Already making your shopping list of skin care items for this year? Well, if your concern is to keep yourself looking young — and whose isn’t? — this might be able to help. Below we will list the top anti-aging products and aids you can get this year, with some explanation on why we think they belong in the list and how exactly they can help.

You obviously do not need to get all of them: many even have much the same purpose or effect as another item on the list. Still, there are some little things that might make one of those better for you than another.

It is worth mentioning from the start that you should not bother with these if you are not willing to make a few other changes to your lifestyle, by the way. The skin tends to show problems with our health very quickly, which is why keeping yourself in good condition is really one of the most important anti-aging strategies to take.

If you need help with that, try visiting a dermatologist for some recommendations on lifestyle choices, or even investing in a program like the Ageless Body System, which describes to people the best way to eat so their skin looks and feels younger. Being in good health and steering clear of the things that age the skin will make any results you get with the below products even more dramatic.

Dior Capture Totale Multi-Perfection Cream

This cream is among the best at what it does – producing noticeably better skin tone, smoothness, brightness and overall texture in a relatively short period of time. In fact, it even produces results that others tend to see too, so you know you are getting your money’s worth with it.

This cream’s rejuvenating action is thanks to the Madagascar plant, Longoza, in its ingredients. This is said to be four times as effective as Vitamin C in improving skin health and repair.

Burt’s Bees Intense Hydration Eye Cream

Who says you have to spend a lot for a decent eye cream? Burt(‘s Bees) certainly never did, which is why this is among the best crow’s feet solutions for those operating on a budget but eager for quality. It contains a lot of glycerin and hyaluronic acid (both good things for those with a lot of fine lines around the eyes!) despite its affordability. It also has a nice lightness to its feel that most users will appreciate.

SkinCeuticals C E Ferulic

SkinCeuticals puts out a lot of great stuff for anti-aging. Its Retinol 1.0 is another example, but we chose this one instead because not everyone can take the Retinol 1.0 without suffering some irritation from its strength.

This, on the other hand, is safe for almost everyone. It does seem a little bit pricey until you realize how far a little of it goes. It works great on dry skin, can protect you against aging caused by the sun and promotes collagen growth. It also offers antioxidant protection.

This is basically a serum that has 15% pure L-ascorbic acid and 1% alpha tocopherol as well as ferulic acid in it. The Vitamins C and E in it are absorbed directly through the skin, so they cannot be washed off once absorption has been achieved.

La Roche-Posay Active C             

 This is a non-comedogenic cream for those with sensitive skin and it works wonders when it comes to smoothing out wrinkles and lines. Daily application of it has been shown to result in a reduction of wrinkles by up to 50% in clinical studies. This is because it stimulates the growth of new collagen fibers.

Aveeno Clear Complexion BB Cream

This moisturizing cream has a slight tint and goes on with a wonderfully silky and smooth feel. It contains some soy complex that can help you deal with troublesome spots. It can also give you clearer, brighter skin in as little as 5 weeks.

Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex II

This product has rather a mouthful of a name, but it is worth every bit of breath it requires for you to gasp it all out to the vendor. There used to be another (earlier) formulation of it, but this is the one to look for. It contains Estee Lauder’s ChronoluxCB, which actually stimulates skin renewal every night that you apply it. At the same time, the cream works moisture into your skin for added softness. Over 83% of testers for this product noted improvement in their skin after only 4 weeks.

Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair Eye Cream

This is a very well-known brand when it comes to skin care — in fact, most of us start out using products from it when we first get into skin care. It is probably little wonder that one of those products would show up in this list.

This Rapid Wrinkle Repair Eye Cream is among the best (and yet very affordable) things we discovered, making a difference for most of us in just a single week of sustained use. It contains Retinol SA, glucose complex and hyaluronic acid, which is all stuff that a high-quality eye cream should have. No wonder crow’s feet and dark circles tend to be minimized in its wake.

Masque Bar by Look Beauty Brightening Sheet Mask

Sheet masks are great tools if you are perennially dealing with dry skin and need a better way of locking in moisture, but they also happen to be a bit on the luxury side of the price scale for most people. Fortunately, this set comes at a fairly affordable rate and works beautifully to boot. It contains Vitamin C as well as licorice and glycerin, and the result of using it regularly is soft, bright skin.