5 of the best overnight products

Can you sleep your way to better skin? Well, yes actually. Your skin is in a different regenerative phase while you sleep, meaning you should feed it different things in order to capitalise on this. From the sheet mask that promises glass skin to the serum that does it all, here’s how to boost your eight hours kip.

For ultimate hydration

The Biodance Bio Collagen Real Deep Mask (£19.99 for four, superdrug.com) is a must — and a near miracle. A sheet mask, it comes in three parts and, according to its frenzied fans on TikTok, makes skin look like glass. That’s thanks to a hefty dose of low-molecular-weight collagen that sinks in while you sleep, leaving just a thin film to peel off when you wake up. It’s not the easiest to sleep in — if you toss and turn like me, there’s every chance you’ll wake up with goop on your pillow instead of your pores, but there’s no denying it makes skin look plumper and juicier.

For a sun-kissed look

To get an enviable glow, you can’t go wrong with Self Glow by James Read Dusk to Dawn (£17.60, lookfantastic.com). Packed full of ingredients such as free-radical-fighting vitamin E and hydrating hyaluronic acid, it helps skin feel healthier as well as look it. Heeding beauty buffs on TikTok, I used it to contour my face, applying it under my cheekbones, down my nose and along my jawline to save time on my make-up in the morning. I’d dismissed this as a bit of a fad but it saved me a ton of effort — just be sure to use a brush or wash hands thoroughly afterwards.

For a pillowy-plump complexion

If you’re after the effects of retinol without the irritation, You’re Looking Well Night Cream (£115, ylwclub.com) is a winner. Using a next-generation bio-retinoid, it gently gets to work on fine lines and wrinkles without making skin sensitive. The natural enemy of crow’s feet, which I’ve noticed more of round my eyes after a summer of walking the dog, this stuff works in synergy with your skin’s nightly renewal process.

For calm and obedient skin

Omorovicza Soothing Salve (£80, omorovicza.co.uk) is for angry or sensitive skin. Designed to be worn like a mask, it works to reduce inflammation and redness using sea chamomile extract, and bolsters the skin barrier using microalgae and ceramides. Overdone it with an exfoliating acid? Feeling the effects of the central heating being on at full whack? Caught a bit too much winter sun? Dig in.

For all-round goodness

L’Occitane Immortelle Reset Overnight Reset Oil-in-Serum (£89, uk.loccitane.com) does what it says on the tin, helping to undo signs of damage caused by UV rays and the kind of pollution that makes skin appear dull and deflated. That’s thanks to antioxidant-rich gardenia extract, which helps reduce the effects of blue light, and Acmella oleracea — described as a “natural alternative to Botox” — which prompts muscles to relax, reducing the formation of fine lines. I fall asleep in front of my laptop most nights, so anything that protects my skin from the slings and arrows of an outrageous amount of Netflix will always have a place on my bathroom shelf.