“Beauty sleep” has always seemed to suggest the idea that merely sleeping for long periods of time can bring about a healthy body and beautiful skin. Do you really think it’s that easy? While getting enough sleep is essential to your overall health, it takes a little more to acquire that skin you crave. Bloggers and magazines alike have discussed and posted various tips on how to take advantage of the number of hours of sleep you take to enhance your skin health and beauty.

Here are some of the top tips that have been given:

Cleanse Your Face Twice

After an application of makeup, it is important to make sure all of it is successfully cleansed from your face before you go to bed. Forgetting or neglecting to do so can increase your skin’s ability to produce acne and other unwanted additions to your skin. In order to get a proper cleanse, there are different types of cleansers you can purchase. Nina Judar from Cosmopolitan Magazine suggests to use an oil-based cleanser as well as cleanser without soap.

Moisturize Skin

Especially when you have dry skin, it is important to keep your skin moist. Medical professionals have suggested it as a way to keep a healthier, younger look as you age as well as preventing various skin issues in the future. From using sunscreen to lotion moisturizers, it is important to moisturize at least once a day in order to keep your skin healthy and beautiful.

Drink Water

It is not only important to keep your skin moist, but to keep your body hydrated. Hydration plays a very big role in the function of all the organs in your body. Your skin needs the benefits of a hydrated body. Eight cups of water per day is ideal in getting your body properly hydrated. Some of the benefits of drinking water on your skin include getting rid of harmful toxins and preventing acne.

Exercise

You are more likely to have a good night’s sleep when you have worked hard all day than when you haven’t. The more you take time to exercise your body during the week, the better you will sleep. Exercising also helps reduce stress. This in many ways relieves not only your skin, but your whole body of that burden.

Formulate a Healthy Diet

What you eat fuels the rest of your body to accomplish the needed activities of the day. The type of fuel you put in your body will affect the health of your skin. The types of foods you can intake to help your skin include but are not limited to: avocados, fish, sweet potatoes, and walnuts.

Sleeping Position

The best way to position your body when you sleep is to sleep on your back. This position not only prevents wrinkles in the future, but it also hinders the ‘lines’ that occasionally appear on your face in the morning. The ‘baggy eye’ effect can also be prevented by sleeping in this position.

Face Masks

Applying a face mask before bed is a great way to help your skin. Not only does it cleanse your skin in a relaxing way, but it also relieves your pores from excess dirt and oil. Face masks can be used occasionally or daily depending on which one you use. There are many different face masks you can use to obtain healthy skin. Some of these include: charcoal, gelatin, clay, and tea. Click here to learn more on how to properly apply and use these face masks.

 

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