skin that don’t feel clinical and ugly in your bathroom. This, however, is an elevated body serum that looks chic in your bathroom while suiting sensitive skin’s needs. It contains five different weights of hyaluronic acid, making it very hydrating and easily layered underneath other body care products or worn alone for lightweight comfort to dry, irritated skin. The gel-like texture sinks in quickly, so there’s no waiting around to get dressed afterward.

With its beautifully rosy scent and milky texture, this is one of the most luxurious body serums I’ve come across and is brimming with skincare actives. It includes retinol to rejuvenate the skin, and omegas and minerals to nourish the skin deeply. If that wasn’t enough, it also contains fruit-based AHAs to gently unlock a healthy glow and pomegranate and rosehip oils to leave your skin looking and feeling softened as it gets to work on the skin. It’s a little more lotion-like in texture compared to others on this list, so it works well on its own to provide enough hydration from top to toe.

Coming in at under £15, Byoma’s Smoothing Body Serum is a great results-driven option that won’t make your bank account cry. Succinic acid and blue tansy work in tandem to exfoliate without irritation, while the lipids help to nourish and restore the skin. Much like a serum, it has a watery gel-like consistency that sinks in quickly and leaves your skin with a subtle glow with a more even-toned complexion over a couple of weeks of use. It’s a great choice if you want your body serum to do more than just hydrate your skin, and at £14, you really won’t mind using it regularly.

Every detail of this body serum is luxurious. And of course it is—it’s Chanel. Firstly, I love the mist application, which makes it effortless to apply post-shower without the need to rub it into the skin. Secondly, it contains red camellia extract and oil (an iconic flower of the fashion house) that works to hydrate and leave skin looking and feeling silky soft. The milky texture of the mist sinks in quickly and can be misted over the skin directly or applied to the palms and massaged into the skin. Of course, it’s going to look beautiful perched on your bathroom shelf, too.

For limbs with rough, flaky texture or uneven skin tone, there isn’t another body serum more perfect for the job than this one. Paula’s Choice is a brand praised for its no-nonsense formulas that get the job done, and this niacinamide-based serum is great for treating body acne and scarring, as well as addressing dry skin texture and fading sun-induced pigmentation on the body. It basically does it all.

If you want a targeted vitamin C serum for your body, then Necessaire’s is a brilliant option to benefit from the antioxidant effects. It works to brighten and fade hyperpigmentation and lend your skin an incredible glow all over. Lightweight in texture, it sinks in quickly and is easy to layer underneath other body care products. It’s not the most nourishing, so dry skin types may want to layer it underneath a body lotion or body cream, but it’s a great lightweight hydrator.