Summer nights: the struggle is real

Sometimes preparing for summer nights feels like you’re getting ready for battle. You arm yourself with a fan, you’ve switched to a light moisturiser and you make your bed in the morning only to kick the duvet down to your ankles the moment it’s time to sleep. Constantly flipping to the cold side of the pillow. It doesn’t help, does it? Here’s what does.

Your skin has been pressed into fabric this entire time, quietly having a much worse night than you think. Heavier materials trap more heat and moisture against your body as it warms up, and it has enough on its plate in July without also fighting your bedding.

Your skin works hardest while you're fast asleep, running its repair shift overnight, which, let's be honest, is more effort than most of us are putting in at that hour. A soft, lightweight fabric means less friction dragging against your face all night, which matters more than usual when your skin's already a bit hot and bothered from the heat. Summer just has a way of turning small annoyances into big morning ones, and your skin remembers the night in far more detail than we do.

The good news? You don't need to reinvent your entire evening for one warm summer (or week, hello English summers).  Usually, the one thing worth actually changing is whatever's touching your skin for eight hours straight. Hint, hint: choose silk. Lighter sleepwear, breathable bedding, and accessories built for warm nights do more heavy lifting than any ten-step routine ever will. Which is exactly the idea behind our Featherweight sleep mask. The same beauty sleep ritual but way lighter, made for the nights when even your go-to silk mask wants to swap into something more breathable. Your skin, and your reflection tomorrow morning, will thank you. Your top sheet situation… that’s another thing altogether. One problem at a time.