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Skincare routine for dry skin

Routine by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

Cleansers and toners with glycerin, hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, and ceramides help ease tightness and dehydration, while moisturizing steps with niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, and glycerin soften fine lines and wrinkles. Makeup removers and masks with hyaluronic acid, centella asiatica extract, and ceramides smooth away flakiness.

The morning routine prepares the skin for the day: it cleans off the night, hydrates, and protects, with sunscreen as its last step. The evening routine removes sunscreen, makeup, and the day's oil, then treats the skin while it rests and is away from the sun. The weekly routine is done once a week in place of the evening routine to add deeper steps like exfoliation and masks that help clear flakiness and smooth out fine lines.

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Products are rated for the concerns frequently associated with dry skin: flakiness, tightness, dehydration, fine lines, and wrinkles. For a routine based on your full skin profile, including your 12D face scan results and any goals or preferences you have, please use the Lovi app.

Morning

Step 1Cleanser

Cleansers with glycerin and ceramides help restore the skin barrier and maintain moisture balance, while formulas with hyaluronic acid and kelp extract provide exceptional hydration for dry skin. This step is used every morning and every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 2Hydrating Toner

This hydrating toner step in your routine is used every morning. Hydrating toners with hyaluronic acid and glycerin help deeply hydrate your dry skin and ease tightness, while ingredients like centella asiatica extract and panthenol soothe flakiness.

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Step 3Moisturizer

Moisturizers with niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, and glycerin help restore hydration and soothe tightness in dry skin. These products are used every morning and every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 4SPF

In the Lovi routine for dry skin the sunscreen step is used every morning. Sunscreens and moisturizers with zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, shea oil, and coconut oil help defend against UV rays while easing flakiness, tightness, and dehydration, while formulations with ceramides, oat kernel extract, and hyaluronic acid help smooth fine lines and wrinkles.

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Evening

Step 1Pre-Cleanser

Makeup removers with hyaluronic acid and squalane help lift away oil-based debris and build hydration to ease dryness and fine lines. This step is used every evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

Step 2Cleanser

Cleansers with glycerin and ceramides help restore the skin barrier and maintain moisture balance, while formulas with hyaluronic acid and kelp extract provide exceptional hydration for dry skin. This step is used every morning and every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 3Serum or Treatment

Serums with niacinamide and hyaluronic acid help deeply hydrate dry skin and improve texture. Serums with copper tripeptide-1 and bifida ferment lysate may help repair the skin and reduce fine lines, and they are used every evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 4Moisturizer

Moisturizers with niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, and glycerin help restore hydration and soothe tightness in dry skin. These products are used every morning and every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Once a week

Step 1Pre-Cleanser

Makeup removers with hyaluronic acid and squalane help lift away oil-based debris and build hydration to ease dryness and fine lines. This step is used every evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

Step 2Cleanser

Cleansers with glycerin and ceramides help restore the skin barrier and maintain moisture balance, while formulas with hyaluronic acid and kelp extract provide exceptional hydration for dry skin. This step is used every morning and every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 3Enzyme Powder

This step is used once a week, in place of the evening routine. Enzyme powders with papain and rice powder help digest dull surface cells to reveal smoother, more hydrated skin.

Step 4Nourishing Mask

In the Lovi routine for dry skin, the nourishing mask step is used once a week in place of the evening routine. Nourishing masks with hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane help intensely hydrate and recover dry skin, while masks with niacinamide and ceramides help improve barrier function and smooth fine lines.

Step 5Serum or Treatment

Serums with niacinamide and hyaluronic acid help deeply hydrate dry skin and improve texture. Serums with copper tripeptide-1 and bifida ferment lysate may help repair the skin and reduce fine lines, and they are used every evening and once a week in place of the evening routine.

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Step 6Moisturizer

Moisturizers with niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, and glycerin help restore hydration and soothe tightness in dry skin. These products are used every morning and every evening, and once a week in place of the evening routine.

Best moisturizers and moisturizing serums for dry skin

Research behind this routine

Behind this routine

Lovi builds every routine from each product's full ingredient list with brand-independent rules our dermatologists and cosmetic chemists build and review, and personalizes every pick with AI trained on the real results of millions of users. Lovi trains its fit score models on a proprietary dataset built from more than 10,000 expert-labeled products and more than 100,000 simulated examples, following an internally consistent methodology presented at Cosmoprof, AMWC, and Skin of Color Update.

  • Nadia Kapleva, MS

    Nadia Kapleva, MS

    Co-founder, Medical Director

    Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer

  • Alexey Shagraev, PhD

    Alexey Shagraev, PhD

    Co-founder, CEO and CTO

    PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex

  • Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc

    Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc

    Medical Board

    Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine

  • Aishani Shah, MD

    Aishani Shah, MD

    Medical Board

    Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD

  • Asya Zubkova, MS

    Asya Zubkova, MS

    Medical Board

    Cosmetic chemist, SCS, IFSCC member

  • Hanna Kurets, MD

    Hanna Kurets, MD

    Medical Board, Medical Advisor

    Dermatology MD

  • Elina Nazarenko, MD

    Elina Nazarenko, MD

    Medical Board

    Dermatology and diagnostic consultant

  • Victoria Derkova, MS

    Victoria Derkova, MS

    Medical Board

    Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist

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