The Only 15 Beauty Products That Are Truly Worth The Splurge If You’re Over 35
by The Candidly Team
Unless you’re a true beauty junkie (which ok, maybe we are), your goal probably isn’t to try things “just for fun.” More likely, if you’re planning to spend your money on a fancy product, you’re going to want to KNOW it yields the precise results you’re looking for.
One of the most draining things about turning whatever age it is when we have to start investing actual energy into our skin-and hair-care is figuring out what is even worth trying.
It’s easy to feel lost at sea at a beauty counter. Or bored to death reading the thousands upon thousands of reviews on thousands upon thousands of products. I mean, do any of us really have time to absorb a dermatologist’s degree worth of knowledge on ingredients like “hydrolyzed rice protein” or “magnesium crystals?”
With that in mind, we decided to put our own hours of studying (and sampling and obsessing and jumping up and down in front of the mirror because something finally worked) to good use. Here, we share with you the things that are… well, extraordinary. For those who are all about bottom-line, glorious results, these are the splurge-worthy products for you.
1. Furtuna Due Alberi Biphase Moisturizing Oil
We’ve been so completely taken with the results of this powerhouse oil that we wrote a whole ode to it here. We witnessed its plumping, replenishing, line-dimishing, and deeply moisturizing effects pretty much immediately. You can see some of our actual results here.
We loved this oil so much, Furtuna kindly created a custom code for us. Use CANDIDLY20 for 20% off your order.
Price: starting at $100
2. Clé de Peau Beauté Concealer SPF 27
A big bummer about most makeup tutorial videos is watching a person with pretty perfect skin lather on a product to reveal, you guessed it, more perfect skin. This concealer is for those of us who need real coverage. For our darkest spots. Our over-40 breakouts. Our unexplained blemishes. And the persistent redness. It covers with gusto. And it laaaasts.
Price: $75
3. Neostrata Triple Firming Neck Cream
We don’t want to spend a single second worrying about lines, looseness, and crepiness enshrouding our lovely necks. We just don’t. So we slather on this cream and make it do all the work for us. And OH, IT DOES. Behold the before and afters. Behold, the declining inclination to ever again use the term “turkey neck.”
Price: $88
4. The nue Co Skin Hydrator
Pills for skin made us skeptical. Then, we took these for a month, and our skin Never. Looked. Better.
Price: $45
5. NuFACE Trinity+ Starter Kit
With all the great lengths we go to lift and tighten things, this tool sort of feels too good to exist. And yet, here it is.
And here’s how astonishing the results were for our own Editor-in-Chief...
Before and After
Price: $395
6. Nécessaire
The Body Wash
The word “best” gets overused, but we keep using that word to talk up this Nécessaire gem, because it excels at everything we could possibly want in a body wash. The scents are sublime. It’s a clean, natural product that nourishes as well as it cleans.
Use our custom code CANDIDLY10 to get 10% off.
Price: $25
7. Caudalie Resveratrol-Lift Instant Firming Serum
A loss of bounce to our skin is one of aging’s biggest irritants. We try not to let it drag us down too much. HOWEVER, when we find something firming that comes in a bottle, we DO allow that to lift us up. This serum firms and smooths with a vengeance and an armory of clean ingredients, including generous amounts of quenching hyaluronic acid. If anti-aging is your aim, but retinol intimidates you or dries you out, this is the glorious product that will answer your prayers.
Price: $84
8. Dyson Airwrap™ Multi-Styler Complete Long
We know when we tell you something that seems so extravagant is actually worth it, we have to explain ourselves. But this is the holy grail of styling tools. Buy it once and look like you’ve stepped out of a salon thousands of times over.
Price: $600
9. Lancer Skincare The Method: Polish Sensitive-Dehydrated Skin
This one isn’t for the sensitive of skinned. It’s more of a powerhouse. For those who can handle it, however, just know that the word “polish” is more than just an appealing sales pitch. This formula leaves us smooth as varnish. In fact, its unparalleled finish inspired us to write a whole thing about it here.
Use our custom code at Dermstore, CANDIDLY, to get 15% off
Price: $80
10. True Botanicals Renew Nourishing Cleanser
We love it when a clean product makes us feel the cleanest we’ve ever felt without drying us out. The scent of this cleanser stopped us in our tracks. And a little goes a long way.
Use code THECANDIDLY18 for 18% off.
Price: $48
11. Tata Harper Hydrating Floral Essence
There are few things, if any, we’ve put on our skin that have been as heavenly hydrating as this.
Price: $76 - $116
12. Augustinus Bader The Cream
We wouldn’t use the word “miracle” lightly, nor would we dare write about a single thing this pricey unless it were in fact, a miracle. But here we are, talking again about this absolute miracle of a cream from Augustinus Bader, because it is everything we ever hope a cream will be. Quenching, deeply balancing, smoothing, brightening, restorative, eye-bag eliminating. See our own original before and after photos HERE for proof.
Price: $300
13. iS Clinical Active Serum
There’s something about serums that makes them seem like magic potions, instantly transforming us the minute we dabble them on. Maybe it’s because they themselves are smooth and glassy and feel like a drink of water. This one actually performs as perfectly as it sounds. It’s also the one recommended by our go-to expert Candace Marino on account of its other-worldly level of hydration.
Use our custom code at Dermstore, CANDIDLY, to get 15% off
Price: $142
14. Westman Atelier Vital Skincare Dewy Foundation Drops
We love (and frankly need) a foundation that goes to work. This serum-like miracle hydrates, firms, and smooths out pores, thereby reducing our need for foundation in the first place. But honestly with that dewy, dreamy, natural finish, why would we stop wearing it?
Price: $68
15. SkinCeuticals C E Ferulic
We’ve called this one our “desert-island” beauty product, because it left our skin brighter, smoother, with fewer wrinkles and age spots. But the glow - ooooh the glow!
Use our custom code at Dermstore, CANDIDLY, to get 15% off
Price: $182
At The Candidly, we try a lot of stuff so you don’t have to. We only recommend things we truly love, and that we think you’ll love, too. All products are chosen independently by our creative team, and all details reflect the price and availability of products at the time of publication. If you buy something we link to, The Candidly may earn a commission.
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