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Owners of oily skin often dry it to the state of the desert and do not favor nourishing night care until the first wrinkles. After this article, they will definitely change their mind.
Why oily skin needs a night cream
Girls with oily skin think something like this – and they are wrong. A night cream is necessary, if only because the hours of sleep are the only time when the skin can calmly accept care, without being distracted by the fight against negative factors that often affect it during the day.
At night, the skin is restored and starts renewal processes
What components should be contained in a night cream, says Elena Eliseeva, expert of the Vichy brand.
“The skin at night needs drainage ingredients (more often caffeine, less often escin or dextran) to activate detox processes and restore a radiant complexion.
Useful antioxidants – vitamins B and C, extracts of rose and witch hazel. They help the skin recover from the aggressive effects of the environment, which it was exposed to during the day.
At night, the skin actively consumes and evaporates moisture, so you need moisturizing substances, and not just glycerin, but hyaluronic acid and thermal water.
Do not interfere and exfoliating ingredients that will help get rid of dead cells, which will prevent clogging of pores.
Night creams often contain Oil for nutrition and restoration of the hydrolipidic barrier. However, for oily skin, it is necessary to choose non-comedogenic substances. Now find out if your skin is getting enough sleep.
Rules for choosing a night cream for oily, combination, problem skin
At night, we don’t need UV protection, and we don’t apply foundation before going to bed either. This means that the night cream does not require rapid absorption and sun protection properties. The texture of such a cream can be quite dense, even if your skin type is oily.
If the day cream seems too rich for you, leave it for the evening. And, most likely, he will not disappoint you.
Signs of oily skin – high shine, large pores, prone to imperfections
As for the composition, everything is strictly individual here: someone needs more moisture, and someone lacks nutrition after aggressive cosmetics with acids.
Everyone needs antioxidants (the dosage depends on age), and the first anti-age components (peptides, collagen, vitamin C) can be safely looked for in the composition of funds after 25 years.
Applying a night cream
The rules for evening skin care are quite simple.
Before applying the night cream, remove makeup from the skin and wash with a foam or gel.
Do not neglect the tonic, which normalizes the pH of the skin and prepares it for the application of other products.
The best result is given by the combination “serum + cream”. Choose a serum according to the needs of your skin (anti-aging, moisturizing, vitaminizing) and apply before night cream.
Night cream for oily skin may have a thick texture
Types of night creams
Night creams for oily skin can be of three types.
Anti-aging
Saturated with active substances: antioxidants, peptides, retinoids (vitamin A) – contributing to cell rejuvenation or slowing down their aging.
Restorative
Rich in ceramides (lipid components of the cell membrane) or other substances similar in structure to the elements of the natural cellular composition.
Moisturizers
They contain hygroscopic agents (panthenol, hyaluronic acid, glycerin) that retain moisture in the cells. Moisturizing is necessary daily – such a cream not only solves current problems, but also works for the future, slowing down skin aging.
Overview of night creams for oily skin
Night cream for oily and problematic skin
| Name of funds | Active ingredients | How to use |
| Night light balm-gel to restore skin quality Idéalia, Vichy | Vichy thermal water, hyaluronic acid, ceramides, vitamin B3 | Apply a small amount of the product in the evening on a previously cleansed skin of the face and neck, avoiding the area around the eyes. Use the relaxing massage technique, instructions are included. |
| Regenerating agent for overdried skin as a result of treatment Effaclar H, La Roche-Posay | MP lipids, shea butter, niacinamide, vitamin E, squalane, ceramide 5, La Roche-Posay thermal water | The tool can be used throughout the year in the morning and evening. Apply to previously cleansed face. |
| face cream with a light texture Rosa Arctica Lightweight Cream, Kiehl’s | rebirth flower extract (haberlea rhodopiensis), glycerin, vitamin E, lavender oil | Apply morning and evening to cleansed skin with massaging movements. |
| Moisturizing gel for normal and combination skin Aquasource, Biotherm | thermal plankton extract, apricot and shea butter, glycerin | Use morning and evening after toner and serum. |
| Night care for all skin types Moisturizing expert, L’Oréal Paris | glycerin, sesame, corn, rice bran oils | Apply in the evening to cleansed skin after toner and serum. |