Find your moisturiser

A moisturiser's real job is to hold your routine together — sealing in the steps applied before it and keeping the barrier calm enough that your actives can do their work. Choosing one is less about finding a hero product and more about honest bookkeeping: what is the rest of your routine already doing?

That's why our quiz asks where retinoids fit in your evenings. If you already use one separately, your moisturiser's job is comfort and recovery, not more active — one retinoid per routine is plenty. If you'd rather it did double duty, a night cream with retinol built in is the tidier path. And if your barrier is stressed, flaky or reactive, the moisturiser should be doing barrier work only until things settle.

Take the moisturiser quiz

Wondering about the retinol side of that decision? The retinol quiz covers it properly.