5 benefits of getting your beauty sleep and how to achieve it.

Your Beauty Sleep is a great way to improve your beauty and health. Since your body repairs, while you sleep, good rest is the closest thing to the fountain of youth. Aim for 7 - 9 hours of continuous deep sleep as part of your beauty routine and you would see amazing benefits for your beauty and health.

Recently I had the pleasure to learn from Dr. Shivani Gupta, an expert in modern Ayurveda and founder of Fusionary Formulas, about how to sleep better and the benefits for our beauty and health.

Here are 5 ways you can sleep better and 5 benefits of getting your beauty sleep.

How to Achieve Great Beauty Sleep ?

As simple as getting your beauty sleep we know that some times "just closing your eyes" won't make it, in fact, 16% of Americans suffer from sleep disorders. Dr. Shivani Gupta teaches us that as important as the number of hours we sleep is the quality of our sleep and how many REM cycles we achieve. Her supplement brand, Fusionary Formulas, has a complete collection of amazing products aimed to help us get great quality beauty sleep.

I highly recommend to watch her IGTV series on sleep, I summarized for you five easy changes we can make in our routine to achieve better and more snooze time.

Go to sleep before 10 pm. Learn your Circadian Rhythm

The Circadian Rhythm is a 24-hour internal clock that is running in the background of the brain and cycles between sleepiness and alertness at regular intervals. It's regulated according to the environment, our routine, and our hormone levels. Dr. Shivani explains in her video that going to sleep before 10 pm is essential for our Circadian Rhythm to work at its best. Also, the more you sleep the deeper and better quality sleep you get, going to bed early is a great way to secure that beauty sleep time.

Take Magnesium or even better Fusionary Formulas Deep Sleep

Dr. Shivani created a full collection of products at Fusionary Formulas dedicated to helping us get Deep Sleep — Is plant-based all-natural formula utilizes clinically proven ingredients such as magnesium and melatonin to optimize deep REM sleep. I started using it, taking a few drops before bed (one drop per sleep hour). I wake up refreshed, energized and glowing.

Dr. Shivani explains that, "Maintaining healthy magnesium levels often leads to deeper, more sound sleep. Magnesium plays a role in supporting deep, restorative sleep by maintaining healthy levels of GABA, a neurotransmitter that promotes sleep. Research indicates supplemental magnesium can improve sleep quality, especially in people with poor sleep. Magnesium can also help insomnia that’s linked to the sleep disorder restless-leg syndrome."

Set your room for sleep

Set up your room to create a cozy atmosphere that enhances your sleep. In her IGTV series about sleep, Dr. Shivani gives us easy tips to activate our senses and cue sleep. Dim the lights, add some relaxing essential oils to a diffuser, have some tea and cool the room and just breathe and relax to get great quality Deep Sleep.

Tea Time

As you know I love tea. Herbal blends are known for being effective and relaxing. Dr. Shivani created this amazing blend that helps us fall asleep easily and deeply. This blend of Ayurvedic herbs has been used for thousands of years to help relax the mind and help with relaxation before sleep. Use tea to cue your night routine and get revitalizing healthy sleep.

Me Time

Take some time for yourself and to reduce stress. Exercise, take relaxing baths, massages or meditate. The more your brain is relaxed the easier it is for it to shut down so you can get restful sleep.

Perks of your beauty Sleep

Here are some of the benefits sleep gives to your Beauty.

A Glowing Complexion

While you sleep, your body boosts blood flow to the skin, which means you wake to a beautiful healthy glow. Collagen production is boosted and your hair grows stronger thanks to better nutrient absorption, you will get rosier cheeks, brighter eyes, and less puffiness are some of the benefits of better blood flow as a result of your beauty sleep.

Heal and Detox

The most effective way to renew your skin is to get your Beauty Sleep. Dr. Shivanu Gupta - Modern Ayurveda expert and Founder of Fusionary Formulas. Teaches us in her IGTV series about sleep, that "Sleep is essential for healing. Detoxing. A healthy immune system.

We forget that and think we can skip it or sleep late. But it affects everything in our day and slowly adds up in our system ". She also reminds us that sleep improves our memory and helps control cravings.

Skincare Products work better

One of the most important functions of your skin is to protect your body from the sun and free radicals (harmful molecules from the environment). Overnight while you rest, your skin can focus on repairing itself. Also, since your blood flow is more consistent while you sleep it is easier for your skin to better absorb the goodness from your skincare (also that's the reason you should definitely remove your makeup before sleep). Since you are not exposed to the sun, it is a great time to use treatments that are light-sensitive like vitamin C, retinol or glycolic acid. During sleep, your skin can get more dehydrated so its a good time to apply a richer moisturizer.

Look Happier and Healthier

Sleeping makes you look and feel happy :). Red, swollen eyes, dark circles, sagging eyelids, and paler skin are signs of lack of sleep. Also when you are tired the corners of your lips drop and we tend to frown more due to lack of muscle tone. Getting enough sleep is an easy way to get your smile on.

Smoother Skin

As part of the repair process, Collagen is produced during sleep. The more and better sleep you get the more your skin is plumper and less likely to wrinkle. Sleeping 7 hours instead of 5 doubles your chances of preventing aging.

Now is time to sleep.

Once you know all of the ways sleep can improve your health and beauty, its the time to try those tips. Improving the quantity and quality of sleep is an effective and simple way to look and feel way better. Hope this information is helpful and inspires you to take some well-deserved beauty rest.

Good night!