Beauty sleep

Sleepmaxxing is a huge wellbeing trend this year: when you use the time before bed, as well as specifically tailored products, to encourage and enhance your sleep. Here's how it's done...

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Beauty sleep is no myth

When we sleep our entire body recovers and regenerates, and this includes our skin. Getting enough rest, therefore, directly leads to increased skin health, thus increased radiance, suppleness and clarity.

Take the day off

One of the single most important things you can do to boost your skin's recovery overnight is to cleanse it of all the dirt, grime and make-up residue that has accumulated on it over the course of the day.

TRY: Sunday Riley Aquamarine Melt Gel-Balm Cleanser, £38 (cultbeauty.co.uk) tackles stubborn make-up with ease and leaves a rinse-proof hyaluronic acid on the skin to hydrate.

Hydrate, hydrate

In the daytime we mostly steer clear of thick, deeply hydrating products - like a rich oil as they can leave a sheen on the skin and cause our complexion to appear greasy. At night, however, it is their time to, literally, shine.