CosBeauty Magazine #76
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Beauty<br />
The beauty of a<br />
good night’s sleep can<br />
never be overstated.<br />
Here are some of our tips<br />
and favourite products<br />
to help you enter the<br />
dreamtime.<br />
riedrich Nietzsche once said, “Sleeping is no<br />
mean art. For its sake one must stay awake all day.”<br />
Maximising slumber can be tricky in today’s rat race,<br />
which can poach the possibility of the fabled eight<br />
hours of dream time faster than you can say ‘toss<br />
and turn’.<br />
Research unswervingly shows that some serious<br />
shuteye is essential for your health and wellbeing, with<br />
lack of sleep associated with everything from weight<br />
gain to cancer, research has also proven that there’s<br />
a link between inadequate sleep and signs of ageing,<br />
with lack of sleep doubling the signs of skin ageing,<br />
including fine lines.<br />
One study, conducted by University Hospital Case<br />
Medical Centre in Ohio and commissioned by Estée<br />
Lauder, investigated the process of catabolysis in skin<br />
and cellular synchronisation and purification, and their<br />
connection to sleep.<br />
Catabolysis is a natural purification process that<br />
helps skin cells eliminate internal debris that can<br />
cause cellular damage. Getting older, coupled with<br />
environmental factors, generates internal debris within<br />
cells which can cause cellular damage and prevent cells<br />
from functioning efficiently. Skin cells have a natural<br />
24-hour rhythm, repairing themselves at night and<br />
protecting themselves in the day. Catabolysis is at its<br />
peak at night in line with the circadian rhythm of your<br />
body. With age the process becomes less efficient and<br />
desynchronised, contributing to the appearance of aged<br />
and dehydrated skin.<br />
The researchers found that poor quality sleepers lost<br />
30 percent more water 72 hours after a skin barrier<br />
disruption, such as exposure to UV light, than those<br />
who regularly have good quality sleep. The poor<br />
sleepers also showed twice the amount of intrinsic<br />
signs of ageing such as fine lines, reduced elasticity and<br />
uneven pigmentation.<br />
If you’re tormented by hours spent staring at the<br />
ceiling while the rest of the world slumbers (or so you<br />
imagine), take heed of these sleep-inducing tips and<br />
twilight beauty treats.<br />
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