The skin's own biorhythm
Our skin goes through different phases of activity during the day and night. The underlying biorhythm regulates the sleep-wake cycle and other physiological processes in the body. These are the main differences:
- Daytime: Protection from environmental pollution & Protection against moisture loss
During the day, the focus is on the skin's protective function against UV radiation, dry air, cold or hot temperatures or air pollution. The skin tries to prevent the penetration of pollutants by keeping the skin barrier intact. The skin also produces more sebum during the day to protect itself from moisture loss and to keep itself supple when sweating increases. - At night: regeneration & Increased absorption of care and active ingredients
The skin regenerates itself at night. It is concerned with repairing cell damage that occurred during the day. During the sheep phase, the skin has more blood supply and the cell division rate is increased. This means more nutrients and oxygen reach the cells. At night, the production of collagen fibers is also increased to smooth fine lines and keep the skin smooth and elastic.
Because the skin barrier is more permeable at night than during the day, This facilitates the absorption of regenerating and repairing active ingredients. Therefore, the evening care routine is ideal for the use of special care products such as masks, night creams or active serums
Is a light overnight facial serum enough?
Whether a light facial serum is sufficient as sole overnight care depends primarily on your skin type and the specific needs of your skin. The myrto organic facial serums with their effective active ingredients treat specific problems such as pigment spots or pimple marks, rosacea, impurities, uneven skin tone or premature skin aging. In addition to retinoids, which are only suitable for night care, protective radical scavengers are also available for evening active care. These are, for example, vitamin C in a skin-friendly form (e.g. ascorbyl glucoside), vitamin E (tocopherol) or vitamin B3 (niacinamide). You can integrate these sustainably effective active ingredients into your care routine both in the morning and in the evening. Each of the 9 different myrto facial serums additionally hydrates the skin with at least 0.5% multimolecular hyaluronic acid for deep moisture.
You can tell whether a facial serum is sufficient for your skin as a sole facial care overnight by whether your skin has feelings of tension or whether it is still balanced and well moisturized in the morning.
Rich night creams – yes or no?
Particularly for dry skin, it is recommended to complete your evening care routine with a rich night cream or a leave-on face mask. If you have specific skin problems such as dryness, loss of moisture, premature aging or hyperpigmentation, a special night cream can specifically address these problems.
The disadvantage of standard night creams, however, is their high proportion of emulsifiers. Important to know: Emulsifiers don't just hold the watery and fatty parts of a recipe together. Rather, they continue to emulsify in the skin and thus dissolve the skin's own fats in the protective lipid barrier. Upon contact with water, the dissolved lipids are then washed out of the skin. As a result, the skin dries out more and more - despite or perhaps because of the constant application of a cream containing emulsifiers.
Can myrto day creams also be used at night?
If your skin is already sufficiently moisturized and you don't have any specific skin problems, you can do without a separate night cream. In this case, you could instead apply your myrto day cream in the evening to care for your skin overnight.
What advantages do the myrto night creams offer?
The rich myrto organic night creams or leave-on organic face masks with their high proportion of organic shea butter and polyunsaturated fatty acids help to soothe and regenerate particularly dry, irritated skin. The high-quality lipids (fats), moisturizers and antioxidants such as vitamins contained ensure healthy, long-term youthful and elastic skin.
The skin-identical myrto organic face masks and night creams follow an innovative concept: Instead of usual emulsifiers, we use the natural active ingredients beta-glucan, pectin and hydrogenated lecithin (INCI: Hydrogenated Phosphatidylcholine). The phospholipids it contains, as the basic building blocks of the skin, are an essential component of every human cell membrane and are integrated directly into the skin barrier as ceramide precursors.
The myrto organic night creams strengthen the skin barrier, smooth and refine the complexion. Beta-glucan also has an anti-inflammatory, anti-comedogenic effect and stimulates collagen formation in the skin.
Why a special facial oil for the evening routine?
A facial oil for nighttime skin care can be an alternative to a night cream - not only for irritated and dry skin, but also for impure skin that is prone to breakouts. The combination of a night cream with a regenerating facial oil complements the evening routine.
High-quality facial oils strengthen the skin barrier, prevent moisture loss, soothe the skin and improve skin elasticity. Oils with polyunsaturated fatty acids such as pomegranate, hemp, rosehip or evening primrose oil, which are less suitable for use during the day, are particularly suitable for the evening routine. These oils have particularly strong regenerating and repairing properties. However, due to their sensitivity to light, they can oxidize and become unstable when used during the day, which can reduce their effectiveness.
The different myrto organic facial oils for the beauty evening routine correspond to different skin types and individual skin needs. The 3 facial oils are completely vegan, all plant oils they contain are cold pressed or from valuable CO2 extraction, without fragrances or other additives. The myrto facial oils impress with their lasting effectiveness and special skin compatibility with extremely economical use of just a few drops. All myrto facial oils are so-called “dry oils”. Dry oils do not have a greasy feel. They are quickly and completely absorbed by the skin. The myrto facial oils are 100% free of comedogenic ingredients that seal the skin and promote impurities.
Individual beauty evening routines
There are different suggestions for the evening beauty routine - depending on your skin needs and the time you want to spend. If you want to go quickly, choose the 2-step routine. If you have more time, it is worth expanding your evening care routine to offer your skin additional regenerating and repairing active ingredients:
- Cleansing cream, adapted to your skin type
- Leave-on organic face mask or organic night cream
- Deep Cleansing Oil for makeup removal
- Cleansing Cream or Cleansing Gel
- Leave-on organic face mask or organic night cream
- Deep Cleansing Oil when wearing makeup
- Cleansing Cream or Cleansing Gel
- Toner
- Facial serum
- Leave-on face mask or night cream
- Regenerating organic facial oil
Conclusion
There is no general recommendation for or against a specific evening routine. It's a question of your individual skin type, your current skin condition and how you feel about what night care your skin feels comfortable with. This can also change depending on the season: whether you prefer a light facial serum, a rich anti-aging night cream, a regenerating facial oil or a combination in several steps.
In summer, your skin may be fine with a light serum overnight, while in winter it needs a richer night cream on top. After extensive sunbathing, a night cream as after sun facial care can work small miracles when it comes to soothing sun-stressed, irritated skin. Applied selectively as intensive care to very dry, cracked areas of skin, a skin-identical night cream keeps the skin elastic and soft.
In any case, you should be careful not to burden your skin with unnecessary fillers. When putting together your evening care routine, it is particularly important to use products with a few, least-irritating ingredients of the highest quality that are rated as harmless in terms of their skin and environmental compatibility (e.g. on the Codecheck app or at hautschutzengel.de). So nothing stands in the way of your restful night's beauty sleep.
Very important: Be consistent with your evening skin care routine to achieve the best results in the long term.
