Skin regenerates while you sleep and it’s only logical to give it all it needs to bounce back from environmental damage, stress, and UV damage sustained during the day. Our skin also loses hydration while we sleep, add on the constant air conditioning overnight and you’ll probably understand why sleeping masks are the perfect bedtime companion.
Here are the most popular hydrating overnight sleeping masks that help you wake up to glowing skin. From soothing, hydrating, clarifying, to exfoliating benefits, take a look at our overnight face mask picks below.
This new addition to Aesop’s Skin Care+ range delivers concentrated doses of vitamins and complementary botanicals that help replenish, balance, and fortify the skin. Enriched with Vitamins B, C, E, and F along with hydrating ingredients, this nourishing overnight mask helps to even the skin texture and appearance. Use it whenever you need a boost of hydration or if the constant wearing of masks has been irritating your skin. Generously apply a layer onto the face and neck and leave it to nourish the skin overnight, then rinse it off in the morning during your routine cleaning.
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Healthy, glowing skin is yours with this overnight mask thanks to its cell renewal properties that addresses congested pores and dullness. Featuring exotic ingredients like Certified Organic Silver Ear Mushroom, Coconut Milk, Caviar Lime, and Kakadu Plum Extract, this formulation gets to work on your skin overnight so you wake up super-hydrated. What’s more, like all Kora Organics products, it’s been energised with the healing power of rose quartz for that extra feel-good factor.
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Traditional Oriental herbs like scutellaria root, walnut extract and angelica acutiloba within the Sulwhasoo Overnight Vitalizing Mask EX nourishes and re-energises skin while you sleep.
The CNP Laboratory Aqua Soothing-Gel Cream can be used as a lightweight moisturiser or as an overnight mask when you apply a generous layer. It nourishes and soothes redness, and doesn’t feel sticky or heavy on skin.
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Shiseido White Lucent Overnight Cream & Mask is ideal for those whose skin concerns are leaning on the side of fine lines, wrinkles, and restoring firmness and elasticity. Combining their ReNeura Technology+ with Sakura-Bright Complex, this cream helps to brighten dark spots while bringing out a luminous and even complexion from within.
This lightweight mask features a jelly-like texture that glides over the face with its delicious summery scent, delivering all the goodness of Vitamin C from the yuzu fruit deep into your skin. Wake up to younger, brighter skin afterward.
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Tapping on skin’s regenerative powers at night, the Kiehl’s Ginger Leaf & Hibiscus Firming Mask hydrates and firms skin while you sleep. The velvety balm texture absorbs quickly and doesn’t leave skin feeling sticking or uncomfortable while you sleep.
This cooling and hydrating overnight mask help to plump the skin and rehydrate it to keep it soft and supple. Enriched with barrier-replenishing ingredients like niacinamide, omega fatty acids, and powerful antioxidants, the mask is also loaded with beads of Vitamin F that help to deliver extra emollience to the skin. This set also includes the T.L.C Framboos Glycolic Night Serum (3 ml) that helps exfoliate the skin overnight.
The Clinique Moisture Surge Overnight Mask deeply hydrates while you snooze and is also oil- and fragrance-free, making it the ideal overnight mask for dry, sensitive skin.
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This lightweight gel formula is designed to soothe the skin while nourishing it with peptides and strengthening your natural skin barrier with intense hydration. Specially formulated for sensitive skin, it’ll revitalise your tired complexion overnight and leave you glowing the next morning.
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This clear gel mask might look unassuming, but the Skin Inc Pure Deepsea Hydrating Mask, $116 contains nutrient-rich deep sea water from Southern Japan that hydrates, clarifies and brightens skin at the same time.
Enriched with Edelweiss stem cells, The Body Shop Drops of Youth Bouncy Sleeping Mask, contains antioxidants and moisturise skin with its lightweight gel texture. This refreshing sleeping mask moulds like a second skin and helps to smoothen and soften the skin overnight.
Formulated to work in sync with the skin’s rejuvenating cycle at night, the Fresh Black Tea Firming Overnight Mask fights against free radical damage accumulated during the day and improves skin firmness over time.
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If your skin has been breaking out from face masks, then you should be looking into clarifying products. This overnight mask is suited for those who are concerned with blackheads, visible pores, and acne and blemishes. Formulated with colloidal sulfur, bentonite, and kaolin, this vegan clay mask helps to prevent future breakouts while reducing the appearance of imperfections. You can use it as is or use it as a deeper treatment by layering it onto targeted areas before washing it off in the morning.
This vegan overnight replenishing mask helps to intensely moisturise the skin while soothing it from redness or any signs of irritation. It also helps to strengthen the skin’s barrier for healthier skin with fermented forest yeast extract.
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Those with stressed and problematic skin can heave a sigh of relief with the supercharged Allies of Skin Retinal & Peptides Repair Night Cream. With patented Ally-R, an stable form of Retinaldehyde, plus Organic Argan Oil and Arctic Cranberry Seed Oil, your skin is rejuvenated and intensely hydrated, giving it a smooth glow.
Also available at Sephora
The Vinoperfect Dark Spot Glycolic Night Cream is a gentle overnight peel that helps to reduce the appearance of dark spots and even out the skin tone. Suited for sensitive skin, this cream helps to keep the complexion bright and glowing.
Deliciously scented, this skin-smoothing sleeping mask is enriched with hyaluronic acid, AHAs, and watermelon that help to gently exfoliate and refine pores as you sleep. Its pillow-proof formula makes it the perfect overnight companion that helps keep your skin baby soft in the morning. Just use two scoops for a generous layer on the skin and gently pat it around until absorbed. If you have dry skin, add on an additional dime-sized amount to the skin.
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Containing prickly pear seed oil which is able to withstand the harshest conditions from its native desert, this hydrating mask can help skin retain moisture. It also contains antioxidants which neutralises free radical damage, strengthening skin and help make it more resilient against damage.
Also available at Shopee
Drink Up Intensive Overnight Hydrating Mask With Avocado & Swiss Glacier Water, $49 (75 ml), Origins
Containing ingredients like Swiss Glacier Water, Hyaluronic Acid & Avocado Butter, this ultra-nourishing overnight mask helps to hydrate skin for up to 72 hours. Buttery soft avocado extracts contain fatty acids that help the skin retain moisture, while keeping nasty bacteria and irritants out.
Also available at Sephora
This article was originally published in Singapore Women's Weekly.