Day Cream vs. Night Cream... A very epic tale.

So, as the title states, I am going to go into the differences between night creams and day creams. Get ready for the showdown!!

The short answer is SPF. There, you can stop reading this now. But if you care to read more of this lovely post (I don't mean to stroke my ego, but it'll be pretty awesome) then please do so. There are clearly more than one difference but the massive one is SPF, which is aggravating when you think about how much money you've spent because you think it'll make SUCH A DIFFERENCE. And for some people, it does, especially those who have problematic skin or mature skin.

So here is a "Coles Notes" list of the differences (other than the damned SPF) between day cream and it's darker cousin, night cream:

1.  Vitamins
Night Creams have more vitamins based on the sole fact that at night you want something that will repair and nourish your skin from the days stress, free radicals, and really just the effects of living in the twenty first century.

2. Viscosity
For those of you who don't know what that means, it's a fancy, eloquent word for thickness (it did say "thick" until my fiance pointed out that it was grammatically incorrect but in all seriousness he is just nitpicking because I edit his stories and I think he is making this personal. Love you too, dear). Day creams are lightweight. Night creams are heavier to repair the skin throughout the night. Onto number three...

3. Greasiness
I hope that the word is self-explanatory. Day creams are non greasy whereas night creams are super greasy as to, again, aid in the repairing of dry, damaged skin.

4. SPF (Yeah, I added it in)
Day creams have them because you use day creams during the day, you know, when the sun is out. Night creams do not contain SPF because, from what I've been recently informed of, there is no sun at night.

Fin

Can you believe that there are only 4 differences between semi-moderately priced day cream and a super pricey night cream? I can. Most people don't waste their time buying two different ones because they simply use one for both regimens. Sure it's weird to use an SPF at night, but I do, and my skin doesn't require all that extra stuff. Not yet at least. As long as I moisturize my skin it's half the battle. Actually, as long as you wash your face, use a toner (or softener) and then moisturize than you shouldn't be too worried, because you're restoring the Ph balance to your skin and that is what matters the most.

So in conclusion, the choice to purchase a night cream is ultimately yours, but I thought I would be that nice person who actually told you the truth instead of being one of those people who work at a counter and scare you into buying it because you think you're face is going to fall off.

You'll thank me later.