Night-time is when we get our beauty sleep so it’s important we go to our best efforts to make sure our beauty routine is down pat. Before you hit the hay, there is just a few things you oughta do to have your skin looking and feeling it’s best when you wake up. An ideal night-time skincare routine usually goes a little like this…
Cleanse (twice)
Remove Eye Makeup
Tone
Treat
Hydrate
Cleanse (twice)
If you’ve been wearing makeup it’s important to cleanse twice; first to remove any makeup and secondly to remove any dirt’s, oils and grime that has built up throughout the day.
TOP PICKS: Olive Oil, NUDE Skincare Cleansing Oil, *MV Organics Cream Cleanser
Remove Eye Makeup
Soak a cotton pad in eye makeup remover and hold it on your eyelid for a few seconds to dissolve eye makeup. Finish off by sliding the cotton pad down to remove any makeup from the lashes. Take a cotton tip soaked in eye makeup remover to remove any stubborn product.
TOP PICKS: Bioderma Crealine H2O, Lancome Bi Facil, Maybelline Express Eye Makeup Remover
Tone
Toning isn’t 100% essential, but if you want to use one now is the time to do so, it will remove any excess cleanser and regulate the pH balance of the skin. To use a toner spray (or pour) some onto a cotton pad and gently wipe over your face, neck & decolletage. Those with dry or sensitive skin will want to use a hydrating or soothing mist.
TOP PICKS: Sukin Hydrating Mist Toner, Witch Hazel.
Treat
If you have any breakouts now is the time to apply your spot treatment because it is the lightest and most potent formula it should go on your skin before anything else. If you use a serum now is the time to also apply it.
TOP PICKS: Skin Certified Tea Tree Oil (breakouts) Kiehls Midnight Recovery Serum, Argan Oil, Rosehip Oil.
Hydrate
Apply your eye cream, lip balm and moisturiser. Pat your eye cream on and for your moisturiser gently press it into the skin, you will use less product and won’t disturb any ingredients.
TOP PICKS: Origins Gin Zing Refreshing Eye Cream, Burt’s Bees Sensitive Eye Cream, *Jurlique Herbal Recovery Night Cream, *Sukin Purely Age Replenishing Night Cream,
You can also….
Use a cleansing device.
Cleansing devices are extremely popular (such as the Clarisonic and its competitors) but I personally find them too harsh for the skin and don’t recommend them. If you find they work for you, then that is great.
Exfoliate twice a week.
This helps clean any dirt, oils and dead skin cells from your pores, helping your skin look more radiant and preventing breakouts. I like to either mix a small amount of a granular scrub with a cream cleanser (or opt for a cleanser with a microexfoliant. I find the best option is to use a muslin cloth to remove cleanser as they gently exfoliate the skin.
Top picks: *Jobabo Bead Facial Cleanser, Muslin Cloth.
Use a mask.
if your skin is seriously parched or if you just want radiant looking skin a face mask is a great option. Either use a regular mask or an overnight one. To apply an overnight mask apply as you would your moisturiser and then tissue off any excess. To avoid overloading your skin don’t use any masks more than twice a week.
TOP PICKS: *Jurlique Moisture Replenishing Mask and *Origins Drink Up Intense Overnight Mask
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