Get Glowing Skin Overnight With These 13 Hydrating Night Creams — All Under $50

Published May 8, 2025 5:42 am ET


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A long day of work, running errands and exercising doesn’t just take a toll on your body — it also takes a toll on your skin. And the last thing that you might want to do when you get home is a 10-step skincare routine. That’s why it’s a good idea to have an overnight cream or moisturizer on hand to make things easier. These creams basically do all the work while you catch some Z’s — providing hydration, targeting wrinkles, protecting your skin barrier, you name it. Whether your goal is to combat dryness or improve your skin texture, we’ve listed 13 night creams to add to your bedtime routine, all under $50.

  1. Thousands of Amazon reviewers swear by this Olay Retinol 24 Max Night Moisturizer, and it’s also one of Quinta Brunson’s skincare staples. Formulated with peptides, glycerin and retinoid complex, it minimizes wrinkles and lines while tightening your skin.
  1. This L’Oreal Paris Anti-Aging Midnight Cream makes reducing wrinkles incredibly easy thanks to ingredients like vitamin E and shea butter. It works to replenish your skin’s antioxidants, improve firmness and boost radiance.
  1. A cult-favorite for a reason, this CeraVe Skin Renewing Night Cream is infused with hyaluronic acid and ceramides to renew your skin barrier. Reviewers say this best-selling cream has slowed down their skin’s aging process, and over 80,000 people have purchased it within the past month alone.
  1. Full of skin-nourishing ingredients, including amino-peptide complex, glycerin and niacinamide, this Olay Regenerist Night Cream hydrates, exfoliates, minimizes fine lines and improves your skin’s elasticity.
  1. This Neutrogena Triple Air Repair Night Moisturizer is formulated with vitamin C, glycerin and lavender to calm your skin, target wrinkles and improve skin texture. It’s perfect for layering over your cleanser or toner.
  1. If you have sensitive skin, you need this dermatologist-tested La Roche-Posay Toleriane Ultra Night Moisturizer in your life. It’s free of oils, preservatives, parabens, fragrance and alcohols, and it’s formulated with kaolin, shea butter and other skin-soothing ingredients.
  1. Achieve a dewy, hydrated glow with this e.l.f. Skin Holy Hydration Night Cream. It has skin-nourishing ingredients like jojoba, aloe and shea butter that reduce puffiness and give you a more awake look.
  1. Crafted with sensitive skin in mind, this moisturizing and exfoliating Eucerin Q10 Anti-Wrinkle Night Cream is enriched with vitamin E, macadamia nut oil and pro-retinol to smooth over wrinkles and fine lines.
  1. Amazon reviewers in their 80s say that their skin feels so happy after using this Burt’s Bees Calming Night Cream. Infused with aloe and rice milk, it replenishes dry skin and helps soothe redness.
  1. This under-$7 Palmer’s Skin Success Fade Night Cream is so good that reviewers call it a game-changer for their skin. It works overtime to target dark spots, signs of aging, acne scars and wrinkles.
  1. Apply this Cetaphil Healthy Renew Night Cream on after your cleanser, serums and toner. It’s infused with vitamins B3 and B5, which help firm your skin and hydrate it for up to 48 hours.
  1. If you’re looking for a product that targets dull skin, corrects wrinkles and evens your skin texture, you can’t go wrong with this Aveeno Positively Radiant Night Cream. It has a silky smooth texture and is boosted with soy and niacinamide, which help reduce dark spots.
  1. Reviewers say this Eight Saints Up The Anti Night Cream makes them look 20 years younger. Perfect for all skin types, it’s filled with skin-loving ingredients like niacinamide and protein peptides that leave your skin feeling refreshed, plumped and hydrated.
Lauryn Jiles

Lauryn Jiles

Author McClatchy Commerce

Lauryn Jiles is a Content Commerce Assistant at McClatchy. She is based in South Carolina and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism. Lauryn has written for numerous brands and is well-versed in the fashion, beauty, health, and lifestyle verticals. She enjoys yoga, coffee, fashion museums, sushi, and traveling.

Abby Kass

Abby Kass

Editor McClatchy Commerce

Abby Kass is a Commerce Content Editor at McClatchy covering kids/babies, pets, beauty, and more. With more than seven years experience writing and editing shopping content, Abby has a strong understanding of how important commerce content really is and its important value to readers. She loves browsing online and finding innovative, unique, and just down-right cool products. Before McClatchy, Abby started her career working for Parents Magazine where she fell in love with writing about products. She then spent six years at BuzzFeed falling deeper into the shopping world writing more than 1,500 product roundups and reviews. She sees shopping as a sport and has worked hard at mastering it in order to help make people’s lives easier as they find cool and useful products.