How To look beautiful

Sound sleep is the best ever beauty treatment you can give to yourself. Neither the facials nor any amount of makeup can give you the glow, fresh and relaxed look that a sound sleep provides. If you do not have a sound sleep, your skin will look older, drier and glow less. Your eyes will also be swollen.
The skin renews itself during your sleep. Not only this. the immune cells also get charged up and recover the disease fighting capacity, On an average, the sleeping hours required by a person is 8 hours; but it varies from person to person. You can identify the sleeping hours required by you by the way you feel when you get up. You should feel fresh and energetic when you get up in the morning.
Some of the reasons for not getting a Sound Sleep
1. Watching T.V. in Bed: Some people are in the habit of watching TV while in the bed. Such people suffer from lack of sleep.
2. Intake of Caffeine: Too much of coffee intake in the office hours can also result in lack of sleep. It is always advisable to avoid drinking coffee after noon time.
3. Improper Food Habit: If you intake food at irregular intervals, your body starts craving at night also and results in sleeplessness.
4. Uncomfortable Mattress: Even an uncomfortable mattress or pillow can bother your sleep. So be very particular while selecting mattresses for your bed to have a good sleep.
5. Late night parties: Today’s youth, in a bid to capture the lucrative lifestyle miss on a sound sleep due to either work or late night parties
Effects of Sleeplessness
Sleeplessness will not only result in diseases but also land you up in some awful situation. Some of the effects of sleeplessness are listed below.
• Short Memory
• Low concentration and alertness
• Diabetes
• High Blood Pressure
• Lowered speed of repairing tissue
• Stoutness
• Sleep walking
• The body immune system weakens leading to which results in body becoming vulnerable to common flues, infections.
How to get a sound sleep?
• Go to bed only when you feel sleepy.
• Avoid sleeping on couches or settee and choose a cozy bed while sleeping.
• Keep away from caffeine and alcohol, as they can give rise to lack of sleep.
• At bed time read books that are both empowering and relaxing.
• Maintain a consistent bed time routine.
• Listen to Soft Music before going to bed.
• Yoga Exercise before bedtime can be of enormous value. Sitting quietly in a room for 15 minutes can calm and prepare your body for relaxation.
Herbs that help to get sound sleep:

• Lavender oil or a lavender sachet on your bedside table may help you feel sleepy and more relaxed

• Add a tea spoon of honey to warm milk and drink it just before going to bed. It will induce sleep

• You can even drink warm milk. It also activates the sleep process.

• A nice oil massage in the hair at night may induce drowsiness.
• Pipplomool Churna can be taken with water at bed time for sound sleep.
• Using a blend of aroma oils in the bed room creates a calm and relaxing environment and helps in balancing the mind and body well after falling asleep

Natural tips for a sound sleep:

• Go to bed with a feeling of thankfulness of all the good things in life
• Wear comfortable clothing for sleep
• Keep your bed room well ventilated.
• Deep breathing in the bed  helps you to get a sound sleep.
• Sleeping  with your head to east promotes a meditative sleep.