When a quick once-over with a flannel won’t cut it anymore and the odd pimple is starting to make an appearance (pun intended), it’s a clear sign skin needs a little extra care. A simple, fuss-free routine – built around gentle products designed specifically for young, changing skin -can help keep early breakouts at bay while supporting the skin barrier.
With interest in skincare from teens and tweens ever increasing via social channels, influencers and peers it’s important to ensure they are using products and ingredients that are suitable for their young skin. Think light cleansers, mild exfoliation and easy, everyday hydration rather than anything too harsh or complicated.
Just as importantly, it helps kids build good habits early on, turning skincare into a moment of self-care rather than a chore. The result? Skin that feels comfortable, balanced and looked after – and kids who feel that bit more confident in their own skin.
13 Best Skincare Brands for Teenagers and Tweens
We’ve rounded up Junior’s favourite ranges and star products for young skin aged 8 years+
Spots & Stripes
This award winning skincare range – did we hear a Junior Design Award klaxon? – was developed by Beauty Editor Charlotte-Anne Fidler when her quest to find skin, hair and bath products for her then 12 year old daughter came to a dead end. Charlotte-Anne says, “scanning the shelves and searching online, I found there was almost nothing to bridge the gap between the baby/young child products – which weren’t working anymore – and the teen-acne and adult products that were way too harsh for her still delicate, child’s skin. In the end, I settled on a mismatched bunch of mostly natural or organic adult products – a spot stick from here, a body wash from there, a cleanser that was gentle, but full of ingredients that made me uncomfortable.”
Fortunately for Charlotte-Anne’s daughters and for tweens and teens everywhere, she decided to follow her beauty journalist instincts and create the products she wanted herself. The Spots and Stripes range caters for girls and boys specific skincare needs and really is a triumph in design and quality. As well as being ethically made, the products smell absolutely divine. Adults will definitely want to steal them.
What We Love:
We love the whole range with dedicated products for boys and girls, but we especially like the Gentle Cleansing Lotion for Girls (the smell!), (with a gentle 2% Salicylic Acid to unclog pores) and the new Featherlight Moisturiser for Girls (the gel texture is dreamy).
indu
If you’re looking for a high quality skincare brand that your teens will love using and even proudly displaying, new kid on the block, indu is here. In fact, we’d go as far as to say that giving them indu products will up your cool points too. The range recently took Gold at the 2025 Junior Design Awards and was incredibly well received by our judges, who praised the non-greasy, gentle formulas developed to respect sensitive teen skin and the option to personalise skincare with a choice of Universal or Clarifying products. Cool refillable packaging and efficacious products that help teens develop a routine and feel confident about their skin.
What We Love:
The Cleansing Pads are ideal for quick swipes after school and sweaty PE lessons – loaded with cleansing milk they even remove make-up and SPF. The Spot On Paste comes highly rated from our own teens here at Junior.
OY! by Green People
OY! Is the attention grabbing name of organic skincare specialists Green People’s skincare range developed especially for teenage skin. The O and the Y stand for Organic and Young and as you would expect the products contain fantastic natural ingredients which have been selected for their spot-zapping and skin clearing properties. Active natural ingredients like Black Willow Bark, Green Tea, Prebiotics, and Tea Tree combine to to control breakouts and balance young hormonal skin.
What We Love:
The Cleansing Moisturiser that controls breakouts without cloggling pores and the Purifying Serum that helps that helps reduce inflamed spots, reduce redness, and kill bacteria
POP by Superdrug
Superdrug is a beauty mecca for teens so its great to see its fun and accessible new range POP! brightening up the shelves. The perfect starter skincare with everything under £10 – this range of 6 products is actually teen approved as it was co-created with a group of school pupils in years 9, 10 and 11. Top marks, Superdrug!
What We Love:
The Good Glow Toner brightens and hydrates with antioxidant-rich Pink Pomelo Extract and added SPF in Dewy Defence SPF50 Moisturiser ensure skin is protected all day long.
Never one to miss a gap in the market, Boots launched HABI in 2025 as a vibrant new wellness range for teens and tweens. The eye-catching and playful packaging has been designed to make healthy routines simple and fun, and encourage good daily habits over hype – think hydration, nutrition, self-care, and daily wellbeing – both inside and out. The range includes skincare, hair & body mists and gummy supplements.
What We Love:
The hydrating Bouncy Glow Jelly Face Mask for clearer, softer skin and the Bedtime Sleep Gummies that help even the most wired teen unwind and relax (ideal around exam time)
Fresh Elements by M&S
Riding high the success of it’s in-house skincare brand Fresh Elements, M&S have just launched a capsule teen range consisting of 6 skincare essentials for young skin. Bridging the gap between childish skincare and harsher adult ranges, the bold and bright trend-led packaging will appeal to tweens and teens, as will the weekly allowance price points (£9.50-£12.50).
What We Love:
Using all the right words for skin-obsessed teens (ceramides, niacinamide and sphingolipids) the Light Gel Moisturiser is non-greasy and ideal under (light) make-up as is the Facial Serum.
Lav Teens
Hot on the heels of winning Best Children’s Toiletries Collection in the 2025 Junior Design Awards Lav Kids have wowed us agin with new collection, Lav Teens. The pared back collection of four easy-to-use products makes it an ideal range for tweens moving over from kids products. Not skincare, but the anti-grease Shampoo with Pera extract gets top marks for helping control oily roots.
What We Love:
Fast, effective and fun to use the Let’s Clay! Face Mask steps up their weekly routine to help promote good habits for the future.
FAB Skincare
When an expert facialist with a bestselling brand launches a tween range, you just know it’s going to deliver. FAB Tweens is a tightly edited trio of products – that are free from harsh chemicals, gentle, hydrating and pH-balanced – and designed as a fun, safe and effective starter kit for young skin.
What We Love:
This light, foaming Tween Cleanser made with soothing aloe vera, calming blue daisy, and moisture-boosting Glycerin – and ideal for girls and boys.
Bubble
There aren’t many brands that can boast the bouncy, feel-good factor of Bubble. This US based skincare brand is all about fun-looking, super tactile, Instagram-able products designed for young skin. Products are developed in-house and are good quality, yet relatively low in price. We highly recommend the cute Solar Mate Invisible Daily Mineral Sunscreen SPF30, which was specifically formulated for acne-prone skin and is easy to spot in that backpack.
- Ideal for ages 14 years+ However, there are many products in the range made for skins of all ages and there is a dedicated section of their website showcasing products suitable for anyone under 14.
What We Love:
The viral Slam Dunk Hydrating Moisturizer is the perfect everyday moisture hit for young skin. And, we also hear (from the teens in our house) that the Water Slide Hydration Boosting Serum gives them baby-soft skin, and can reduce the intensity of active treatments like salicylic acid.
Dermalogica Clean Start
This system of ten serious products that utilise medicated ingredients and soothing botanicals was created to address the skin needs of teens. With over 30 years of expertise under their belts, Dermalogica set about creating a range of skincare products that don’t contain harsh and inexpensive ingredients that strip the skin of oil.
They also wanted to create a range that was free from artificial fragrances and colours – ingredients that can irritate and strip oil from skin, causing more problems than you started with. With a fantastic line up of products that specifically target breakouts and blackheads, this range has teenage skin and body (check out the Clarifying Body Spray for spot-prone chests and backs) issues covered.
What We Love:
The Blackhead Clearing Fizz Mask fizzing formula effectively clears pores and helps target blackheads and the Cooling Aqua Jelly skin which leaves young skin feeling fresh and lightly hydrated and the lightweight feel makes it ideal for school days.
Nip + Fab Teen Skin Fix
This teen focused range was conceived to tackle those dreaded unwanted blemishes and breakouts with powerful ingredients such as Wasabi Extract and Salicylic Acid which penetrate deep into pores to remove impurities.
Especially suitable for blemish prone and problematic skin, this range is fantastic for giving teens a fresh, shine free complexion and a sense of control over their skin.
What We Love:
We particularly like the Teen Skin Fix Pore Blaster Wash Day and Teen Skin Fix Pore Blaster Wash Night – helpful for instilling a good twice-daily routine.
Meet Bare Addiction a fantastic streamlined skincare range for tweens and teens. Dermatologist-approved and powered by natural, vegan ingredients, each formula is designed to be gentle yet effective on common young-skin concerns.
With everything from cleansers and serums to SPF day creams, night creams and targeted treatments, the collection strips away the unnecessary – focusing only on the bare essentials. The website is worth a mention for its easy to navigate by skin concern, age and product.
What We love:
The Clear Skin Mini Kit is the perfect way to trial the range before committing to full-size products. The Rapid Action Spot Cream is a must to target blackheads, whiteheads, and acne lesions.
Teen-Skin Actives
Developed by the world renowned aromatherapy skin care expert Eve Taylor OBE in 2014 – Teen-skin Actives is a unique product range just for teenagers to help improve their skin and treat everyday skin issues. Its approach is simple ‘to treat the skin using natural plant ingredients that not only smell great but also have a direct benefit on the skin’.
With 8-products that offer a natural, no fuss yet, highly effective solutions to help control and correct young skin. The perfect range to help teenagers establish a solid routine for life.
What we love:
The Overnight Skin Support helps soothe irritations, draw out impurities and tighten pores overnight for brighter skin come morning.
