A Restful Night's Sleep
After a busy and stressful day, it can be difficult to settle into restorative sleep. Up to 40 percent of the world's population gets insufficient sleep and the trend is increasing.
In an ideal world, we would all be going to sleep with a clear mind, relaxed outlook and comfortable, clean environment allowing us to bank 8 hours of deep sleep per night – much easier said than done! In reality, we know there is only so much we can control between deadlines of assignments circulating in our thoughts, or children waking us up in the wee hours of the morning. But, we can take small steps to help us wind down before bed as part of our own bedtime ritual, and in time improve the quality of our sleep too. Using simple techniques like a relaxing bedtime routine and healthy daytime habits, you can improve your sleep, so you wake up refreshed each day...
1. Make Your Bedroom a Restful Environment
Your bedroom is the last environment you see before shutting your eyes for sleep. The decoration and furniture in your room should bring a sense of peace that helps carry you into slumber. Keep your bedroom a space dedicated to sleep, and remove the clutter. Also ensure your bedding is comfortable and inviting, it should make you want to slip under the covers.
Eliminate light & noise and keep the temperature cool, between 18 and 22 degrees Celsius. Keep one of our Lavender Perfumed Sachets on the table in your room to help you feel settled and grounded as you close your eyes.
Next, light some candles to create a calming atmosphere:
2. Complete Your Bedtime Ritual
Our Relaxing Pillow Mist is a simple yet sophisticated way to fragrance your room and linen without having to worry about falling asleep with a lit candle flame. With a soothing blend of 5 different essential oils (lavender, bergamot, mandarin, sweet orange and geranium), it not only helps calm your senses to allow you to fall asleep faster, but also promotes deeper sleep to help you feel even more rested. Plus, the recycled glass bottle looks heavenly on your bedside table.
TOP TIP: Spritz your towels with the Relaxing Pillow Mist ahead of your bath for a soft, cocooning wrap which will gently meld with your softened skin and linger from bathroom to bedroom.
3. Sleeping Beauty - Reset Your Skin
Sleep is a natural beauty enhancer. A good night’s sleep reduces the stress hormone cortisol (which is responsible for thinning skin) while increasing melatonin (which acts like an antioxidant against fine lines and spots). During slumber, collagen-producing cells regenerate to increase skin’s elasticity and tightness.
Overnight Reset Serum
Help boost and promote a rested complexion with our Overnight Reset Serum which not only awakens your skin’s genes and delivers a concentrated dose of antioxidants, but also relaxes the facial muscles to lessen signs of tension and stress. This cocktail of benefits will give you the glow of a good night’s sleep!
Overnight Reset Eye Serum
Next, target your eye area with our Overnight Reset Eye Serum. This under-eye booster serum will help to reduce dark circles and puffiness to leave your eye area looking more rested.
Immortelle Divine Cream
Finally, lock-in your serums with our iconic Immortelle Divine Cream to effectively target and help fight the main visible signs of ageing while skin feels nourished and softened.
4. Lastly, 10 Tips For a Good Night Sleep
Go to sleep and wake up at the same time every day
Do regular, balanced exercise during the day like yoga or swimming
Meditate for 10 minutes before bed to settle your mind
At the end of the day, take a hot shower or bath to relax your muscles and let go of stress
Eat light, non-spicy food for dinner
Keep a diary to leave the cares of the day on the page
Give yourself a gentle hand, foot or neck massage to release built up tension
Read well-loved passages from your favourite novels or poetry before sleep to put your mind at ease
Spritz your pillow with a mist of essential oils to induce relaxation
Create a before-bed routine such as a breathing exercises or listening to soothing music. Your body will come to recognise this as the signal for sleep
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BREATHING EXERCISE
1. Find a comfortable position in bed and lie flat on your back. 2. Bring attention to your legs and arms and then release its weight fully into the bed. 3. Focus your attention on where you feel your breath in your body.
TRY THIS DEEP-BREATHING EXERCISE TO RELEASE TENSION AND QUIET YOUR MIND BEFORE BED.
Enjoy a foot massage
Give yourself a foot massage to release tension and relax.
1. Soak your feet in a tub of warm water and essential oils.
2. Pat your feet dry and rub oil into them.
3. Mass from your ankles down to your toes.
Feet are the perfect area to unwind the whole body.
TIPS FOR WHEN YOU CAN'T SLEEP
1.Try meditation and keep your mind on each inhale and exhale. 2.Curl up on the coach and do something relaxing like listening to soothing music. 3.Putting a pair of comfortable socks over cold feet increases blood flow to your extremities.
TRY THESE TECHNIQUES TO AVOID TOSSING AND TURNING.
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