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This year’s winners feature plenty of familiar faces — tried-and-true formulas that you keep choosing for your face. Here are your top picks for cleansing, treating, and moisturizing your skin.

Lip Balm

Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask

Face Mask

Fenty Skin Cookies N Clean Whipped Clay Pore Detox Face Mask

Acne Treatment

Peace Out Acne Healing Dots

Facial Sunscreen

Supergoop Unseen Sunscreen SPF 40

Facial Moisturizer

Tatcha The Water Cream

Eye Cream

Ole Henriksen Banana Bright+ Eye Crème

Facial Serum

Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops Serum

Exfoliant

Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant

Facial Cleanser

CeraVe Hydrating Facial Cleanser

Skin Tool

Soniclear Petite by Michael Todd Beauty

We consider every member of this group a classic — both old and new. This is the makeup everyone’s (still) talking about this year.

Press Ons

Kiss

Nail Polish

Essie

Makeup Tool

Beautyblender Original Pink Makeup Sponge

Lip Gloss

Dior Addict Lip Glow Oil

Lipstick

Clinique Almost Lipstick in Black Honey

Mascara

Maybelline New York Lash Sensational Sky High Mascara

Brows

Benefit Cosmetics Gimme Brow+ Volumizing Eyebrow Gel

Eyeliner

Nyx Professional Makeup Epic Ink Liner

Eye Shadow

Urban Decay Naked3 Eyeshadow Palette

Highlighter

Rare Beauty Positive Light Liquid Luminizer

Blush

Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Liquid Blush

Bronzer

Benefit Cosmetics Hoola Matte Bronzer

Concealer

Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer

Foundation

Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation

Whether you’re about to wash your hair or trying to eke one more day out of your last shampoo, this year’s winners have got you covered. They’re the hair products and tools that your good-hair-day-every-day friends conveniently forgot to recommend to you.

Shampoo

Olaplex No.4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo

Conditioner

Olaplex No.5 Bond Maintenance Conditioner

Hair Treatment

Olaplex No.8 Bond Intense Moisture Mask

Curl Definer

Bb.Curl Reactivator

Hair Tool

Wet Brush Original Detangler

Hair Color

eSalon Custom Hair Color Set

Hair Oil

Kérastase Elixir Ultime L'Huile Originale Hair Oil

Dry Shampoo

Batiste Dry Shampoo Original

Volumizer

Living Proof Full Dry Volume & Texture Spray

Leave-In Conditioner

OUAI Leave In Conditioner

Hot Tool

Revlon One-Step Volumizer

True beauty innovation is hard to come by, but this year four products actually revolutionized our readers' routines.

Breakthroughs

TheraFace Pro

Breakthroughs

Kate McLeod Forest Stone Solid Refillable Body Moisturizer

Breakthroughs

Rose Inc Skin Enhance Luminous Tinted Serum

Breakthroughs

Shark FlexStyle Air Drying & Styling System

If you’re smelling great, feeling moisturized, and looking super smooth, there’s a good chance you’re already using some of this year's winning body products. Check out the body wash, lotion, fragrance, and more that made the list.

Body Scrub

Tree Hut Moroccan Rose Shea Sugar Scrub

Antiperspirant

Dove Advanced Care Cool Essentials Antiperspirant Stick

Tooth Care

Colgate Total SF Whitening Toothpaste

Hair Removal

Gillette Venus Deluxe Smooth Sensitive Razor

Hand Cream

CeraVe Therapeutic Hand Cream

Hand Sanitizer

Bath & Body Works PocketBac Hand Sanitizer

Self-Tanner

Jergens Natural Glow Daily Moisturizer

Facial Sunscreen

La Roche-Posay Anthelios Melt-In Milk Sunscreen SPF 60

Lotion

Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Bum Bum Cream

Dr. Teal's

Dr Teal's Foaming Bath Menstrual Relief with Herbal Plant Complex and Essential Oils

Body Wash

Dove Deep Moisture Body Wash

Fragrance

Ariana Grande Cloud Eau de Parfum

These are the formulas that you can’t get enough of and meet Allure’s Clean Standard. If you’re just as picky about what’s not in your products as you are about what is, start here in your search for new favorites.

Blush/Bronzer

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush in Mood Exposure

Foundation

BareMinerals Original Loose Powder Foundation SPF 15

Lip Gloss

Kosas Wet Lip Oil Gloss

Eye Makeup

Beautycounter Lid Glow Cream Shadow

Mascara

Ilia Limitless Lash Mascara

Concealer

Ilia True Skin Serum Concealer

Styling Product

Briogeo Farewell Frizz Blow Dry Perfection & Heat Protectant Crème

Shampoo and Conditioner

SheaMoisture Jamaican Black Castor Oil Strengthen & Restore Shampoo & Conditioner

Natural Deodorant

Native Aluminum Free Deodorant Coconut & Vanilla

Body Moisturizer

Biossance Squalane + Caffeine Toning Body Cream

Body Wash

Native Body Wash

Facial Sunscreen

Supergoop Play 100% Mineral Lotion SPF 50 With Green Algae

Facial Moisturizer

Drunk Elephant Lala Retro Whipped Cream

Facial Cleanser

Youth to the People Superfood Cleanser

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