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We told you back in December 2021 how good K18 is. The Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask works to repair strands and protect them from chemicals (like bleach) and heat (like all those hot tools). Since then, it’s gone viral on TikTok and Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson became fans. That’s why we’ve been waiting for the perfect complimentary shampoo. And we just got two. K18 shampoo just launched in both and everyday and detoxifying options.

First, let us explain what K18 does. Although K18 calls its hero product a mask, you don’t wash out the Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask. It’s not like a typical conditioning mask but you do use it in place of your conditioner. The patented bioactive peptide treatment strengthens and improves the elasticity of the hair, as well as works to actually reverse damage. It’s lightweight so you don’t have to worry about it weighing down your hair. In fact, you’ll probably still need a leave-in conditioner. The formula repairs strands over time, but you’ll still see a difference in the look and feel of the hair in just one use.

Photo: K18.

To prep your hair to make this repairing mask work as well as possible, you can now use either the Peptide Prep pH Maintenance Shampoo ($36 at Sephora) or the Peptide Prep Clarifying Detox Shampoo ($38 at Sephora). It depends on what your hair needs that day.

K18.

Use Detox Shampoo when you need more of an intense clean. Get rid of all that dry shampoo, oil and sebum with activated charcoal and salicylic acid. The brand recommends using this one 1-2 times per week.

K18.

On the flip side, use pH Maintenance Shampoo any time you wash your hair. It will still deeply cleanse but also protect hair’s natural moisture levels.

Here’s how you use both products. First, shampoo with either option. Then, towel dry your hair. Apply the mask to your hair and wait four minutes. Then, style as usual with whatever leave-in products you’d like, such as styling creams and heat protectants. It’s a bit of a process but it’s worth the effort — trust us.

Moisturized skin not only looks good but feels good. Dry skin can result in premature aging, wrinkles, and uncomfortable itching. Daily moisturizing your skin with a lotion will help keep it soft and supple and also prevent drying and consequent itching.

Many factors can bring on dry skin. Cold winter months, hot summer days, electric heating, certain medications and medical issues. Also, as we age our skin tends to naturally lose moisture.

Body lotions don’t have to break the bank. Many acclaimed moisturizing body lotions can be found in pharmacies under $10. I’ve put together a range of body lotions that I feel are excellent for women over 60.

What to Look for in a Body Lotion

When shopping for a body lotion look for ingredients like:

• Glycerin
• Hyaluronic acid
• Ceramides
• Lipids
• Vitamin A / Retinoids
• Vitamin B3 / Niacinamide
• Vitamin C
• Vitamin E

Also, look for body lotions that match your skin type. Some body lotions are super hydrating and are good for extra dry skin.

Here is my list of best body lotions for women over 60:

1. Cetaphil Restoring Lotion
2. Eucerin Daily Hydration Lotion
3. Vaseline® Intensive Care Advanced Repair
4. Lubriderm Daily Moisture Lotion Shea + Enriching Cocoa Butter
5. Gold Bond Healing Lotion
6. CeraVe Moisturizing Cream
7. Kiehl’s Crème de Corps Hydrating Body Lotion
8. La Mer – The Reparative Body Lotion
9. La Roche-Posay Lipikar Balm AP+ Intense Repair Moisturizing Body & Face Cream
10. NIVEA Essentially Enriched Body Lotion

Helpful tip: Apply your body lotion straight after showering or bathing. This way your skin can absorb and lock in the moisture of the lotion.

Best Body Lotions for Older Women

Cetaphil Restoring Lotion

Specially formulated for aging and sensitive skin, this restoring lotion from Cetaphil is perfect for women over 60. The antioxidant formula is specially designed to restore the skin’s natural glow and smooths its appearance for even tone and texture. The formula is made of niacinamide (vitamin B3) that helps to improve elasticity and helps the skin look healthier and more youthful.

It is dermatologist tested and clinically proven to be gentle on sensitive skin.

Eucerin Daily Hydration Lotion

Eucerin Daily Hydration Lotion is a perfect everyday lotion that delivers 24-hour moisture to leave your skin soft and healthy-looking all day. This lotion is enriched with sunflower oil and pro-vitamin B5.

It is fragrance and dye free.

Vaseline® Intensive Care Advanced Repair

Vaseline® Intensive Care Advanced Repair is an unscented body lotion that moisturizes very dry skin. It contains microdroplets of trusted Vaseline® Jelly to lock in the moisture.

This lotion was awarded the National Eczema Seal of Acceptance.

Lubriderm Daily Moisture Lotion Shea + Enriching Cocoa Butter

Daily Moisture Lotion Shea + Enriching Cocoa Butter moisturizes dull, dry skin and leaves it smelling as good as it feels. The non-greasy, lightweight lotion absorbs in seconds, moisturizes for hours, and smells lovely.

It’s clinically shown to moisturize for 24 hours.

Gold Bond Healing Lotion

Get immediate hydration that lasts all day with Gold Bond’s Healing cream with aloe. The Lotion contains 7 essential moisturizers and 3 nourishing vitamins. It includes vitamin A to help improve the appearance of the skin, vitamin C to help protect against environmental stressors, and vitamin E to help prevent moisture loss.

It is dermatologist tested and also hypoallergenic.

CeraVe Moisturizing Cream

CeraVe Moisturizing Cream is made with hyaluronic acid, ceramides and MVE technology for 24-hour hydration. The rich, velvety texture leaves skin feeling smooth. It is fast absorbing and non-greasy.

This moisturizer holds the National Eczema Association (NEA) Seal of Acceptance. It is fragrance free, paraben free, allergy-tested, and non-comedogenic.

Kiehl’s Crème de Corps Hydrating Body Lotion

Kiehl’s Crème de Corps lotion easily absorbs and is formulated with antioxidants and quality ingredients like squalane, cocoa butter, almond oil, aloe, avocado oil, and beta-carotene.

This lotion is free of parabens.

La Mer – The Reparative Body Lotion

This lotion from La Mer may not be suited for everyone’s budget, but if you want to splurge on a moisturizing lotion, this is it. This restorative body lotion nurtures, hydrates, and revitalizes the skin. It is formulated with the Reparative Ferment and the legendary Miracle Broth with restorative sea-sourced energies, leaving skin visibly plumped with moisture.

The lotion is free of sulfates and parabens.

La Roche-Posay Lipikar Balm AP+ Intense Repair Moisturizing Body & Face Cream

La Roche-Posay Lipikar Balm AP+ Intense Repair Moisturizing Body & Face Cream is formulated with shea butter and glycerin that intensely hydrates to relieve dry and extra dry skin. The lotion is rich, non-greasy, and has a non-sticky finish.

It is fragrance-free, paraben-free and non-comedogenic. It is also accepted by the National Eczema Association.

NIVEA Essentially Enriched Body Lotion

NIVEA Essentially Enriched lotion is a 48-hour deep nourishing body lotion. It is infused with Deep Nourishing Serum and Almond Oil to provide long lasting silky smooth skin.

The lotion is dermatologically tested.

What is your favorite body lotion for women over 60? Is your favorite not on this list? Tell us about it in the comments below.

When it comes to wearing foundation, I have one thought and one thought only: don’t. I lament its obvious texture and uniform coverage, and how it can actually make your skin appear dull, one-note and drab. So when I heard I about Tarte’s Shape Tape Cloud Coverage Foundation, a new skincare-foundation hybrid promising “dreamy-looking skin,” I knew I was the ideal cynic to give it a stern vetting.

Tarte’s a magnificent, female-founded/powered brand that was doing the whole no-nasties thing about twenty years before anyone else knew about nasties. It’s anchored by the cult-classic Shape Tape franchise, including the Shape Tape Contour Concealer and Glow Wand, which are fabulous for covering dark circles and adding dewy dimension to skin. They’re the kind of iconic products that inspire caps on how many you can purchase at once. But truth be told, my early-thirties skin and Tarte’s original Shape Tape Foundation don’t play well together: My complexion tends to be on the dry side, and the formula is too full-coverage for my liking. It looks like capital F Foundation on me, which belies my lazy, devil-may-care style.

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I received a sample of the Shape Tape Cloud Coverage SPF 15 in a little tub, and immediately noted the unique, bouncy texture, somewhere between that of a primer and a gel moisturizer. I scanned the cruelty-free ingredient list, which boasts calming and hydrating ingredients like snow mushroom extract, hyaluronic acid and squalene.

Alana Peden.

I felt safe scooping it out and simply applying it to my skin in little strokes, admiring the way it disguises my dark circles and spots while still upping my glow factor. Seriously, I haphazardly slapped it on and watched in delight as it made my skin look like the best version of itself, one in which I did a five-step skincare routine and didn’t drink Chardonnay the night before. The lightweight formula imbues skin with an actual sheen that smacks of a rich person who gets regular facials and never steps into bad lighting. It makes your skin look expensive, even and glowy; the opposite of foundation.

Courtesy of QVC.

If my initial reaction to this “foundation” was to marvel, my lasting one was to bow down. In the hours following application, I made out with my boyfriend and didn’t transfer any onto him or his shirt, went for a brisk walk and stared at my computer screen for hours, and my skin still looked luminous.

Shape Tape Cloud Coverage comes in 21 shades and is exclusively at QVC. Right now, you can score Shape Tape Cloud Coverage with a free AirLift Brush for only $39 (normally $69 for both) and free shipping. Basically, the entire experience will make you look (and feel) like a mysterious relative left you a skincare inheritance.

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We told you back in December 2021 how good K18 is. The Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask works to repair strands and protect them from chemicals (like bleach) and heat (like all those hot tools). Since then, it’s gone viral on TikTok and Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson became fans. That’s why we’ve been waiting for the perfect complimentary shampoo. And we just got two. K18 shampoo just launched in both and everyday and detoxifying options.

First, let us explain what K18 does. Although K18 calls its hero product a mask, you don’t wash out the Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask. It’s not like a typical conditioning mask but you do use it in place of your conditioner. The patented bioactive peptide treatment strengthens and improves the elasticity of the hair, as well as works to actually reverse damage. It’s lightweight so you don’t have to worry about it weighing down your hair. In fact, you’ll probably still need a leave-in conditioner. The formula repairs strands over time, but you’ll still see a difference in the look and feel of the hair in just one use.

Photo: K18.

To prep your hair to make this repairing mask work as well as possible, you can now use either the Peptide Prep pH Maintenance Shampoo ($36 at Sephora) or the Peptide Prep Clarifying Detox Shampoo ($38 at Sephora). It depends on what your hair needs that day.

K18.

Use Detox Shampoo when you need more of an intense clean. Get rid of all that dry shampoo, oil and sebum with activated charcoal and salicylic acid. The brand recommends using this one 1-2 times per week.

K18.

On the flip side, use pH Maintenance Shampoo any time you wash your hair. It will still deeply cleanse but also protect hair’s natural moisture levels.

Here’s how you use both products. First, shampoo with either option. Then, towel dry your hair. Apply the mask to your hair and wait four minutes. Then, style as usual with whatever leave-in products you’d like, such as styling creams and heat protectants. It’s a bit of a process but it’s worth the effort — trust us.

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, STYLECASTER may receive an affiliate commission.

We told you back in December 2021 how good K18 is. The Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask works to repair strands and protect them from chemicals (like bleach) and heat (like all those hot tools). Since then, it’s gone viral on TikTok and Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson became fans. That’s why we’ve been waiting for the perfect complimentary shampoo. And we just got two. K18 shampoo just launched in both and everyday and detoxifying options.

First, let us explain what K18 does. Although K18 calls its hero product a mask, you don’t wash out the Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask. It’s not like a typical conditioning mask but you do use it in place of your conditioner. The patented bioactive peptide treatment strengthens and improves the elasticity of the hair, as well as works to actually reverse damage. It’s lightweight so you don’t have to worry about it weighing down your hair. In fact, you’ll probably still need a leave-in conditioner. The formula repairs strands over time, but you’ll still see a difference in the look and feel of the hair in just one use.

Photo: K18.

To prep your hair to make this repairing mask work as well as possible, you can now use either the Peptide Prep pH Maintenance Shampoo ($36 at Sephora) or the Peptide Prep Clarifying Detox Shampoo ($38 at Sephora). It depends on what your hair needs that day.

K18.

Use Detox Shampoo when you need more of an intense clean. Get rid of all that dry shampoo, oil and sebum with activated charcoal and salicylic acid. The brand recommends using this one 1-2 times per week.

K18.

On the flip side, use pH Maintenance Shampoo any time you wash your hair. It will still deeply cleanse but also protect hair’s natural moisture levels.

Here’s how you use both products. First, shampoo with either option. Then, towel dry your hair. Apply the mask to your hair and wait four minutes. Then, style as usual with whatever leave-in products you’d like, such as styling creams and heat protectants. It’s a bit of a process but it’s worth the effort — trust us.