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What do Catherine Zeta Jones, Jennifer skin tonic, supportive and
Lopez and Penelope Cruz have in common? nourishing for your skin,” Says PSSST!
The image-conscious A-listers all put their glowing Jo. “Frankincense is renowned WANT TO WAKE UP
good looks down to a decent night’s kip. While for its skin repair and healing
you might think it’s an old wives’ tale, beauty properties, making it a wonderful WITH RADIANT SKIN?
sleep is a real thing and all the experts agree that oil to apply at night.” Mix a little bit of fake tan
getting some good quality shut-eye is essential for into your moisturiser before
youthful-looking skin. This is because while we NIGHT RHYTHMS you go to bed at night for
are deep in the land of nod, our bodies do all the To really reap the beauty benefits gorgeous, youthful glow
hard graft, releasing hormones and regulating of a good night's sleep, make sure the next day!
metabolism, which in turn, leads to increased cell to sync your skincare with your
turnover and skin-boosting collagen production. circadian rhythms. “Like a biological
“Getting deep sleep is one of the best things clock based in our brain, circadian
you can do for your skin and your health,” rhythms control the body’s metabolic rate
explains top dermatologist Dr Howard Murad. for all organs and tissue, including regeneration
“During the sleep cycle, your body is regenerating of the epidermis,” says Nataliya Robinson,
itself and repairing the damage that has occurred holistic facialist and founder of Quantum
to the cells during the day.” So it stands to Botanika (nataliyarobinson.co.uk). To keep
reason that while our bodies are busily repairing them synced, try hitting the sack by 10pm and
themselves overnight we should do all that we can avoid light pollution from mobile phones, digital
to help them. Here’s how to maximise your body’s clocks or street lights at night.
slumber potential so you wake up with film star
skin every day. SLEEP ON YOUR BACK
Did you know your head weighs around 8lbs?
DREAMY OILS That's a lot of pressure to be crushing down on
For the ultimate beauty sleep ritual make your face overnight! Many dermatologists say
yourself a complexion-boosting face oil. Jo Kellet, they can tell which side people sleep on by the
Tisserand’s aromatherapy expert suggests mixing number of wrinkles on each side of their face,
one drop each of frankincense and lavender so try sleeping on your back to wake up with
into 10ml of jojoba and massaging it into your a crumple-free face!
face, neck and décolletage before you go to
bed. “Lavender has sedative properties that will BEDTIME BOOST
enhance your sleep, but it is also a recognised The key to looking fresh-faced in the morning
is to load your skin with lots of anti-ageing
nutrients before bedtime. “The deeper layers
of your skin are working at night to repair
damage from the environmental stressors they
encounter all day long,” says Whitney Bowe, Sleep is my
dermatologist and author of Dirty Looks,
The Secrets to Beautiful Skin (£13.99, Little Brown). weapon. I try
“This is why you really want to choose your to get eight
night-time products strategically to optimise
your skin’s recovery during those restful, hours a night.
restorative hours!” Look for products
that contain skin-boosting ingredients such I think what
as retinol, fruit acids, vitamin C, vitamin E works best is
and ceramides.
sleep, water—
SLUMBER WITH SILK and a good
Treating yourself to a luxurious silk pillowcase
is one of the simplest wrinkle-busting moves you cleanser
can make. “You can totally tell the difference on
your skin,” says dermatologist Mona Gohara at
Yale School of Medicine. “Softer pillowcases are
less abrasive and minimise inflammation, which
is one of the root causes of skin ageing.”
JENNIFER LOPEZ

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