A shortlist of necessities.

1.Clarins, One-Step Gentle Exfoliating Cleanser with Orange Extract

This all-in-one exfoliating facial cleanser will gently polish away makeup, impurities and dead surface skin cells in a single step—revealing clean, polished skin beneath. With the orange extract aiming to soften, refresh and renew radiance, the moringa seed extract purifies and refines while preserving the skin’s natural moisture equilibrium.

2.Laura Mercier, Almond Coconut Milk Hand Crème

Few things compare to the indulgent luxuries of Laura Mercier’s Almond Coconut Milk Hand Crème (save for her Fresh Fig Soufflé Body Crème) and with the laborious 30-second hand washing, and liberal applications of Purell, our skin thirsts for a salve. Supple by properties of aloe, sunflower, grape and jojoba seed oils, it’s silk to touch and intoxicating to smell – necessity in its most pure form.

3. Sisley, Self-Tanning Hydrating Body Skin Care

As the Spring Sun teases through the other side of our windows, find solace in bronzed, hydrates skin. Buttery in the best way, it melts evenly and spreads with ease leaving behind lasting, natural looking color. Nourished by hydrating plant extracts and results in a snappy two hours, it’s a foray on beachside lounge chairs everywhere.

4. Chanel, Le Left Eye Revitalizer

Scaling the heights of the skin care market, and the gloss of all it promises, Chanel’s Le Left Eye Revitalizer patches are without rival. Lose sleep over the unknown or amortize those long unfulfilled hours, regardless rest will become you. Product includes a Chanel-exclusive dicaffeoylquinic acid and ten sets of two hydrogel patches to be used in succession or as needed.

5. La Mer, The Renewal Oil

The efficacy of the La Mer Miracle Broth is visible, nearly palpable with one pipette released of Renewal Oil. Skin becomes potent with nourishment, and drunk to the touch as a cachet of Miracle Oils flood pores, outsmarting dehydration with ease. Alleviate the languor of the quarantine, the do-nothingness of social distancing and revel in pampering – luxury in the extreme.

6. Dr. Sturm, Hyaluronic Serum

Fundamental at its core, Dr. Barbara Sturm billed the serum ‘the white t-shirt’ of her namesake skincare line. A potent composition of hyaluronic acid and purslane hydrate beyond the surface level, unveiling that difficult-to-attain endlessly-sought-after flush of faultless skin. Hesitant? Dr. Sturm estheticians are offering virtual consultations in light of the COVID-19 shutdown of their spa.