Nighttime treatment oil that brightens, refines, and unplugs pores /  1 oz 

Annee de Mamiel’s Overnight Exfoliating Oil is a luxurious facial treatment oil that works overnight to soften, smooth, and decongest skin for a beautiful, soft glow when you wake up. With a blend of desert, rainforest, and caviar lime alongside papaya and pineapple enzymes and beta-hydroxy acid, it gently and evenly refines skin while efficiently breaking down and removing dead skin cells and excess sebum.

At the same time, it nourishes skin with a lightweight blend of oils including rice bran (infused with a 14-herb blend that Annee devised to calm skin), rosehip, avocado, and elderberry (one of our favorites), ensuring a calmer, more comfortable experience for the skin.

And the signature de Mamiel bonus is the gentle, skin-friendly essential oil blend she added to help gently induce sleep while also encouraging deeper, more restful sleep throughout the night. It’s as though Annee looked at everything that we experience during hormonally-challenged times, waved her magic wand, and granted the wishes we didn’t even realize we could ask for.

Annee also thrilled us by building this formula around an ingredient that we think is far too frequently overlooked after the teen years: salicylic acid. Remember those acne pads that would leave you feeling as though you just poured battery acid over your face? This is salicylic acid 2.0, with all the effectiveness and none of the pain. If you have mild blackheads, occasional pimples or bumpy, red skin that seems clogged, salicylic acid is very likely going to become your bestie — in this formula, anyway. (Please don’t go back to those scary pads.)

As Annee mentions in this interview with Dara where she reveals her favorite tips and tricks related to the Overnight Exfoliating Oil, “I chose to work with this derivative of salicylic acid specifically because it’s oil-soluble. I really believe in the difference that oils make to your skin…[this] gave me the ability to mix the two to provide a nice, gentle level of exfoliation in a nourishing product that also helps repair the skin barrier.”

Brilliant, isn’t it? If you’re looking for a product to alternate with your retinoid 2-3 nights per week to help sweep off dull, dead skin and take care of the occasional breakout, this is a fantastic choice. And if there was ever anything that could turn the cruel irony of adult acne into a positive experience, it’s this beautiful oil.

PS If there’s a teen in your household you’re thinking of, too, give it a try.

Note from Annee: “When creating the Overnight Exfoliating Oil, it was so important for me to have something that peeled and polished the skin but also left it beautifully plumped up and incredibly comfortable. Exfoliation can often leave the skin feeling uncomfortable, and I am seeing an increasing number of clients coming to my clinic thinking that their skin is sensitive, but in reality, the issue is down to their exfoliant disrupting their skin barrier and microbiome.”