This falls under the category of prevention, but takes it a step further. Frequent travelling, stressful jobs and demanding family duties can stretch us to the limit, so it’s best to be prepared. If you know that rest time is limited, invest in a day–night combination that can help your skin cope with your hectic schedule. The best bets: pair vitamin A, AHA or BHA products (best used at night) with a glow-enhancing vitamin C product for day.
   Looking for the right products to battle signs of fatigue is fairly simple—even though there are scores of them out there. The key is to first prevent dehydration, and second, encourage cell turnover. Stimulating circulation and/or chemically exfoliating the surface of the skin (with AHAs, BHAs, vitamin A etc.) keep the skin from looking dull and ashy in the morning. Exfoliating products can also do their job more efficiently at night when they don’t have to compete with make-up or battle the sun’s rays.

   Clarins recommends its Energizing Morning Cream and Renew Plus Night Lotion to fill this need. Energizing Morning Cream "wakes up" skin’s natural vitality every morning and promotes a clearer, brighter complexion all day long. Vitamins (A, B, C, E, and K), minerals (zinc, manganese, magnesium and calcium), and plant extracts like cashew nut, peach, orange, kiwi, papaya, pineapple and sesame, work together to hydrate and protect the skin, while smoothing and revitalizing the complexion. The clever "airless", automatic-dose jar preserves the vitamins’ effectiveness.
   Clarins’ Renew Plus Night Lotion evens out blotchiness and rough patches, smoothes, softens and firms as it minimizes lines and wrinkles. The primary active ingredient is Pre-Retinol, the most effective and most stable of retinol precursors. This innovative ingredient helps improves cellular renewal and cellular cohesion and stimulates the formation of collagen. Like all Clarins products, Renew-Plus contains highly effective plant extracts:
—wintergreen and papaya to improve cell turnover;
—kiwi, macadamia nut, and ginseng extracts to protect and energize new skin;
—olive extract, sugar beet, and silicium to inhibit free radicals;
—Macadamia nut and kiwi oils to restore skin’s hydrolipidic film.
   For more information on Clarins products, visit http://www.clarins-paris.com/web_en/sommaire.htm.

   Payot’s Crême de Choc Multi-Vitamin Booster and Crême de Rêves Regenerating and Relaxing Night Cream. Crême de Choc boosts the skin’s energy level with a cocktail of vitamins (A, C and E), cocoa, orange, tea extracts, royal jelly and ultra-powerful moisturizing agents. The Creme de Rêves, meanwhile, has an instant relaxing effect with an anti-stress complex rich in sandalwood, soothing licorice extract and nourishing ingredients like jojoba oil and shea butter. The aromatherapeutic fragrance is comprised of linden, lavender, artemisia, and jasmine, as well as sandalwood. Visit http://www.payotparis.com for further information.