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These Hydrating Beauty Products Arrived Just In Time For The Long Winter Slog

The newest launches in makeup, skin, and hair care.

by Catherine Santino

Updated: Dec. 18, 2022

Originally Published: Dec. 11, 2022

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If you feel like your head is still spinning from the frenzy of holiday shopping, you’re certainly not alone. Luckily, now that the gifting season is slowing to a stop, you can take a breath and properly take stock of all the new beauty launches that have gone down in the past month — because there are a lot. Whether you’re picking out a belated gift for a loved one or prepping your shelves for your winter skin care routine, the best beauty products of December 2022 have a plethora of options across skin, makeup, and hair care.

Unsurprisingly, the majority of recent beauty launches have been centered around hydration. Skin care brands like Biossance and The Outset have introduced new, ultra-nourishing formulas, while Murad’s new colloidal oatmeal treatment is perfect for soothing eczema or other skin irritations triggered by the harsh weather. Your hair will likely need an extra dose of moisture this season, too — Stripes’ calming and thickening scalp serum will come in handy for that. When it comes to new makeup trends and launches, luminosity is the name of the game. Gee Beauty’s new liquid highlighter can be mixed into foundation or moisturizer for a lit-from-within glow or applied on its own for a more intense effect. Alleven’s newly launched range of lip, cheek, and eye colors are the perfect all-in-one product for lazy days when your skin needs a little bit of life.

All this and more is ahead in TZR’s roundup of December’s best beauty launches.

December 2022 Skin Care Launches

Best New Serum

keys soulcare Truly Becoming Multi-Benefit Peptide Serum

Truly Becoming Multi-Benefit Peptide Serum

As if you needed another reason for some specially-dedicated me-time, Keys Soulcare is back again with another daily ritual to refresh skin and ease your mind. The Truly Becoming Serum is loaded with plumping, hydrating ingredients — including that namesake poly-peptide blend — all designed to rejuvenate through smoothing the appearance of fine lines and mainlining moisture back into tired skin. | Pros: Multi-use; extra-sanitary dispensing design; immediate and compounding benefits | Notable Ingredients: Marine bamboo; hyaluronic acid; poly-peptide complex |

Best New Eye Creams

Farmacy Wake Up Honey Eye Cream

Wake Up Honey Eye Cream

Bee-lieve it — Farmacy’s new eye cream makes quick work of tired eyes with a dose vitamin C and a proprietary honey blend. In fact, clinical trials yielded across-the-board satisfaction on dark circles (100% saw improvement) and fine lines (91% saw improvement) after just one use. | Pros: Immediate and compounding results; earth-friendly, upcycled ingredients | Notable Ingredients: Encapsulated caffeine; cranberry peptides |

Kopari eye cream

Niacinamide & Caffeine Eye Bright Cream

Powered by niacinamide and caffeine, this refreshing eye cream helps to fade dark circles and reduce puffiness while soothing and hydrating the skin.| Pros: Lightweight, hydrating, fragrance-free | Notable Ingredients: Niacinamide, caffeine |

Best New Acne Treatment

hero cosmetics Mighty Patch Chin

Mighty Patch Chin

For those who deal with acne, pimple patches are a gift from above — but what do you do for a larger surface area? Hero Cosmetics solves the dilemma with a new extra-large edition of the cult-favorite Mighty Patch, designed especially for the breakout-prone chin zone. | Pros: Larger and targeted; contoured to stay in place | Notable Ingredients: Hydrocolloid |

Best New Night Cream

OLEHENRIKSEN Dewtopia 5% Acid Firming Night Cream

Dewtopia 5% Acid Firming Night Cream

Working to smooth, firm, and refresh skin while you slumber, OLEHENRIKSEN’s latest treatment even targets dark spots and discoloration overnight thanks to a carefully-calibrated blend of acids. In clinical trials, 100% of participants saw smoother skin by the next day, while 97% reported improved moisture. | Pros: Overnight effects as well as compounding results; targets multiple issues | Cons: Can increase sunburn risk | Notable Ingredients: Lactic and glycolic acids; edelweiss stem cell; shea butter |

Best New Moisturizer

Biossance moisturizer

Squalane + Vitamin C Rose Moisturizer

This nourishing moisturizer contains vitamin C and fermented lemon peel, and helps brighten skin, promote collagen production, and fight free radicals.| Pros: Brightens, nourishes | Notable Ingredients: Fermented lemon peel, vitamin C, squalane, Damascus rose extract |

Best New Itch Relief Treatment

Murad itch relief treatment

Quick Relief Colloidal Oatmeal Treatment

If you struggle with eczema or other skin irritation, this treatment cream from Murad offers fast relief. The non-greasy formula contains colloidal oatmeal soothes and relieves itch while ground cherry helps replenish the skin.| Pros: Quick relief, suitable for all skin types | Notable Ingredients: Colloidal oatmeal, ground cherry |

Best New Face Oil

The Outset face oil

Ultralight Moisture-Boosting Oil

Replenish dry skin with this new lightweight oil from Scarlett Johansson’s debut beauty brand. With ingredients like Abyssian oil, avocado oil, and squalane, it soothes and hydrates sensitive skin and can also be used on nails and hair.| Pros: Lightweight, fast-absorbing, multitasking | Cons: Contains fragrance | Notable Ingredients: Abyssinian oil, açai, avocado oil, squalane |

Best New Lip Mask

Fenty Beauty lip mask

Plush Puddin' Intensive Recovery Lip Mask

Level up your lip care with this lush lip mask. The pudding-like texture deeply moisturizes for smoother, plumper-looking lips.| Pros: Smooths and plumps | Notable Ingredients: Coconut and castor oils, pomegranate sterols, vitamin E |

December 2022 Hair Launches

Best New Volumizer

JVN Embody Volumizing Foam for blowouts

Embody Volumizing Foam

At-home blowout aficionados, this one was made for you. The latest addition to Jonathan Van Ness’ signature line, this foam uses naturally-derived extracts and a silicone alternative to create more volume, body, and hold on all hair types and textures. | Pros: Non-aerosol; suitable for all hair types | Notable Ingredients: Hemisqualane; biotin; marshmallow root extract |

Best New Dandruff Shampoo

OUAI Anti-Dandruff Shampoo

Anti-Dandruff Shampoo

A flake- and irritation-free scalp, right this OUAI. Created with a balanced blend of exfoliants and soothing ingredients, the brand’s first anti-dandruff shampoo might be the chicest of its kind. | Pros: Soothing; exfoliating; hydrating | Cons: Scented, which some may not prefer | Notable Ingredients: Salicylic acid; propanediol caprylate, which reduces dandruff-causing bacteria |

Best New Hair Brush

oribe Italian Resin Medium Round Brush

Italian Resin Medium Round Brush

This custom-designed brush made with Italian resin will make a luxurious addition to your beauty routine. It features an ergonomic handle for the most comfortable grip and a mix of boar bristles and nylon pins for your best blowout yet. | Pros: Ergonomic handle, a mix of boar bristles and nylon pins |

Best New Scalp Serum

Stripes scalp serum

The Root Of It Ectoine Calming & Thickening Scalp Serum

Thirsty hair will love this hydrating serum that nourishes the scalp and strands. Ingredients like alma, Scutellaria baicalensis, soy, and wheat sprouts also help to improve hair density.| Pros: Hypoallergenic, hydrating | Notable Ingredients: Ecotine, amla, Scutellaria baicalensis, soy, wheat sprouts, squalane, hemi-squalane |

December 2022 Makeup Launches

Best New Tint

Alleven lip, cheek, and eye color

Instant All-in-One Color Treatment

Available in five stunning shades, this fluid formula adds a flush of color to lips, cheeks, and eyes while adding luminosity.| Pros: Multitasking |

Best New Brow Gel

Grande Cosmetics brow gel

Grande Cosmetics

GrandeBROW 2-In-1 Tinted Brow Gel + Brow Enhancing Serum

This two-in-one tinted brow gel gives brows color and volume and promises thicker-, darker-, more natural-looking brows in as little as six to eight weeks.| Pros: Multitasking | Notable Ingredients: Castor oil, beet root extract |

Best New Highlighter

Gee Beauty highlighter

This sheer liquid highlighter can be worn on its own or mixed in with primer, foundation, or moisturizer for a subtle sheen.| Pros: Multitasking |

This article was originally published on Dec. 11, 2022