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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With cold weather, windy days, and indoor heating right around the corner, it’s time to make some adjustments to your beauty kit. Before you go on a shopping spree, find out which fall and winter skin care product is most important for the season.

Sure, you can go the multi-product route to treat dryness, and that works well some of the time. But there is one skin care product that has several uses and can stave off winter skin doldrums.

Skin balm is a versatile beauty product that goes way beyond treating dry skin. Yes, its rich emollient texture helps to soften skin and hold in moisture, making it the perfect addition to any fall and winter beauty routine. But balms also add sheen to sapped skin, soften lines and wrinkles, relieve redness and irritated skin conditions, and more.

Best Skin Balms and Ways to Use for Fall and Winter Skin Care

RMS Beauty Lip & Skin Balm

A must have for every beauty kit. This super smooth, subtly scented balm resuscitates dry or dreary skin. Of course, you can use as a standard moisturizer or spot treatment, but this baby does so much more. Use as a lip balm, apply to cheekbones and eye lids for instant glowy sheen, run a dab over hair to tame flyaways, treat dehydrated cuticles, and remove makeup. Another fun trick – mix a bit of balm with powder shadow or blush to create your own cream tints for eyes, cheeks or lips. The options are practically endless.

Tata Harper Redefining Body Balm

You already know skin balm hydrates, but did you know it can tighten and firm skin too? Red algae and natural butters support skin, minimize the appearance of stretch marks and cellulite, and promote elasticity.

Kahina Giving Beauty FEZ Hand and Body Balm

Good ol’ argan oil to the rescue in this warmly scented balm. Softens and soothes while diminishing redness.

Vapour Organic Beauty Lux Lip Conditioner

This is, technically, a lip balm. But the convenient chubby stick makes it easy to swipe your balm on the go. Possibly my favorite lip balm ever, I’ve been known to use on backs of hands, cheeks…whatever the day calls for while on the run.

Indie Lee Calendula Eye Balm

Ever deal with dry eyelids? Ugh! Such a tough area to treat. Use this ultra hydrating, deeply soothing balm at night and let it repair the delicate area while you sleep. You’ll be back to wearing powder shadow in no time.

Metta Skincare Face Balm

We’ve been talking the benefits of fruit oils for skin here lately. This fruity balm contains pomegranate and raspberry to soothe and protect. Sea buckthorn ups the glow factor.

When using balm to treat dryness, pat onto damp skin to help hold in moisture. Couple with a facial oil or daily moisturizer for extra hydration. Enlisting the help of this important beauty product now is the best fall and winter skin care move you can make.

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‘Tis the season for merriment, but dry skin issues can leave us feeling less than jolly. Enlist an organic skin balm and your scaly, cracked, irritated ailments will vanish. How’s that for a holiday miracle?

Skin balm is the ideal product for treating excessive winter dryness. From facial dryness and irritation, to cracked fingers and heels, it is practically an overnight fix for all your dry skin this winter. Definitely a must have for the chilly season.

While multitasking is taking a backseat to mindfulness in 2015, there’s nothing wrong with a beauty product that treats more than one issue. Skin balm can be used as a facial moisturizer, lip balm, elbow and heel treatment, whole body skin soother, and even helps open stuffy noses.

When choosing a skin balm be sure to go organic. Petrolatum is the main ingredient in many mainstream balms. Not only does it come with serious health risks, but clogs pores and prevents skin from breathing. Other harmful cosmetic ingredients may include synthetic fragrance, synthetic colorants, and parabens.

Following are our top picks for organic skin balms + how to use them:

1. May Lindstrom Skin The Blue Cocoon – The luxe of all skin balms, this healer touts Blue Tansy (a natural anti-inflammatory) to calm and soothe irritated skin. The price tag is on the higher end, but with this stuff a little dab truly will do. Use as a spot treatment for red or upset areas. Perfect for all skin types and smells great too!

2. Suti Purity Organic Moisturizing Balm – This balm can seriously be used for every dry skin issue. I love it in winter for face, hands, and feet. Soaks quickly into skin so you aren’t left with a grease slick. Apply before bed for serious hydration while you catch your zzzs.

3. Suti Cleanse Organic Facial Cleansing Balm – Another fave by Suti. This balm is perfect for cleansing dry skin. If you’ve been applying extra moisturizer and still seeing irritation or extra dryness, it is likely your cleanser. A cleansing balm binds to dirt and makeup, gently removing them from skin. Perfecto for this time of year. At nighttime simply warm a small amount of this balm between fingertips and massage gently into face. Rinse with a warm water and apply moisturizer as usual. Your skin will be so much happier.

4. Dr. Shannon’s Organic Skin Balm – This one works wonders on those odds and ends. Cuticles, lips, even razor burn respond well to a swipe of this simple yet superhero-like balm. Stash a tiny tin in your bag for on the go balming.

5. S.W. Basics Cream – Ok, this is a straightforward skin cream. But it’s balm-like qualities can’t be denied. We use it to treat chapped lips and skin all winter long. It also works wonders on eczema. And it lasts forever, so this one is a steal.

6. Balanced Guru Balm Me Up – Super smooth, this stuff is a bedside bestie. Slather it onto hands and feet pre-sleep and you’ll wake up soft as a petal. Cocoa butter and citrus oils make for some sweet aromatherapy action too.

7. Zoe Organics Breathe Balm – Little one have a cold? Apply this convenient balm stick to chest and soles of feet for relief from stuffiness and cough. Made with cocoa butter to soothe and eucalyptus and tea tree oils to open things up. Works on adults too!

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