The Nightly by afterhrs
the beauty-sleep drink
One scoop at 9pm and you get the two things the rest of the shelf sells separately: down faster tonight, and 5,000 mg of marine collagen delivered in the only window your skin repairs itself.* Every dose reviewed by Dr. M. Cesar. Most people feel the sleep inside a week — the mirror catches up in four to eight.*
- The full 5,000 mg collagen dose the human studies run on — printed on the front, not buried in a blend
- Sleep changes in about a week. Skin in four to eight. We'd rather tell you than oversell you.*
- Dark tart cherry + vanilla.
Seen at 9pm.
Real evening routines from the early-access crew.
A full year of The Nightly by afterhrs.
One founding member wins 365 nights — every tub for a year, on us. Every pre-order is entered automatically. That's the whole game.
One winner, drawn at launch. Every pre-order is entered automatically; no purchase necessary — free entry by email, see terms.
the gummy math
None of it happens at the doses the rest of the category ships. Here's the math they'd rather you skipped.
Our nightly dose, in gummies? Fifty.
Marine collagen research runs on 2,500–7,500 mg a day. Most brands put a gram or less in a serving — a gummy holds about 100 mg. Here's our nightly dose, in gummy terms.
One night of collagen, two ways.
5,000 mg of marine collagen, either way — the studied dose.
what changes
Seven changes. Every one attached to a number on the label.
No blends, no rounding up, no promises of dramatic results — if a line here isn't paid for by a dose you can read on the front, it isn't on the list. Hover or tap a line and the ingredient that pays for it shows up underneath.
- Reduces the appearance of wrinkles marine collagen · hyaluronic acid
- Firmer, deeply hydrated skin collagen · HA · vitamin C
- Clearer-looking skin zinc — normal skin biology
- Stronger nails, less peeling silicon · zinc
- Stronger hair, less shedding collagen · silicon — helps protect the hair you have
- Asleep faster, a wind-down that holds melatonin · glycine · L-theanine
- Mornings without the fog 1 mg melatonin — because more isn’t better
your fifty minutes
Everything today was for someone else. This one is yours.
Everyone else is finally asleep. The house is quiet for the first time since breakfast, and you have maybe fifty minutes before your own eyes close. Most nights they vanish into a screen. They do not have to - the difference between looking your age and looking exhausted is mostly made in these hours anyway.*
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you make it
One scoop into cold water or warm milk. Dark tart cherry and vanilla - it tastes like the good part of the evening, not like medicine. Thirty seconds at the sink.
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you sit down
No mask to time. Nothing to put on your face and stand there waiting on. No new routine to learn - you have more than enough of those. One glass, and nobody needing anything from you while it lasts.
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you sleep
1 mg of melatonin and 3,000 mg of glycine, the doses the sleep studies used. You fall asleep faster, and you wake up less tired.* Low on purpose, so you are not underwater when someone needs you at 6am.
Eight weeks of nights like this. Then people start asking what you changed.
- Asleep faster. Awake less tired.*
- Firmer, better-hydrated skin - 5,000 mg, the dose the studies ran on.*
- Fewer visible lines by around week eight.*
- Stronger hair and nails while it is at it.*
That is the part nobody tells you: the hours you have been giving away to a screen are the same hours your skin does its repair work. You are not adding a routine. You are finally using a shift you were sleeping through anyway.*
The hours after are yours. So are these fifty minutes.
drag it yourself
Same face. Same age. Eight weeks of real sleep.
Nobody's turning back a clock here — left and right are the same woman, the same light, no filter. What changed is eight weeks of nights her skin could actually build in, on 5,000 mg of the studied collagen dose.*
Hydration moves first, often inside the first month. Elasticity and the look of lines follow through weeks four to eight. Consistency is the whole trick; there is no shortcut version of this.*
the whole formula
Every dose, next to the science it came from.
Six ingredients converge on skin. Each row shows our dose against the range human studies actually used. Nothing proprietary, nothing hidden.
Marine collagen peptides 5,000 mg
Supports skin hydration and elasticity and reduces the appearance of wrinkles over roughly 4–8 weeks.* Pulls double duty for hair strength and nails while it's at it.
Glycinethe synergy dose 3,000 mg
The amino acid collagen is largely built from — and shown to help collagen supplementation work better. Same dose the human sleep studies used: asleep faster, less tired the next morning.
Hyaluronic acidnot a sprinkle — the studied dose 120 mg
120 mg is the exact dose used in a human skin trial — not a token amount for the label. Supports skin hydration from within, helps reduce water loss through the skin, supports elasticity, and reduces the appearance of wrinkle depth.
Vitamin C 80 mg
Supports your body's normal collagen formation — the official, load-bearing sentence this whole page rests on. Collagen without vitamin C is a delivery with no one to sign for it.
Silicon 10 mg
The quiet one. Human studies show improvements in skin elasticity — and less brittle hair and nails.
Zinc 10 mg
Supports normal skin biology — plus hair and nails. Small number, real job.
Feel it in week one. See it by week eight.
The evenings change first
Asleep faster, a wind-down that actually winds down. That's your early proof the formula is working — long before the mirror files its report.
The mirror catches up
Skin keeps its own calendar. Hydration tends to move first, and elasticity and the look of lines follow somewhere in weeks four to eight.* A window, not a date — because that is the honest version.
Skin takes four to eight weeks. Anyone promising faster is selling something.
Fifty-six nights. One dot each. That is the whole timeline, and we are not going to pretend it is shorter.
Also in the glass
Hair & nails
Collagen, silicon and zinc work where it shows: stronger hair with less shedding — helping protect the hair you have — and nails that grow back stronger, with less peeling.
The racing-thoughts hour
200 mg L-theanine and magnesium bisglycinate support a calm wind-down. The to-do list can wait for morning.
Tastes like the treat part
Dark tart cherry and vanilla bean — adult, not candy. Monk fruit, no erythritol. Warm milk or cold water: your ritual, your call.
frequently asked questions
FAQ
Nothing turns back the clock. Why would this be any different?
It isn't, and we won't pretend. You can't un-age skin, and anyone selling you that wants your money. Here's the honest split: part of what you're seeing is age, and part of it is the layer sitting on top — the dryness, the dullness, the flat, tired look that arrived with years of five-hour nights. That layer moves. And while it does, collagen at the dose the human studies used supports hydration and elasticity underneath it.* Slower than a filler. Cheaper than a laser. You keep your own face.
Is this just aging, or will certain products actually help?
Both, honestly. Cell turnover slows and the hormonal shift into your forties takes collagen with it — that part is real and no supplement reverses it. What's still in your control is supplying the raw material at a dose that isn't decorative, with the vitamin C needed to build it, in the hours your skin is doing the work. Give it eight weeks and judge it on your own face.*
I've seen the 'collagen is a scam' videos.
So have we, and they're half right. The category dosed collagen at label-decoration levels for years, so the criticism was earned. That's exactly why our doses sit inside the range the human studies used, and why they're printed on the front where you can check them. The argument against cheap collagen is the argument for doing it properly.
I already take collagen peptides. Why switch?
Three reasons. Dose — most tubs run a gram or two; ours is 5,000 mg, inside the 2,500–7,500 mg the human studies used. Company — collagen needs vitamin C to be built into anything, and glycine is shown to help collagen supplementation work better; both are in the same scoop. And timing — a morning scoop skips the night, which is when your skin does its repair work. Same habit, one glass, at the hour it counts.*
It all just ends up being so expensive.
About $1.66 a night on the quarterly — less than one good serum, and it replaces the collagen tub and the sleep gummies you're already buying rather than being added on top of them. Your first order carries a 90-night guarantee and the founding price stays locked for as long as you stay subscribed. If it's not your ritual, the guarantee is the exit.
Is it safe? What should I know?
Nothing goes on your face, so there's no irritation risk, no purging and no barrier to rebuild. Every batch is third-party tested and the full label is public — no proprietary blends. It contains fish, because that's what marine collagen is. Skip it if you're pregnant or breastfeeding, since it contains melatonin. And your doctor knows your specifics better than any label — that's their lane.
Why melatonin at all? I thought it stopped working for me.
Because the collagen only matters if you're actually asleep for it, and 1 mg is a different drug to the 10 mg you were sold. The studies on sleep onset run at 0.5 to 1 mg — roughly what your own body puts out. The gummies overshoot that by ten to fifteen times, which is where the vivid dreams, the 3am wake-up and the concrete morning come from. If melatonin "stopped working," the dose is the first thing to look at, not the ingredient. It's here to shorten the gap between lights-out and asleep, and then get out of the way — not to sedate you.*
How is this different from the other sleep-collagen drinks?
Most of them run collagen alone and call it a night drink. Collagen on its own is raw material with nothing to build it — you also need glycine, which is the fuel your body uses to put it to work, vitamin C, which collagen synthesis literally cannot happen without, and the deep sleep that's the only window your skin does the repair in. Miss any one of the three and you're paying for powder you can't use. One scoop here carries 5,000 mg of collagen, 3 g of glycine, the vitamin C to build with and 1 mg of melatonin to get you down there — all printed on the front, all inside the ranges the human studies used.*
reviews module — lands here after launch
The studied dose, nightly. Locked at the founding price.
One scoop, one evening drink, real doses printed on the front and tested every batch. Nothing goes on your face, and nothing else to order. Founding members hold the lower price for as long as they stay subscribed and walk in 24 hours before everyone else. No payment today — and 30 nights to change your mind once it ships.
90-night guarantee. See it or it's free — first order refunded in full
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.