8 Fast-Acting Products That Will Prepare Your Skin For Spring

Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Hue Drops Sun Glow ($35)

No-makeup makeup days are made better by the Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Hue Drops Sun Glow. Upon application, the buildable tinted serum instantly adds a natural radiance to skin, leaving behind a warm, bronzed glow. Bonus: it uses the same effective ingredients as the original Watermelon Dew Drops Serum, including niacinamide to visibly reduce hyperpigmentation and hyaluronic acid with watermelon to hydrate and soothe skin.

Caudalie Vinoperfect Brightening Dark Spot Serum Vitamin C Alternative ($82)

Inspired by an old French tradition of rubbing grapevine sap on the skin, the new Caudalie Vinoperfect Brightening Dark Spot Serum Vitamin C Alternative uses a patented natural extract derived from vine sap (Viniferine) to help diminish and prevent the appearance of dark spots. Alongside this effective alternative to vitamin C, olive squalane helps deliver moisture to the skin, quickly boosting radiance.

Youth To The People Superfood Skin Drip Smooth + Glow Barrier Serum with Kale + Niacinamide ($39)

Like a wilted flower, your skin needs to be replenished with hydration. That's where this serum comes in. With hyaluronic acid, ceramides, postbiotic ferment, kale extract, and cold-pressed broccoli seed oil, the skin barrier is rejuvenated with deep hydration, which promotes a healthy glow. It can infuse up to 10 layers of skin with these vitamin-rich ingredients, making it both effective alone and underneath makeup as a smoothing primer.

The Inkey List Succinic Acid Acne Treatment ($14)

In the days of yore (i.e., when really harsh acne treatments were standard), the toll for a blemish-free complexion was your moisture barrier: a dry patch in exchange for a pimple. Since then, more gentle ingredients, like succinic acid, have been popularized. The Inkey List Succinic Acid Acne Treatment uses succinic acid, sulfur powder, and salicylic acid to quickly target active blemishes with gentle exfoliation, helping to clear out clogged pores and visibly shrink acne in as little as four hours.

Dr. Dennis Gross 2% BHA+ Breakout Solution ($38)

If an ingredient could win a lifetime achievement award for fighting breakouts, salicylic acid would take the gold, but when you need to address more than one type of breakout quickly, it's best to find a product that combines more than one powerful exfoliating ingredient, like the Dr. Dennis Gross 2% BHA+ Breakout Solution. Five different acids — salicylic, azelaic, phytic, pyruvic, and lactic — work together to visibly refine pores, relieve congestion, and calm irritation, so pimples can disappear sooner rather than later. The four-week rule applies here, but according to Dr. Dennis Gross, an overall improvement in your complexion can be noticeable after one week.

Skinfix Barrier+ Strengthening and Moisturizing Triple Lipid-Peptide Refillable Cream ($54)

As far as rich moisturizers go, Skinfix could host a masterclass — and its latest addition to the barrier-strengthening family is no exception. Fueled by the brand's patented barrier lipid complex, nutripeptide blend, and glycerin, the Skinfix Barrier+ Strengthening and Moisturizing Triple Lipid-Peptide Refillable Cream replenishes skin's natural lipids to rehab your damaged barrier. Usually, it can take up to a few weeks to fully repair it, but with this cream in your regimen, you should start seeing improved hydration and visibly plump skin after one week.

Laneige Bouncy + Firm Radiance Boosting Sleeping Mask ($36)

Skin permeability is higher in the evening, making it the optimal time to use potent masks and moisturizers. Most masks are meant to be worn for a few minutes, at most, but the new Laneige Sleeping Mask does as it says: works while you sleep. In addition to a revitalizing peony and collagen blend with peptides, hyaluronic acid and green tea probiotic lysate work to infuse skin with hydration overnight. The result: visibly plump, radiant skin by morning.

Summer Fridays Jet Lag Overnight Eye Serum ($48)

Longtime lovers of the original Jet Lag Mask + Moisturizer will be eager to test out its baby sister: the Jet Lag Eye Serum. Typically, it can take a full year until you notice an improvement in your fine lines, but this serum, powered by a gentle retinoid blend, can show a significant difference after two weeks of use. Better still, this nighttime formula is supported by barrier-supporting ceramides and glycerin, which can improve hydration within 24 hours.