Happy World Sleep Day! How sleep can actually help your skin....

March 15 is World Sleep Day!! Getting enough shuteye opens up a world of possibilities for your skin by helping you reduce fine lines and wrinkles and EVEN blemishes!!!

 There are multiple reasons why sleep affects your skin.  Firstly, skin makes new collagen when you sleep; studies show that only getting 5 hours a night can lead to twice as many wrinkles as sleeping for 7 hours! The science behind it...... while you sleep, your skin's collagen production increases, plumping cells, improving the skins lipid barrier. This then helps retain moisture hydrated skin remains plump and firm, think GRAPE over RAISIN. 

 Sleep can also help blemishes.  7-9 hours can help keep your complexion fresh, by strengthening the skins ability to fight germs and irritants and thus help to prevent acne blemish formations.

Tonight I'm counting the zzz's not wrinkles...Happy World Sleep Day to all and to all a good night!!!!

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