If you don't have a night-time skin care routine, it is time to set up one

Leave your skin feeling healthy and happy like never before

After a busy day at work, nothing beats lying down in bed and catching up on your favourite show before dozing off, right? Wait! Did you kiss your skin goodnight first? If you don't have a night-time skin care routine, it is time to set up one. At night, when you are resting, your body is busy fixing the day's wear and tear as best as it can. While resting, your skin cell regeneration doubles up; production of collagen is boosted, harmful free radicals are destroyed and damaged cells are repaired. Additionally, the skin absorbs more active ingredients at night as they are not broken down by sunlight. A proper night-time skin care routine helps the skin's nightly rejuvenation, ensuring that you put your best face forward every day. Here's a basic guide to get your night-time skin care routine up to par:

1. Remove your makeup
You should never ever go to bed without removing your makeup! Keeping makeup on through the night can irritate your skin and cause pimple and acne breakouts, rashes, dryness, and a dull complexion. Eye makeup such as mascara and eyeliner can also get into your eyes and lead to eye infections.
When your skin is caked with makeup while you sleep it's unable to breathe easily, which interferes with the natural rejuvenation process and ultimately makes the skin to age prematurely. Leaving makeup on can also clog your pores, and over time, make them larger- leading to loss in elasticity and a more infection-prone skin. Buy a good quality makeup remover and use a swab of cotton wool to thoroughly wipe off your makeup. For waterproof makeup, use an oil-based remover. Be gentle- rubbing your face or eyes to remove makeup can cause wrinkles.