Recover — 4 min read
The Night Protocol: Tape, Patch, Wake Up Sharper
Most morning puffiness is decided the night before: how you slept, how you breathed, how much salt and alcohol were in the system. The evening routine below is three minutes of work with an outsized effect on the face you wake up with.
Breathe through your nose
Mouth breathing at night dries the airway, disrupts sleep quality and leaves the lower face slack in the morning. A small strip of mouth tape encourages the jaw to stay closed.
Only tape if you can comfortably breathe through your nose while awake. Congested, sick, or drinking? Skip it that night.
The three-minute stack
Do it in this order — anything you apply lands better on clean, de-puffed skin.
- 01Cleanse, then pat dry rather than rubbing.
- 02Spot-treat with a patch on anything active and leave it overnight.
- 03Under-eye patches for ten to fifteen minutes if the previous day was long or salty.
- 04Moisturise, then apply the mouth tape last.
- 05Sleep on your back with your head slightly elevated to stop fluid pooling in the face.
The morning finish
Cold first: an ice roller or chilled stone for sixty seconds constricts vessels and clears overnight swelling.
Then gua sha, then the rest of the routine. Cold, drain, dress — in that order.