Hi Style Best Beauty Buys Winners 2026 – Skin
Great skin starts with a fresh, clean, and hydrated base. Whether you’re looking for a deep-cleansing gel, a nourishing serum, or an overnight balm, these products are everything you need for a glowing complexion.
This year’s picks include everything from chemical exfoliants to spot treatments and multitasking balms to high-performance eyecreams – and luxurious overnight masks – all tested and loved by the Hi Style team and our trusted testers. Whether you’re looking for a gentle cleanser, a hydration boost, or to repair your skin barrier, we’ve curated the very best of this year’s entries for you to choose from.
Best Micellar Water/Makeup Remover
Juliette Armand Micellar Cleansing Foam €20
Foaming face cleanser with oil microspheres (micelles) for all skin types, including sensitive skin. It easily removes makeup, dirt and excess oil from the skin and the area around the eyes without causing irritation and dryness. The tiny oil molecules and mild surfactant cleansers that it contains remove makeup, dirt and oiliness easily from the face and eye area without causing irritation and dryness. It is enriched with aloe, which cleanses the skin while retaining its natural hydrolipidic balance.
Neutrogena Hydro Boost Micellar Water RRP €7.99
New Hydro Boost Triple Micellar Water, a unique formula infused with hyaluronic acid and three types of micellar molecules that work in synergy to. Remove make-up, even stubborn waterproof mascara and help draw out dirt and oil and boost skin hydration.
Best Cleanser (Balm)
Ella & Jo Melt The Day Away €38
This bestselling, muti-award-winning favourite transforms cleansing into a self-care ritual. The award-winning balm melts seamlessly into the skin, transforming into a silky oil that gently dissolves makeup, SPF and daily impurities. Infused with soothing Lavender and uplifting Sweet Orange, the delicate aroma encourages you to pause, breathe and let the day go. Enriched with nourishing botanicals, it cleanses deeply yet gently, removing even waterproof makeup without disrupting the skin’s natural moisture balance, leaving the complexion fresh, radiant and beautifully hydrated.
Best Cleanser (Oil)
Storyderm Princess Shine Clean €39.00
Oil-to-foam cleanser with multi-functions such as makeup remover, cleansing, dead skin removal and sebum control. Coconut-derived natural surfactant dissolves makeup without irritating the skin and cleanses sebum and wastes in pores. Containing only vegetable oils similar to the structure of human sebum, it maintains cleansing power without clogging pores, removes excess oil and protects moisture, keeping skin moist without tightness after cleansing. Grapeseed oil is rich in vitamin E, which keeps the skin youthful and effective for moisturizing and anti-ageing.
Best Cleanser (Cream)
Rosalique Calming Cream Cleanser €35.95
The perfect first step in a sensitive-skin routine, Rosalique Calming Cream Cleanser gently melts away impurities while soothing and comforting redness-prone skin. Unlike traditional cleansers that strip the skin, this nourishing cream formula helps bind moisture to the skin, leaving it soft, calm and balanced after cleansing.
Formulated with clinically proven PENTAVITIN®, which mimics the skin’s Natural Moisturising Factor, it provides instant hydration that lasts up to 72 hours while helping restore the skin barrier.
Best Cleanser (Gel)
Aveeno Calm + Restore Foaming Cleanser RRP €12.99
This gentle cleanser removes dirt, makeup – including waterproof mascara – and oil, whilst helping to maintain the skin’s moisture barrier. For a refreshing start to your daily skincare routine, this cleanser transforms from a gel to a gentle foam and doesn’t strip the skin, leaving it feeling clean, soothed, and nourished. With Hyaluronic Acid and Soothing Oat, it’s dermatologist tested and fragrance-free, perfect for sensitive skin!
Best Face Mist
Uriage Thermal Water €15.99
Uriage Thermal Water is a skincare water for daily use. It is a powerful treatment formulated with trace elements and mineral salts, a source of radiance for your skin.
Dermalogica Ultracalming Mist €49
A soothing, hydrating mist to help calm redness and sensitivity. Use post-cleanse to lock in hydration and prime skin for treatment with UltraCalming products. Lightweight mist quickly absorbs to support a functioning skin barrier, helping to minimise future flare-ups. Dermalogica’s exclusive UltraCalming Complex contains Oat and botanicals to help soothe and strengthen skin, and soothing Aloe helps calm while supporting a natural moisture balance in skin.
Ella & Jo Hydrate & Plump Energise €30
Energise is the mist you’ll reach for when you need an instant glow, clarity, and the energy to take on the day. With its bright, zesty infusion of Sweet Orange Blossom, this radiant facial spray revives tired skin and restores vibrancy with every spritz. The fresh citrus aroma is mood-lifting and energising, whilst the formula works deeply to replenish hydration and smooth away fatigue.
Hyaluronic Acid gets to work plumping fine lines, while Chamomile and Cucumber soothe post-gym or post-sleep puffiness. Orange Peel Oil, a natural antibacterial with an invigorating scent, boosts clarity and radiance. Green Tea and Aloe Vera lend a cooling, protective finish, leaving the complexion luminous, fresh and full of life.
Best Exfoliator (Chemical)
Juliette Armand AHA Preparation Lotion €30
Face Lotion with AHA (lactic acid 3% & glycolic acid 2%) that reduces the acidity (pH) of the skin and enhances the efficacy of the cosmetic products. For all skin types.
It revitalizes and tightens the skin without causing dryness and irritation. The Glycolic and Lactic Acids offer a gentle exfoliation, revitalizing and tightening the face without causing dryness and irritation. The skin becomes brighter and glows due to the Peony Extract. The Amamelida, Iramoist and Chamomile have both astringent and moisturizing action. It does not contain surfactant cleansing ingredients or alcohol, and has a pH of 3.5.
Aveeno Calm + Restore Gentle PHA Exfoliating Wash RRP €12.99
Aveeno® understands that those experiencing sensitive skin want an exfoliator that leaves skin feeling smooth and renews the skin surface, while also being gentle and respecting the skin’s natural moisture barrier. AVEENO Calm + Restore® Gentle PHA Exfoliating Cleanser, formulated with Nourishing Oat Oil and Hydrating PHA, does exactly that. Non-abrasive, it gently yet effectively exfoliates to renew the skin’s surface and reveal a visibly refreshed complexion.
Best Exfoliator (Physical)
NIVEA Gentle Exfoliating Face Scrub RRP €3.49
The NIVEA Refreshing Exfoliating Face Scrub is enriched with Lotus Flower and Hydramine, which is known to effectively bind moisture in the skin. Especially developed for normal and combination skin, it thoroughly exfoliates, removes dead skin cells and refines the skin’s texture. Moreover, it refreshes and cares for the skin and maintains its natural moisture balance.
Best Toner
Yon-Ka Lotion €41.00
Brightening and skin evening treatment toner that helps to improve dark skin tone, hyperpigmentation, melasma and age spots with functional whitening ingredients Niacinamide and Peach. Prevents moisture loss, hydrates and plumps skin with Beta Glucan and Sodium Hyaluronate. This toner can be applied up to 7 times in 1 sitting, and provides vitality to tired skin, improving redness, freckles and blotches.
Best Serum (Eye)
Sadies Secrets Blue Bomb Cooling Eye & Skincare Stick €32.99
The Blue Bomb Cooling Eye and Skincare Stick is a refreshing, triple-action cooling stick designed to help skin look brighter, smoother, and more awake in seconds. The cooling formula helps reduce the appearance of puffiness and dark circles while leaving skin feeling instantly refreshed.
Best Serum (Face)
Holos Skincare ABC Active – C Creamy Gel Serum €49.00
A Vitamin C derivative more stable than Ascorbic Acid, Sodium Ascorbyl phosphate is converted into Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) in the skin. A powerful antioxidant, it scavenges free radicals preventing them from attaching to skin cells and stimulates the release of growth factors and fibroblasts that create new collagen, so, can reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and help even and brighten skin tone.
Naturally derived Hexapeptide-11 is a signal peptide that stimulates the production of collagen, helping to increase skin firmness and elasticity as well as increasing cellular energy synthesis to enable rejuvenation of cells, resulting in more radiant skin. Suitable for all skin types to brighten and lift.
Dermalogica Pro Collagen Banking Serum €99
This powerful serum helps promote, protect, and preserve skin’s collagen today, so you have more for tomorrow – supporting visibly plumper, more luminous skin and hydrating to help reduce the look of fine lines into the future.
Potent Pro-Collagen Preservation Complex delivers an innovative blend of Collagen Amino Acids, Carnosine Dipeptide, and antioxidants to help save collagen by defending against collagen-degrading free radicals. Soothing Jojoba Ester and Polyglutamic Acid work to nourish the skin’s moisture barrier to visibly plump for a firmer appearance. Wild Indigo Extract and Arginine PCA help to restore skin’s radiance while Pink Carnation Flower Extract helps improve skin’s softness and overall resilience.
Iconic Bronze Surf’s Up Serum €17.99
This ultra-lightweight serum is loaded with Hyaluronic Acid, Niacinamide, and Vitamin E to flood your skin with moisture, calm any chaos, and leave your complexion feeling plump, smooth, and ready to take on the day (or night).
Eucerin Hyaluron-Filler Epigenetic Serum RRP €57
Eucerin’s most advanced serum to date, the Hyaluron-Filler Epigenetic Serum was developed using patented Age Clock Technology, the serum features the breakthrough active Epicelline®, designed to support the skin’s natural epigenetic mechanisms involved in firmness, elasticity and resilience. Clinical studies show that this powerful formula helps visibly reverse multiple signs of ageing, contributing to skin that looks up to five years younger.
This high-performance serum combines:
- High and Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid to instantly plump the skin and smooth the appearance of fine lines.
- Glycine Saponin to help stimulate the skin’s own hyaluronic acid production.
- Enoxolone to help protect natural hyaluronic acid from degradation and support the skin’s natural repair processes.
Together, these ingredients deliver a precise, multi-layered approach rooted in epigenetic understanding – addressing not only what is visible on the skin’s surface, but the biological signals that influence how skin ages over time.
Best Face Oil
Ella & Jo Nourish & Glow Oil €55
Beautifully crafted for daily rejuvenation, hydration and plumpness, each velvety drop blends plant power with science to enhance your complexion with youthful radiance like never before.
Infused with Retinol and a powerhouse blend of essential Fatty Acids, Phospholipids and Vitamin E, this luxurious oil strengthens the skin’s barrier while encouraging regeneration. Premium oils including Rosehip, Jojoba, Blackcurrant and Avocado deliver intense hydration without any greasy feeling, absorbing into the skin instantly to leave your skin deeply nourished.
Gentle enough to be used twice a day, this award-winning oil is ideal for all skin types including oily, dry and sensitive.
Decléor Paris Neroli Bigarade Aromessence RRP €46.00
Give your skin an exceptional experience with Aromessence Neroli Bigarade. This iconic oil serum combines a powerful blend of essential oils with a silky texture to deliver intense hydration, boost skin vitality and restore suppleness to dehydrated skin. As a true Beauty Booster, it infuses the skin with precious actives and reveals a visibly fresher, more radiant complexion from the very first applications.
Best Eye Cream
Neutrogena Collagen Bank Eye Cream RRP €26.99
This luxurious, silky gel cream layers well under makeup and instantly refreshes to visibly improve 5 early signs of aging; dark circles, puffiness, fine lines, elasticity & texture. Combines Micro-Peptide Technology with Niacinamide to defend against collagen-damaging aggressors and a plant-based retinol alternative to help fortify the skin’s moisture barrier.
Trinny London Take Back Time €82
The time-defying eye treatment from Trinny London Lab has been proven to soften lines in just 7 days. This state-of-the-art formulation is clinically proven to target the visible effects of time around the eye such as crow’s feet, under-eye lines, eye bags, and eyelid sagging while providing 24-hour hydration.
Best Day Cream
Juliette Armand Caviar Nourishing Cream €60
Nourishing face cream with caviar, enriched with Ω3, Ω6, Ω9 fatty acids, collagen, ceramides, and vitamins A, E, F for mature, tired and dull skins. Black and red caviar strengthens the skin with the necessary ingredients for maintaining cell integrity and accelerating the natural collagen production process. It offers complete nutritional care to skin with signs of fatigue and wrinkles, strengthening the hydrolipidic skin barrier by providing it with the necessary lipids.
Rosalique Redness Relief Day Cream €41.95
A lightweight daily moisturiser created specifically for sensitive, redness-prone skin, Rosalique Redness Relief Day Cream delivers all day hydration while helping to visibly calm flushed and reactive complexions. Formulated with clinically proven redness-reducing actives and nourishing natural moisturisers, the cream works to soothe irritation, enhance radiance and balance skin tone, while supporting the skin’s barrier for lasting comfort.
Powered by clinically proven AgascalmTM, a botanical active derived from Agastache Mexicana, the formula targets stress-related skin responses and inflammation, which are key triggers of redness, helping skin appear calmer, more resilient and evenly toned.
Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel Moisturiser €15.49
A lightweight and supercharged gel moisturiser with Hyaluronic Acid, amino acids and electrolytes. Clinically proven to instantly deliver 6x more hydration° (°vs untreated control) and hydrate for up to 72 hours, for supple, dewy skin. When your skin’s moisture barrier is weakened, the water content of your skin decreases, leading to dehydrated skin and a more tired-looking appearance.
This moisturiser contains NMF (Natural Moisturising Factor), a group of moisturising ingredients that are found in your skin and help maintain skin hydration. Hydro Boost Water Gel Moisturiser is clinically proven to improve skin’s hydration and help strengthen your skin’s moisture barrier. The oil-free gel-like texture applies evenly and leaves skin with a supple, dewy glow.
Best Night Cream
Ultraceuticals DNA3 Overnight Recovery Cream €103
Featuring Dynamic Night Activator³, this luxurious night cream works with the skin’s natural renewal cycle to deeply nourish, restore hydration and smooth the skin. The rich texture melts in, leaving the complexion looking silky, supple and glowing.
Suitable for all skin types including sensitive. Dermatologically tested. Non comedogenic.
Ella & Jo Relax & Renew €50
Redefining nighttime skincare, Ella & Jo’s award-winning Relax & Renew Night Cream is a luxurious, results-driven formula enriched with Bakuchiol – a groundbreaking natural alternative to retinol. Designed to deeply hydrate, repair, and rejuvenate skin overnight, this cult-favourite cream has not only received hundreds of five-star reviews but has also scooped up several awards.
Bakuchiol is a plant-derived powerhouse that delivers all the rejuvenating benefits of retinol, without the irritation. It works to boost collagen, smooth fine lines, even skin tone, and fade hyperpigmentation, making it a breakthrough for those seeking effective anti-ageing without sensitivity. Unlike traditional retinol, which can cause dryness and irritation, Bakuchiol is both potent and gentle, making it ideal for all skin types, including sensitive skin. Plus, it’s pregnancy-safe, allowing expecting mothers to enjoy the benefits of powerful anti-ageing skincare with confidence.
Best Moisturiser
Aveeno Calm + Restore Oat Gel Moisturiser RRP €12.99
Light-weight cooling gel moisturiser giving 24-hour moisturisation with prebiotic Oat known to help soothe & repair skin. An AVEENO® facecare best seller in Ireland, it’s formulated with prebiotic oat, known for helping soothe and repair your skin, while restoring the skin’s moisture barrier. Designed for sensitive skin, it contains calming feverfew known for its antioxidant properties which helps calm the skin.
Trinny London Bounce Back €70
Bounce back to your best skin with this youth-boosting medley of actives. Powered by peptides and hyaluronic acid, this high-performing formulation visibly smooths wrinkles and brings vibrancy back to your complexion. It comforts like a nurturing hug, helping to improve your skin’s response to stress, making it more resilient over time. Skin feels plump, bouncy and full of life.
Storyderm A-Z Cream €59
Multi-balm high functional nourishing cream containing all the nutrients needed for skin from A to Z. It not only protects skin from external stimuli, stress and improves skin barrier with Ceramides but also strengthens skin immunity with Growth Factors. Adenosine and Niacinamide improve wrinkles, complexion and skin tone. Strong antioxidant effect, delays skin ageing. Light weight cream with skin evening benefits.
Dermalogica Biolumin-C Vitamin C Gel Moisturiser €79
BioLumin-C Gel Moisturiser is the solution for brighter, more hydrated skin. Its weightless, Vitamin C-rich gel formula penetrates the skin’s surface for immediate, glowing results and helps to strengthen skin’s moisture barrier. A highly-stable Vitamin C complex, enhanced with biotechnology, increases potency for brighter skin and improved barrier function.
Best Eye Mask
Patchology Skin Remedy Soothing Eye Gels (Single Pack €4 / 5 Pack €14)
If your under-eyes feel dry or irritated, these ultra-soothing eye gels are your fast-acting remedy. Designed specifically for delicate, sensitive skin, they work to reduce redness, calm irritation, and restore balance—leaving your eyes looking bright, refreshed, and at peace in just 5 minutes.
Packed with hydrating, repairing, and skin-strengthening ingredients, these gentle eye gels help smooth fine lines, soften texture, and protect against environmental stressors. Whether you’re dealing with sensitivity, dryness, or puffiness, this is the soothing reset your under-eyes have been craving.
Best Face Mask
Genosys Skin Reboot PDRN Mask €70.50
Rejuvenate, repair, and strengthen your skin with ultra-nourishing, regenerative sheet masks. The Skin Reboot PDRN Mask is a set of 30 biodegradable, ultra-slim Lyocell sheet masks that fit seamlessly on the face for maximum absorption of active ingredients. Enriched with PDRN these masks promote skin regeneration, improve elasticity, and deliver intense hydration while supporting barrier repair.
Designed for ultimate skin rejuvenation, the Skin Reboot Mask restores resilience, soothes irritation, and leaves skin refreshed, nourished, and radiant. Ideal for daily or weekly use, it’s the perfect solution for stressed or tired skin.
Patchology Skin Remedy Barrier Boosting Sheet Mask (Single Pack €9) / 4 Pack €30)
If your skin is feeling stressed, inflamed, or extra sensitive, this silky-soft & strengthening sheet mask is here to help. Drenched in a rich, creamy essence, it delivers instant relief for redness, irritation, dryness, and rough texture—leaving your skin feeling comforted, hydrated, & stronger than ever.
Designed for sensitive skin, this formula deeply nourishes, strengthens the skin barrier, and promotes long-term skin health. Whether your complexion is reactive, prone to flare-ups, or recovering from over-exfoliation, this barrier-boosting face mask helps restore calm and balance instantly.
Best Neck Mask
Storyderm 72 Capsule Mask Yellow Antiaging €59
Antiaging Jelly mask made by innovative technology, provides excellent hydration and moisturising effect that lasts for 72 hours. High cooling action quickly calms skin. Peptide Argireline reduces the onset of lines & wrinkles while Gold increases circulation, instantly brightening the skin. Thanks to its composition, the mask adheres firmly to the skin and the essence penetrates deeper into the epidermis.
Patchology Firm Believer Neck & Décolleté Treatment €12
An advanced hydrogel mask duo designed specifically to nourish, firm, plump, and brighten the delicate skin of the neck and décolleté. As an area often overlooked in skincare routines, Firm Believer delivers a much-needed solution with a fast-acting, deeply nourishing formula that visibly smooths and rejuvenates in just 5 minutes.
Designed for ultimate comfort and efficacy, the two hydrogel masks contour seamlessly to the skin, optimising the absorption of potent, youth-renewing ingredients. Formulated with Copper Peptides, Adenosine, and Collagen, this powerhouse treatment supports hydration, elasticity, and radiance for a visibly firmer and more youthful-looking neckline.
Key Ingredients:
- Copper Peptides – Helps to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
- Adenosine – Strengthens the skin barrier while brightening and improving radiance.
- Collagen – Boosts elasticity and deep hydration for a plumper, smoother look.
Best Spot Treatment
Storyderm Clinic A Spot €39
Fast acting black ginger extract and salicylic acid’s strong antibacterial and anti- inflammatory action intensively care for blemishes. It quickly soothes and relieves the reddened purulent area and prevents the spread of inflammation by preventing secondary infection. Glycolic acid, gluconolactone, and Pore-Complex ingredients remove oxidized sebum and clogged pores and remove dead skin cells to make the skin surface smooth and clean pores.
Purifide Skin Restore Patches €12.50
These uber innovative patches are specifically formulated to target white heads.
Dermatologically tested and expertly engineered with a 4-in-1 cutting-edge HydrotechTM formula, the patches use:
- Hydrocolloid to absorb impurities
- Niacinamide to reduce redness
- Salicylic acid to resurface the skin
- Zinc hyaluronate to restore the skin