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While your head hits the pillows, you skin goes into repair mode, churning out new skin cells and fighting off the day's damage. Give it an extra boost with one of these hydrating, healing, and smoothing formulas.

With collagen-boosting technology and sculpting ingredients, this gravity-defying potion (which really feels like a luxe cream) gives an overall tightening effect, making cheekbones and the jawline appear contoured and defined.

Clinique Repairwear Sculpting Night Cream, $65, sephora.com

This rich treatment can be used as a mask two to three times a week, or, if you're extra dry, use it as a soothing night cream. It harnesses the hydrating, regenerating, and detoxifying benefits of olive leaf and ginger root, and uses a special clay to lock in moisture. The next day, your skin will be radiant and velvety smooth — and stay that way.

Glamglow Thirsty Mud, $69, sephora.com

How's this for teamwork: Resurfacing ingredients like salicylic acid and chestnut stevia extract sweep away dulling, dead cells to allow a mix of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants to better absorb into your skin. Even better, the cream's lovely aroma of neroli, valerian, orange and vanilla will help you drift off to sleep.

Origins High-Potency Night-A-Mins Renewal Cream, $44, sephora.com

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The gold standard of anti-agers, retinol is the hero ingredient here: It works to renew the upper layers of skin, revealing a smoother, luminous surface underneath. It also works wonders on eye crinkles and expression lines.

RoC Retinol Correxion Deep Wrinkle Night Cream, $25, ulta.com

Formulated to work with your natural sleep cycle, this cushiony cream is the iPhone 8 of night treatments thanks to its smart ingredients: Hyaluronic acid pulls water into your skin; ceramides create a protective barrier that lock in moisture and natural oils; peptides soften fine lines; and niacinamide soothes.

CeraVe Skin Renewing Night Cream, $14, amazon.com

This refreshing gel cream envelops your skin in a special hyaluronic acid-based film that's meant to boost moisture levels as you sleep (it's weightless, so you won't feel a thing) . Come morning, your skin will be incredibly smooth and supple.

L'Oréal Revitalift Volume Filler Night Cream, $25, ulta.com

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We're all in favor of a nightcap, but here's one that will do your skin some good: A special formula uses reservatrol (an antioxidant found in red wine) to firm and smooth lines, while grapeseed oil, chamomile flowers, and lavender water calm and moisturize.

Caudalie Reservatrol Lift Night Infusion Cream, $76, sephora.com

Free of fragrance and non-comedogenic, this cream utilizes vitamin E and coenzyme Q10, both of which act as little soldiers that defend against the aging process.

Eucerin Redness Relief Soothing Night Créme, $15, ulta.com

This featherweight gel feels – and sinks in – just like a serum, but delivers like a rich, indulgent cream. Formulated to reduce the effects of emotional and environmental stress on skin – both of which can cause wrinkles, sagging and discoloration – it will give give you a nice, rosy glow and super-soft skin.

Lancome Hydra Zen Night Masque, $56, amazon.com

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Spiked with retinol and Vitamin C, this silky lotion generates fresh new skin cells and fades dark spots. It's super effective, but gentle, and hydrating ingredients make it safe to use each night.

Neutrogena Rapid Tone Repair Night, $22, ulta.com

This night cream might have a hefty price tag, but it's worth every cent. Retinol 8 — which is said to be eight times more effective than your typical retinol — reverses any signs of aging, while antioxidants from oats block future damage to your skin. In the end, you're left with a soft, rejuvenated, and glowing complexion.

Verso Night Cream, $100, sephora.com

Go to bed with dryness, fine lines, and wrinkles — then wake up with moisturized, firm, and youthful skin. This cream isn't exactly the Fountain of Youth, but it does contain an impressive secret ingredient: echinacea purpurea , which has a high concentration of cichoric acid that can make you look younger by firming and evening the skin tone.

Farmacy Sleep Tight Firming Night Balm with Echinacea GreenEnvy, $48, sephora.com

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Have you ever heard of starflower oil? The Mediterranean plant is known for its ability to smooth and hydrate skin, and that's exactly what it does in this night cream. Hormonal aging doesn't stand a chance with the deep moisturizer that makes skin go from rough and patchy to totally restored.

Murad Age-Balancing Night Cream, $77, ulta.com

Anyone who's interested in the science of aging will love this product — and how well it works. Using Telo-5 technology developed from actual Nobel Prize-winning medical research on telomeres — a genetic sequence that protects chromosomes from deterioration — this cream helps nix the appearance of wrinkles, improve skin firmness, and even out any discoloration for youthful looking skin. In fact, it's clinically proven to show results in just four weeks.

Kate Somerville Age Arrest Anti-Wrinkle Cream , $90, sephora.com

Who needs to spend hours contouring with makeup when a night cream can do it while you sleep? This product uses a combination of black pine, black oat, soy, wild yam, and black tea to lift, firm, and improve elasticity in the skin.

KORRES Black Pine Firming, Lifting & Antiwrinkle Night Cream , $68, sephora.com

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If you don't slather on sunscreen religiously — that means every day and in two-hour increments when outdoors — you're at risk for hyperpigmentation. One preventative measure to couple with your SPF: A licorice root- and diamond powder-packed cream that helps fade even the most stubborn sun spots.

IT Cosmetics Secret Sauce Clinically Advanced Miraculous Anti-Aging Moisturizer, $68, sephora.com

L.A. celebrity facialist Angela Caglia whipped up a small batch of this airy mousse, which uses meadowfoam seed oil and goat's milk to plump fine lines and wrinkles without irritating sensitive skin.

Angela Caglia Souffle Moisturizer, $70, violetgray.com

Wake up gorgeous: Blue microalgae extract and poly plankton extract combine forces to refine pores and activate cell regeneration while you snooze. Apply a hazelnut-sized amount of this cream on your face, neck and decollete.

Phyris See Change Beauty Sleep, $104, amazon.com

La Prairie's night cream is a major splurge, but it's worth the money: It's been shown to not only firm up the skin in as little as six hours, but it also improves skin tone.

LA Prairie Cellular Power Charge Night, $415, amazon.com

This night cream doesn't have retinol, but it doesn't even need it. It's just as powerful on its own due to its ability to firm, moisturize, and improve spots with its other anti-aging and energizing complexes.

No7 Lift and Luminate Night Cream, $24, walgreens.com

If your main goals are reducing brown spots, minimizing pores, and improving the texture of your skin, try this product. Also, because it's free of retinol, it's great for dry skin and won’t cause any flakiness.

Vichy LiftActiv Night Supreme Anti-Wrinkle and Firming Night Cream, $50, amazon.com