As much as it’s important to have a hydrating skincare routine for your makeup to sit on top of, it’s just as essential to have a hydrating night skincare routine, too. During the night is when our skin renews and regenerates to help redeem the damage it’s experienced in the day, like stress, sun damage, and environmental stressors. The skincare solution? A routine packed with gentle, calming, soothing, and moisturising products that deliver real results.
Clinique’s dermatologist-developed products are perfect for developing a nighttime skincare routine, as they’re packed with effective ingredients and formulas. So, want to get some real beauty sleep? Here are our recommendations for the best Clinique products to use and the order to apply them.
A Simple 6-Step Night Skincare Routine
Step 1: Cleanse
Recommendation: Clinique’s Take The Day Off™ Cleansing Balm
Clinique’s Take The Day Off™ Cleansing Balm works hard to remove oil, dirt, makeup, and SPF from skin without stripping moisture. Start by removing a coin-sized amount of cleansing balm from the jar and warm it between your fingers until you feel the balm start to melt. Begin massaging it over dry skin in small circular motions for several minutes – don’t forget your neck and eye area. Soak a muslin cloth in warm water then wring dry and gently wipe the cleanser from your skin.
Step 2: Toner
Recommendation: Clinique Clarifying Lotion 2
To give your skin a gentle exfoliation and clear your pores, soak a cotton pad in Clarifying Lotion 2 – a gentle witch hazel and glycerin solution – and sweep it over skin to remove dead skin cells, pollution, and grime. It helps to leave the complexion clearer, and also preps the skin for your moisturiser as exfoliated skin is more receptive to hydrating ingredients.
Step 3: Targeted treatment
Recommendation: Smart Clinical Repair™ AM/PM Retinoid Balm
Once you’ve cleansed and toned, it’s time for a targeted treatment like the Smart Clinical Repair™ AM/PM Retinoid Balm by Clinique. This little stick of skincare magic is a concentrated retinoid treatment that combines hyaluronic acid with 1% advanced retinoid. It offers soothing hydration as well as softening, improving, and plumping the appearance of fine, dry lines. Working to speed up the skin’s natural surface cell renewal, it smooths the look of skin texture and corrects even those deeper and more stubborn lines. Simply swipe on over your whole face, avoiding the delicate eye area and lips. Oh, and don’t forget your SPF the next day.
Step 4: Moisturiser
Recommendation: Clinique Turnaround Overnight Revitalizing Moisturiser
An essential part of your nighttime skincare routine is a hydrating moisturiser, like the Clinique Turnaround Overnight Revitalizing Moisturiser. Helping your brightest, most youthful-looking skin emerge come morning, it works by boosting cell turnover. This formula is designed to visibly plump and smooth your skin whilst you sleep to truly rejuvenate your skin and leave it more radiant and smoother. Simply massage into both your face and neck gently.
Step 5: Overnight mask
Recommendation: Clinique’s Moisture Surge™ Overnight Mask
For an intensive hydration boost or if your skin is feeling particularly dry or dehydrated, replace your moisturiser with Clinique’s Moisture Surge™ Overnight Mask once or twice a week. This hardworking formula creates an invisible ‘net’ over skin to help hold in moisture which helps to strengthen the skin’s moisture barrier and prevent water loss.
Step 6: Eye cream
Recommendation: Clinique All About Eyes
The final step of your evening skincare routine should be a lightweight eye cream. The All About Eyes formula from Clinique works to diminish the look of puffiness, dark circles, and fine lines thanks to its hydrating formula and powerhouse ingredients like vitamin C, caffeine, and whey protein. It’s a cream-gel texture too, making it perfect for the delicate under eye skin.
