Importance of having a night skincare routine
A solid night skincare routine should focus on cleansing, treating, and hydrating to help your skin repair itself overnight.
Here's a list of products your skin needs at night:
Step 1: Clean skin with a gentle cleanser
Use a gentle face wash or cleanser to cleanse skin without stripping your skin of it's natural oils.
Face Wash
Step 2: Exfoliate
Use a chemical exfoliant like an AHA or BHA to melt away any dead skin cells that naturally pile up, and kickstart your skin cell turnover. It's recommended to incorporate an exfoliant into your routine two to three times per week and ensure that you never exfoliate the same night you use retinol because you will dry out your skin.
Exfoliators
Step 3: Use a toner
Toners balance the pH of your skin and prepare it for the absorption of the products that come next in your routine.
Toners
Step 4: Apply a targeted treatment
Serums that provide hydration and barrier support are key to lock in moisture and prevent overnight dehydration
Serums
Step 5: Eye-cream
Eye creams target concerns like puffiness, dark circles, crepey skin or fine lines.
Step 6: Lock in with a moisturizer
No nighttime skincare routine is complete without a nourishing moisturizer, it's an essential final step to lock in all the previously-applied products.
Moisturizers & Creams
Skin renews itself at night, and this process peaks at night. Sleep-deprived skin can experience a weaker skin barrier, loss of firmness, dry skin, uneven
skintone, and increased signs of aging.
