Beauty Sleep: How to wake up to beautiful skin?
updated the 6 October 2015 à 23:15
Since the skin regenerates during our slumber, it makes an ideal time to take care of it. Take a look at what products you should be putting on before sleep.
Aren’t we all delighted when we can finally hit the bed at the end of a long day?! But while we fall into our much-needed overnight slumber, the skin gets ready to hustle. Throughout the day, our skin is occupied being a shield against all kinds of substances and UV rays, so naturally, when we are sound asleep, the skin quietly regenerates.
You might have even heard of the Golden Time, or the crucial first three hours of sleep between 11 pm and 2 am. This is when the skin’s natural processes of repair takes place and regeneration is at its peak in terms of cell regeneration. According to Garnier, in one out of these three hours, the skin produces the most keratinocytes to replenish all its beauty, just so we can wake up looking flawless.
Erasing signs of fatigue and waking up fresh
To help the skin perform its essential duties, we rounded up some products to use overnight.
Garnier has devised a treatment for women who don’t get enough sleep. With its self-smoothing texture and anti-aging complex, the Miracle Sleeping cream awakens and refreshes the skin after a good night’s rest. Because fatigue decreases the skin’s regenerative abilities and is fast becoming the first sign of aging, early signs of tired skin shouldn’t be taken lightly.
The Body Shop‘s Drops of Youth mask is another skincare product to be left on overnight. Loaded with Edelweiss stem cells, the youth-enhancing, bouncy mask is the key to waking up fresh as the morning dew.
And of course, the hands are just as important. Aveda‘s intense, therapeutic hand repair cream will soothe dry, chapped skin. Mavala Switzerland‘s overnight hand cream comes with a set of gloves to lock that moisture in your hands for instant smooth skin.
Flip through our gallery for more reliable skincare items if you’re longing for that hard-to-get beauty sleep. After all, you deserve a long, undisturbed stretch of slumber to recharge for the morning rat race.
Clémence Floc’h and Natasha Gan
