In-Shower Moisturizers: Make Your Skin Glow & Your Routine Even Easier

Who has the time to lotion up after a shower? We certainly don’t. The beauty industry has thought up a solution to this universal problem: body lotions and moisturizers you can use while you’re in the shower. 

Putting on lotion or oil right after you go through the trouble of drying yourself can be a sensory nightmare. Once I’m dry, that’s how I’d like to stay! I don’t want to lather my body up in a different substance when I literally just did that. Not to mention how so many of those products don’t absorb onto the skin easily, and leave you with a sticky residue. No, thanks!  

Now, you can do your moisturizing body routine while you’re still in the shower. In fact, experts agree that the skin absorbs moisture better when it’s still damp. That makes it the best time to put on your lotion, so you’re not left with any residue. 

There’s an array of in-shower moisturizers on the market—from drugstore classics like Nivea to TikTok-viral brands like Cyklar. Whether it’s oils that you can leave as is or thick creams you need to rinse off, keep scrolling to shop our picks for the best in-shower hydrating products. 

Meant to be used after cleansing and before drying, this Cyklar moisturizer is an oil-balm hybrid that promises to melt on your wet skin to lock in moisture. 

This iconic drugstore brand offers an affordable almond oil in-shower lotion that activates with water to deliver moisture that’ll leave you soft without any sticky feeling. 

This intensive moisturizing treatment promises to leave your skin soothed, repaired, and hydrated with its water-activated formula of jojoba, shea butter, and coconut oil.

For sensitive, itchy, and extra dry skin, the Curél Hydra Therapy In-Shower Lotion is the perfect option for you. It features a fragrance-free formula that includes the brand’s signature ceramide complex. 

Another drugstore favorite, Jergen’s Wet Skin Body Moisturizer promises long-lasting hydration that’ll leave your skin soft and free of residue. 

This shower cream might as well be a lotion. Luckily, it does it all with its moisturizing formula; it’ll leave your skin soft, cleansed, and smelling like luxury. 

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