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Home • ESSENCE Best in Black Beauty Awa

Best in Black Beauty 2016: Skin Care

Between the more than 1,000 ESSENCE BeautyBox subscribers and ESSENCE editors, we've hand-picked the skin care products to best help every Black woman serve and slay!
By Essence · Updated October 27, 2020
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Best Skin Care: Fragrance That Made Us Superfans

If there’s one brand with a range of scents so diverse that every gal in your crew can find her perfect match, this is it. There’s something sweet, soft or sexy for every fragrance personality.

AERIN Eau de Parfum Sprays, $110-$155 each, aerin.com

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Best Skin Care: Fave Imports

These three lines that originated overseas made the grade stateside for having innova- tive, powerful ingredients that really do the job!

SK-II R.N.A. Power Essence, $195, sephora.com

Best in Black Beauty 2016: Skin Care
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Best Skin Care: Fave Imports

ERBORIAN Bamboo Matte Lotion, $34, Sephora

Best in Black Beauty 2016: Skin Care
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Best Skin Care: Fave Imports

These three lines that originated overseas made the grade stateside for having innova- tive, powerful ingredients that really do the job!

DR. JART+ Water Drop Hydrating Moisturizer
, $36, Sephora

Best in Black Beauty 2016: Skin Care
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Best Skin Care: Fave ESSENCE BeautyBox Item

“This makes your hands feel like a baby’s bottom: soft and supple.” —SHEILA MCDANIEL, SNELLVILLE, GA 

L’OCCITANE Shea Butter Hand Cream, $12, usa.loccitane.com

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Best Skin Care: Antiaging Line

Potent potions without a hefty price tag—25 percent of our beauty buffs chose this as their stay-young secret weapon.

OLAY Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream SPF 30, $34, Walmart.

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Best Skin Care: Brand the Whole Fam Loves

“We all have supersensitive skin and Dove doesn’t irritate it.” —Angela Williams, Broken Arrow, OK

Dove Deep Moisture Nourishing Body Wash, $9, dove.us

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Best Skin Care: Brand the Whole Fam Loves

“Vaseline is a staple we can count on to help with dry skin.” —Kimberley Coleman-Smith, Auroral, IL

Vaseline Intensive Care Deep Moisture Jelly Cream, $8, Walgreens

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Best Skin Care: Blemish Fighter

NEUTROGENA Rapid Clear Stubborn Acne Daily Leave-On Mask, $9, neutrogena.com

Best in Black Beauty 2016: Skin Care
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Best Skin Care: Desert Island Essential

“There’s not much you can’t do with it from hair care to moisturizing to cooking.” —Chevon Bostick, Yonkers, 

365 EVERYDAY VALUE Organic Coconut Oil, $11, Whole Foods

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Best Skin Care: Desert Island Essential

“I need to stay fresh in case my rescuer is cute.” —Ayanna Lashley, Brooklyn

KLEENEX Facial Cleansing Wipes, $8, kleenex.com/facialcleansing

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Best Skin Care: Easy Whitening Fix

COLGATE Infused with the same ingredient used by some dentists, this can get your choppers white in just six weeks.

COLGATE Optic White High Impact Toothpaste, $5, Target

Best in Black Beauty 2016: Skin Care
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Best Skin Care: Ingredient You Love Most for Moisture

DRUNK ELEPHANT Lippe Balm, $22, Sephora

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Best Skin Care: Ingredient You Love Most for Moisture

Slather your skin, lips and hair with this tried-and-true all- purpose hydrator.

SKINFIX Ultra Rich Body Butter $15, Target

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Best Skin Care: Ingredient You Love Most for Moisture

S.W. BASICS Shea Butter, $16, swbasics.com

Best in Black Beauty 2016: Skin Care