9 of the best skincare products for sensitive skin from 2022

As the year rapidly approaches its end date. It’s time to take a look back at some of the best skincare product empties of the past year. And if sensitive conditions and budget are two pillars of care for you, then these finds will surely make it into the lasting shelf of your skincare heart. 

Ready to take a rewind? Let’s review these 9 skincare gems of 2022.

1. Cleanse it but don’t destroy it 

Glymed Plus is the professional line of choice when it comes to reliable results and intentional formulation. Their Mega-Purifying Cleanser is an ultra-gentle cream cleanser that breaks up makeup or SPF from the day to effectively cleanse while giving back to sensitive, dehydrated skin through Oat, Olive, and Sunflower Oils with added Vitamin E.  

Best applied using a generous amount to the face and neck on dry skin, massaging the cleanser into the skin, and then apply a handful of lukewarm water. Massage further and then rinse away or remove with a damp cloth. 

This cleanser instantly hydrates and calms sensitized skin. The anti-oxidants in the formulation aid in the restoration and protection of your skin, vital to allowing proper healing when your skin is experiencing a flare-up or needs to keep hydration levels up day to day. 

2. Keep it clear

Having Sensitive skin doesn’t mean you don’t ever experience a breakout. Am I right?

Whether you’re experiencing a breakout from a hormonal cause or an environmental one. Salicylic is still one of the best oil and bacteria-targeting ingredients. 

Typically one that reduces redness and irritation, salicylic acid can cause some irritation to sensitive skin. But this Probiotic cleanser from Tula Skincare is one that delivers the goods without the irritation. 

Effective yet gentle this foam cleanser is applied to damn skin and massages in well before being removed. It will help speed up the clearing of any breakouts while the probiotics help to regulate your natural micro-biome which protects your skin’s natural defense barrier. An important key to keeping your sensitive skin calm and strong against environmental attacks and triggers. 

3. Drink it up 

Your skin, not you literally. The Face Shop has been a Korean Skincare find that gives your skin the feeling of having been wearing a hydrating mask for at least 20 minutes in less than a minute. 

Using Rice bran to brighten and ceramides to fortify the skin. Your skin will soak up all the benefits to help lift pigmentation while boosting your skin’s healing processes. 

Grab yours here.

4. Daily Defense 

PCA Skin, another professional line recently released their Daily Defense mist, full of antioxidants and water-binding ingredients. It locks moisture to your skin and boosts the effects of other hydrating serums (like the essence before this product) in a size portable enough for you to take with you during the day.

Apply this over your essence to amplify the effects, and mist throughout the day to boost your defense from environmental stressors like free radicals in the air especially if you live in dense urban areas with the pollutants are more concentrated and varied.

5. The Ordinary Alpha Arbutin + HA 

One of the top conditions sensitive skin types experience is redness and inflammation. Both of these can trigger hyperpigmentation, especially in skin of color. Alpha Arbutin is a known inhibitor of Tyrosinase one of the body’s processes in the production of melanin (pigmentation) in the skin. 

This in combination with the Hylauronic Acid helps to soothe, and hydrate the skin, reducing redness and inflammation while reducing the probability that you will experience dark marks due to inflammation in the skin. 

A must-have for daily use, AM + PM after cleansing and toning but before any oil serums, moisturizer, or SPF. 

Find it here.

6. Good Molecules – Discoloration Correction Serum 

Another amazing find of 2022. This serum is another form of Tyrosinase Inhibitor using Tranexamic Acid and Niacinamide to work in the way your Alpha Arbutin + HA serum from the Ordinary would. 

Tranexamic Acid acts to dampen the overproduction of melanin. Niacinamide calms skin, reduces pore size appearance, and also has a beneficial impact on lifting post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation. 

Used AM + PM same as your Alpha Arbutin + HA. 

Why do you need both you ask? Tyrosinase inhibitors work better when paired together, so layering a few actually helps protect your skin investment. 

7. Gylmed Plus Derma Pigment Skin Brightener

In moments when you’re experiencing post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation as well as a breakout. This professional-grade serum is great to have in your toolkit.  Although available only through a professional, you can register to purchase via the link here.

Using glycolic acid to target active breakouts, with and ingredients like aloe and bisabolol to soothe and reduce redness, this serum is a multitasker. 

To make it even better it has green tea and other antioxidants to help protect your skin as it heals. 

This should be used only at night especially for skin of color, along with your other water-based serums, before oil-based serums, suspensions, and moisturizers. 

8. Osea Advanced Protection Cream

A definite investment piece in this 2022 lineup, but not one you will ever regret. This moisturizer is like a soft luxurious blanket of care for your sensitive skin. Redness, dryness, and tight, thinning skin are in the rear-view mirror after just a couple of uses of this skincare gem. 

A great nighttime moisturizer that can easily jump into the AM routine, as well as the temps, drop in season changes and we get deeper into winter. 

This moisturizer has plant-derived amino acid chains that help to fortify your skin’s barrier and keep it healthy while seaweed provides deep hydration and moisture to calm inflammation and redness to even the most sensitive skin types. 

9. Live Tinted Mineral Based SPF 

Last but not least is the more recent find of this mineral-based sunscreen from Live Tinted. Brought to you by a minority women-owned and led company this sunscreen offers physical UV protection with a slight tint that can also act as a primer for under makeup if you wear any. 

Totally functional on its own, this mineral sunscreen option, works into the skin well, without having a lingering white cast common to most mineral-based sunscreen. 

With an SPF factor 30, it’s great for everyday use, with the added safety factor of blocking UV rays from entering the skin and potentially causing heat-related inflammation that can convert to hyperpigmentation in deeper skin tones. 

Always top up throughout the day if you can, especially if in the sun for prolonged periods. Try a mineral SPF powder for ease of application throughout the day if you’ve got makeup on. 

And that’s it. 9 of the best skincare products for sensitive skin from 2022. Have any top contenders you think we should know about?

Drop ’em in the comment section below the post!