If you follow Kelly Driscoll, you know she is thorough about mature skin. She has reviewed more than 50 products in this category, and her approval rate sits at 66%. Collagen support runs through almost everything she rates well.
What does Kelly Driscoll recommend for mature skin?
The recurring theme across Kelly's approved takes is collagen. She looks closely at whether a formula actually delivers it. She named Stratia Rewind Serum her top pick here. She says its 5% niacinamide is the concentration that research backs for brightening, evening skin tone, and supporting collagen. She also notes that higher amounts can cause irritation, so 5% is both effective and easier on the skin. For peptide serums, she rates Peach & Lily Copper Peptide Pro Firming Serum highly. It pairs 2% copper peptide with 12 other peptides. That means it tackles aging from more than one angle instead of leaning on a single ingredient. She has emptied several bottles herself and says consistent use genuinely improves skin quality and firmness.
Kelly Driscoll's anti-aging picks, in her words
"I tested it by putting Biossance on one side of my face [...] and Remedy on the other for my morning routine, and [...] I could not tell the difference. My skin stayed hydrated [...] and felt plump to the touch on both sides every time I ran the test. [...] I am so confident in recommending Remedy as a more affordable option to Biossance."
"The CurrentBody LED mask uses red light to help stimulate collagen, improve tone and texture on the skin, and promote healing. For me personally, I found the design of the CurrentBody mask to be very very comfortable, and I think it does deliver some really nice results. I've noticed some great benefits as far as skin texture and tone. It helps with dark marks and it particularly helps with healing, especially if you suffer with breakouts."
"I really love Stratia Rewind. I've been talking about it for years because it is one of the few products that has firmed my skin like visibly and to the touch. [...] When I first started using the serum, which contains 5% niacinamide, I was using it for the collagen stimulating and for the brightening and that's all I really wanted to see on my skin. So I was really surprised when my skin started to feel very similar to plumped, thicker, more smooth, more lifted, more bouncy."
"I love their Peach and Lily Copper Peptide Pro Firming Serum because this is a really good example of a well-formulated peptide serum. They are using 2% of copper peptide which helps to stimulate collagen. It's a really great peptide for addressing the signs of aging on the skin. But it doesn't just stop at the copper peptide."
"The mechanism [...] is sending microcurrent into the muscle so you're going to get some facial twitching. I do find the device a little bit more ergonomic, a little bit lighter, fits in your palm a little bit better than the other one which is a little heavy. I have grip issues and tendinitis so I do like the Halo a little bit better, but both work equally as well and the benefits I think were exactly the same for me."
"I actually really like to use it around my eye area because it really does like firm and smooth that area quite quickly. [...] It's something fun to add into your routine. It should not be the only thing that you go towards for firming up your skin but again can be very helpful."
How many products has Kelly Driscoll reviewed for mature skin?
Kelly Driscoll has reviewed 50 products for mature skin, for an approval rate of 66%. 33 approved, 7 mixed, and 10 skipped.
What has Kelly Driscoll skipped for mature skin?
She dropped Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Eye Cream from her list after its January 2024 reformulation. She says it lost what had made it effective. She was candid that others still rank it near the top of their lists, so the change may not matter to everyone. VT Collagen Reedle Shot 100 was a clear no from her. She tested it as a lip plumper. She described the burning as feeling like rubbing a habanero pepper on her lips, and says it left her skin in a worse state. The Ordinary Multi-Peptide Eye Serum earned a low rating, but not for the formula itself. She says the dropper packaging caused her to lose over half the bottle to spills.
"It probably would have been much much higher on my list but as you may know it was recently reformulated in January of 2024 and what they reformulated and changed about the product I think it's taken away a lot of what made that product so unique and so good. I'm salty because what they took away is what worked for my skin so that's why I'm ranking it pretty low right now."
"I don't like this product, I really struck out with this for a few reasons. [...] While I do on the whole enjoy their formulas, uniformly this brand has some of the worst packaging I have ever encountered. [...] This is an eye cream that has one of those ceramic applicators, there's a lightness to this, it's not as thick as the Clarins eye cream, there's more of a hydrating, looser kind of texture to it."
"It definitely felt nice on application just didn't hold up throughout the day for me. [...] It's a middling moisturizer in my opinion at best. [...] I don't think there's anything in here that's bad, I just don't understand the price and I don't understand why it got hyped up, especially for the young crowd."
"I do not like this product. I filmed a short testing it out. [...] It's meant to plump up your lips and make them puffy. [...] I was putting it on and my lips are on fire, burning, painful. It hurts so bad. It's getting hot, not in the Nelly way, my gosh, my lips are on fire. [...] The burning, the stinging sensation. It's like somebody took a habanero and rubbed it all over my lips, and [...] not in a fun way. [...] Really really really really really burny."
What should you take from Kelly Driscoll's picks?
Kelly Driscoll is a reliable guide for anyone building a mature-skin routine around clinically backed ingredients. She checks concentrations, favours formulas that tackle aging from more than one angle, and has personally used her top picks through multiple bottles. Her named winner in this category is Stratia Rewind Serum, which she calls the niacinamide serum she thinks of first.
Watch Kelly Driscoll say it
Every verdict here comes from a video. These are the moments themselves, each one jumping straight to the bit about that product.
- Stratia Rewind DMAE SerumNamed a winnerWatch at 14:49
- Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Eye Supercharge ComplexSkipped itWatch at 1:22
- Remedy Super Stacked Under Eye Dark Circle and Depuffing TreatmentSkipped itWatch at 14:19
- Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide CreamSkipped itWatch at 8:03
- VT Reedle Shot 100 CollagenSkipped itWatch at 11:59
- Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Bakuchiol Eye CreamSkipped itWatch at 15:21
- Torriden Cellmazing Firming CreamSkipped itWatch at 20:39
- Charlotte Tilbury Magic Eye Rescue Cream with RetinalSkipped itWatch at 15:48
- Biodance Bio-Collagen Real Deep MaskSkipped itWatch at 17:55
- The Ordinary Multi-Peptide Eye SerumSkipped itWatch at 8:24
- The Ordinary Multi-Peptide + Copper Peptides 1% SerumSkipped itWatch at 10:38
- Remedy Copper Peptide Complex Advanced Firming SerumRated itWatch at 17:39
- CurrentBody LED Light Therapy Mask Series 1Rated itWatch at 24:28
- Peach & Lily Copper Peptide Pro Firming SerumRated itWatch at 18:11
- ZIIP Halo 2.0Rated itWatch at 21:07
- The Ordinary Argireline Solution 10%Rated itWatch at 12:54
- Omnilux Face Contour Red Light Therapy MaskRated itWatch at 12:54
- NIOD Copper Amino Isolate Serum 3:1Rated itWatch at 10:44
- Timeless Coenzyme Q10 SerumRated itWatch at 18:22
- Paula's Choice Clinical Discoloration Repair SerumRated itWatch at 9:56
- Agency Future Formula with TretinoinRated itWatch at 2:21
- Paula's Choice 0.3% RetinolRated itWatch at 16:31
- The Ordinary EUK 134 0.1%Rated itWatch at 5:55
- Mary&May Idebenone Blackberry Intense CreamRated itWatch at 16:17
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This guide reflects what Kelly Driscoll said across her videos about 50 products for mature skin, aggregated by The Guru Index. Sponsored takes are excluded. The approval rate is the share of these products she approved. It is general information, not medical advice.