The Best Overnight Skincare Treatments
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Time poor and in need of an instant skin fix? Make the most of the overnight hours to capitalise on your skin’s natural process of regeneration - all while you get your much needed beauty sleep. More than just a ‘good night cream’, these treatments are packed with active ingredients and designed to work fast to target your most pressing skin concerns and deliver noticeable results. Here are the ones that actually do make a difference.
Dr Jart+ Cicapair Tiger Grass Sleepair Intensive Mask
As a beauty editor it’s essential to keep products to hand for skincare emergencies - since testing products is not without its occasional downside… Redness, dryness, breakouts and/or a compromised moisture barrier are all common side effects of too much experimentation. When such an emergency arises I always reach for this jar. It’s a thick, clear gel that instantly cools and soothes irritated skin, melting in to deliver a welcome dose of hydrating ingredients and cica - the gold standard for repairing and healing damaged skin. It works every time.
Elemis Pro-Collagen Eye Revive Mask
This deliciously rich, buttery balm is an indulgent weekly treat for a dry eye area - or anywhere that needs plumping (I apply the excess around my mouth). The gel-oil texture cushions skin with a nourishing cocktail of hyaluronic acid, snow algae, and antioxidants which help to boost moisture in the delicate area of the face most prone to dryness - and therefore lines, wrinkles, and loose skin.
Origins Drink Up Intensive Overnight Mask
If your skin easily experiences phases of dryness and dehydration then this is a great one to keep on your night stand for such occasions. One night is all you’ll need to sort your skin out because it literally does for your skin what eight glasses of water a day promises to do to your body. Expect bright, soft, glowy skin come sunrise.
James Read Overnight Tan Sleep Mask
Face tanning is often messy and time-consuming, but this overnight mask from tanning extraordinaire James Read has changed that. You simply massage the cream into skin and hit the sack. It’s a fast-drying, colourless formula that effortlessly delivers on its promise of a radiant glow come morning.
Alpha-H Beauty Sleep Power Peel
Not one for the light-hearted, this rich cream contains a powerful dose of retinol, glycolic acid, and fruit enzymes - ideal for overnight brightening and treating pigmentation or post-blemish redness. It’s firming, plumping, smoothing, refining, and exfoliating so whether your skin is acne-prone or experiencing signs of early aging, there’s something in it for pretty much everyone.
Allies of Skin Promise Keeper Blemish Sleeping Facial
Designed for acne-prone skin, this is an interesting mix of colloidal silver, Manuka honey, and rosehip oil, with added bonuses like cica, mandelic acid, and lactic acid thrown in for good (blemish-busting) measure. Working hard to both diminish existing blemishes and prevent future ones by simultaneously hydrating and renewing skin, it’s the easiest clarifying treatment ever. I always pull this one out when period skin is lingering or deep-rooted congestion threatens to erupt.
Drunk Elephant F-Balm Electrolyte Waterfacial
This is essentially night cream on steroids - a luxe balm which cossets skin in ingredients that are all at once hydrating, soothing, and nourishing - with the common goal of strengthening the skin’s moisture barrier. It includes favourites like niacinamide, squalane, hyaluronic acid, and ceramides. My skin loves this after a late night spent drinking, if I’ve gone overboard with acids/retinol, or during weather-induced dryness.
