Unless you have really oily skin, it’s best to always apply moisturiser, so as to help keep the skin’s protective barrier in tact and the natural moisture within your skin from evaporating. Also, when you sleep the skin is at its most regenerative, so it would be a shame to miss this opportunity to deep-treat skin. If you want to scale back the number of skincare products you use, that’s fine – just go for one gently anti-ageing night cream that can double (actually, quadruple) as a treatment, neck & décolletage cream, and eye cream (some derms believe that eye and night creams are basically the same deal). For example: Prevage Anti-Ageing Night Cream ($200 from selected Myer stores) or, for a cheaper option, Nivea Visage Anti-Wrinkle Q10 Plus Night Care ($18.98 from supermarkets, pharmacies and variety stores).
I can never go to bed without night cream, it just feels wrong. On the odd occasion that I do forget, like after a big night, I wake up feeling so dry. I also find that my sleep lines look a lot worse if I haven’t buffered them with night cream. So totally worth the effort, I say!
Comment by Kristin — July 1, 2008 @ 5:11 pm