Sleeping beauty may be a fairytale, but beauty sleep is not. Sleep has a deep relationship with our health, and health is the most fundamental key to beauty.
♦ As we sleep our skin and body repair themselves. If you haven’t slept properly, you may look like you didn’t clean up since last year’s Halloween party.
♦ Lack of sleep can lead not only to headache, acidity and bad mood, it also tells on your skin. Directly. Skin looks dull. Some feel immediate and intense dryness.
♦ Some feel restlessness, not to mention poor energy and a tendency towards shut-eye throughout the day.
♦ Lack of sleep can lead to lower blood pressure, which causes poor blood circulation and puffiness and bloating . You may look larger than life, which is not always welcome. On the other hand, good sleep promotes good blood circulation and you wake up with a glow.
♦ Sustained sleep deprivation may lead to the appearance of fine lines and pigmentation. This is because a night of little sleep releases the stress hormone cortisol, which breaks down collagen, the main structural protein found in skin.
♦ Lack of sleep gives your eyes dark circles.
♦ Little sleep gives you bad hair as it gets little food.
♦ Lack of sleep can make the corners of your mouth droop, which gives you a sad look, the very opposite of a Smiley.
♦ If you sleep well, night products you use on your skin work better.
So don’t whatsapp or Instagram. Get 7 to 9 hours of sleep every night. It’s a must!