10 Lightweight Moisturizers Your Skin Will Love This Summer

These airy formulas will keep your skin plump and hydrated during the warmer months.

June 14, 2021

By: Jessica Butler

The Best Face Moisturizers for Summer

Finding a holy grail moisturizer that checks all of your skin’s boxes is hard enough. Add summer heat and humidity to the mix, and the search can feel impossible. Luckily, there are so many lightweight facial moisturizers on the market today, and we’ve rounded up the best of the best. No greasy films or heavy textures here! Check out our favorites and find the perfect summer moisturizer for your skin.

Aveeno Calm and Restore Oat Gel Moisturizer

This gentle daily face gel replenishes troubled moisture barriers while reducing redness and strengthening the skin overall. It contains soothing prebiotic oat to calm sensitive skin and the gel consistency makes it great for those hot, sunny days.

BUY IT: Target, $21.99

Vanicream Daily Facial Moisturizer

This lotion contains powerhouse ingredients like hyaluronic acid and ceramides. It also includes squalane for extra hydration without that heavy feeling. This non-comedogenic pick is great for sensitive, dry, oily, and acne-prone skin types. Basically, it’s a universal moisturizer — and the one I’ve been using since the beginning of spring!

BUY IT: Target, $15.89

E.l.f. Superhydrate Moisturizer

If you like products that sink in quickly, this is the moisturizer for you! It’s quick to absorb and it includes some super beneficial ingredients, like squalane, vitamin B3, vitamin E, cica, and snow mushroom. This gel will keep your skin looking plump and hydrated all day long.

BUY IT: Target, $11.99

Laneige Water Bank Hydro Gel

Combat oiliness, dullness, and uneven texture with this cooling gel formula. It’s hydrating, but never heavy on the skin, making it an incredible option for the hot summer months. This pick is best for oily and combination skin types.

BUY IT: Sephora, $38.00

Farmacy Honey Drop Lightweight Moisturizer

This lightweight gel contains antioxidant-rich honey, hyaluronic acid, and golden cupuacu butter beads for extra moisture. It really packs a punch and melts right into the skin without leaving it tacky. This one is recommended for oily, combo, and normal skin types!

BUY IT: Sephora, $45.00

Bliss Drench & Quench Cream-to-Water Hydrator

Bliss’ hydrator promises to increase moisture levels by 100 percent within minutes! The formula includes four different kinds of hyaluronic acid to deliver moisture that lasts all day. Better yet, there’s no heavy feeling left behind! Some reviewers even praised the formula for soothing their dry, eczema-prone skin.

BUY IT: Target, $24.49

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Gel-Cream Extra-Dry

This unscented gel-cream hybrid leaves skin supply, hydrated, and smooth. Like many of the other moisturizers on the list, this one also contains hyaluronic acid to hold extra moisture and quench dry skin. This specific formula is perfect for those with dry skin because it hydrates as well as thicker creams, but it never feels heavy or greasy.

BUY IT: Target, $19.79

Kinship Supermello Hydrating Gel-Cream Moisturizer

Here’s another gel-cream formula that offers nourishing ingredients. Kinship’s moisturizer contains hyaluronic acid, marshmallow root, coconut water, and kinibiome (a plant-based probiotic that supports a strong skin barrier). It’s suitable for all skin types, even acne-prone!

BUY IT: Ulta, $24.00

Belif The True Cream Moisturizing Bomb

Dry skin beware! This moisturizer has it out for you. This pick is an explosion of moisture that absorbs right into the skin. Unlike other moisturizers marketed for dry skin, this one feels light, airy, and hydrating, but never heavy. It combats flaky, parched, dehydrated skin with ease — and it’ll leave you glowing!

BUY IT: Sephora, $38.00

La Roche-Posay Effaclar Mat Anti-Shine Face Moisturizer

If you love a smooth, matte look, consider this lotion from La Roche-Posay. It’s non-comedogenic, oil-free, and contains salicylic acid — a plus for acne-prone skin! This pick moisturizes without leaving a sheen on the skin, which is good for those who get super oily. It makes a great base for makeup as well.

BUY IT: Target, $31.99

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