Night Cream

 

 

Night cream has long been a staple in the skin care market and has been touted as a skin toner and for skin repair for the face and neck areas during hours when the body is sleeping. During this time, the skin (and the body's) repair activities are accelerated and the skin is more receptive to the ingredients found in most moisturizing night cream.

 

Why Use a Night Cream?

 

After exposing the skin to pollutants and the harshness of daily activity, night creams can help the skin heal, moisturize and detoxify. Nutrients that are vital to the skin such as amino acids, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. Night time also brings with it an environment where the temperature and humidity remain stable allowing the skin to be repair and renew more efficiently.

 

Wearing makeup daily can also take it's toll on the skin by trapping toxins and clogging pores. Using a nourishing night cream after cleansing the skin can help open and clear pores and prevent the skin from losing moisture during night time hours. The process of cellular renewal is also most effective when the body is at rest and oxygen can be more readily absorbed.

 

Antiaging night cream or firming night cream can help reduce the appearance of wrinkles on the face through the use of ingredients such as collagen and retinol. Some of these creams also combat the damaging process of glycation which is responsible for the skin's loss of suppleness. These products are also focused on skin firming and preventing looseness in the skin by expanding the underlying (subcutaneous) tissue.

 

Night Cream and Skin Type

 

Night moisturizer such as face cream is not recommended for those with excessively oily complexions. This is due to the mechanisms that are active in oily skin and can be exaggerated by using a heavy nighttime moisturizer.

 

For those with normal to dry skin, skin cream used at night can ensure that proper moisturizers and nutrients are available to the skin. Because the skin is still exposed while you sleep, free radicals and air quality will still affect the skin. Dryness can lead to flaky skin and uneven skin tone. Night cream with ingredients like aloe and jojoba can help to alleviate these problems.

 

When searching for moisturizing cream or wrinkle cream to use at night, it is important to pay attention to the ingredients that are used. Some common skin care ingredients can actually act as irritants and toxins (such as Parabens). Natural ingredients for night creams is recommended.

 

Adding vitamin E to distilled water and then adding avocado oil can be an effective facial treatment that can be used at night. She butter can also be added to treat dry skin.