Looking after your skin is a must. Although it replenishes itself daily, it’s still the only skin you will have for the rest of your life, and it needs a little help along the way. Keeping your skin well-fed, and well-balanced is the only way to ensure your skin looks and feels its best. As you age, so does your skin. And, you’ll need to adapt and change how you nurture it to stay fresh-faced. Since moisturizer is one of the essential components of any successful and luxurious skincare routine, we thought we’d take you through some of the top nighttime face creams around and share a little more about why they are so vital for beauty and healthy looking skin.
Nighttime Skincare? Don’t Know Her
Well, let us introduce you. You might know that skincare products are often divided into daytime and nighttime use products, but do you know why?
Daytime skincare has to withstand potentially being out in direct sunlight or, at the least, dealing with the UV rays that bounce in through our windows and can even reach us indoors. That requires a specific kind of care. Nighttime skincare is a different story altogether. It aims to support your skin as you rest while it works on cell turnover, healing, and restoration. These supportive functions become more critical as your skin begins to mature.
Putting on skincare before you go to sleep allows you the freedom to layer on creamy moisturizers and not be concerned about the shine they may produce since the only thing you’ll be seeing before the morning is your pillow. Nighttime skincare nourishes and restores your skin overnight, ready to face the next day. Using products that contain ingredients like retinoids is safer at night, as there is no exposure to direct sunlight.
We can’t emphasize enough the importance of a nighttime skincare routine, especially for mature skin. It’s the skincare equivalent of having a satisfying, healthy meal and getting a good night’s rest for your face. Since moisturizers do so much of the heavy lifting regarding skincare, we’ve curated a list of top overnight moisturizers for mature skin to help you wake up looking refreshed and radiant.
The Best Overnight Moisturizers for Mature Skin
1. Clarins Super Restorative Night Cream
Price & size: 1.7Oz for $142
Key ingredient: Organic harungana
What we love: Can we say everything? No? There is a lot to love about this Clarins face cream, starting with the fact that it’s shown to visibly minimize lines, wrinkles, and skin slackening and leave your face looking filled out — no visible loss of density here. The product is powered by natures retinol, Organic Hargunana which is as effective as retinol but much kinder and gentle for the skin.
The anti-pollution complex in the formula (plant-based) combats the environmental factors that may cause visible aging, like blue light, pollutants in the air, and sun damage. This moisturizer is simultaneously decadent, rich, and practical, leaving your skin firm, radiant, and even.
Best for combination, dry, normal, or oily skin.
2. Liz Earle Superskin™ Nourishing Night Cream
Price & size: 50ml for $55
Key ingredient: Borage seed oil
What we love: Liz Earle has been a dominant name in skincare for a long time now, and the products match the hype. Adding this cream to your nightly routine will boost your skin’s natural renewal process with a moisture boost. It’s a luxurious formula, full of an incredible blend of oils (cranberry seed oil for skin plumping, and avocado for nourishing) which work together to hydrate your skin while you rest deeply. Shea butter is an ingredient we can’t get enough of, on our entire bodies, not just our faces, and it is featured in this formula.
Best for dry skin.
3. Charlotte Tilbury MAGIC NIGHT CREAM
Price & size: 50ml for $145
Key ingredient: Winter Daphne stem cell extract
What we love: Charlotte Tilbury products are lovely to look at, which is a bonus, and equally stunning when used. The texture of this cream is out of this world – a midway point between creamy and gel-like. This unique texture is one of the things that makes the product so unique because it sinks quickly and deeply into the skin before bedtime.
This night rescue balm is decadent and effective, plying the skin with moisture overnight. Several high-performance ingredients back up the 4 o’clock flower, namely time-release retinol (so don’t forget your SPF in the morning) and vitamin E. Expect glowy skin that looks smooth and refreshed, even if you didn’t get your total eight hours of beauty rest.
Best for dry, sagging skin.
Ageless Decisions
Choosing the right overnight moisturizer for your skin will set you up for a fresh face in the morning and healthy skin for years. These three options are our favorites, and the results speak volumes. Which one will you try?
Images from Body Beautiful by Saloni Agarwal – see full story here.
