During sleep, blood vessels dilate, increasing blood flow to the skin which allows many nutrients and oxygen to properly penetrate the skin. This means that your nighttime skincare routine is crucial to help achieve the skin you desire.
A good skincare routine and a good night’s sleep can help delay the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. For people with oily or acne-prone skin, it helps eliminate the bacteria causing acne faster.
The steps for a good night time skincare routine includes:
- Remove Your Make-Up: This is the most important step that you need to incorporate into your nighttime routine. When your skin is covered with layer of makeup, this leads to clogging of your pores which ultimately causes acne and dark spots. Remove your makeup using a liquid or cream based remover, depending on your skin type.
- Cleaning Your Skin: In this step, you start with washing your face with a cleanser suitable for your skin type while massaging your face for a few seconds. Finally, rinse it off with lukewarm water.
- Use Toner: Applying toner is a very important step. It helps maintain the balance of the skin, as well as improve its texture.
- Skin Exfoliating: Exfoliation helps remove dead skin cells. It is important to use a gentle scrub twice a week.
- Moisturizing The Skin: Moisturizing is the key to maintaining healthy skin. Even if you have oily skin, skipping this step will only cause more breakouts. Choose a suitable moisturizer for your skin type and moisturize after every time you wash your face.
- Eye Cream: The under-eye area is the first part of the face that begins to show signs of aging. Applying an eye cream helps moisturize, reduce dark circles, and reduce the appearance of wrinkles.
- Lip Moisturizer: One of the most delicate areas of the skin is the lips. You should definitely give your lips its fair share of your skincare routine. Apply lip balm daily, exfoliate them once a week, and you can even use oil for extra moisture when needed.
Some tips to improve your nighttime skincare routine
Some important tips for improving your nighttime skincare routine include:
- Make sure to tie your hair up while sleeping to keep it away from your face. Your hair contains oils and impurities that may cause breakouts if it gets in contact with your face.
- Turning on an air humidifier before bedtime and while sleeping, especially in the winter. An air humidifier helps preventing dryness of the skin and soothes skin irritations.
- Sleeping on a silk pillow case. Silk is rich in natural proteins and it prevents the formation of sleep lines on your face.
- Get enough sleep! About 7 to hours of sleep every day is essential to delay the formation of fine lines, dark circles and preventing dull skin.
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Night Time Skincare Routine