These are the best early Prime Day deals on wrinkle creams that actually work

Amazon Prime Day is on the horizon, which means, as a longtime beauty editor, I'm on the hunt for high-quality skin care at steep discounts — especially deals on beauty staples I already use and love. First up in my search: anti-aging wrinkle creams. Sure, in the world of skin care, "wrinkle cream" is a bit of a dated term (some would argue "anti-aging" is too). But, what I'm talking about here are the kind of serums, exfoliators and, yes, creams, that contain ingredients — like retinol and vitamin C — that have been clinically proven to reduce the appearance of fine (and not so fine!) lines.

I myself am recent (ish) anti-aging cream convert. For most of my life, I was a skin care skeptic. In fact, I washed my face with bar soap until I was 45. I never moisturized because I thought lotions and potions were nonsense. But around my late 40s, as my skin began to seriously age, I started looking for ways to soften wrinkles, lighten dark spots and make my complexion look brighter and plumper overall. And I started to see that consistent use of certain products with specific formulations did, in fact, improve the signs that I was no longer 25. 

The items here are among my favorites and best of all, for Prime Day, they're all available now for a whole lot less than you'd normally pay — some at the best prices I've seen all year.

And as a heads up: Amazon's sales extravaganza doesn't officially kick off until July 16, but there are already a slew of early Prime Day deals on home, tech, health and more that we're already shopping.

Early Prime Day deals on wrinkle creams and serums

If you have Amazon Prime, you’ll get free shipping, of course. Not yet a member? No problem. You can sign up for your free 30-day trial here. (And by the way, those without Prime still get free shipping on orders of $25 or more.)

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