Night care, allies for glowing skin when you wake up

“Sleeping well is a factor in social progress. “Who says that? Gwyneth Paltrow, priestess clean sleep. He recommends getting eight to ten hours of sleep a night and encourages making sleep your absolute priority, ahead of diet and exercise. It worked for him, but it is clear that we sleep less and less, and sleep worse. “70% of French people complain of sleep disorders, from a simple problem of falling asleep to severe insomnia,” laments Le D.^r: Loris-Alexander Mazelin, psychiatrist and somnologist. Before Covid they were only 40%. In women, these concerns are very minor and follow less than in men, continues the doctor. For example, a quarter of them suffer from sleep apnea after menopause. However, we know that sleep affects health, mood, weight, but also skin on all levels.

All studies on chronobiology show this. cell division is most active during deep sleep. “What we call golden hoursfrom midnight to three in the morning,” says José Ginestar, Sisley’s scientific director. During the day, the skin goes into self-defense mode, and at night, it restores the day’s damage. It detoxifies, oxygenates, restores, soothes… Finally, when everything is going well and when it’s young. Then slowly laziness takes over and we have to reach out to him with dedicated assets. “Lack of sleep ages us and increases oxidative stress,” adds Bathsabe Kutaz, director of the study.^r: Pierre Rico. It’s a virtuous circle. When you wake up feeling refreshed, the emotional impact of fatigue is lessened. »

The new “somni sphere”.

The skin-sleep-emotions axis is increasingly being documented. The star in the cosmetic “night club” remains retinol and its derivatives, but each brand has its night team. New? “We recently highlighted the fundamental role of cutaneous melatonin,” notes José Ginestar. Serotonin released during the day is gradually replaced at night by melatonin, the sleep hormone. It is produced by the pineal gland in the brain, but also by the skin and, of course, the intestines. It is what initiates the skin’s repair and regeneration mechanisms, but it also has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory powers. » With age and our lifestyle, the source becomes rarer. Cicely’s answer. The great anti-aging treatment Supremÿa La Nuit, which while you dream, takes care of twenty-five projects at once in three stages: cell quality control.

In the new Régénération Suprême night range, Dr. Pierre Rico also focuses on dermal melatonin, the production of which he activates with organic lavender microRNA and probiotic bifidobacteria. Garancia’s Étoile Polaire range activates the skin’s melatonin, but it doesn’t stop there as it eases all post-menopausal woes: fat loss, sagging and deep wrinkles. If there’s a leader in chronobiology and the skin microbiome, it’s Estée Lauder. its new Advanced Night Repair Soothing Concentrate reduces irritation and redness on heavily damaged skin. From the age of 25, Institut Esthederm’s Age Proteom Serum optimizes cellular longevity by placing all skin proteins under close protection. Its labs promise to use morning and night, year-round, at any age to “age half as fast.” Returning to a younger state of activity… This is Dior’s obsession with research, with the very luxurious (but recharging) Nectar Premier Prestige launching the most effective of its serums. Ninety-nine molecules of its patented Granville rose complex, enriched with vitality-exploding buds, treat all dimensions of aging: volume, texture, skin quality, radiance, and more.

For people over 45, Shiseido Vital Perfection Radiance Night Concentrate works as the final step in a nighttime routine by “activating the face’s dynamic zone, a group of muscles that resist gravity.” L’Occitane Immortelle Harmonie Exceptional Youth Serum’s 8,500 microbeads concentrate the power of immortality and red algae in oils to regenerate and transform. The Queen of the Night is a rare flower that only wakes up for a few hours a year… It doesn’t dance, it doesn’t sing, but Clarins cryogenically freezes it immediately after harvesting, because it reactivates the fox, the skin. longevity protein.. You’ll see its powers with the Precious Cells line and treatments developed by facialist Marie Depoulein. A unique experience provided exclusively at certain Clarins institutes and spas. The sixth generation of Caudalie’s Resveratrol Lift line, created in collaboration with Harvard, introduces the collagen of the future, vegan and biotech, produced in vertical farms by the plants themselves. “It’s three times more effective than retinol for firming the skin,” Mathilda Thomas, co-creator of the Caudalie brand, assures us. Not a gram of silicone inside, but the texture is so nice it feels like it contains something.

At night

To benefit from all these discoveries, of course, you need to sleep… Tip D^r: Will Mazelin reconcile with Morpheus? “Insomnia is cured in the morning. You should always wake up at the same time, even if it’s not enough, do physical activity in the morning and sleep for a maximum of twenty minutes. There power sleep Ideally, ten to twelve minutes, lying down, relaxed, with eyes closed, without trying to fall asleep. If you wake up in the middle of the night and don’t go back to sleep within twenty minutes, there’s no point in insisting, the brain will always do the opposite of what you want. So get up and take the opportunity, as Gwyneth advises, to keep a sleep diary. Finally, don’t underestimate the power of an evening ritual. It starts early as body temperature drops two to three hours before bedtime.

It’s best to finish a meal at least two hours before slipping into the sheets, and not an evening snack. And it all starts with removing makeup, which in itself has become a moment of healing, pleasure and relaxation. Just like a facial massage, which allows you to relax the features, smooth, transform, optimize the treatment effect, but also prepare you for sweet dreams. Some small tools like gua sha help take charge. All luxury brands now have their own, with massage gestures that optimize the effect of the product.