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It’s Time To Start Prepping Skin For The Cold Now — These Serums Can Help

It’s that time of year.

Sep. 25, 2022

Tata Harper model with face mark sitting by window

Even if you’re not actually headed back to school, the changes September brings can always teach you a thing or two. The breeze picks up, the leaves begin their yearly color transformation, and skin starts to...go through an adjustment period, you might say. The fluctuating temperatures — no matter how gradual or subtle — do play a part in skin’s health and appearance, making right now an important time to take stock of moisture, exfoliation, and cleansing needs. The best new skin care of September 2022 includes your complete arsenal for mitigating those early-fall beauty woes — and they all happen to look pretty chic on the bathroom counter, too.

This September, skin-clearing serums take center stage to combat acne, texture, and overall dullness, to reveal a refreshed glow beneath. In fact, gentle yet robust exfoliation seems to be the name of the game this month: a new powerhouse serum from MUTHA, an irritation-free cleanser by Tata Harper, and Medik8’s new BHA-centric toner. Then, to add all-important hydration back in — so key for fall and winter — swaddle yourself in a luxe hyaluronic acid serum like Ourself’s newest addition, and Dior’s thick, fluffy Prestige moisturizer.

Ahead, all the September essentials necessary to start fall with a serious glow. Shop the best new skin care of September 2022 right here.

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The Best Serums Of September 2022

MUTHA

Power Exfoliating Serum

$95

Power is right — this all-new, skin-resurfacing serum works while you sleep to clear away breakouts, texture, and diminish the look of fine lines, all while your skin naturally renews overnight. The brand’s proprietary blend of vegan lactic acid and special MUTHACORE complex means brighter, smoother skin by morning.

Ourself

HA+ Replenishing Serum

$145

Everyone needs a hyaluronic acid serum, and this — undeniably luxurious — version from cult-favorite brand Ourself is outstanding. Housed in a chic, metallic pump-bottle, the patent-pending serum uses an in-house blend of different-weighted hyaluronic acids along with a proprietary delivery system that helps it all absorb deep beneath the skin’s surface.

MERIT

Great Skin Instant Glow Serum with Niacinamide and Hyaluronic Acid

$38

Skinimalists, rejoice. Everyone’s favorite back-to-basics makeup line, MERIT, just introduced fans to their very first skin care product, the long-awaited Glow Serum. Made with niacinamides for environmental protection, tighter-looking pores and an all-over glow, it’s MERIT’s natural beauty-first ethos in a bottle.

The Best Vitamin C Of September 2022

Moon Juice

G Pack Glutathione + C Powder

$58

Don’t let the itty-bitty spoon fool you — this power isn’t a drink mix-in or supplement. Instead, it’s the most fun-to-use (and innovatively-formulated) vitamin C product in recent memory. Add a dose of the fine-milled powder to your favorite water-based serum or moisturizer and apply it all over for a tone-evening glow and environmental protection.

The Best Acne Product Of September 2022

Odacite

Clarifying Serum

$68

As one piece in Odacite’s new Clean-icle Formulations line, this breakout-banishing serum walks the line between drying up zits (thanks to all-time classic salicylic acid) and keeping the rest of skin hydrated and happy with hyaluronic acid.

The Best Cleansers Of September 2022

Malin & Goetz

Foaming Cream Cleanser

$32

This all-new Malin & Goetz cleanser might be as much fun to use as it is effective. The creamy, non-stripping wash works itself into a rich, foamy lather than deep cleans while hydrating and nourishing skin with add-ins like ceramides and jojoba milk.

Tata Harper

Superkind Refining Cleanser

$88

Designed specifically with sensitive, reactive skin in mind, Tata Harper’s latest cleanser — complete with a very sanitary push-pump dispenser — uses the finest-milled rice powder and cranberry enzymes to gently slough away dead skin and buildup without compromising the delicate layer just beneath.

The Best Toner Of September 2022

Medik8

Press & Clear Toner

$38

A first line of defense against everything from whiteheads to closed comedones, Medik8’s Press and Clear Toner uses a forever-favorite chemical exfoliant, BHA, while balancing skin’s pH levels. By keeping skin’s delicate moisture levels in check, too, it helps prevent new spots from forming.

The Best Moisturizer Of September 2022

Avène

Cicalfate+ Hydrating Skin Recovery Emulsion

$34

Make an emulsion your best friend this fall. A little lighter than a full-fledged moisturizer but impossibly hydrating none the less, this Avène emulsion ideal for popping in tote bags for frequent reapplication. The hyaluronic acid microspheres and thermal spring water in the formula make it a soothing treat for stressed skin.

The Best Age-Defying Products Of September 2022

Dior

Prestige La Crème Texture Essentielle

$140

Decadence, thy name is Dior. This pillowy cream actually does double-duty. Acting as a moisturizer and an age-defying renewal product, it works to make skin appear plumper, more sculpted, and smoother thanks to its star ingredient, the peptide-infused Rose de Granville.

The Best Eye Cream Of September 2022

Paula's Choice

C5 Super Boost Vitamin C Eye Cream

$39

Formulated with a powerful five-percent vitamin C concentration, this illuminating eye cream from Paula’s Choice is the latest expansion to the brand’s ever-popular C5 line. While the vitamin C works to brighten dark circles, hyaluronic acid and peptides help with volume loss and the appearance of fine lines.

The Best Fragrance Of September 2022

By Rosie Jane

Dulce

$70

Think of it as your best-smelling high school scent all grown up. The comforting vanilla base in this rich, lasts-all-day perfume is tempered by mature hinoki wood and white musk for added depth. The ideal mix of sweet and sophisticated, By Rosie Jane’s Dulce is nostalgia in a bottle.