Night Watch: 7 best creams to use at night

Why use a night cream

The processes occurring in the skin cells are most active from 23.00 to 4.00 in the morning. It is at this time that the maximum production of the sleep hormone melatonin occurs, the level of which is associated with the launch of regeneration mechanisms.

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In order for the skin to more effectively cope with its duties, it can be helped, especially for mature skin. So, you need a night cream.

Rating of the best night creams

Night cream-mask Revitalift Laser x3, L’Oréal Paris

Night restorative and soothing care Toleriane Ultra Nuit, La Roche-Posay

The product based on thermal water soothes, moisturizes and reduces the sensitivity of the skin – in the morning after use, the feeling of discomfort disappears. Suitable for hypersensitive normal and combination skin types. Light texture absorbs quickly.

Revitalizing night cream Absolue Nuit Premium BX, Lancôme

A whole team of active ingredients fights for the youth and health of the skin at once. The cream is enriched with Pro-Xylane molecule, white iris and white lupine extract. All of them stimulate the processes of cellular renewal, the cream significantly makes the skin dense, elastic and radiant.

Night Spa Aqualia Thermal, Vichy

The rich cream-gel has a powerful moisturizing effect and eliminates traces of fatigue overnight, enhances the protective properties of the epidermis. Suitable for all skin types and all ages. Apply a couple of hours before bed to the face and neck, avoiding the eye contour. Can be used as a mask 1-2 times a week.

Anti-Wrinkle 35+ Night Moisturizing Face Cream, Garnier

The complex “Plant cells of youth + tea polyphenols” works in two directions: rejuvenates the skin, stimulating cellular renewal, intensively moisturizing and smoothing, and also reduces wrinkles. In the morning, the face looks fresh and rested.

Midnight Recovery Concentrate, Kiehl’s

It is 99,8% plant extracts and natural essential oils. Squalane, night primrose oil, lavender and geranium essential oils, rosehip oil, sunflower, rosemary and rose oils – concentrate contributes to the fact that the skin becomes softer, smoother, firmer and more radiant overnight.

Antioxidant night care Resveratrol BE, SkinCeuticals

Enriched with antioxidant resveratrol, baicalin and alpha-tocopherol, the cream regenerates the skin overnight, increasing its own protection.

Criteria for choosing a night cream

Composition

Hydrating: hyaluronic acid, trehalose, glycerin, aloe.

Nutrients: valuable shea butter, olives.

Anti-aging: collagen, elastin, vitamin C, vitamin E, antioxidants, peptides.

Smoothing: vitamin A, various acids.

But what should not be in the night formula:

Age

When choosing a cream, be guided by your age.

After 25 years

Moisturizing and nourishing creams are suitable for night care, depending on the season and skin condition. Hyaluronic acid in the composition is welcome.

After 30 years

The first hints of mimic wrinkles and the so-called “crow’s feet” appear. The skin begins to receive little nutrition, folds appear in the T-zone. To fully recover at night, you need products with vitamins and antioxidants.

After 40 years

The skin no longer looks as firm and elastic as before the age of 35. And with a lack of sleep, dark circles and bags under the eyes appear. Formulas based on collagen, elastin and peptides, as well as creams with a drainage action, come to the rescue.

Skin type

For dry denser, fatty, even oily textures rich in vegetable oils and extracts will do. It is good if the composition contains both hyaluronic acid that moisturizes the skin and collagen that gives elasticity. For oily skin, light fluids are suitable that do not clog pores and do not increase oiliness of the skin. Among the desirable components, in addition to plant extracts, cosmetologists call AHA – glycolic or, for example, phytic acid. They speed up the update process.

Sensitive the skin will be happy with peptides, emollient vegetable oils and extracts (however, before use, we recommend checking on a small area of ​​the skin whether it will cause an undesirable reaction), as well as moisturizing ingredients and panthenol.

Operating principle

Nutrient products can compete with the salon procedure: they delicately care for the skin, restoring its tone and radiant appearance. The rich formula of these creams improves skin elasticity and smoothes fine lines. And it usually has a calming and softening effect.

Moisturizers creams, as the name implies, saturate the skin with moisture and lock it inside. Glycerin, hyaluronic acid, aloe vera extract, thermal water – there are many moisturizing components, and in one form or another they are present in all night creams. But in moisturizers, they are emphasized.

Anti-aging creams slow down the aging process, fight wrinkles, dull skin, and its withering. They also have moisturizing ingredients (where can we go without them?), And antioxidants, and AHA acids – everything that helps the skin look younger and more beautiful.

How to use night makeup

Based on biorhythms, it is believed that a night cream, mask or serum is best applied between 20.00 and 21.00. At this time, the skin is especially susceptible to the action of active ingredients. But with the modern rhythm of life, it is more convenient to focus on the actual time of going to bed.

Use any night remedy at least 1,5 hours before you go to bed. If you apply it just before bedtime, the risk of morning swelling increases, especially if the cream formula is moisturizing. If you stay up late and there is no way to apply the product on time, just wipe your face with tonic or use a neutral product.