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The best skin care products for reducing redness

These picks will have your skin soothed in no time

By Briar Clark

BEAUTYcrew Beauty Editor / January 01 2021

Redness is one of those sensitive skin red flags (no pun intended) that’s just a little too hard to ignore sometimes. Whether you suffer from extreme flushing after a sweat-sesh at the gym or you're a chronic red-skin sufferer with a condition like rosacea, it’s always handy to have a product you can rely on at the ready for flare-ups.

Enter: This slew of skin-soothing miracle workers. These redness rescuers help to target the visual indicator of irritation at the source, offering immediate relief, while also providing support for skin function to help prevent any future flare-ups.

Here are our top picks for reducing redness stat:

SkinCeuticals Redness Neutralizer

A sensitive skin saviour, SkinCeuticals Redness Neutralizer takes the guesswork out of soothing irritation and redness. With a multi-purpose formula that strengthens the skin’s barrier, reduces redness, and alleviates irritation, all of your bases are covered. It’s definitely a pricier pick, but a great one to keep in your arsenal for the days when your skin is in desperate need of saving.

La Roche-Posay Rosaliac AR Intense Anti-Redness Serum

Champions of providing effective formulas at drugstore prices, La Roche-Posay’s anti-redness serum combines three soothing active ingredients to target redness and rosacea:sambophenol, neurosensine and thermal spring water. This trio helps to calm, moisturise, soften and smooth skin, offering instant comfort upon application.

DR.JART+ Cicapair Serum

Dr Jart’s famous Cicapair range utilises the soothing and skin-strengthening properties of centella, and this lightweight cult-fave serum is no exception.It’s formulated to deliver a reduction in temporary redness, as well as redness caused by pre-existing conditions such as rosacea.

Tatcha The Indigo Cream

Add a touch of daily luxury to your sensitive skin care routine with this decadent lightweight water cream formula. Packed full of colloidal oatmeal, Japanese indigo, sophora japonica and the Tatcha Hadasei-3-complex, this hydrating cream soothes redness and irritation, as well as delivering a lasting glow to dull skin.

Kiehl's Calendula Water Cream

Calendula has been a go-to for sensitive skin issues for centuries and this handy, lightweight water-cream formula utilises the skin-soothing properties the ingredient is renowned for. It’s an easy pick as it will seamlessly slide into your daily skin care routine without a fuss.

Origins Mega Mushroom Skin Relief Micellar Cleanser

There is nothing more menacing to sensitive skin than a stripping cleanser, so rather than exacerbate any redness with a traditional formula, opt for a soothing micellar option like this offering from Origins. It features a blend of mushrooms to help smooth and soothe skin, rebalancing the barrier for improved function and protection against future cases of irritation.

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Main image credit: @lirisaw

Briar Clark

Briar Clark got her start in the media industry in 2017, as an intern for Marie Claire and InStyle. Since then, her keen interest in fashion and beauty has landed her gigs as a Digital Content Producer and Beauty Editor with titles like Girlfriend, Refinery29, BEAUTYcrew and beautyheaven. She loves the way seemingly innocuous topics like skin care and style have the ability to put a smile on people’s faces or make them think about themselves a little differently. A big believer in self love and experimentation, Briar has made a point of becoming the Australian beauty industry’s unofficial guinea pig for unusual treatments and daring hair trends. When she’s not testing out the latest beauty launches, Briar is big on broadening her horizons, mostly in the form of food but she’s also partial to travelling to new destinations both near and far (and of course, allocating an extra bag to bring their best beauty offerings home with her).