Treatments, moisturizers, serums, eye products for using while you sleep. Ever wonder if those nighttime skin care products really do any good?

Sleep is more than just down time. It is restorative and essential to good health. We reenergize while we catch our Zs. Sleep supports the immune system, boosts the mood, and even improves our ability to keep off unwanted pounds.

Sleep also helps to keep our skin firm and youthful looking, and gives us that healthy glow we love. Why not put this restful time of day to even better use with healthy nighttime skin care products?

You see many beauty products marketed as nighttime skin care. But what’s so special about them and how do they help our skin while we sleep?

Most nighttime skin care potions are packed with healing oils that do a myriad of good things to skin. Clear pores, depuff, tone, protect, and moisturize. The difference is, you can really layer on the goodness at night and garner the most benefits.

8 Nighttime Skin Care Products You Need to Own

1. Odacite Nighttime Repair Serum: Deliver a hefty dose of wrinkle-fighting antioxidants while you are in dreamland. For dry to normal skin types.

2. Vintner’s Daughter Active Botanical Serum: Fight signs of aging and inflammation with this potent cocktail of good for skin oils. A little goes a long way.

3. B Leaf Botanics Nurture Night Treat: This little powerhouse rejuvenates skin and repairs damage overnight. The seabuckthorn oil also means you wake up with a healthy glow.

4. Tammy Fender Spontaneous Recovery Crème: A buttery cream for face designed to soothe irritation and douse the skin in nutrients. Awaken to a naturally radiant complexion.

5. Kahina Giving Beauty Night Cream: You’ve heard all about the beauty benefits of resveratrol, right? Supposed to be the latest in skin support, try it out in this argan oil rich cream.

6. Dr. Alkaitis Night Cream: Looking for something a bit lighter? Hydrate and clear pores with this aloe-based moisturizer.

7. Hurraw Moon Lip Treatment Balm: Don’t forget your smoocher. This soothing balm hydrates lips in a formula that stays put all night long.

8. Metta Skincare Face Balm: The thick, rich substance isn’t only for winter. Think of nighttime as the right time to deliver skin-healing benefits in products you wouldn’t use during the day. A balm can be way too heavy and greasy for daytime use. Apply a layer over your favorite treatment to keep skin hydrated and sort of seal the deal.

Choose what works for you and make it a habit. Now go get your good night’s sleep.

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As much as we love oils for winter skin, there are times when they are less than convenient. When traveling, or carrying in your bag or to the gym, a bottle of oil can get messy. That’s where solid oils come in.

The ideal winter skin hydration product should work well on face, hands, lips, and body. And the best way to fend off dryness and cracked skin is to apply such a product multiple times each day. Because if there is one product you absolutely must have for winter, it is a good moisturizer. Once you’ve gone to the dry zone, it is hard to recover.

While oils are amazing at adding extra moisture to skin and revving up glow, they are not exactly tote-able. No one wants to end up with a grease slick inside their purse in the name of supple skin.

The answer to this winter skin dilemma? Solid oils. Same great moisture and softness for skin, convenient take-anywhere formula. Thinner and less greasy than most balms, these combine healthy oils that spread easily and quickly evaporate into skin.

Some cosmetic use oils are solid at room temperature. These include coconut oil, shea butter, cupuacu, mango butter, and babassu oil. Rather than a super thick or waxy feel, a swipe of these oils melt into skin and leave behind no greasy feel.

Solid oils can be used just like regular oils, on their own or over moisturizer. But there are other uses as well. They work great as makeup remover, quickly dissolving foundation and eye makeup. Solid oils also make the perfect product for the oil cleansing step in Korean beauty ritual. A swipe on lips keeps dryness at bay and makes a softening base for lip color. And use to keep hands smooth and cuticles in shape too.

Solid Oils for Winter Skin

RMS Beauty Skin & Lip Balm

SKIN Healing Calendula Salve

Revolution Organics All-Over Balm

Badger Balm Damascus Rose Beauty Balm

Trilogy Everything Balm

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