Top Ingredients You Should Leave On Your Face Overnight for Glowing Skin

 

If you’d like to wake up with beautifully glowing skin, then it may be time to introduce some skin care steps into your night-time regime says Beauty Expert and Burt’s Bees Senior Brand Manager Nicola Quinn

Whether it’s working in air-conditioned offices, harsh lighting, computer screens, pollution or the great outdoors, there’s no denying that our skin takes a beating each day. Which is why it’s so important that we get regular, good quality sleep. Research the has found that our skin, just like our bodies, has a circadian rhythm which can be affected by the amount and quality of sleep we get each night.

How to make the most of your sleep

Introduce good sleep hygiene into your nightly routine. Go to bed at the same time every night, in a temperature controlled room, with as little light or noise to disturb you as possible. Just one interrupted sleep cycle, or lack of hours, can show on your skin. Research shows that one night one bad night’s sleep can decrease the skin’s elasticity and hydration, accentuating large pores and reducing blood flow to the face. Over time, this can make our skin look older than we are.  

The night-time is an ideal time to support your skin’s health. Research shows that skin cell regeneration is at its peak during the hours of 11pm to 4am. You can support the cells’ regeneration during this time by applying ingredients rich in natural ingredients and which have been shown to support good skin health. 

Vitamin E – known for its anti-ageing properties, vitamin E can help smooth irritated, dry skin, as well as improve its overall appearance. Vitamin E is found in avocado, so try to include it into your daily diet to support your skin health.

Beetroot – delicious to eat, beetroot contains prebiotics, which help feed the skin’s healthy bacteria overnight when applied topically. It also contains vitamin C, which is linked to healthy, youthful looking skin.

A simple way to include these face saving ingredients into your nightly beauty regime is through Burt Bee’s Hydrating Overnight Mask. Apply after cleansing your entire face, neck and chest area, and remove with tepid water the next morning. Use at least once a week as part of your skin care regime.