Skin Health Magazine Issue #5 / Autumn-Winter 2017 | Page 11

(we’ve all been there), now is the time to rectify this mistake by thoroughly removing all traces of smudged mascara and grease that those misguided face wipes didn’t manage to remove last night. Once your skin is properly clean, use a mild physical scrub to buff away dead cells and stimulate blood flow back to the surface of the skin. Try the Intraceuticals Rejuvenate Enzyme Exfoliant which contains waxy microbeads, AHAs and enzymes, to blast away any signs of a late night in just a couple of minutes. While your skin recovers from a good scrubbing, pop on a pair of cooling under-eye gels to soothe irritated skin and deflate your offensively large eye bags. Ideally, these would be kept on all day but, in the real world, ten minutes is all it should take to make a difference. If you have woken up with a few unwanted guests (no, not those) on your face, make sure you dot a Salicylic Acid-based lotion or gel onto any pimples that surfaced overnight. The DCL New World Col- lection Spot Therapy is pretty good at calming down angry spots and won’t dry out the skin too much. If you must venture outside the day after, keep make-up simple and radiant, and don’t under- estimate the power of a large pair of sunglasses.