You may (regrettably) have thought that last night's cocktails were a good idea but your skin will disagree.
Alcohol is notoriously dehydrating and often leaves you sensitive, irritated and prone to breakouts. Dr. Perricone MD, founder of Perricone MD, explains further: "Alcohol alters the blood flow to the skin and produces an unhealthy appearance for days following overindulgence. This effect can manifest as dullness, enlarged pores, discolouration, and a red and blotchy complexion, puffiness around the eyes, loss of contours, sagging and lack of resilience." Stay one step ahead with our roundup of the best hydrating masks, moisturisers and everything in between.
Read on for our edit of the best products to fix the fatigued complexion you'll be faced with when your alarm goes off.
Chances are you weren't entirely successful in taking off your makeup when you stumbled into bed after a big night out. That's if you tried at all. The Body Shop's camomile cleansing butter is what you'll be reaching for the next day. It removes all traces of makeup and leaves no residue, without stripping the skin.
The Body Shop Camomile Sumptuous Cleansing Butter, £10, available at The Body Shop
This gentle cream cleanser provides immediate relief for irritated or uncomfortable skin and will leave you feeling soothed and refreshed. The ideal second cleanse.
La Roche-Posay Toleriane Dermo-Cleanser, £12.50, available at Look Fantastic
This skin-brightening day moisturiser changes colour to adapt to your skin tone and provides long-lasting hydration with a healthy glow. Perfect for when your skin needs a little bit more help than usual.
Shiseido WASO Color-Smart Day Moisturiser SPF30, £32, available at Feel Unique
If you didn't make it home until 3am but have to be at work by 9am, don't leave the house without applying Dr. Barbara Sturm's calming serum. Formulated using natural ingredients, it calms irritation, combats signs of fatigue, reduces redness and improves the skin's sensitivity.
Dr Barbara Sturm Calming Serum, £173, available at Space NK
Dark circles, bags and puffiness are a telling sign you enjoyed yourself the night before. Origins GinZing Refreshing Eye Cream is enriched with coffee bean, panax ginseng and magnolia to minimise all of the above, while also brightening tired skin.
Origins Ginzing Refreshing Eye Cream To Brighten and Depuff, £20.50, available at Look Fantastic
If you've just about managed to cleanse, keep going, you're halfway there. Spritz away with this face mist, infused with aloe to cool, soothe and hydrate thirsty skin.
Clinique Moisture Surge Face Spray, £22.50, available at Look Fantastic
Brighten an alcohol-induced dull complexion with this deep cleaning mask. Using camphor, almond extract, honey-infused kaolin clay and glycerine, it alleviates blotchiness, breakouts and puffiness.
Eve Lom Rescue Mask, £55, available at Space NK
If last night's smoky eye just won't budge, pop this on a cotton pad and sweep over the lids. Enriched with rose and cornflower waters, the bi-phase eye makeup remover leaves skin cleaner and softer.
Clarins Instant Eye Makeup Remover, £20, available at Clarins
As Noella Gabriel, cofounder of Elemis explains: "Once alcohol enters the body, the focus of the liver is on breaking down the alcohol. The knock-on effect is that skin becomes depleted, dehydrated and toxic." Combat these effects with a moisture boost in the form of these hydra-gel eye masks. Combining potent plankton extract with hyaluronic acid, they'll leave your under-eye area smoother and intensely moisturised so you appear wide awake even if you're far from it.
Elemis Pro-Collagen Hydra-Gel Eye Masks x 6, £48.50, available at Feel Unique
Improve a lacklustre complexion with this daily moisturiser. Fortified with vitamin D, which contributes to cell growth, hyaluronic acid to lock in moisture and gooseberry extract, containing vitamin C, to promote a healthy glow.
Goldfaden MD Vital Boost, £60, available at Space NK
Hyaluronic acid is hungover skin's best friend. This serum restores the skin's barrier, intensely hydrates and makes the skin more resistant to daily aggressors like fatigue and pollution.
Vichy Aqualia Thermal Serum, £25, available at Feel Unique
You can't go wrong with an application of Pixi's Glow Tonic. Instantly brightening, the exfoliating toner removes dead skin cells, hydrates and soothes using aloe vera, ginseng and 5% glycolic acid.
Pixi Glow Tonic, £18, available at Look Fantastic
Let Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Concentrate do the work for you while you sleep off the hangover. Enriched with squalene, essential oils and omega-6 fatty acids, apply before bed and wake up with a softer, hydrated and more supple complexion.
Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Concentrate, £37, available at Feel Unique
Mario Badescu's drying lotion clears up those unexpected breakouts that can be blamed on alcohol by combining salicylic acid and calamine. Simply douse a cotton bud with the liquid and swab onto problem areas.
Mario Badescu Drying Lotion, £16, available at Urban Outfitters
Maintain your perfect pout with this SPF15, cocoa butter-infused, strawberry flavoured formula.
Carmex Strawberry Lip Balm Tube, £3, available at Urban Outfitters
Give your skin a hydrating boost with this serum from Indeed Labs. Containing red marine algae and the pure form of hyaluronic acid, it delivers nourished, plumper looking skin almost instantly.
Indeed Labs Hydraluron Moisture Booster Face Serum, £16.66, available at Boots
It's not all bad news, though. Dr. Perricone MD recommends red wine in future: "It contains a powerful heart-healthy, anti-cancer, anti-ageing antioxidant called resveratrol. And cabernet sauvignon grapes have the highest concentration of antioxidants." This pore refiner gently exfoliates, clarifies and refines the skin's surface.
Perricone MD Exfoliating Pore Refiner, £35, available at Perricone MD
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