This Hero Japanese Skincare Ingredient Transformed My Dry, Perimenopausal Skin

If you have a specific wrinkle or deep line that you want to treat (sans Botox), try using this Wrinklespot Treatment. It contains pure retinol to help fight tired skin and signs of aging, 4MSK to fight against dark spots, and the KURENAI-TruLift Complex with Benibana flower, which energizes the skin to make it look more lifted.

These little under-eye masks have a lot going on. Like the wrinkle treatment, these use Pure Retinol to help with aging concerns, but they also use Matsu extract to target under-eye bags and tired eyes.

I’ve been incorporating more Youth to the People products into my skincare routine, and the brand’s newest serum looks like another addition to my list. All skin types can benefit from this serum that infuses up to 10 surface layers of skin with hydration, using hyaluronic acid spheres, ceramides, and postbiotic ferment. It also has dandelion root and niacinamide to help brighten and even skin tone, and the brand’s famous superfood blend of plant extracts to help your skin glow.

My perimenopausal pals, this Queen Serum (amazing name) from Omorovicza does wonders for over-40 skin. Aside from the brand’s mineral-rich Healing Concentrate, it contains Mediterranean microalgae, which has a retinol effect on the skin (improves elasticity and helps with firming and fine lines). It also has Chinese leaf extract, which helps protect the integrity of elastic skin tissue. 

Charlotte Tilbury’s hero face cream is mandatory for my skincare closet. It’s packed with hyaluronic acid to hydrate for up to 24 hours, vitamin C and E for brightening and evening out the skin, and a peptide complex for smooth, wrinkle-free skin.

This serum from German skincare brand Annemarie Börlind is a standout. It contains red algae and hyaluronic acid from white jelly fungus, which promotes hydrolipidic balance and prevents moisture loss.  

This moisturizer from Peach & Lily is a forever favorite. It reduces wrinkles and fine lines and packs skin with hydration thanks to more than a dozen peptides, four amino acids, and other ingredients (like Tremella mushroom!).

This serum by the new skincare brand SickScience (love the name) intrigues me! It tightens and firms the neck and jawline at a molecular level. How, you ask? It uses proprietary NX35 Technology with powerful plant-based exosomes, like pineapple stems, that tighten the skin underneath the chin. As someone who is very much pro-pineapple on pizza, this speaks to me.

If you're not ready for a retinol but want to fight skin-aging signs, try a product with bakuchiol, like this serum from Sephora Collection. The babchi seed extract helps reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

This eye cream is chock-full of peptides to help keep eyes looking less tired while reducing the look of wrinkles.

This lightweight serum uses a potent combination of hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, and cacao extract to keep skin hydrated, help brighten tone, improve texture, and stimulate blood flow.

Your skin will feel angel-soft thanks to this hydration powerhouse of a serum. Air Angel uses glycerin, vegan collagen, and a blend of lipids, squalane, and amino acids.