13 Things You Need To Go To Bed Ugly And Wake Up Pretty
Why not get the most out of beauty sleep?
by The Candidly Team
We’ve had our reservations about this whole “morning shed” TikTok trend.
If you’re not familiar, it’s that thing where people layer on copious amounts of creams and masks and tape and straps and patches and bonnets before bed in hopes they’ll wake up beautiful. The result looks at best uncomfortable, and at worst, utterly ridiculous.
But the idea that we can make use of our sleeping hours to get in some real replenishing, time-saving, and time-rewinding results? We do like that. We are nothing if not productive.
But for this to work, we have to know our goals. Using too many products at once can lead to dry outs, break outs, redness, irritation. So it’s best to pay attention to what your skin needs and use your nighttime routine to capitalize on that. Yes, you’ll need your everyday basics - your ride or die moisturizers and serums - but then there’s the specific stuff to help you achieve whatever objective you’re after - be it quick, DIY wrinkle reduction for an event or a preemptive strike on a pimple about to emerge.
We’ve got it all. Here are 13 things to solve all your beauty woes … while you do nothing but doze. (Only leaving that in because we didn’t mean to rhyme.)
1. To get the most out of your skincare
WHAT: The Original MakeUp Eraser
Why we love it: In order for your meticulously curated skincare to work, you have to start with a clean, clean face, and that means you need every molecule of makeup gone. We’re a little embarrassed to say we started to take this very affordable product seriously after we heard Demi Moore swears by it, and alas, all you do is wet it and it magically takes off all our makeup and gives a wee bit of exfoliation to boot.
Price: $20
2. To Awake With Baby Skin
WHAT: iS Clinical Active Peel Treatment System
Why we love it: All of us who work at The Candidly are obsessed with this peel system (really, it’s just two pads you use one after the other). We write dedicated articles about it. Tell random strangers about it. Gift it to our mothers and sisters and best of friends. It’s one of those once-in-a-blue-moon products that makes an immediate difference but also benefits us longterm. It resurfaces the skin like a chemical peel, using some gorgeous botanical concoction. Our entire face is left smooth and glowing and yes, we’ll just say it - younger looking.
This is after a week of use:
It’s also hydrating enough to replace our nighttime skincare routine on nights we use it, which is a lovely plus.
Price: $96
3. To magically clear up pimples
WHAT: Hero Cosmetics Mighty Patch Micropoint™ for Blemishes
Why we love it: Stickers seemed very gimmicky to us. But these are magic. They use micropoints to target and deep clean any gunk while giving blemishes a much-needed hit of salicylic acid, sodium hyaluronate, and niacinamide. We go to bed with painful little pimples ready to spring forth and wake up with a flat surface we can easily cover with concealer. A dream!
Price: $12
4. To smooth and replensish your under eyes
WHAT: Jones Road Eye Cream
Why we love it: The reason we count this among our before-bed products is it goes on so insanely thick, it actually leaves behind a shine. But nothing we have tried has felt this hydrating to the delicate skin around our eyes. We notice looking more awake with less puffiness and smoothed out fine lines when we take that first dreaded look in the mirror. It’s a real improvement we appreciate daily.
Price: $36
5. To Diminish Vertical Chest Lines And Get the best glow of your life
WHAT: Furtuna Skin Due Alberi Biphase Moisturizing Oil
Why we love it: If you’re not so new around here, you have heard us rant and rant and rant about this oil. It is basically just liquid gold in terms of how it brightens our skin and makes vertical chest lines vanish. Like so:
It’s won many awards and received countless accolades, so we’re pretty much just here to tell you, yeah, what people are saying is true. That said, it is not a budget buy. However, it lasts seemingly forever and we do have a code for 20% off you can use. Use CANDIDLY20.
Price: Starting at $100
6. To Rapidly dewrinkle for an event
WHAT: Wrinkles Schminkles Forehead Wrinkle Patches
Why we love it: If you’ve been asking if these wrinkle patches really work, here’s our answer, yes. In the immediate sense, they work great. Here’s how it worked, for example, on one of us:
You slap them on, go to sleep, and when you wake up, lines will look visibly diminished. Now, will it make it so you’re wrinkle free for the rest of time? No. Will it make you look rested and smoothed and more youthful right away? Yes. We recommend sleeping in them before a special event for that exact reason.
Price: $21
7. To tighten the neck
WHAT: Beauty Pie Über Youth Neck & Chest Super Lift Serum-Spray
Why we love it: Who would have thought after all the dense creams and expensive serums we’ve coated ourselves in, a literal spray would come into our lives and transform our necks right before our eyes? Here’s a little before and after to show you what we mean:
We spray it on before bed, but to be honest also during the day just to get that little zhuzh of lift and hydration.
Price: $38
8. To get actual results from slugging
WHAT: Furtuna Skin Replenishing Balm
Why we love it: It looks like something straight out of Death Becomes Her, with its mermaid blue color and balmy texture, but this product is a miracle for those of us who feel like our normal skincare routine is still leaving us dry and dull-looking. It has a way of quenching the skin with suppleness and moisture, but then it sort of seems to lock everything else in, so we wake up hydrated on a whole new level. And if you’re oily, it doesn’t leave a greasy finish or cause breakouts. Just the opposite. We actually wrote a whole thing about this HERE.
Price: Starting at $105
9. To deeply hydrate your entire body
WHAT: Naturium The Glow Getter Body Oil
Why we love it: We wrote about how the body cream version of this oil is quite amazing and another affordable favorite from the one and only Demi Moore (hmm, not sure what this says about our obsession with Demi Moore). But if you add this oil to your nighttime routine, you will have the silkiest skin all over come daytime. It’s a beautiful and easy hack for making our whole bod radiant and youthdul instead of neglected because we just spent 20 minutes on our face.
Price: $24
10. To Benjamin Button Your Hands
WHAT: Paume Hand and Foot Repair Bundle
Why we love it: Our hands make us sad. They’re so beaten down and dry and look 10 years older than the rest of us. It doesn’t help that we spend our days washing off the germs of the outside world in hopes we won’t get sick or that our hand lotion does little more than muddy up our rings. It sounds insane but sleeping in cotton gloves is the solution. We love this kit because it combines the most enriching mask for hands and feet with a cuticle cream, socks and gloves, so we get it all done in one fell swoop. And we wake up with hands we don’t hate.
Price: $68
11. To keep your heels from cracking
WHAT: Prequel Foot Rescue Advanced Restorative Treatment
Why we love it: This is an amaaaaazing heel treatment that keeps our feet looking smooth and hydrated. We lather it on just before we slip under the covers, and it preserves a freshly pedicured foot like nothing else.
Price: $18
12. To preserve a blowout
WHAT: The Sleepy Tie
Why we love it: This isn’t like those insane, 17 step curling devices. This is a much simpler, scrunchy-like tie you can throw your hair into at night to protect your precious blowout or just avoid total chaos in the AM. It sits atop your head in a gentle, silky tie, so you can sleep peacefully. And it comes in three sizes to suit fine, thin, or thick hair.
Price: $30
13. To depuff and protect your lashes
WHAT: Blissy Profile Eye Mask
Why we love it: We know we’re all supposed to be sleeping on silk pillowcases with silk bonnets and silk sleep masks to avoid wrinkles, but this one also protects your lashes. And you still get total blackout for your finest sleep.
Price: $48
At The Candidly, we try a lot of stuff so you don’t have to. We only recommend things we truly love, and that we think you’ll love, too. All products are chosen independently by our creative team, and all details reflect the price and availability of products at the time of publication. If you buy something we link to, The Candidly may earn a commission.
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