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All Kiehl's Products

Promising hyperpigmentation
No.61
Kiehl's Clearly Corrective Brightening & Smoothing Moisture Treatment frosted glass jar on white background Brightening Multitasker
Kiehl's moisturizer

Clearly Corrective Brightening & Smoothing Moisture Treatment

A clever three-in-one brightening gel-cream that bundles a stable vitamin C derivative with glycolic and salicylic acid in a featherweight base, so one daily step handles tone and texture at once. Genuinely useful for normal-to-oily skin chasing clarity, but the added fragrance and denatured alcohol make it a poor pick for reactive skin, and patchy availability clouds its value.

normalcombination
4.3 (600)
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Good choice rough texture
No.62
Kiehl's Ultra Pure High-Potency 9.8% Glycolic Acid Serum 30 mL glass dropper bottle Seven-Ingredient Glycolic Shot
Kiehl's exfoliant

Ultra Pure High-Potency 9.8% Glycolic Acid Serum

Nearly ten percent glycolic acid, two humectants, an alcohol and a base, and not one thing to soften the blow: this is one of the strongest and most transparent at-home acids a luxury brand sells, and it smooths and brightens oily, resilient skin within a week exactly as advertised. It stings, it dries, it is not for sensitive or dry faces, and forty dollars for seven ingredients is a price only the label justifies.

oilycombination Fragrance Free
4.6 (400)
$40.00
Unproven aging
No.63
Kiehl's Age Defender Eye Repair Cream 0.5 fl oz jar Tinted Blur for Crow's Feet
Kiehl's eye cream

Age Defender Eye Repair Cream

A rich, faintly tinted, fragrance-free eye cream that brightens the under-eye on contact with mineral pigments, tightens the outer corners for an hour with rye and linseed films, and hydrates dry crow's feet properly with cocoa and shea butter. It looks like an anti-ageing product in the mirror and behaves like a good moisturizer with concealer built in; at forty dollars for half an ounce with no retinoid, that is the honest description.

drynormal Fragrance Free
4.1 (1.1k)
$40.00
Not yet assessed rough texture
No.64
Kiehl's Epidermal Re-Texturizing Micro-Dermabrasion 75 mL tube Clinic Crystals in a Tube
Kiehl's exfoliant

Epidermal Re-Texturizing Micro-Dermabrasion

Clinic alumina crystals in a fragrance-free shea cream, with a two-minute ceiling that tells you the brand knows what it has bottled. Under light pressure it polishes better and more evenly than any seed scrub and leaves skin visibly brighter; under heavy pressure it is sandpaper. A well-made relic of the microdermabrasion decade, expensive for its size, and outperformed on safety by the acids that replaced the category.

normalcombination Fragrance Free
4.8 (2.0k)
$49.00
Supporting role aging
No.65
Kiehl's Super Multi-Corrective Soft Cream purple 50 mL jar Anti-Ageing Gel for Oily Skin
Kiehl's moisturizer

Super Multi-Corrective Soft Cream

A rare thing at the luxury counter: an anti-ageing cream built for oily and combination skin rather than adapted to it, with Proxylane third and niacinamide fourth in a cool, alcohol-and-silicone gel that sets matte under makeup. The actives are real and the twelve-week claims are plausible in degree; the alcohol that makes the texture work will dry out anyone whose skin is not oily. Seventy-six dollars is a lot, and the richer sibling exists for everyone else.

combinationoily
4.5 (1.8k)
$76.00
Promising hyperpigmentation
No.66
Kiehl's Clearly Corrective Dark Spot Correcting Serum bottle with pump dispenser Dark Spot Corrector Workhorse
Kiehl's serum

Clearly Corrective Dark Spot Correcting Serum

A clinically backed brightening serum that takes a smart multi-pathway approach to dark spots — stable vitamin C plus L'Oréal's Proxylane for skin densification. Not the gentlest option due to alcohol and lavender oil, but the 12-week clinical data on 104 subjects speaks for itself.

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4.3 (3.5k)
$65.00
Supporting role aging
No.67
Kiehl's Super Multi-Corrective Anti-Aging Cream in a white jar with the signature Kiehl's label Apothecary Anti-Aging Staple
Kiehl's moisturizer

Super Multi-Corrective Anti-Aging Cream

A genuinely effective multi-tasking anti-aging cream with strong clinical backing behind its Pro-Xylane core, but the fragrant essential oil blend is an unnecessary compromise for a product at this price point. Best suited for non-sensitive skin types looking for a single cream that addresses wrinkles, tone, and texture simultaneously.

drynormal
4.1 (1.9k)
$76.00
Avoid dryness
No.68
Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Eye cream jar on white background Overnight Eye Nourisher
Kiehl's eye cream

Midnight Recovery Eye

A rich, nourishing overnight eye cream that delivers the signature Midnight Recovery ritual to the eye area, with butcher's broom for puffiness and adenosine for fine lines. It genuinely hydrates and leaves eyes looking more rested by morning, but the essential oils and denatured alcohol so close to the eyes, plus $48 for half an ounce, make it a hard sell for sensitive skin or tight budgets.

normaldry
4.4 (2.0k)
$48.00
Good choice dryness
No.69
Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Omega-Rich Botanical Night Cream jar on white background Barrier-Replenishing Night Cream
Kiehl's moisturizer

Midnight Recovery Omega-Rich Botanical Night Cream

A genuinely nourishing barrier-replenishing night cream that delivers the Midnight Recovery ritual in a surprisingly airy, cloud-like texture, powered by omega oils, shea, squalane, and a touch of adenosine. Skin feels plump and comforted by morning, but the heavy essential-oil load rules out sensitive skin, and $62 is a steep ask for the experience.

drynormal
4.4 (2.2k)
$62.00
Supporting role excess oiliness
No.70
Kiehl's Ultra Facial Oil-Free Cleanser tube on white background Oily-Skin Foaming Wash
Kiehl's cleanser

Ultra Facial Oil-Free Cleanser

A no-nonsense, fragrance-free foaming cleanser that genuinely cuts oil and leaves oily skin feeling deeply clean and matte, thanks to a classic high-foam soap base with a touch of kaolin and salicylic acid. It does exactly what it sets out to do. But it's a fairly basic, slightly stripping formula that's wrong for dry or sensitive skin and priced above comparable foaming washes.

oilycombination Fragrance Free
4.4 (2.0k)
$26.00
Not yet assessed rough texture
No.71
Kiehl's Facial Fuel Energizing Scrub for Men navy 100 mL tube Old-School Pre-Shave Grit
Kiehl's exfoliant

Facial Fuel Energizing Scrub for Men

A twenty-year-old soap-based scrub with two hard abrasives, menthol, fragrance and citrus, sold on caffeine it cannot deliver: bracing and effective as a pre-shave for thick, oily skin, and too harsh for nearly everyone else. Its loyal reviews are real and so are the reports of stinging and tightness. Dermatology moved on from this formula type; Kiehl's kept it because its customers asked, and the price reflects the name.

oily
4.7 (2.5k)
$28.00
Unproven aging
No.72
Kiehl's Age Defender Power Serum 2.5 fl oz pump bottle Big-Bottle Men's Firming Serum
Kiehl's serum

Age Defender Power Serum

A light, fast-drying, woody-scented men's serum whose immediate tightness comes from protein films and caffeine and whose only active with real research lineage, L'Oréal's Pro-Xylane, sits behind the fragrance at an undisclosed dose. It hydrates well, feels firmer for a few hours and comes in a generous bottle; at sixty-two dollars with alcohol fourth on the list and no retinoid, it is a pleasant serum with a modest ceiling.

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4.4 (449)
$62.00
Supporting role aging
No.73
Kiehl's Age Defender Moisturizer in white jar with apothecary-style label Men's Anti-Aging Essential
Kiehl's moisturizer

Age Defender Moisturizer

A thoughtfully formulated men's anti-aging moisturizer that combines LHA exfoliation with caffeine and adenosine firming in a single-step product. The dual-action approach genuinely addresses how men's skin ages differently, though the alcohol denat. and fragrance limit its appeal for sensitive skin.

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4.0 (900)
$49.00
Promising hyperpigmentation
No.74
Kiehl's Clearly Corrective Dark Spot Solution in 1.7 fl oz dropper bottle Kiehl's Iconic Brightening Serum
Kiehl's treatment

Clearly Corrective Dark Spot Solution

A long-running, genuinely multi-mechanism brightening serum — vitamin C derivative, salicylic acid, adenosine, peony, and Pro-Xylane — that does fade dark spots over four to six weeks. But the formula has not aged gracefully: denatured alcohol high on the list, lavender oil, and linalool sit awkwardly against the apothecary positioning, and $67 buys a serum that feels a generation behind its own price.

normalcombination
4.3 (12.0k)
$67.00
Promising aging
No.75
Kiehl's 1cc CollaShot Plump Serum red 30 mL pump bottle Procedure-Coded Firming Serum
Kiehl's serum

1cc CollaShot Plumping Serum

A well-made L'Oréal firming serum in a clinic costume: rhamnose, Proxylane and niacinamide do the real work, the fermentation-made collagen fragments supply the headline, and the 1cc is a dose, not a syringe. Skin looks plumper and more hydrated within weeks and may firm modestly over months, at a price that is fair for the category and a fragrance load that rules out reactive faces. Honest about being next to a procedure, not instead of one.

normaldry
4.7 (1.1k)
$55.00
Avoid dehydration
No.76
Kiehl's Vital Skin-Strengthening Hyaluronic Acid Super Serum in a white pump bottle with the brand's classic apothecary-style label Prestige Hydration Powerhouse
Kiehl's serum

Vital Skin-Strengthening Hyaluronic Acid Super Serum

A sophisticated HA serum that differentiates itself through micro-sized acetylated hyaluronic acid and an adaptogenic herbal complex, delivering genuine hydration and texture improvement. The essential oil load and alcohol content create an unnecessary barrier for sensitive skin, and the $95 price demands justification that the formula mostly — but not entirely — delivers.

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4.3 (1.2k)
$95.00
Full protection aging
No.77
Kiehl's Super Multi-Corrective Cream SPF 30 jar on white background Two-in-One Day Cream
Kiehl's spf moisturizer

Super Multi-Corrective Cream SPF 30

A convenient anti-aging day cream that bundles the Super Multi-Corrective line's Pro-Xylane firming story with broad-spectrum SPF 30 and solid hydration in one morning step. It's pleasant and effective enough for normal-to-dry skin that wants simplicity. But the steep price, prominent jasmine fragrance, and merely adequate SPF level make it hard to wholeheartedly recommend over splitting the job in two.

normalcombination
4.2 (500)
$98.00