THE SMUG SLEEP MASK WILL GIVE YOU SWEET DREAMS

SHARING MY SLEEP SECRETS
BY SARA DARLING

We all need a good night’s sleep especially during the current circumstances. But if you’re anything like me, your bedroom antics might be fraught with stress and topsy turny nights.

The hours we spend sleeping are the biggest single influence on our mood, motivation and concentration, and a decent sleep pattern enhances everything we do in our everyday lives. 

If we don't get enough shut-eye, it's difficult to function, remember things or make decisions- so anything that offers to help deepen my slumber is worth a go! The Smug Eye Mask with its unique contoured dome design, is unlike other brands, which haven’t taken into consideration long (or false) eyelashes which flutter like mad during the rapid eye movement phase. The Smug Mask offers room for lengthy lashes! 

8-10 hours is the recommended nighttime nap for adults, but who can actually say they achieve this? In fact, 38% of UK adults - around 20 million people - suffer from lack of sleep. With temperatures, bed mates and external noises, the chances of an uninterrupted doze is pretty slim. But you can help yourself by creating a comforting space and complete black out for night time bliss. Convince your brain it's calm and dark, and it will start to produce melatonin - the sleep hormone which increases the amount of REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep, and a restful sleep will encourage the metabolism of the skin cells, so you will wake up fresh as a daisy too! 

Your immediate eye area is the most sensitive skin on your face, so a sleep mask has the added bonus of slowing down the ageing process. By relaxing the eyes, and allowing for optimum time in slumber, it encourages deep or slow-wave sleep, which help prevent skin fatigue, wrinkles, dark circles, and puffiness, and assists the skin cells that replicate and reproduce during the night. 

If you're a light sleeper like me- who is sensitive to the slightest noise or disturbance, the uniquely shaped Sleep Smug mask (in leopard print, natch!) is designed to block out any unwanted light. Coupled with ear plugs for any noise distractions, and you really should be away with the fairies. Providing total darkness, the mask is like a second skin, and it looks good too (other patterns are available). I’m not sure what I ever did without it! 

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