The Best Skincare Products for Men In 2026: Men’s Grooming Ideas
Another common concern, particularly for men who shave regularly, is ingrown hairs and irritation on the cheeks and around their beard lines. “For men who shave, an exfoliating ingredient to help prevent ingrown hair is very important,” explains dermatologist Omer Ibrahim. “This can be a BHA in a cleanser or an AHA in a leave-on aftershave product.”
Featuring hardworking serums, skincare tools, cleansers, and more, we’ve pulled together a short list of what experts and editors consider some of the best skincare products for men. These top-rated essentials from brands like Kiehl’s Since 1851, Acqua di Parma, Foreo, and Summer Fridays provide the perfect grooming foundation for both the skincare minimalist and the person with a more extensive routine. Read on for some of our all-time favorites.
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This smoothing moisturizer aims to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles over time. It’s also infused with centella asiatica, making it ideal for redness and general skin sensitivity.
Take his rotation from ordinary to luxe with this clarifying mud mask from Orveda that’s perfect for combination and oily skin. He’ll only need to use the mask for five minutes once a week to help reduce breakouts, minimize pores, and boost glow.
Aesthetician Sean Garrette loves incorporating this hyaluronic-acid serum into his rotation while his skin is still damp. “I love PCA,” he told Bazaar. “I like this hydrating serum because it has ceramides and niacinamide, so it’s really nourishing and helps strengthen the skin barrier, which is the protective layer of your skin. It just makes my skin super plump. I love this serum.”
Just like his daily cup of coffee, he can reach for Neuraé’s firming and mood-boosting moisturizer first thing after cleansing and toning. It uses ingredients like red indigo, seaweed extract, and vitamin C to energize and rejuvenate dull skin.
The Ordinary is one of the buzziest skincare brands around, and for good reason: Its range of complexion essentials, including this set of brightening favorites, offers the perfect balance of product effectiveness and budget savvy. Since he’ll find bottles of alpha arbutin and hyaluronic-acid serum, glycolic acid, and a caffeine solution in this kit, we recommend it for the man with a more established routine.
“My skin is more combo to dry, and sometimes it can be a little dehydrated, especially around my eye area,” adds Garrette. “So I love eye creams for morning and night now.” To moisturize dry under-eyes, he reaches for this depuffing cream from Sunday Riley, which feels lightweight on the skin. “You literally need the tiniest bit; I use my ring fingers and bring that all around my eye area.”
Show him that skincare can be a self-care experience with this handsome gua sha from the experts at Sisley Paris. It will not only provide him with a nice facial massage when he applies serums and creams, it will lift and sculpt his facial contours at the same time.
For an eye cream novice, consider this lightweight serum that infuses the area with vitamin D, beetroot, and wild ginger to tighten the under eyes and reduce inflammation. Plus, the cream comes in three formulas depending on your skin tone and type.
Make it easy for him to keep his skin soft and supple with this daily hydrating serum from Obagi. It contains a blend of weightless vitamin B3, Abyssinian, and hibiscus oils to smooth fine lines and wrinkles while locking in moisture.
Skin can experience discoloration and hyperpigmentation from constant shaving, not exfoliating, and the occasional pimple. Eight Saints concocted a brightening serum that taps a potent and stable form of vitamin C. It doesn’t leave a sticky residue on skin, absorbs quickly, and continues to work on dark spots and acne scars for eight hours after applying it. Just remind him to apply sunscreen after it to prevent worsening discoloration.
Help him jumpstart an effective skincare routine with a cleanser and scrub duo that’ll clear the way for all the potent actives to follow. The gel cleanser has soothing aloe and chamomile, but is powerful enough to clear dirt and grime. For an extra dose of skin clearing, smoothing, and brightening, follow the cleanser with the exfoliating scrub, which is laced with milled bamboo particles to slough away dead skin and product build-up from, say, a gritty sunscreen.
Here’s an easy way to make the most of a multi-step skincare routine without having to commit to multiple products. This hybrid product from Lazy Skincare combines a serum with moisturizing hyaluronic acid, brightening niacinamide, and the fine line-smoothing retinol alternative bakuchiol on one side, with antioxidant-rich moisturizer that has red camilia extract, hydrolyzed collagen, and moisture-sealing squalene on the other. Start with the serum and then top it off with the moisturizer.
Multi-tasking skincare is a man’s best friend, and Dieux’s highly rated serum tackled multiple skin concerns at once. The formula looks to antioxidants, peptides, and niacinamide to bring down redness, fade dark spots over time, and smooth out fine lines and wrinkles with consistent use. They should see quick results on the redness reduction thanks to an antioxidant blend that combines cannabinoids and water lily.
He may not have a bedtime skincare routine just yet, but the results from this Overnight Sleeping Mask will make him a believer in a night ritual. Powered by sour date seed and chasteberry, the treatment eliminates damaging free radicals that accumulate throughout the day, staves off the formation of dark spots, and restores any gaps in the skin barrier to keep moisture in and skin plump and smooth.
He’ll get a mini facelift and deep-cleaning experience all in one with this silicone facial brush from the beauty tech experts at Foreo. It uses T-sonic vibrations and a range of touchpoint sizes to not only lift dirt and oil from pores but also give his go-to serums and moisturizers a little extra oomph once he’s done cleansing.
For the low-maintenance groomer, this face oil is a one-and-done skin savior. It’s packed with antioxidants, including fireweed and raspberry seed oil, to protect skin from all the things thrown at it during the day. Elderflower in the blend brightens and smooths uneven texture, and CoQ10 does the work of smoothing fine lines and overall skin tightening.
After using Acqui di Parma’s luxe shaving cream, which combines pomegranate seed, lemon oil, basil extract, and plumping hyaluronic acid, he might be convinced to book the next flight to Italy.
With its nourishing blend of ceramides and plumping hyaluronic acid, we’re betting this rejuvenating balm from celebrity aesthetician Joanna Czech will be a mainstay in his daily routine.
If he knows his way around ingredients like glycolic and lactic acids, surprise him with this top-rated two-step peel set from celebrity aesthetician Shani Darden. In addition to brightening and exfoliating skin, the peel is also ideal for clearing congestion while refining pores.
It’ll take him only three minutes to depuff his under-eyes and minimize wrinkles after you gift him this high-tech mask from Dr. Dennis Gross. It uses 96 red LED lights to treat the entire eye area, including crow’s feet and forehead wrinkles.
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