As an editor with a heavy background in beauty, my nighttime skin-care routine toes the line between ridiculous and comical. It starts with a simple swipe of a pre-cleanse, followed by micellar water, then there?s a mist, a serum, a moisturizer, a more occlusive moisturizer, and maybe an oil if I?m feeling particularly dry. My brows were an unfortunate casualty of the early aughts, so I finish it all off with two strokes of RevitaBrow. All of this, of course, comes after I?ve masked?often with multiple formulas on different parts of my face depending on my skin?s needs. Suffice it to say, it takes me at least half an hour to get ready for bed, and that?s before I?ve brushed my teeth.
MORE: The Best Winter Skin Care Products STYLECASTER Editors Swear By So, imagine my surprise when I encountered this fun new problem: Last week, for nearly six straight days, I woke up with dry skin and a yellowed pillow. That means somewhere north of $200 worth the skin-care products have ended up all over my bedsheets, which is disconcerting for multiple reasons. At first, I figured maybe my boyfriend?s cotton pillowcases were just sucking all the product off all of a sudden, so I switched them to silk?but no such luck. I woke up just as dry and $26 poorer.
?The issue isn’t so much the fabric of the pillow case you’re using, but the time between application at the particular product and putting your head on the pillow,? said Joshua Zeichner, Director of Cosmetic and Clinical Re...