Why Rich Night Creams are the Secret to Aging Beautifully
A quality, rich, luxurious night cream may be the anti-aging secret you are missing in your routine. But, after reading this article, it won’t be a secret anymore. The best night cream will hydrate, protect, and rejuvenate to enhance skin health while you sleep.
Keep reading as we explore:
- What is night cream?
- The benefits of a rich night cream
- The best anti-aging night cream and other overnight products from NassifMD® facial plastic surgeon skincare
- How an overnight cream promotes skin barrier repair
- Thick vs. thin creams
- When to use night face cream
Why Rich Night Creams Work
Designed as the last step of your nighttime routine, rich night creams are thick creams containing occlusive ingredients that lock in moisture and active ingredients. They promote active skin repair to aid in recovery from daily stressors, UV exposure, and natural aging.
High-quality creams work because they:
- Intensively moisturize – Rich creams offer more moisturization than thinner creams and hydrate the skin by locking in moisture and preventing water loss. You’ll wake up with supple, hydrated skin instead of even drier skin.
- Improve skin barrier function – By nourishing and protecting the delicate skin barrier, a quality night cream can strengthen skin barrier function and promote a healthy skin microbiome.
- Deliver active ingredients – Nourishing oils, antioxidants, and soothing plant extracts offer their benefits overnight. Additionally, a thick night cream locks in other active ingredients from your serums and the rest of your skincare routine.
- Repair and rejuvenate – The best night creams promote collagen production, cellular repair, and stimulate microcirculation depending on the formula.
- Calm and soothe – A rich cream calms the skin, reducing redness, irritation, and stress from the day.
Best Anti-Aging Night Moisturizers
NassifMD® Pure Hydration Night Cream is a luxurious and practical addition to your evening skincare routine. It’s a thick, rich, concentrated, non-greasy formula offering deep hydration from gradual overnight absorption. It’s designed to maximize the regeneration process by working more deeply on the skin layers to repair the skin barrier, reducing moisture loss, and supporting collagen production. The result is firm, plump, smooth, radiant skin, and you can see the difference from night to morning.
Dr. Nassif says, “This cream is like plugging in your phone at night and waking up 100% charged.” And users agree, 100% of participants in a clinical study said their skin felt immediately hydrated with use. The benefits continue to increase over time.
NassifMD® Pure Hydration Night Cream is at the top of our best nighttime creams list. If you love it, you’ll also love these overnight skin barrier repair products from NassifMD® Skincare:
- NassifMD® Deco-Lift Neck Firming & Lifting Complex is a thick, luxurious overnight cream for your neck and décolleté designed to tighten, hydrate, and contour the skin.
- NassifMD® Night Therapy Serum is a concentrated formula designed to firm, plump, and repair the skin overnight. As a serum, you can use it under NassifMD® Pure Hydration Night Cream for the benefits of both.
- NassifMD® Age Defying Eye Renewal Serum utilizes skincare peptides to target the delicate skin around the eyes as a spot treatment. Use it before NassifMD® Pure Hydration Night Cream.
- NassifMD® Overnight Illuminating Masque is another nighttime product we love to rejuvenate and brighten the skin. Use it two or three times weekly after cleansing. Without rinsing, continue with the rest of your skincare routine, ending with NassifMD® Pure Hydration Night Cream.
How Night Creams Repair Skin
Night creams repair skin, first, because of their thick texture that creates a physical barrier between the skin and the outside world. It protects the skin barrier, promotes hydration, deeply absorbs, and nourishes the skin.
Second, night creams owe much of their skin repair to the active ingredients they contain. Here’s where choosing a high-quality product matters, as there can be a lot of variation between creams, some not containing active ingredients or enough of them.
NassifMD®Pure Hydration Night Cream contains targeted ingredients to promote cellular renewal while decreasing inflammation and signs of aging. This skin-renewing night cream contains gentle, yet powerful, active ingredients, including:
- Galactoarabinan – A polysaccharide from the larch tree that improves water retention, hydration, and appearance. Research shows this molecule has high biological activity, promoting growth factors, genetic expression, signaling, and repair.
- ViaPure – Poria cocos extract is from the fu ling mushroom that replenishes and protects the skin. It reduces inflammation and improves antioxidant activity for anti-aging benefits.
- Vitamin C – A potent skin vitamin, vitamin C increases collagen production, provides antioxidant protection, and brightens the skin for an even skin tone.
- Aloe – Helps calm, soothe, and rest the skin from a long day. It’s anti-inflammatory, nutrient-rich, and improves skin hydration and repair.
Use it as the final step of your evening skincare routine, after cleansing, toning, and serums. Massage it into your skin and feel the instant hydration.
Thick Vs. Light Night Creams
Both thin and thick night creams can be of high quality and contain active ingredients. Thin creams are lightweight, absorb quickly, and are breathable. They may be more conducive to daytime or summer use, or for oily skin. Some formulas will be oil-free gels.
Thick creams are more suitable for overnight use because their heavy nature takes them more time to absorb. They can act as occlusive locking in moisture for intense hydration. Thick creams are more suitable for aging or dry skin as they are deeply nourishing and restorative. You may also discover you enjoy a rich, thick night cream in the winter and something lighter in the summer.
When to Start Using Night Cream
You can begin using a skin repair cream at any time, at any age. If you haven’t used one before, there’s no time like the present.
If you’re in your 20s, you don’t need to wait until your skin is showing signs of aging, like fine lines, wrinkles, and age spots; you can begin now. As you get older, your skin will start losing collagen, resulting in less firmness and elasticity. You’ll also become more susceptible to changes in skin texture, skin tone, and hydration. You can counteract these changes by using a night cream as part of a comprehensive skincare routine.
If you are in your 30s, 40s, or older and noticing skin aging, now is the perfect time to begin using a night cream. It can help slow down skin aging and enhance the effects of the other skincare products you use. Your skin will benefit from extra hydration and nourishment each night.
Rich creams may be an anti-aging secret, but not just any Night cream for the face will do. It must be high-quality and contain a synergy of active ingredients for the best results. That’s why we recommend NassifMD® Pure Hydration Night Cream and the entire line of night treatments from NassifMD® Skincare. Dr. Nassif expertly formulates each product to repair, protect, and nourish the skin while you sleep.
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