"The greatest lesson I learned this year is that mindlessly wandering through Sephora is fun, but asking for product suggestions from a beauty advisor offers results. I've been writing about beauty products for a good portion of my adult life, but that will never stop me from wanting to know everyone's personal product recommendations — and if I'd never sucked up my social anxiety to ask a beauty advisor about their favorite night cream, I would've never found the It Cosmetics Confidence in Your Beauty Sleep Night Cream ($54). No offense to It Cosmetics, but I don't always reach for skin-care products made by primarily cosmetics brands, but this cream was a happy surprise. Personally, night creams have always been notoriously hard to find and love (I can only think of one off the top of my head that was honest-to-God effective), but this purple ceramide-packed cream gets the job done every single night. The result: soft, bouncy skin even in the winter." — SS
