12 Of The Best Hydrating Facial Mists

Stay cool and nourish your skin all at once with our tried-and-tested facial mist recommendations.

If you’re hoping to beat the heat this summer, keeping a quenching facial spritz to hand can be a real skin saviour. Clever new formulas don’t just hydrate but treat the skin too, softening wrinkles, tightening pores and delivering antioxidants and probiotics. Here are some tips on how to add a facial mist to your summer skincare routine, plus twelve of our favourites to try.

5 Face Mist Tips

- Keep your mist in the fridge for maximum cooling effect.

- Spritz regularly during the day to refresh make-up and stop it looking dull.

- Look for mists with added skincare benefits, such as hyaluronic acid for extra hydration and probiotics to feed the skin’s microbiome.

- Apply your mist after cleansing and before your facial oils to lock in extra moisture.

- If you suffer from redness or hot flushes, a facial spritz is great for calming skin without blocking pores.

12 Facial Mists To Try

Caudalie
Beauty Elixir, £34

Enriched with botanical extracts to combat dullness, Caudalie’s mist also works to refine skin tone.

Avene
Thermal Spring Water, £15.50

Fragrance-free, try this soothing mist for red, irritated skin.

Tatcha
Luminous Dewy Skin Mist, £48

A silky, spray-on moisturiser with 20 per cent botanical oils and enriched with hyaluronic acid.

Byoma
Balancing Face Mist, £10.79

Byoma’s mist features added probiotics to strengthen the skin’s natural barrier.

Clarins
Re-fresh, Hydrating Beauty Mist, £18.50

A detoxifying and hydrating mist with nourishing organic coconut water.

Neal’s Yard
Reviving White Tea Facial Mist, £15.50

Certified organic with antioxidant-rich white tea and soothing calendula.

Rare Beauty
Always and Optimist 4-in-1 Mist, £26

Great for prepping skin before make-up, with a botanical blend of white waterlily, gardenia and lotus.

Bloom & Blossom
Get Drenched, £29

Get Drenched contains Gotu Kola to stimulate collagen production, horsetail leaf to minimise pores and aloe vera to hydrate.

Beauty Pie
Juju Daily Rehydration Mist, £12.50 (member price)

An antioxidant-rich spritz with Jeju Yoshino Blossom, bamboo grass and koyomaki to reduce visible signs of ageing.

Allies of Skin
Molecular Saviour Probiotics Treatment Mist, £57

A nutrient rich blend of niacinamide, fruit extracts and probiotics to counter daily environmental stressors and rebalance the skin’s microbiome.

Pai
Century Flower Barrier Defence Mist, £39

Formulated for sensitive, red-prone skin, Pai’s Defence Mist has been clinically proven to strengthen the skin’s barrier function and replenish moisture.

Coraline Skincare
Botanical Balance Calming Facial Tonic, £20

Great for relieving dry, itchy skin with soothing lavender de Provence and Damask rose. One hundred per cent organic and naturally derived, it’s great for cooling kids, too.

By Lydia Mansi
June 2023