How to Build a Simple Nighttime Skincare Routine

A good nighttime skincare routine is extremely important for your beauty rest and skin health, which is why our founder and CEO Kristin Cavallari created a simple routine that helps you unwind at the end of the day. Kristin developed this 5-step nighttime routine so you always wake up to your best skin. It has everything you need to reset your barrier, replenish hydration, and improve skin longevity. 

Step 1 - Cleanser

Start by washing off the day with our Jelly Cleanser. No matter what your day looked like — workout, pool, photoshoot, crying laughing at happy hour — this cleanser gently washes away impurities and excess oil while soothing and conditioning to leave you with refreshed, hydrated skin. Always nourishing, never stripping. Ideal for all skin types and can be used again in the morning if that’s your thing. 

Step 2 - Serum 

Next, douse your skin in our best-selling Glutathione Serum. This unique antioxidant-enriched serum that does it all — reduces the look of pigmentation, tones, plumps, firms, hydrates, brightens, and diminishes the look of fine lines and wrinkles.

Our blend of proven ingredients will leave you with a youthful, hydrated, radiant, and even complexion — here’s how: 

  • Glutathione: A brightening antioxidant that reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. We actually naturally produce glutathione in the liver and it’s one of the body’s most important and potent antioxidants. Our glutathione levels are known to decrease with age and it's believed that the gradual decline of glutathione in your skin contributes to visible signs of aging, which is why it’s so impactful in skincare. 
  • Kojic Acid: A natural compound produced by fungi that helps evenly tone, brighten, and leave skin with a healthy glow.
  • Hyaluronic Acid: A humectant that helps attract and retain moisture to hydrate, visibly plump, and firm the look of skin. 
  • Ascorbic Acid: You probably know her as vitamin C, this antioxidant combats signs of aging and leaves skin looking brighter than before. 

While acids have a reputation of being rough on skin, Kristin developed our Glutathione Serum blend to be effective and gentle enough for daily use. Trust us, try it, and thank her later.  

Step 3 - Retinol Alternative 

It’s not a nighttime routine without our Retinol Alternative. Kristin developed this to be gentle on your skin compared to a traditional retinol, while still providing all the anti-aging benefits you want. It firms and plumps skin to diminish the look of wrinkles and fine lines. That’s not all though, it also hydrates, tones, and calms redness so you’re left with a youthful glow. 

Formulated with nourishing ingredients like…

  • Bakuchiol: a plant-derived alternative to retinol that reduces the look of fine lines and wrinkles, evenly tones, visibly plumps, and brightens. 
  • Niacinamide: a form of vitamin B3 that supports your skin barrier and calms redness. 

Step 4 - Moisturizer 

Step four is more of our favorite thing — hydration. The Enhanced Daily Water Cream is a lightweight moisturizer that soaks skin in nourishing hydration for a smooth, supple, more radiant complexion. Developed to be breathable and gentle on pores, no matter your skin type. Kristin loves to really lather this on for skin that looks and feels hydrated, bright, and glowy. 

When creating Uncommon Beauty’s staple moisturizer, it was important to Kristin that it was not only hydrating but also hit all the other pillars of the brand. It needs to be hydrating, brightening, anti-aging, and comfortable for all skin types. This does all of that and is packed with proven ingredients you’ll recognize like Pineapple Fruit Extracts, Freshwater Green Algae Extract, Rice Extracts, Kakadu Plum Extract, and Coconut Extracts. 

Step 5 - Eye Cream 

Last but never least, layer on our Enhanced Triple Effect Eye Cream. With a blend of unique super ingredients, this is the under-eye miracle you’ve been searching for. It does everything you want — increases hydration and reduces the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, dark circles, and puffiness. Even after a night out, this eye cream will make it look like you got a full eight hours (been there, done that). 

Formulated with proven ingredients that everyone loves like Hyaluronic Acid, Pineapple Extract, Kakadu Plum Extract, and Argireline, this eye cream will leave your undereyes more hydrated, plump, and bright. 

Want radiant, youthful, hydrated, and healthy looking skin? This is the best nighttime skincare routine for you. If you want to personalize your routine even more, we have more skin essentials that target specific concerns. Shop the 5-step nighttime skincare routine and discover even more Uncommon Beauty staples here.

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