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Best In Beauty Awards 2025: Body

We know you’re busy, so we found you products that can do it all in less time. Brighten your skin and firm your body with a retinol-infused serum, or protect yourself from the sun with SPF body oil.
Best In Beauty Awards 2025: Body
Vanessa Granda for ESSENCE
By Akili King, India Espy-Jones, Danielle Wright, Mecca Pryor · Updated March 31, 2025

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01 Shani Darden Skin Care Body Reform Treatment Serum
Retinol is good for more than your face. Retexturize, brighten and firm all over with this antiaging body treatment. Available at shanidarden.com
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02
02 Topicals Faded Brightening Cleansing Bar
Help dark spots fade away with a vitamin C, kojic and lactic acid bar that doesn’t strip your skin. Available at mytopicals.com
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03 Fenty Skin Butta Drop Hydrating Body Milk
Keep skin silky and smooth—and enjoy the scent of bergamot, jasmine and white orchid—as you slather on this lightweight, buttery lotion. Available at fentybeauty.com
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04 Koba Get Whipped Body Balm
Maximize hydration and increase elasticity with a whipped balm that replenishes rough, dry and sensitive skin while reducing stretch marks. Available at kobaskincare.com
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05 La Roche-Posay Lipikar Urea 10% Roughness Smoothing Lotion
Use this lotion to exfoliate and smooth even your flakiest, roughest spots without damaging your skin barrier. Available at laroche-posay.us
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06 Sol de Janeiro Rio Radiance™ SPF 50 Body Oil
Protect your skin while adding shimmer, with a golden mica–infused oil that’s more than a sunscreen. Available at soldejaneiro.com
38 Shop Now
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07 Doc & Glo No. 3161 Game Changing Deodorant
This hypoallergenic deodorant, created by tennis pro Sloane Stephens, is free of aluminum. Available at docandglo.com
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08 The Honey Pot Lavender Chamomile Hydrating Body Cleanser
Match your body’s natural pH level with a cleanser enhanced with an herbal hydration serum. Available at thehoneypot.co
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Photo production credits:
Product photos: Courtesy of brands
Models: Amina Hassan at AMR Agency, Lluvia Cortés at New Icon, Nyaguach Pal at New Icon, Rhaya Jacobs at Divide NY, Roo Saintine at Supreme Management, Sarah Gony at Crawford Models, Wife Erath at APM.
Hair: LaMesha Mosley using Bumble and Bumble; Makeup: Raisa Flowers at E.D.M.A. Nails: Arlene Hinckson using CND at The Only Agency
Set Design: Jenny Correa at Walter Schupfer Management
Casting Director: Trevor Swain at The Wall Group
Photography Assistants: Ashley Markle & Allison Brooks
Digital Technician: Isobel Rae
Fashion Assistant: Morgan Smith; Hair Assistants: Kashmere Samuel & Jataina Ames Makeup Assistants: Joshua Hilario & Desiree Easton; Nail Assistants: Reiana Maynard & Safiya Levers
Set Assistant: Alejandro Benito; Production by The Morrison Group
Associate Producer: Vince Barrucco; Production Assistants: Maian Tran & Kiernan Francis
Shot at Splashlight Studios

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