Luxurious Body Creams for Every Budget

With so many divine new body creams - at every price - your skin will be silky soft under all those layers of cashmere.

Jan 29, 2008

jars of nivea renewal night creme and elemis pro collagen body cream

Gisel Florez

With so many divine new body creams - at every price - your skin will be silky soft under all those layers of cashmere.

Gisel Florez

Best for Anti-Aging

Splurge: $175, Elemis Pro-Collagen Radiantly Smooth Body Cream. While you sleep, this velvety veil helps repair environmental damage with antioxidant bilberry seed.
Steal: $8.99, Nivea Renewal Night Creme for Body. Go to bed slathered in this vitamin-packed potion and wake up with soft, glowing skin.

jars of neutrogena butter body cream and lisa hoffman spa bath body creme

Gisel Florez

Best for Hydration

Splurge: $50, Lisa Hoffman Spa Bath Body Crème. Soak up the riches of the rain forest with Amazonian cupuacu butter.
Steal: $8.10, Neutrogena Comforting Butter Body Cream. This formula triples up on creamy butters: cocoa, mango, and shea.

jars of chanel firming body cream and burts bees cocoa butter cream

Gisel Florez

Best for Firming

Splurge: $75, Chanel Précision Body Excellence Firming and Rejuvenating Cream. Indonesian purple bengle root firms slack skin — so you can save on the personal trainer.
Steal: $13, Burt's Bees Rich and Repairing Body Butter. Skin gets to have it both ways: mega moisture via cocoa butter and macadamia-nut oil, and firming up — thanks to the retinols.

jars of aveeno moisturizing cream and lierac body creme

Gisel Florez

Best for Smoothing

Splurge: $36, Lierac Paris Hydrofilia Super Rich Body Cream. Straight from the French pharmacy, this delicately perfumed cream exfoliates and moisturizes.
Steal: $9.99, Aveeno Skin Relief Moisturizing Cream. Delicious-feeling, nongreasy shea butter and natural oatmeal soothe skin — no, it doesn't double as a breakfast cereal.