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With the festive season

now in full swing,

chances are the

number of hours you’re logging

under the doona are dwindling.

That’s bad news not just for

your energy levels but also

for your skin.

“A lack of sleep will impact

on every organ of the body,

and as skin is our only visible

organ, often tiredness shows

up here fi rst,” Richard Parker,

founder, CEO and head of R&D

of Rationale, explains. Cue the

dull complexion, dark under-eye

circles, blemishes and dryness.

But what’s happening below

the surface?

WAKE UP YOUNGER

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR DOWNTIME WITH

SKINCARE THAT WORKS WHILE YOU SLEEP

1 Skin may become drier overnight because external temperatures and humidity are often lower, as is barrier function, which can cause transepidermal

water loss (when water evaporates from the skin into the surrounding atmosphere). Clinique’s leave-on, oil-free Moisture Surge Overnight Mask ($47, clinique.com.au) hydrates skin immediately and throughout the night, and can help improve barrier strength to resist dehydration in the long run.

2 Philosophy’s PM version of its cult moisturiser, Hope in a Jar Night ($55, 1800 812 663), delivers glycolic acid deep into the dermis and

gradually releases it throughout the night, helping to smooth skin’s texture and plump fine lines.

3 Chanel determined that skin is most active between 11pm and 4am, and formulated La Nuit de Chanel ($124, (02) 9900 2944) with

frankincense extracts and time-released hyaluronic acid to promote plumper, more elastic skin.

4 Estée Lauder’s reformulated Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex II ($140, esteelauder.com.au) was prompted

by studies showing that the skin cells’ natural purification process, called catabolysis, peaks at night, but can be hampered by a lack of sleep. With a cocktail of active ingredients, including algae and yeast extract, the serum assists the catabolysis process to help cells perform effectively and efficiently, and keep the complexion clear.

5 With an enzyme system that’s derived predominantly from papaya, AUM Anti Age Organics Regenerating Night Cream ($24.95,

(03) 9415 9911) helps dissolve mature and damaged skin to make way for the fresher, newer skin beneath.

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HOW MUCH SLEEP PER NIGHT THAT’S

RECOMMENDEDTO REDUCE FINE LINES AND SIGNS

OF AGEING

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WHILE YOU WERE

SLEEPING

During the day, skin is busy

defending itself against external

aggressors including pollution

and free radicals, while at night

“it works hard to repair the

damage done during the day”,

Parker says. This rejuvenation

of replacing older, defective

cells with newer ones is carried

out by the parasympathetic

system, also known as the relax

and renew response, which

is responsible for bringing the

body back to a balanced state.

Studies on the relationship

between sleep and skin have

previously revealed that

a lack of shut-eye can induce

infl ammation, which can lead to

wrinkles and impede the immune

system – and this can affect

collagen formation (production

is usually increased at night).

Earlier this year, the results of

an Estée Lauder-commissioned

clinical trial from the University

Hospitals Case Medical

Center in the US conclusively

demonstrated that a chronic lack

of sleep correlated with reduced

skin health and accelerated skin

ageing. Participants who slept

less than fi ve hours a night had

more fi nes lines, pigmentation

and dryness (plus a negative

self-perception) than those who

had a good night’s sleep, which

is agreed by experts to be seven

or more hours each night.

As part of its natural, 24-hour

circadian rhythm, skin has the

highest levels of cell turnover

and blood fl ow in the evening,

making it more permeable

and responsive to active

ingredients that enhance the

regeneration cycle. Glycolic and

hyaluronic acids in particular

can help create plumper, more

elastic skin, and reduce the

appearance of fi ne lines.

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wrinkles and impede the immune

demonstrated that a chronic lack

skin health and accelerated skin

had a good night’s sleep, which

is agreed by experts to be seven

or more hours each night.

As part of its natural, 24-hour

circadian rhythm, skin has the

highest levels of cell turnover

and blood fl ow in the evening,

making it more permeable

and responsive to active

ingredients that enhance the

regeneration cycle. Glycolic and

hyaluronic acids in particular

can help create plumper, more

elastic skin, and reduce the

appearance of fi ne lines.

With the festive season

now in full swing,

chances are the

number of hours you’re logging

under the doona are dwindling.

That’s bad news not just for

your energy levels but also

for your skin.

“A lack of sleep will impact

on every organ of the body,

and as skin is our only visible

organ, often tiredness shows

up here fi rst,” Richard Parker,

founder, CEO and head of R&D

of Rationale, explains. Cue the

dull complexion, dark under-eye

circles, blemishes and dryness.

But what’s happening below

the surface?

WHILE YOU WERE

SLEEPING

During the day, skin is busy

defending itself against external

aggressors including pollution

and free radicals, while at night

“it works hard to repair the

damage done during the day”,

Parker says. This rejuvenation

of replacing older, defective

cells with newer ones is carried

out by the parasympathetic

system, also known as the relax

and renew response, which

is responsible for bringing the

body back to a balanced state.

Studies on the relationship

between sleep and skin have

previously revealed that

a lack of shut-eye can induce

infl ammation, which can lead to

wrinkles and impede the immune

system – and this can affect

collagen formation (production

is usually increased at night).

Earlier this year, the results of

an Estée Lauder-commissioned

clinical trial from the University

Hospitals Case Medical

Center in the US conclusively

demonstrated that a chronic lack

of sleep correlated with reduced

skin health and accelerated skin

ageing. Participants who slept

less than fi ve hours a night had

more fi nes lines, pigmentation

and dryness (plus a negative

self-perception) than those who

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