Finding and incorporating the best day and night creams for your skin in your routine can be challenging: between the cost and the added steps (not to mention the extra bottles in your cupboard), it may be tempting to just use a single product day and night to get glowing skin.
When you’re living a busy life on the go, it can be easy to cut corners. When it comes to your skin, however, it’s not always a good idea—in fact, it can even set you back in the long term! Using separate day and night creams can do wonders not only for the way your skin looks, but the way it ages. Here are the benefits of using day and night creams in your everyday skincare routine.
Why do we wear different day creams and night creams?
If you’ve ever wondered why do we wear different creams for day and night, you’re not alone. Many little girls watched their mothers carefully apply their separate creams from their separate bottles, only to grow up and use the same moisturizer day in and day out (literally!). And that’s only natural: it takes a long time to find the best moisturizer for your skin type and your needs. But once you do, the time and effort to get a night cream to go with it is well worth it.
What is day cream?
Day cream is what many people use as their main moisturizer, day and night. And this is a great start to building a skincare routine. But what many people don’t know is that day cream is specially designed to keep your skin feeling hydrated and comfortable all day. This means that day cream is made with a specific set of qualities, for specific reasons.
- Day cream is usually a light-weight moisturizer designed to hydrate your skin and penetrate it quickly.
- Due to its light weight, day cream doesn’t make your skin look or feel greasy.
- Day cream is often formulated to be worn under makeup.
- Some day creams also contain SPF to help protect your skin from sun damage as you go through your day.
- ELLA’s Hydrating Moisturizer is designed to provide all-day moisture, and is infused with Jojoba Seed, Aloe, and Vitamin C & E to help even out and brighten your skin tone.
What is night cream?
Night cream, on the other hand, is formulated to help restore and replenish your skin while you sleep. During the night, your skin gets a rest from all the irritants it encounters in its environment—UV rays are the most-cited culprit when it comes to damaging and aging skin, but pollution, poor air quality and even blue light (yes, the one from your phone and computer screens) are also to blame.
This nightly rest is the perfect time for your skin to get the nutrition it needs, and that’s where night cream comes in. It’s heavier than day cream, with a noticeably thicker consistency. It may take longer to penetrate your skin, and it may leave your skin looking shiny—but before bed, who’s worried about looking shiny?
What’s in night cream?
Night cream is formulated with distinct ingredients designed to help repair and deeply nourish your skin. One of the main ingredients in night cream is retinol, a cult skincare product known for its anti-aging properties and its ability to help treat fine lines and wrinkles.
Besides the thick consistency of night cream, one of the main reasons to wear it only at night is that it contains retinol. Retinol can make your skin more photosensitive (this means it gets damaged or irritated more easily by the sun’s UV rays), so applying it first thing in the morning is definitely a bad idea. Night cream gives your skin the time and conditions to safely benefit from the properties of retinol.
How to choose the right day and night creams
When you’re considering day and night creams, consider these points about your skincare needs:
- What is your skin type?
- What sensitivities or allergies do you have?
- What additional benefits do you want to get from your day and night cream?
Consider choosing creams fortified with oils and nutrients, like Vitamin C and rosehip oil. ELLA’s Retinol Night Cream uses rosehip oil to boost tissue repair and fade dark spots.
When should you start using day cream and night cream?
The short answer is as soon as possible! There’s no specific time to start layering your skincare routine to benefit from anti-aging products, but sooner is generally better.
Aging skin is caused in part by collagen in our skin breaking down as we age, resulting in less firm, less elastic skin. Once your skin has started showing signs of aging, you can of course start using anti-aging skincare; but the best time to invest in skin care that fights signs of aging is before they appear!
Finding affordable day cream and night cream
For many people, one of the concerns about using separate day and night cream is the cost. Getting high-quality skincare at an affordable price can be a challenge, but it’s not impossible—and with ELLA, it’s absolutely easy. When you’re using day and night cream from ELLA, you’re using products manufactured in the US and made from premium quality ingredients. And it’s not just our moisturizers.
ELLA’s line of affordable luxurious skincare is an easy way to pamper yourself while ensuring that your skin gets what it needs. From cleansers and toners to our rich salt scrub, our skincare line for women can help you get fresh, younger-looking skin without breaking the bank.
Discover our full range of skincare products and start experiencing the ELLA difference for yourself today!