These Body Toners Can Help Tighten and Firm The Skin Below Your Chin

Best Overall

First Aid Beauty Sculpting Body Lotion

4.4

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This new product hasn’t been around for long but we’re already hooked. The stars of the show are a peptide and caffeine, two ingredients that New York City dermatologist Dr. Debra Jaliman says are some of the best to seek out in a toning product. Glycerin delivers lightweight hydration (the formula absorbs lightning-fast), and like all of the products from the brand, the formula is safe for even sensitive skin. 

Price at time of publish: $34

Key Ingredients: Dermapeptide, Caffeine, Glycerin | Skin Type: Dry, Normal, Combination, Oily | Benefits: Reduces puffiness and hydrates | Size: 6 ounces | Cruelty-Free: Yes

Best Overall, Runner Up

Revision Skincare BodiFirm

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“This is one of my favorite body tightening creams because it has iFirm technology with peptides and antioxidants to stimulate collagen and elastin,” says Dr. Michele J. Farber, a board-certified dermatologist at Schweiger Dermatology Group in Philadelphia, PA. “It also has potent hydrators such as glycerin and glucosamine to promote cell turnover for smoother skin,” she adds. FYI, it’s specially made for use on the arms, legs, abs, and butt, and you’ll see the best results if you use it twice daily.

Price at time of publish: $270

Key Ingredients: IFirm technology, caffeine, glucosamine | Size: 3.8 ounces | Skin Type: All | Benefits: Firms, tightens, lifts | Cruelty-Free: Yes

Best Drugstore

Jergens Natural Glow Firming Moisturizer

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True story: A faux tan is one of the easiest ways to quickly help camouflage any blemishes or lumps and bumps. That’s why we appreciate that this pick is not only a great moisturizer, with actives such as collagen and elastin that help to tighten and firm, but also delivers a gradual dose of natural, sun-kissed color that slowly develops after every use. 

Price at time of publish: $12

Key Ingredients: Collagen, elastin, polymers | Size: 7.5 ounces | Skin Type: Normal | Benefits: Helps reduces cellulite in seven days and boosts moisturization | Cruelty-Free: Yes

Best Moisturizer

StriVectin Advanced Retinol Intensive Moisturizer

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“This moisturizer is on the more expensive side, but it is loaded with great ingredients,” says Jaliman of one of her recommendations. “Some of these ingredients include olive oil, lactic acid, shea butter, aloe, hyaluronic acid, panthenol, and resveratrol,” she says. And, of course, there’s the namesake ingredient, another one of the best ones to look for in a body toner: “Retinol makes the skin thicker and cellulite less noticeable, and firms the skin in general,” she explains. FYI, this is a face formula, but it can be used on the body, too.

Price at time of publish: $119

Key Ingredients: Retinol, Shea Butter, Glycerin | Size: 1.1 ounces | Skin Type: Aging | Benefits: Minimizes fine wrinkles and deeply nourishes | Cruelty-Free: Yes

Best Scrub

SheaMoisture Virgin Coconut Oil Ground Coffee Scrub

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You can’t necessarily exfoliate your way to firmer, more toned skin—but it is a great way to help smooth the surface and make it look better, this formula in particular. “The ground coffee not only exfoliates, [but] it also contains caffeine which helps with dimpling and improves the suppleness of the skin,” says Jaliman. “It also has coconut oil, which is extremely hydrating.”

Key Ingredients: Coffee Seed Powder, Coconut Oil | Size: 12 ounces | Skin Type: Dry | Benefits: Helps with dimpling | Cruelty-Free: Yes

Best for Stomach

Bio-Oil Multiuse Skincare Oil

4.8

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Bio-Oil's skincare oil is somewhat of a classic, a good pick that not only helps hydrate but also helps to reduce the look of scars, too. But it’s perhaps most beloved for helping to minimize the appearance of stretch marks; credit vitamin A, which helps promote new collagen production and boosts skin elasticity, plus hydrating vitamin E, and various plant-based oils. FYI, there’s also a new, totally natural variant of the same beloved formula now available.

Price at time of publish: $36

Key Ingredients: Mineral Oil, Retinyl Palmitate | Size: 4.2 ounces | Skin Type: All | Benefits: Smooths uneven skin tones and is anti-inflammatory | Cruelty-Free: No

Best for Thighs

Comfort Zone Body Strategist Attack Serum

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Caffeine, carnitine, and pink pepper extract in this formula claim to help firm up skin and smooth out dimples on your thighs and derriere. (Though it can be used anywhere on the body.) The targeted tip makes it easy to dispense the best amount. It also absorbs faster than any firming lotion we’ve ever tried. The light, refreshing scent is the icing on the cake.

Price at time of publish: $61

Key Ingredients: Shea Butter, Caffeine, Carnitine, Pink Pepper Extract | Size: 5 ounces | Skin Type: All | Benefits: Gives a remodeled look to cellulite | Cruelty-Free: Yes

Best for Neck

Techno Neck Perfecting Cream

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Theoretically, you could use any of your face creams to also help keep the skin on your neck firm and tight, but, if you’re looking for a dedicated neck cream, consider this one. “It’s a fabulous option for both the neck and décolleté as it helps support nitric oxide availability,” says Farber, who is a fan.  (Nitric oxide is a molecule naturally produced by the body, which has been shown to impact signs of aging.) “It also has peptides to stimulate collagen, and ingredients that help support the skin barrier, such as essential fatty acids and squalane.” 

Price at time of publish: $145

Key Ingredients: Patented NOw complex, Peptides, Squalane | Size: 1.7 ounces | Skin Type: All | Benefits: Improves appearance of crepiness, laxity, and texture; hydrates| Cruelty-Free: Yes

Best Clean Formula

MUTHA Body Contour Serum

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Team Byrdie loves pretty much anything and everything this brand has to offer, this toning serum included. It touts ingredients that help hydrate and exfoliate the surface of the skin, as well as proprietary M-Tight technology, a combo of ingredients that activate micro-circulation to help combat water retention and generally make skin appear firmer and smoother. Still, there are no questionable ingredients in that combo, just things such as caffeine, cinnamon bark extract, and baobab seed oil; the entire formula is made with 97% ingredients derived from natural origin. FYI, it’s best used once daily, in the morning.

Price at time of publish: $95

Key Ingredients: Caffeine, coffee seed extract, baobab seed oil, ceramides | Size: 3.4 ounces | Skin Type: All | Benefits: Activates micro-circulation in body to help combat water retention and give firmer, smoother appearance | Cruelty-Free: Yes

Best Gel

Nivea Skin Firming & Toning Gel Cream

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This gel-cream has been around for quite a while—and for good reason. It contains ingredients such as Q10 and L-carnitine. (We’ve been using it on our lower half for years.) The gel texture absorbs super quickly and feels so lovely that you’ll want to slather this on with reckless abandon. To that point, the very wallet-friendly price tag doesn’t hurt.

Price at time of publish: $15

Key Ingredients: L-carnitine, Q10 | Size: 6.7 ounces | Skin Type: Normal | Benefits: Improves the skin’s firmness in as little as 2 weeks with regular use | Cruelty-Free: No