Why night creams are making a comeback

Decades ago, emollient technology for facial creams was in its infancy. Most facial creams left skin shiny and with a greasy, uncomfortable feel. They certainly weren't ideal for going out with a feeling of cleanliness and well-being.

This led to the idea of "day and night treatment" in the cosmetic world. It's not because the skin has different needs during the day than at night. The skin is the same at any time of day. The reason was that the creams were very greasy and not suitable to be seen wearing.

The usual routine then was to apply a very mild cream, with hardly anything in it, during the day and, at night, apply the one that did contain active ingredients because it did not matter so much if it left shine since we were going to bed.

Over the years, the science of emollients evolved. The cosmetics industry achieved increasingly sophisticated textures to the point that a cream was absorbed immediately without leaving residue, shine, or a greasy sensation. The concept of "day and night" treatment came to an end.

The routine then changed to using a fast-absorbing serum with an intense effect, usually with a higher concentration of active ingredients, and then a cream. The same routine for day and night.

Why then, in the 21st century, are routines going back to using a day cream and a night cream? Because of the sun.

In recent years, we have become aware of the importance of protecting the skin from the sun. Again, the industry has responded to this need by including low-protection sunscreens in its formulas. They are not designed to spend a day at the beach but to protect the skin during daily life.

Perfect.

However, physicians began to argue that sunscreens, while not harmful in any way, were unnecessary in a night treatment. And why expose the skin to an ingredient it doesn't need?

This idea has led to the return of the day cream routine, with sun protection factor, and night cream without it.

In the past, night creams were used because they left shine and a greasy sensation and were not suitable for day-to-day use. Today they are used to save the skin from sunscreen when it does not need it.

In our collection you will find the Bioactive Cream and Bioactive Nutritive Cream creams (for normal-oily and dry skin respectively) with SPF 20. And also Lasergen, the regenerator without SPF, with food-grade preservatives and allergen-free perfume, so that your skin can repair itself overnight without anything it doesn't need. And of course the Serum.