Dr Dray's Sensitive Skin Picks: What She Rates and What She Skips

"This is Remedy's new Intense Hydration Multi-Depth Moisture Advanced Hydrating Serum. The first thing I noticed was the texture, it's very lightweight but it doesn't feel watery, and it's not heavy, greasy, or suffocating either, it's a nice balance of the two. It's a great hydration serum for these transition months, lightweight enough that it's not oppressive but it imparts a nice degree of long lasting hydration to support the skin barrier. A dime size amount is all I needed to cover my whole face and neck, so I think this bottle is going to last a long time. I use it around my eye area too since it's just hydration with nothing irritating. It has a really nice ingredient lineup, ectoin, glycerin, lactobacillus ferment filtrate, polyglutamic acid, beta glucan, superoxide dismutase, and peptides like acetyl hexapeptide-8 and palmitoyl tripeptide-5. My experience with this serum has overall been very good and very positive and I've really enjoyed it, it layers nicely at night before my retinoid and in the morning before sunscreen. I'd classify this as a low irritation potential product, it doesn't have fragrance or anything that tends to cause irritation. I've seen it going anywhere from seventeen to twenty dollars for an ounce, which with the polyglutamic acid and the peptide in it is pretty reasonable. I think this is Remedy's best serum to date, arguably my favorite product from them yet."

"I happen to be a huge fan of the Eucerin Eczema Relief. It's a colloidal oatmeal based product with ceramide, and colloidal oatmeal is a great skin protectant that helps reduce water loss from the skin. It also has glycyrrhiza inflata root extract from licorice root, which is helpful for people who have eczema or very sensitive skin, and its anti-inflammatory properties can help with hyperpigmentation and redness. It's free of fragrance, which is a common allergen that can be particularly problematic for people who have eczema."

"These products in this line from Aveeno, calm and restore, are top dog. I especially love the calm and restore serum."

"My top drugstore moisturizer favorite of all time is the Aveeno Calm + Restore Oat Gel Moisturizer with Senella Colloidal Oat. This is a gel cream, a texture I personally rather enjoy. Fragrance-free. It has a bit of an oaty aroma, which some people have noted they don't care for, but I enjoy. I associate that smell with a smooth, hydrated skin barrier, so I really like it."

"Altruist came out with a facial moisturizer that has shea butter and urea in it, and it's very good, I highly recommend it. It's free of fragrance, and this brand gives a portion of their proceeds to a charity that supports people living with albinism. Everything this brand has made has been top-notch. It's lightweight, and the consistency is not heavy or greasy, though if you have very sensitive skin, the urea might sting a little bit."

"This is a fragrance-free moisturizing cream that markets itself as an overnight spa mask. It's a bit more lightweight compared to barrier jellies, but it's an excellent option for hydrating the skin, reducing water loss, dryness and irritation. It has niacinamide and rice extract which is soothing and moisturizing, and it always delivers a bang for very little buck because it's a pretty affordable option as well. It's got allantoin and glycerin as well, moisturizing, hydrating, soothing ingredients. I highly recommend it."