1. Square One, A Clean Slate – Slow & Steady Wins the Race

The most important thing to do before heading to catch your nightly Zzzzz’s is to make sure your skin is thoroughly cleansed prior to going to bed. Think about it, your skin is about to have hours to soak up whatever is on its surface – wouldn’t we rather our skin soak up healthy products than an entire days’ worth of dust, pollution, and germs? Most importantly, adopt the 60-second rule. It takes 20 or more seconds to get germs off of your hands, and washing your face is no different.

2. Moisturizer Mandate

One of the best things you can do for your skin and nails during sleep is moisturize, moisturize, and we cannot emphasize this enough – yup, you guessed it… moisturize. Any number of hours is a long time for your skin to go without water, that’s why it is important to not only religiously hydrate during the day but to give your skin the boost it needs to stay moisturized since well, uh, of course, we can’t drink water while we sleep. We recommend a heavy night moisturizer, cream for your elbows, hands, and feet, and a lip mask – each of these products are super affordable, can be substituted, but will ensure you don’t awaken to dry, cracking skin.

CeraVe Facial Moisturizing Lotion PM – $12

CeraVe Moisturizing Cream – $16

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Gel Cream – $16

3. Beating Bedhead, Lock-in Your Lovely Locks

We know time is short, and nothing is worse than waking up from a restful and well-needed night of sleep only to look in the mirror and realize you have to spend a ton of time fixing your hair in order to get out the door. There are few solutions to this, and we’ve tested out both of them. The culprit of that messy hair is not who you’d expect… It’s not your tosses and turns, it’s your pillowcase. Cotton  pillowcases absorb the oils from your hair, whereas silk pillowcases help your hair keep its moisture and style. A shortcut to this is to buy a silk head wrap, which we will do a product review of in our next post.