The Best Moisturizers Ever

Here's my list of the best moisturizers ever, so far! Feel free to weigh in on your favorites. This list is actually comprised of three separate lists:
1) The Beauty Insider's Picks: My own personal list of the best products in that category
2) The Popular Vote: The results of a poll I did of over 1000 beauty-savvy consumers
3) What the Pros Chose: These are the top picks of the beauty experts who appear in my book, also known as The Beauty Bunch. (You can learn more about this genius team of experts by clicking on the About the Book tab, and then clicking on "Who are the Beauty Insiders?").

The Beauty Insider’s Picks
1. Peter Thomas Roth Oil-Free Moisturizer: The refreshing gel-cream texture is light, weightless, and still suitably hydrating, making it a great pick when your dermatologist has you on an intense acne-treatment program. Azulene soothes while antioxidants protect. $40
2. Awake Hydro-Force Oil-Free Treatment: This water-light formula delivers completely greaseless hydration to oily and combination skins. Lipids and almond extract provide continuous, invisible moisture. $45
3. Caudalie Vinopulp C80 Grape-Seed Rejuvenating Cream: A sales associate at Sephora told me that this works as well as Crème de la Mer, at a fraction of the price, and he was right. This rich, luxurious cream has a light, clean, almost masculine scent and a matte finish. It’s the one I use when I need immediate, intense hydration on dry patches. It even works as an eye cream. $58
4. Yon-Ka Crème PG: This super-light, aromatic moisturizer is designed specifically for oily skin. It adds moisture while purifying and disinfecting to discourage unwanted shine, sebum, and blemishes. The soft, matte finish makes it a perfect day cream. $39
5. Dermalogica Barrier Repair Cream: This concentrated, silicone-based moisturizer feels amazingly silky, and virtually dissolves into stressed out skin, restoring it to health. $37
6. Murad Skin Perfecting Lotion Blemish-Prone/Oily Skin: Super-light and oil-free, this lotion leaves skin soft and moisturized, while treating and protecting with alpha and beta hydroxy acids, antioxidants, algae extract, panthenol, and retinol. $29
7. Chanel HydraMax Oil-Free Hydrating Gel: This refreshing, great-smelling gel hydrates while absorbing excess oil to leave skin with a natural matte finish. $40
8. Cellex-C Hydra 5 B-Complex Moisture Enhancing Gel: This light, super-silky gel is packed with hyaluronic acid to infuse skin with grease-free moisture. $66
9. Prescriptives Super Line Preventor: This bestselling serum delivers moisture and a slew of other benefits, from environmental protection to improved skin tone. $47.50
10. Neutrogena Combination Skin Moisture Oil-Free: This light, normalizing lotion hydrates dry patches while controlling oil in greasy spots with “microsponges.” Fragrance-free, alcohol free, and super-gentle, it’s an oily-skin staple. $10 (approx.)

The Popular Vote
1. La Mer Crème de la Mer, $110
2. Cetaphil Moisturizing Cream, Fragrance-Free, $6 (approx.)
3. Olay Complete UV Protective Moisture Lotion SPF 15, $7 (approx.)
4. Philosophy Hope in a Jar, $35
5. Bliss Fully Loaded Moisture Lotion, $40
6. Burt’s Bees Marshmallow Vanishing Cream, $15
7. Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion, $22
8. Dove Essential Nutrients Night Cream, $7 (approx.)
9. Dr. Hauschka Rose Day Cream, $26 (approx.)
10. Kiehl’s Ultra Facial Moisturizer, $13

What the Pros Chose:
Olay moisturizers, $7-19 (approx.): Kathryn Alice, Hara Glick
Crème de la Mer, $110: Wende Zomnir
Murad Perfecting Serum, $55: Meredith Green
Enessa Seaweed Nourishing Gel, $34: Michelle Ornstein
Prada Beauty Reviving Face Bio-Firm SPF 15, $95: Meg Thompson
Bior Crème de Beaute, $60: Julie Hewett
June Jacobs Skin Amour Day Shield, $56: June Jacobs
Avance Potion, $71.50: Dee DeLuca-Mattos
Catherine Atzen Advanced Bio-Active Complex, $79: Vanessa Talabac
Aveda Tourmaline Charged Hydrating Crème, $32: Shauna Raisch
Sircuit Skin Cosmeceuticals Molecular Mist Hydrating Moisture Care, $36: Shan Albert
Peter Thomas Roth moisturizers, $35-52 (approx.): Peter Thomas Roth
Haven Liquid Drench, $63: Gabrielle Ophals
Yon-Ka Crème 15, $39: Gabrielle Ophals’ second pick: “The Crème 15 uses the properties of various essential oils to naturally disinfect. We like to use it post-extraction, and we also recommend it as a moisturizer for people suffering from problem skin.”
The Vital Image Phytohydrator, $22, and Skin Renewal Complex, $24: Linda Deslauriers
Martina Gebhardt Kosmetik Rose Facial Lotion, $18 (approx.): Another pick from Linda Deslauriers