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Wondering what you need to do to be able to wake up in the morning with skin that looks bright and fresh? Lionesse has your back! Keep reading as we share some top overnight glow-boosting tips that will have you starting your day with beautifully radiant skin.
Start Your Evening Skincare Routine With a Double Cleanse
Hopefully, you already cleanse your skin before carrying out your evening skincare routine. If you don’t, it’s time to start! None of your skincare products will be able to work properly if you’re applying them to dirty skin. All of the oil, dead cells, and other impurities that coat your skin’s surface will be blocking those products from penetrating.
With that in mind, if you’d like to take your cleanse one step further, consider double cleansing on those nights when radiant skin the next morning is essential. Double cleansing provides an even more thorough cleanse than just doing it once. This means that your skincare products can be absorbed to an even greater degree, allowing them to really work their magic.
The key to double cleansing is to start with an oil-based cleanser. This will tackle the oil-based impurities on your skin. Then, follow up with a water-based cleanser, like the Lionesse White Pearl Facial Cleanser. This will deal with the water-based impurities on your skin. Once you’re done double cleansing, swipe on a hydrating toner, such as the White Pearl Skin Toner, before continuing on with your evening routine.
Try a Facial Steam
While double cleansing already gives your skin a deeper clean, steaming your face after cleansing can take this to the next level. Steam opens up the pore openings, allowing deep-seated gunk to be removed. It also stimulates oil production to combat dryness, gives circulation a boost, and enhances skin permeability, enabling it to better absorb the rest of your products. If you’re hoping for radiant skin in the morning, a quick facial steam before bed could bring you exactly that.
While there are plenty of DIY face steaming methods out there, practice caution with this. These methods all involve very hot water. Make one mistake and you could end up scalding your skin.
If you’re prone to clumsiness, you might feel safer investing in a facial steamer device. They make the steaming process more risk-free, as well as more convenient.
Exfoliate For Added Radiance
Another way to quickly brighten up your complexion and encourage radiant skin is to exfoliate. This sloughs off the dead and dull skin cells that sit on your skin’s surface. The result of this is that the fresher and newer skin cells that lie beneath can show through, immediately giving the skin some extra luminescence. Exfoliate after cleansing and steaming your face, and you’ll notice even bigger improvements!
Of course, the exfoliator that you use will have a big impact on the effects that you see. While you may be tempted to opt for a super-powerful formula to give you better results, it doesn’t always work in this way. Over-exfoliating your skin, which can happen when you either exfoliate too often or use an exfoliator that’s too harsh for your skin, will only leave your skin red and inflamed. If you’re hoping for true radiance, you’ll need an exfoliator that’s effective yet gentle enough not to irritate your skin.
This is where the Lionesse White Pearl Facial Peeling comes in. With its gel-like consistency, it glides onto the skin easily, picking up dead cells as it’s massaged over the skin’s surface. Rinse it off once you’re done and your skin should immediately look brighter. Follow up with the rest of your routine, and you’ll have a gorgeous glow come morning!
Use a Thermal Face Mask in the Evening
We’ve already talked about how the heat from a facial steam can be very beneficial if your goal is to wake up with radiant skin. However, there’s another way that you can add heat to your skincare routine: with a thermal face mask.
These face masks contain thermal catalysts that are activated when the mask is spread onto the skin. This encourages the pore openings on the skin’s surface to dilate, meaning that not only is it easier for excess oil and other skin-dulling substances to be removed, but the rest of the ingredients in the mask will find it much easier to sink into your skin.
Of course, since radiance is your main goal, look for a mask that has been formulated to enhance this. The Lionesse Black Onyx Mask, for example, is brimming with ingredients that are known for boosting the skin’s natural glow. From vitamins A, C, and E to coffee seed extract and lemon peel extract, it’s an excellent formula for quickly rejuvenating the complexion.
Give Yourself an Ice Facial
It’s not just heat that can work wonders on your complexion – cold temperatures can have the same effect. This is why ‘skin icing’ has become a big trend. It’s all about using ice cubes on the skin’s surface in a way that soothes and brightens the look of the skin. Ice can also make pores look smaller, calm the appearance of redness and puffiness, and improve circulation.
How do you go about giving yourself an ice facial?
It’s simple. Start by wrapping a few ice cubes in a clean cloth. Your ice cubes don’t necessarily need to be made of water – try making some from green tea or other herbs to give your skin some extra antioxidants. Then, using light circular motions, massage your skin with your ice cube bundle for a couple of minutes. Once you’re done, pat your skin dry and move on to the rest of your skincare routine.
Add a Hydrating Overnight Mask to Your Routine
It’s no secret that face masks can work wonders on the skin. These products tend to be packed with a high concentration of powerful ingredients, which is why they’re usually used weekly instead of daily.
There are so many masks out there that can contribute to radiant skin. However, if you’re hoping for overnight results, an overnight mask is what you need! These masks are applied to the skin in the evening and left on all night. Unlike a regular face mask, which is removed after 10-15 minutes, the extended contact that an overnight mask has with the skin helps the ingredients within to work to their full potential.
Two key features to look for when selecting an overnight mask are hydrating ingredients and antioxidants. You need a combination of both if you want your skin to glow, which is exactly what the Lionesse Opal Sheer Melting Mask provides. Sodium hyaluronate, squalane, and aloe vera saturate the skin with moisture. Meanwhile, the numerous superfruit extracts in this formula lend a vast array of antioxidant compounds.
Dampen Your Skin Before Applying Your Night Cream
While it’s true that you should wait for a while in between applying each product in your skincare routine, you don’t want this gap to be too long either, especially before reaching for your night cream. Moisturizers work by forming a thin film over the skin’s surface. This film almost replicates skin barrier function, in that it traps moisture underneath it to prevent it from evaporating away. This means that the skin then has access to all of that extra moisture.
The more moisture you trap in with your night cream, the more hydrated your skin will look the next morning. This is why one trick that’s often recommended by skincare pros is to dampen your skin before moisturizing. This then means that your moisturizer has extra water molecules to lock into your skin. It’s a trick that will leave you with a radiant glow!
Of course, your choice of night cream will also influence how healthy your skin looks in the morning. Ideally, pick a formula that’s geared toward maximizing hydration, just like the Lionesse White Pearl Night Cream. Slather this moisturizer over damp skin before bed, and your face will feel unbelievably soft and supple the next day.
Drink Water Before Bed
By now, we’ve mentioned hydration a few times. It’s an essential component of radiant skin. The more hydrated your skin is, the brighter and plumper it will look. It will also be able to reflect light more easily, which is what gives the skin a glow.
While topical hydration is a key part of this, you also need to ensure that your body is hydrated internally. Your topical products will only penetrate to a certain extent. In order for those deeper skin cells to remain adequately hydrated, internal moisture is a must.
While you don’t want to be jumping up to run to the bathroom in the middle of the night, research shows that drinking a small amount of water before bed can help boost hydration. It assists with temperature regulation too, which can bring about better quality sleep.
Get an Early Night
Speaking of sleep quality, this is something else that you need to focus on if you want to wake up with radiant skin. After all, it’s called ‘beauty sleep’ for a reason!
The time during which you’re asleep is when your skin cells turn their attention to repair and regeneration. Give them the time that they need to perform these tasks, and your skin will look all the better for it the next morning.
Ideally, aim to get around eight hours of quality sleep each night. While this may not seem like game-changing advice, sleep deprivation can quickly make your skin look dull and haggard. Making a few tweaks to your sleeping routine could be all that’s needed to encourage a glow!
Summary
While it’s true that skincare is a long-term game, there are several steps that you can take at night to ensure radiant skin the next morning. Try implementing all of the tips that we’ve shared above, and you’ll likely be surprised by how well your skin responds. Remain consistent with our advice and that morning glow will become even easier to achieve as time goes on.
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