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The secret to that wedding day glow is giving
your skin a good night’s sleep. As you rest, your skin works overtime
repairing damage, creating new cells, and replenishing moisture, so obviously
it’s super important to get as much sleep time as possible before your big
day.
Though there are a few things you can do before you get ready to
sleep to ensure a flawless, photo-ready face on your wedding day.
1.
Go to bed with a clean face:
Never fall asleep with your make-up on. Beyond just clogging your skin and causing breakouts, sleeping in make-up can lead to wrinkles down the road. Even on those nights when you’re too lazy to actually wash your face, take a minute and use a cleansing wipe, to remove dirt, oil, and make-up.
Never fall asleep with your make-up on. Beyond just clogging your skin and causing breakouts, sleeping in make-up can lead to wrinkles down the road. Even on those nights when you’re too lazy to actually wash your face, take a minute and use a cleansing wipe, to remove dirt, oil, and make-up.
2. Get on a
five-step program:
Establish a nightly skincare routine and stick to it — especially before your wedding. Dr. Day’s five-step daily regimen:
Establish a nightly skincare routine and stick to it — especially before your wedding. Dr. Day’s five-step daily regimen:
- Cleanse your skin,
- Apply toner that fits your skin type with a cotton pad,
- Rub on an anti-ageing serum,
- Use an overnight repair treatment,
- Finish it off with a super-moisturising night cream, like Neutrogena Deep Moisture Night Cream.
- Stay faithful to your ritual every night for a few weeks to see the best results.
3. Read the content:
For ultra-smooth skin, look for anti-ageing treatments with retinol, which speeds up skin cells’ turnover process, leaving your skin brighter and softer with fewer fine lines. Retinol can cause some redness and irritation, so if you find your skin stinging, scale back to every other night. Your other new wedding day skin best friends are peptides, which replenish collagen and make your skin look firmer, and anti-oxidants, which reverse damage from the elements.
For ultra-smooth skin, look for anti-ageing treatments with retinol, which speeds up skin cells’ turnover process, leaving your skin brighter and softer with fewer fine lines. Retinol can cause some redness and irritation, so if you find your skin stinging, scale back to every other night. Your other new wedding day skin best friends are peptides, which replenish collagen and make your skin look firmer, and anti-oxidants, which reverse damage from the elements.
4. Sleep for at least eight hours:
You may think you can power through on six hours with a few cups of coffee, but your skin disagrees. And even if you go to bed a few minutes earlier, scrolling through your Instagram feed may only be keeping you up later — the blue light from your phone can inhibit production of the sleep-inducing hormone melatonin, making it harder to nod off. Switch off your phone before you get into bed, and take a few minutes to clear your mind of stress (no wedding worrying allowed!).
You may think you can power through on six hours with a few cups of coffee, but your skin disagrees. And even if you go to bed a few minutes earlier, scrolling through your Instagram feed may only be keeping you up later — the blue light from your phone can inhibit production of the sleep-inducing hormone melatonin, making it harder to nod off. Switch off your phone before you get into bed, and take a few minutes to clear your mind of stress (no wedding worrying allowed!).
5. Give your body some love:
While you’re sleeping, your skin is working hard to repair all the damage it picked up throughout the day, which means the less punishing elements you expose it to, the less work it will have to do come sundown. “Emotional stress, pollution, dehydration, and smoking will all stress out your skin,” says Dr. Day, “but the biggest cause of aging is sun exposure! It is so important to protect your skin from the sun every day.”
While you’re sleeping, your skin is working hard to repair all the damage it picked up throughout the day, which means the less punishing elements you expose it to, the less work it will have to do come sundown. “Emotional stress, pollution, dehydration, and smoking will all stress out your skin,” says Dr. Day, “but the biggest cause of aging is sun exposure! It is so important to protect your skin from the sun every day.”
Make SPF a part of your morning
routine, even during the winter and on cloudy days, and your night treatments
will spend less time reversing sun damage and more time making your skin look
brighter than ever.
.........xoxoxo
.........xoxoxo
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