The struggle continues. For yet another night I failed to meet my goal of getting at least 8 hours of sleep. I went to bed after 1 AM last night. I’m not sure what is going on exactly that’s preventing me from falling asleep at a decent hour. And I did not have a sound sleep; but I did get some sleep on my back. It seems like it wasn’t much though, because each time I woke up during the night and morning, I was sleeping on my stomach or my side. And I have a new pimple on my chin to show for it. Another argument in support of sleeping on your back. Especially for me, having to take photos and videos for promotional reasons, pimples are not good. So I need to amp up the back sleeping efforts. I think I’m going to need to buy an antiwrinkle pillow. Have I said that before? I think I have.
Why have I not yet bought an antiwrinkle pillow?
Ok, so I keep saying I’m going to buy an antiwrinkle pillow, but I haven’t bought one yet, and you’re wondering why? Well, there’s really no particular reason that I haven’t yet bought an antiwrinkle pillow. I’m always reluctant to pull the trigger when it comes to spending. I’m not a bit shopper. The experience of shopping is usually stressful, trying to figure out what to buy; and I try to avoid stress. But you probably remember I’ve already said that I will try the JuveRest antiwrinkle pillow first, so what’s there to stress about? I already know what I want and I know where to get it, so why haven’t I pulled the trigger yet? Well, it’s really the same as I’ve said. It takes me a bit to get around to buying stuff. It applies to anything and everything. Maybe I’m just lazy, but I do think it’s more than that. I just don’t ever feel like I truly “need” anything. Are there people out there who understand what I mean? Most of the time you buy stuff and it doesn’t really serve much purpose in your life. Few things turn out to be what they say they are. I do believe that there’s something to the claim that the way you sleep, the pillow you use, the pillow case you use on your pillow–these things contribute to how you sleep and how you look in the morning as a result of how you slept. I have a pimple on my chin right now as proof that you really want to be sure you are putting your face on something that is going to keep it protected from allergens and whatever else causes you to wake up with pimples in the morning. Especially if you are in the public eye. But I am not big on spending and I don’t like wasting money on things that say they are going to do something that they don’t actually turn out to do. So that is probably the reason that I haven’t yet gone ahead and bought myself an antiwrinkle pillow. But I do plan to acquire one soon.
Did sleeping beauty sleep with an antiwrinkle pillow, I wonder…
Are you using an antiwrinkle pillow? If so, do you believe that it is doing what it claims? I definitely would not buy an antiwrinkle pillow expecting it to transform my face in any major way. I don’t think a pillow is going to do what chemical products promise they can do but fail to do. So for me, the interest in the JuveRest pillow is in having a pillow that makes it easier for me to sleep comfortably on my back, while at the same time helping me to protect my face during those times of turning on my sides or stomach. It isn’t that I think the pillow is going wipe away the existing signs of aging in my face. But I have seen for myself that my face looks better when it hasn’t been abused through the night. And I’m willing to believe that an antiwrinkle pillow can help slow down aging insofar as it helps to stop you from getting extra wrinkly on account of subjecting your face to assault while you sleep.
My face doesn’t look too bad this morning all things considered…
I didn’t get the amount of sleep I wanted to get last night. And it’s been a few days on a stretch that I haven’t gotten a good night’s rest, but I don’t look my absolute worst. I do credit a lot of that to the collagen mist that I make and use religiously throughout the day. I have recently also started using a vitamin C and hyaluronic acid mist. I’ve mostly been making my own beauty products for the last couple of years and they have worked wonders. But I do think definitely that the sleep factor is a huge deal. Although I haven’t gotten as much sleep as I would like, and although I’m not able yet to stay sleeping on my back through the entire time of sleeping, there is an obvious difference in how I look to how I usually look in the morning when I wake up from not getting enough sleep. Am I saying that I look photo-ready when I wake up in the morning? No. I definitely still need to ladle on the spackle to get myself photo ready. But I have been less droopy looking at the camera straight on. It’s still the case that if I photograph my face with my head down, it’s sag city with the bags and the nasolabial folds. I look 20 years older. But I can look straight at the camera and the bags and nasolabial folds are clearly less prominent. And if I look up (as in tilt the head upward and take the photo that way) the bags and nasolabial folds practically disappear.
So there are my tips for you today. To improve your looks:
- Start sleeping on your back preferably using an antiwrinkle pillow
- Consume collagen whether you take a supplement or use collagen powder
- Use collagen topically. Make your own products or research collagen products with a good reputation (and don’t stay too long using the same product because your skin will get used to it and stop showing improvement)
- Pursue the things that make you happy and that fill your heart with joy
- Get a lot of vitamin C in and on your body
Hope you slept well last night. Wishing a fantastic weekend. Sleep well tonight.
M