calming creams

Sephora customers often prefer the following products when searching for calming creams.

If you're looking for a new way to soothe your skin, consider trying one of these calming creams. They're all-natural, easy to use, and can help reduce stress and anxiety. Here are some of our favorites.

Dr. Jart+Cicapair Color Correcting Treatment SPF 30

ITEM: 2580819

Size: 1.7 oz/ 50 mL

5.4K Reviews

$73.00

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I am so happy with this product! I love that it calms and covers the redness on my face. I'm SO happy I tried it!!...I have very ruddy skin. This really calms down the redness.

What it is: A bestselling green-to-beige SPF cream that rapidly neutralizes visible redness, evens the appearance of skin tone, and has a natural-looking finish.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Dryness and Redness

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Mineral Sunscreen (Zinc Oxide and Titanium Dioxide): Forms a protective barrier that reflects UV rays, shielding skin from sun damage.

What Else You Need to Know: For centuries, tigers in the Asian wetlands have rolled around in Centella asiatica (AKA tiger grass or cica) to help heal their wounds. Taking inspiration from the tigers, this K-Beauty fave utilizes visibly reparative tiger grass to soothe, calm, and moisturize skin.

$105.00

Hydrating and calming...I tried out the Kate Somerville DeliKate serum and cream combination. The cream was a pudding like consistency and was buttery smooth. ...Great calming cream...It’s a lightweight, but in the same time extremely nourishing and hydrating. After applying the cream, my skin feels very soft and comfortable. It smells good, calms my irritated skin and reduces redness.

What it is: A calming cream designed to soothe skin, relieve tightness, and reduce the appearance of redness while supporting skin’s protective barrier.

Skin Type: Normal and Dry

Skincare Concerns: Redness and Dryness

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Peptide Complex and Ceramides: Relieve the look of redness and irritation while working to support skin’s protective barrier.
- Ginger Root Extract: Helps reduce the appearance of redness.
- Tasmannia Lanceolata Fruit Extract: Works to calm skin.

CLINIQUERedness Solutions with Probiotic Technology Daily Relief Cream

Size: 1.7 oz/ 50 mL·ITEM: 1066729

593 Reviews

$87.50

Calming...This cream calms instantly. I love the coverage and it is not too greasy. ...Soothing cream...I love using this product. It feels so calming and moisturizing without feeling greasy. It really helps to calm my rosacea.

What it is: An extra-gentle, oil-free moisturizing cream that instantly calms skin with visible redness—even skin with rosacea.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Redness

Formulation: Cream

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Probiotic (Lactobacillus): Helps strengthen skin’s natural barrier and restore balance to its microbiome, visibly calming irritation.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, phthalates, and mineral oil.

$38.00

You can’t go wrong with this, it fixed everything! The best night cream best calming cream...Calms and soothes my skin overnight.

What it is: A fragrance-free cream endorsed by the National Eczema Association that calms redness and strengthens the skin barrier for a hydrated glow.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, and Combination

Skincare Concerns: Dryness, Uneven Texture, and Redness

Formulation: Cream

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Japanese Indigo Extract: Visibly soothes irritated skin with skin-calming properties.
- Biomimetic Ceramide Blend: Replenishes lipids to hydrate and diminish the look of fine lines and wrinkles.
- Mondo Grass Root: Balances the microbiome to help skin perform at its optimal level.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Formulated without fragranc

$103.00

I am so grateful for this cream!...Better than prescription creams!...I would absolutely recommend this cream!

What it is: A clean, cutting-edge formula with 1.0% vegan retinol and superfood-rich ingredients to diminish the look of fine lines, wrinkles, and sun damage.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Dark Spots, Fine Lines and Wrinkles, and Dullness

Formulation: Cream

Highlighted Ingredients:
- 1.0% Retinol: Improves the look and feel of uneven skin tone and texture while warding off damage.
- Triple-Peptide Blend: Helps visibly firm and strengthen, boosting the age-fighting benefits of retinol.
- Vitamin F: Fatty acids work to improve the look of texture and suppleness and help calm skin.

$44.00

I really like that it keeps my skin hydrated and soft. I also like that it calms my skin too. This cleanser is able to remove my SPF and makeup. ...the texture is so creamy and luxe—it’s like a soft, cushiony cream that glides on super smoothly, and it feels really calming on my skin. it doesn’t foam up too much, but it still gives me that clean feeling without any of that tight, dry sensation i usually get with some cleansers. after washing, my skin feels super hydrated, not stripped at all. like, it's clean but still soft and nourished, which is a huge win. i’ve got sensitive skin, so a lot of cleansers leave me feeling a bit raw, but this one leaves me feeling fresh and calm, not irritated at all. it also does a great job of removing all my makeup and SPF—i wear a lot of both, and this just melts it all away, no harsh rubbing required. i’ve been using this every day, and it’s definitely helping to keep my skin feeling balanced and hydrated, especially during the colder months when my skin can get a little dry. my skin feels way more nourished, and it’s been looking pretty smooth and healthy. love that it has ingredients like moringa and aloe to calm and protect my skin barrier, too. if you're looking for something gentle but effective, this is it!

What it is: A gentle, creamy, hydrating cleanser that nourishes and soothes while washing away makeup and buildup to leave dry skin comforted with moisture.


Skin Type: Normal and Dry


Skincare Concerns: Dryness, Redness, and Dullness


Formulation: Cream


Highlighted Ingredients:
- Moringa: Is packed with antioxidants that gently cleanse, soften, and hydrate.

- Upcycled Apple and Oats: Lock in moisture to soothe and nourish skin.

- Vitamin F: Supports your skin barrier with essential fatty acids.


Ingredient Callouts: This product is cruelty-free

$80.00

The fragrance is amazing like it has a calming scent that always puts a smile on my face. ...I have extremely frizzy and dry hair and this product helped to calm my frizz immensely. A little bit goes a long way so this bottle will last me quite a while.

What it is: An intensely nourishing hair cream to hydrate, protect, de-frizz, and smooth very dry, thick hair.

Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Texture: Medium and Thick

Hair Concerns:
- Damage, Split Ends, and Breakage
- Dryness
- Heat Protection

Key Benefits:
- Nourishes and hydrates to protect hair against dryness
- Softens and smooths to reduce frizz and enhance shine
- Protects against heat up to 450°F and UV-induced damage

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Japanese Red Camellia Oil: One of the most rapidly absorbed oils, rich in antioxidants, essential lipids, and vitamins A, C, and E to nourish, hydrate, and enhance shine.

What Else You Need to Kno

$38.00

curl calming...This product calms my curls instead of defining them, so that was kind of a bummer but i still do love how my hair turns out with no frizz !...I have never found a styling cream that adds so much volume to my hair when it came to styling creams.

What it is: A vegan, curl-defining cream that enhances curly hair, defends against frizz, and provides soft hold without leaving curls feeling crunchy or hard.

Hair Type: FIne, Medium, and Thick

Hair Texture: Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Concerns:
- Curl-Enhancing
- Frizz
- Dryness

$27.00

This hydrating and mattifying oil free gel cream is perfect. I have newly been introduced to gel cream and I absolutely love it. ...This product really hydrated the skin and I really liked because this product calmed my sensitive skin after dermaplening. This product calming and hydrated at the same time.

What it is: A hydrating oil-free gel cream that fights the look of shine, blackheads, and uneven skin texture.


Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily


Formulation: Cream


Highlighted Ingredients:
- Succinic Acid: Mattifies and absorbs excess sebum.

- Polyglutamic Acid: Hydrates skin.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan, gluten-free, cruelty

$49.00

Calms and Smoothes Grays...It does make my hair soft though, and calms frizzies when I don't want to blow dry.

What it is: A conditioning styling cream that gives separation, subtle hold, and a smooth, satin finish whether air-dried or blow-dried.

Hair Texture: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Type: Fine and Medium

Hair Concerns:
- Dryness
- Shine

Key Benefits:
- Hydrates
- Hold
- Smooth, Satin Finish

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Sunflower Seed Oil: Promotes sheen.
- Avocado Oil and Sweet Almond Oil: Moisturize.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, phthalates, and mineral oil. It is also cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This cream is formulated with jojoba seed, sweet almond, avocado, safflower, and soy oils that add sheen and mo

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“It hides rosacea and redness which I really like, and it seems to last all day”
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“Keeps my skin looking healthy. I was looking for a day cream with spf and this one is the best so far”

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