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The top 10 luxury face creams for day and night
We all deserve a little treat from time to time. And what better way to indulge than with luxury face creams for both night and day? Luxury brands lend a superior touch to our routines, whether that’s down to sensorial textures, high-quality formulas or results-driven ingredients.
Given the premium price point, you might not want to splash your cash left, right and centre. Choosing the right luxury cream to suit your skin concerns won't always be an easy decision. There are many pricey products on the market – ones that promise to leave your complexion looking bright, youthful and completely rejuvenated – but how do you sort the fads from the 5* formulations?
The ones that are truly worth your time? We’ve rounded them up right here…
1. Elemis Pro-Collagen Marine Cream SPF 30 50ml
499
RRP: £95.00Current price: £75.95
An all-round hero, this luxury moisturiser is enriched with a potent blend of Padina pavonica and ginkgo biloba to help minimise the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. The lightweight formula delivers essential moisture to thirsty skin, powered by SPF30 for a dose of broad-spectrum protection against UV rays.
2. Emma Hardie Midas Touch Revitalising Cream 50ml
40
£50.00
Discover fresh, petal-soft skin with Emma Hardie’s luxury day cream. Hyaluronic acid helps to plump the skin with hydration, while natural polymatrix algae film extract tightens, lifts and firms. Delivering strong anti-ageing action, the moisturiser works to leave your skin feeling smooth and supple.
3. Elizabeth Arden Prevage Anti-aging Moisture Cream SPF30 50ml
4
RRP: £135.00Current price: £101.25
A multi-defence moisturiser to help protect skin from environmental stress, sun damage and visible signs of ageing. Equipped with advanced Idebenone technology, the cream provides strong antioxidant protection while broad-spectrum UVA and UVB defences ward off harmful rays.
4. DECLÉOR Orexcellence Energy Concentrate Youth Cream 50ml
8
£119.00
Discover premium-quality skincare with this anti-ageing day cream, designed to lend lacklustre skin a rejuvenating boost. Enriched with peony, lychee and rhodiola extracts, the moisturiser plumps and firms to support smooth, youthful-looking skin. Topped with magnolia and ginger essential oils to uplift both skin and senses.
5. La Mer Crème de la Mer Moisturizing Cream (Various Sizes)
17
£85.00
Loved by celebrities, this miracle cream comprises a little pot of luxury. Quality, raw materials and propriety technology harmonise to nourish, soften and hydrate your skin. The brand’s iconic Miracle Broth™ and regenerative sea kelp work to deliver nutrient-rich moisture to your skin, plumping it with hydration to leave you looking youthful and renewed.
6. ALGENIST GENIUS Sleeping Collagen 60ml
5
£88.00
This nourishing night cream supports a plump, revitalised complexion come morning. Vegan plant collagen, collagen amino acids and ceramides work in harmony to promote smooth, bouncy and radiant skin overnight. Infused with alguronic acid, the moisturiser also softens the appearance of fine lines while delivering vital moisture to the skin, so you can wake to a fresh, dewy complexion.
7. Sarah Chapman Skinesis Overnight Facial (15ml)
102
RRP: £62.00Current price: £43.40
Pamper your skin as you sleep with celebrity facialist, Sarah Chapman. Enriched with a silky, sensorial texture, the night cream blends antioxidants, vitamins, omega oils and natural flower extracts to promote a luxury glow by sunrise. The moisturiser is powered by Renovage, a peptide that helps to refresh and balance for a spa-like, overnight facial.
8. Shiseido Benefiance Overnight Wrinkle Resisting Cream 50ml
4
RRP: £95.00Current price: £85.50
If fine lines are your pain point, this premium night cream could be the one you need. The luxurious formula features TENCHA R.E.M innovation to help smooth the appearance of wrinkles caused by lack of sleep. Yarrow extract, Rubus leaf extract and bio-hyaluronic acid unite to plump skin with hydration while restoring a fresh, youthful radiance.
9. Filorga Time-Filler Night Wrinkle Correction Face Cream 50ml
2
£64.00
A premium night cream that acts overnight to encourage a youthful-looking complexion. Exfoliating gluconolactone buffs away dead cells and tackles the look of surface wrinkles, while water-retaining plant extract helps with the visibility of dryness wrinkles. Topped with encapsulated hyaluronic acid to plump the appearance of deep-set lines, the cream-gel night moisturiser supports fresh, radiant skin.
10. Eve Lom Time Retreat Regenerative Night Cream 50ml
10
RRP: £90.00Current price: £54.00
Packed with regenerative technologies and age-defying actives, this night cream stars liposome encapsulated retinol, a stabilised form of vitamin A that works to minimise the appearance of fine lines. A blend of aloe, shea butter and wild indigo seed extract nourish, smooth and balance, supporting a revitalised complexion come morning.
Penny Lafferty Writer and expert
