7 Simple Ways To Make Skin Glow Overnight

If you have a significant event to attend the day after, you may want to learn about the ways to make your skin glow overnight. But before getting started on the shortcuts, it is essential to remember a few crucial principles for perfect and glowing skin. To achieve a glowing complexion, you need to follow a proper sleeping pattern, have a regular CTM (cleanse-tone-moisturize) routine, eat the right foods, exercise, and use the proper skin care and beauty products. However, it is unlikely that all of us will be able to follow these practices precisely. So, if you’re short on time and want to achieve glowing skin quickly, here are a few tried-and-true natural methods in the form of effective facial masks to consider.

Natural Ways To Get Glowing Skin

Thinking about how to get glowing skin naturally? Following these tips can help you achieve a bright and radiant complexion. Take a look!

1. The Rice and Sesame Scrub

This is one of my favourite and most simple home remedy to make scrub that gives you a glow instantly.

• Soak equal amounts of rice and sesame seeds overnight
• Grind to a fine scrub consistency in the morning
• Apply over your body and face and leave it on for a minute or two
• Wash off with cool water

While the sesame nourishes your skin, aids in skin repair, and prevents aging, the rice grains will exfoliate gently and keep your skin moisturized with its antioxidant properties (1) (2). This is a perfect body and face polish that helps you get glowing skin effortlessly.

[ Read: Remedies For Skin Lightening ]

2. Use Sleeping Packs

There are several ways to do your skincare while sleeping and using a sleeping pack is the best way to ensure overnight nourishment. These packs ensure you get up with a healthy glow in the morning.

• Wash your face clean, with a mild face wash and rinse with cold water
• Remove all traces of make-up and pat dry your skin
• Take about less than a teaspoon of the sleeping pack and facial massage with upward strokes on your skin.
• Since sleeping packs are easily absorbed in your skin, they won’t leave a greasy feel.
• When you wake up in the morning, use a mild cleanser to clean your face and rinse with cold water.

3. Apply Milk

Milk is a storehouse of rich antioxidants and an another wonderful natural way for glowing skin.

• Apply a very thin layer of low fat milk on your face
• Massage with upward strokes, till the milk is totally absorbed by your skin
• Wash your face with a mild face wash in the morning and pat dry

Milk not only helps to clear dark facial spots but also nourishes the skin as you sleep (3). However, in some cases, this remedy may lead to breakouts. You can mix glycerine and lemon juice with rose water to massage the face as an alternative.

Did You Know?

Milk helps heal chronic wounds, treat acne lesions and blackheads, hasten tissue reducing inflammation, provide anti-inflammatory and anti-aging effects for glowing skin. (3)

4. Scrub & Moisturize

• Use a mild exfoliator to cleanse your skin and pat dry
• Remove all traces of make-up
• Apply a pack of honey and fullers earth for deep moisturizing and leave it on for at least 15 minutes
• When the pack dries, wet it using very little water and scrub slowly while massaging your face for at least 2 minutes
• Rinse off with cold water. Pat dry and apply a thin layer of a rejuvenating night cream
• When you wake up, use a mild exfoliator to clean your face.

Tip:

Use the honey pack again, post the skin exfoliation to get the extra glow.

5. For Your Eyes

While you get the glow on your face, don’t forget the eyes! Constant exposure to computers and lack of sleep can leave you with dark circles. You can use these simple ways for healthy eyes:

• Use a comforting eye contour gel that works on hydrating the skin around your eyes as you sleep
• Use an eye mask to cover your eyes while you sleep
• Wash your eyes with cold water when you wake up

Quick Tip

Regular eye massages and eye drops can also help flaunt bright and fresh-looking eyes.

6. Face Oils

In winters use pure Ayurvedic face oils such as coconut oil, almond oil, chamomile oil, and lavender oil that will promote skin hydration and nourish your skin (5). For dry skin, you can leave it overnight and wash off with a gentle scrub in the morning for a glowing complexion. For normal skin, leave it on for about an hour and wash off with a gentle scrub. Apply some face spritz before you sleep. When you wake up, use a mild cleanser free of parabens and SLS and wash off with cold water. Spray on the face mist to show off a visibly clear skin.

7. Moisturize With Aloe Vera Gel

Aloe vera is known for its natural moisturizing and healing properties. It may help reduce melanin production and make your skin appear bright and glowing (6). To achieve glowing skin, follow these simple steps:

• Wash your face with a mild cleanser to remove dirt and makeup residue and gently exfoliate to remove dead skin cells and to allow better absorption of aloe vera.
• Apply pure aloe vera gel by massaging it in a circular motion, ensuring an even distribution on your face and neck, and pay special attention to areas with acne, scars, and dryness.
• Let the gel stay on your skin overnight. It will hydrate your skin deeply.
• Rinse your face with lukewarm water in the morning to reveal soft, glowing skin.

Celeste, a health and lifestyle blogger, shares her skin care journey in a particular post, “I decided to try aloe vera on my skin in an attempt to soothe my inflamed skin. Every single night I would slather my face with the gel from a fresh stem of aloe and would go to sleep with it. In the morning, I would wash my face with a gentle cleanser, moisturize, and apply sunscreen. Over the course of a few weeks, I began to notice a dramatic difference in my skin and felt so overjoyed to have found something that worked (i).”

Infographic: 6 Ways To Say Hello To Glowing Skin Naturally

Exercise, healthy eating habits, proper sleeping patterns, and regular skin care are sure-shot methods to achieve healthy, glowing skin. However, not everyone can follow these practices precisely. It is where instant methods to get glowing skin come into the picture. Check out the infographic below for ingredients that can give you a healthy glow overnight.

Illustration: StyleCraze Design Team

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I leave honey on my face overnight?

It is best not to leave honey on the face overnight as it may attract dust and insects.

Which fruit is best for skin glow?

Fruits like orange, papaya, tomato, and gooseberry are best for getting glowing skin.

What should we eat for glowing skin in the morning?

Consuming a healthy and nutritious breakfast that includes yogurt, citrus fruits, or cucumber in the morning may help achieve glowing skin.

How much water should I drink for glowing skin?

The recommended amount of water one should drink is 3.7 liters for men and 2.7 liters for women (4). Being sufficiently hydrated this way can help you get glowing skin.

Illustration: Simple Ways To Make Skin Glow Overnight

Image: Stable Diffusion/StyleCraze Design Team

Discover the secrets to achieving naturally glowing skin overnight. Check out this enlightening video to learn simple and effective skincare routines and natural remedies for a radiant complexion.

Was this article helpful?

Reviewer Author Editor Fact Checker

Dr. Zeel GandhiBAMS

 

Dr. Zeel Gandhi is an Ayurvedic doctor with 7 years of experience and an expert at providing holistic solutions for health problems encompassing Internal medicine, Panchakarma, Yoga, Ayurvedic Nutrition, and formulations.

Read full bio of Dr. Zeel Gandhi

Kushneet KukrejaHealth & Wellness Writer

 

Kushneet holds a postgraduate degree in biotechnology from Kingston University, London, and is an ISSA Certified Specialist in Fitness & Nutrition with 2 years of experience. Her scientific background, coupled with her passion for writing, propelled her towards content writing.

Read full bio of Kushneet Kukreja

Anjali SayeeAssociate Editor

Anjali is an associate editor at StyleCraze. She specializes in hairstyles and hair and skin care and has written over 200 articles in these domains. She has 7 years of experience, and her philosophy about hair and skin care is simple: if you love and care for it, it will be healthy.

Read full bio of Anjali Sayee

Swathi ESenior Beauty & Lifestyle Writer

Swathi has a postgraduate degree in English literature from The English And Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, and over three years of experience in writing on beauty, health, and lifestyle. She also has a diploma in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Kottayam, and is a certified skincare coach.

Read full bio of Swathi E