Evening skincare routine - how to care for your skin before sleep?

Evening facial care is a unique self-care ceremony. It is the moment when you release your skin from daily burdens through removing makeup and deep cleansing, restoring its comfort and balance. During the evening facial care routine, you prepare your skin for a relaxing sleep and nighttime nourishment. This is extremely important to enjoy a peaceful night's rest.

Why is evening skincare important?

Your skin has been exposed to many challenges throughout the day. And it handled them all perfectly. Whether you wore makeup, tried to protect it with sunscreen, or applied nourishing cosmetics, your skin was always there for you. And attacked by urban and digital pollution. Undeterred, it bravely produced protective sebum and new epidermis. That's a job well done.

Now it's time for you to do something for your skin. Evening facial care is the perfect way to give your skin a bit of the gratitude, love, and attention it deserves. Let your skin know that you will do everything to help it. Let your skin feel that it is loved and that you will take care of its cleansing and renewal.

Is evening skincare different from the morning routine?

In the evening, we care for the skin slightly differently than in the morning. In the morning routine, the priority is preparing the skin for the day: refreshing the complexion from sebum accumulated during sleep and protection from the sun and pollution. UV filters and antioxidants are key in morning care. Here you can read our article about it.

In evening care, the main goal is thorough cleansing of the skin from urban and digital pollution accumulated during the day and preparing the skin for nighttime regeneration. In this case, ingredients supporting the skin microbiome like prebiotics, natural emollients strengthening the hydrolipid barrier, or soothing and relaxing extracts are key.

The common denominator of morning and evening routines? Moisturizing the skin, of course!

Skin needs before going to bed - washing and nourishing the skin

In evening facial care, regardless of skin type, the most important needs are:

• skin cleansing (makeup removal products like cleansing oils, micellar waters, milks, and washing cosmetics like gels, emulsions, or foams will be helpful)

• creating optimal conditions for nighttime regeneration (a toner-essence, nourishing serum, or cream will help perfectly).

While you sleep soundly, your skin is constantly working and repairing the damage caused during the day, so it's worth helping it by carefully cleansing and supporting its repair processes. Evening facial care is also the perfect moment to introduce additional care treatments that will help you relax and unwind after a long day, which you don't use every day, such as a face peel. If you take care of nourishing and properly moisturizing the complexion, your skin will surely appreciate it.

Create your own planfor evening facial care

We are glad you are here and that we can help you with your evening facial care routine. In a moment, we will present a skincare scheme for our skin before going to bed. This plan consists of several steps that you can safely apply to your sweetest face in this form or choose those that best suit your needs. We hope our post will make it easier for you to create an individual care plan. Let evening facial care become a pure pleasure for you and make your dreams extraordinary!

How to care for your skin in order? - evening facial care step by step

Let's move on to the evening facial routine scheme. If you perform only the basic steps, you can fit the routine into 3 steps. Sometimes it is worth expanding it with additional care treatments, widening the night routine to 5 steps.

Step 1. Skin cleansing. Before sleep, use one- or two-stage skin cleansing. This will prepare the skin to receive cosmetics in the further care stage.

Step 2. Additional care treatments.*Evening is the perfect time for extra care treatments. A peel will remove dead skin and ensure active ingredients penetrate the skin better.

Step 3. Toning.A face toner is a great way to prepare the skin for night rest. A gentle mist is like a small glass of green tea for your skin.

Step 4. Additional care treatments.* As you already know, it's worth going a bit wilder with skincare in the evening. If you've performed a peel, maybe it's worth thinking about a mask that will add radiance to your skin?

Step 5. Care. In the evening, it's worth reaching for a serum that will be tailored to your skin's needs. Don't forget the cream as well. And to further help yourself relax before sleep, try to take a few deep breaths and focus on moments of peace to enjoy a moment for yourself while applying your care.

*optional once every 1-2-3 weeks.

Remember that every skin type is different, so experiment and make the care best suited to your skin's needs. It will also make you feel ready for a peaceful sleep.

How often should evening facial care be performed?

Skincare is a daily ritual. Thanks to regular evening facial care: cleansing, toning, and skin nourishment, we can achieve the best results in maintaining a healthy complexion. Additional treatments such as a peel or mask can be performed once a week or once every two weeks. And if your skin's needs are minimal, even less frequently.

Step one. Face cleansing.

This is the time when you can get rid of makeup residue and impurities that have settled on your skin during the day. Face cleansing allows for maintaining skin balance and minimizes the risk of imperfections. Properly cleansed skin will be able to fully utilize the active ingredients contained in the next stages of care.

Are you wondering what is better - one- or two-stage washing? If you wore makeup and sunscreen, opt for two-stage cleansing: makeup removal and face washing (using two cosmetics - oil-based and water-based - or washing the skin twice with one product). If your skin was "naked" during the day, one-stage cleansing, i.e., just washing the face (using one cosmetic, one time), is perfectly sufficient.

Makeup removal - which cosmetic to choose?

To get rid of makeup, you can use: micellar or biphasic liquid, wipes and special pads, milk, balm, or makeup removal oil. Wipes are great for travel, but they generate unnecessary skin friction (and unnecessary waste). And while you can effectively remove makeup with micellar liquid, a cleansing oil will work even better, providing additional skin care.

We recommend Paw Paw Makeup moisturizing & illuminating makeup removal oil, which is great for face makeup removal and also helps with the eye area. Its natural nutrients will additionally nourish and provide proper hydration. Of course, it contains an emulsifier, specially selected so that it does not sting the eyes and does not cause a feeling of blurred vision.

Using the appropriate face wash gel, cleansing oil with an emulsifier, foam, or emulsion guarantees clean facial skin. It's worth choosing a mild cosmetic with a neutral pH, suitable for daily use. By applying the gel to damp skin, we effectively clean the pores and remove all impurities.

We encourage you to try Woof It Off moisturizing & soothing face wash gel, which will cleanse the skin of the face while maintaining its natural protective barrier. And you will forget about irritation and dryness after washing. And by the way, it will provide you with a lot of pleasure while washing.

Step two: Additional care treatments. Peel.*

If you notice that your skin needs extra support, it's worth considering enriching your care with other treatments. Feel an uneven skin texture? Your pores get clogged more often, and the skin gets oilier? Or maybe it is dull and gray? Every sunscreen rolls off, and your favorite foundation looks cakey? It's high time for an enzymatic or chemical peel – which will help remove dead skin and clear the pores.

Step three: Toning the skin

After washing your face and optionally performing a peel, you can proceed to the further part of evening facial care, which is toning. Regular use of toner restores the proper pH and provides necessary nutrients, ensuring optimal skin hydration , and is key to maintaining its firmness, elasticity, and healthy appearance. As a result, the complexion becomes more resistant to aging processes and daily stressors.

Which face toner to choose?

We recommend our moisturizing & illuminating face toner-essence Glow And Aww. It contains active ingredients such as hydrating and moisturizing barley seed ferment filtrate and marshmallow extract, lime caviar superfruit extract that brightens and combats imperfections, niacinamide, and strengthening edelweiss extract, thanks to which it easily satisfies all your skin's needs and prepares it for the next stages of care.

Step four: Additional care treatments. Mask.*

Since you've performed a peel, maybe it's worth additionally strengthening the skin! Match the mask depending on the individual, often temporary, needs of the skin. And the type of mask? Choose what you like! A sheet mask, gel, cream, algae, or maybe clay? Plenty to choose from! You can do it by arranging a real home SPA in the comfort of your home! Treat your skincare as a moment to love yourself.

Step five: skin care. Serum and cream.

Regular use of serum as part of daily evening care helps to keep the skin in excellent condition. A serum can support the reconstruction of the lipid barrier, delay aging processes, regulate the work of sebaceous glands, and help in the fight against imperfections or discoloration. There are truly various products available on the market! It's worth choosing a serum adapted to your skin's needs to achieve the best results.

Though if you prefer, you can absolutely skip the serum! However, if you decide to use it, it's worth paying attention to the order of applying cosmetics. Serum should be applied after cleansing and toning the face, but before applying face cream. Thanks to this, the ingredients contained in the serum will be able to penetrate deep into the skin layer, which will contribute to better skin nourishment and maintaining healthy skin. Therefore, moisturizer should be the final step of the routine.

During evening care, face cream acts as a protective barrier that ensures skin nourishment and minimizes the damage caused during the day. A moisturizing and soothing cream allows for providing the skin with appropriate support during sleep, when the skin regenerates intensively.

Night face cream - what to choose?

While caring for your skin, it is worth remembering the regular use of appropriate night cosmetics. Only then will the skin be able to nourish itself, regenerate, and effectively defend itself against damage that may appear during the day.

For an optimal effect, we recommend a product for special tasks, which is our soothing & moisturizing night face cream. Close your eyes and feel the touch of the soothing pink cream that will wrap your skin, making it bloom with a natural glow. This is the Bow Wow Effect. It contains the best active ingredients that intensively moisturize and soothe the skin during sleep.

Take pleasure in evening care tailored to your skin's needs

After a whole day full of challenges and emotions, take pleasure in every step of evening care. Feel the softness of touch, the bliss of nourishment, and the beauty of the night ritual. Love your skin at every step and let it have a peaceful sleep. It is not only a matter of physical transformation and skin reconstruction, but also the reconstruction of your inner peace. Release the tension that has accumulated throughout the day and allow yourself to regenerate on many levels. You deserve this pleasure.