MR. SANDMAN, BRING ME GOOD SKIN
If you’re like me and the other 7.8 billion people on this planet, you probably like sleep, and with daylight saving starting in a few days, we finally have the luxury of another hour of shut eye, and I for one couldn’t be happier!
And if you’re familiar with sleep, you’re probably just as aware of the concept of beauty sleep, the amazing feeling of a great night’s sleep, wrapping up in your blanket, waking up feeling rested & energised for what the day has to offer.
Getting your beauty sleep has more benefits than you might assume. While we sleep, it lets the brain’s battery recharge, and lets our skin repair itself by regenerating cells, gives your skin a break from stress, and ultimately results in stronger, healthier skin. It also does a great job at impacting the body’s immune system, body weight and mental health.
But while sleep can impact the body in incredible ways, poor sleep management can actually damage the skin in more ways than you may think. During sleep, your skin loses the moisture it built up during the day. Skin oil excretion peaks during the middle of the day, with production decreasing throughout the night. And because you don’t have a protective layer of natural oils on your skin, you lose more water overnight, referred to as transepidermal water loss.
In a study for the British Medical Journal, it was found that people who didn’t get the right amount of sleep were overall seen as being less healthy, more tired, and overall less attractive compared to people who got their eight hours of sleep.
On top of this, while you sleep, your skin becomes hotter and more acidic, and when these are combined with the reduction in oil production, it results in slightly drier skin. And depending on the way you sleep, being a mouth breather can reduce the amount of moisture in your skin, and you could potentially experience a “net water loss of 42 percent” compared to those who breathe through their nose.
To remedy this, it’s recommended by dermatologists to use a thick night cream. Using night creams can help to solve the issues brought by sleep and even more. Using a night cream helps to supply moisture and hydration, boosting the collagen in your skin, soothing it and ensuring your skin keeps an even complexion with a fine skin texture.
Using night cream and balms with a lot of antioxidants such as vitamin E can help to reduce the signs of premature aging, and night creams that use vitamin C, A and hyaluronic acid help to visibly reduce the appearance of wrinkles and dark spots from forming (what a steal!)
So lovelies, if you’re going to walk away with anything after reading this, I think the answer is quite clear. Using a night time cream to your routine alongside some well-deserved sleep is quite possibly one of the best additions to your skincare regime that you could possibly make. And if you lovelies will have read any of our previous blogs, you should know how much I love to talk about our beauty balms, and how could I not? Considering all of them hold many of the ingredients we talked about earlier, like vitamin C, A and E, I seriously can’t recommend them enough.
So grab that chamomile tea and hop into bed, and I’ll see all you guys soon.
Ciao lovelies
Alex xoxo
https://www.bmj.com/content/341/bmj.c6614
https://sleepqplus.com/blogs/blog/does-mouth-breathing-really-damage-and-age-my-skin