Did Disney ever make a character more beautiful than Princess Aurora: the Sleeping Beauty?
Disney actually had 20 artists compete for who could make the prettiest princess. Her features and figure were modeled after one of the most tender and beautiful women in our time: Audrie Hepburn.
Sleeping Beauty is so gorgeous she attracts princes and kings all while catching Zzzs.
But let’s look a little beyond the surface.
I suggest to you there is a deeper meaning behind this film. I suggest to you that Walt Disney did not put together the words “Sleep” and “beauty” for no reason.
I suggest to you that sleep and beauty have always been correlated. The story is, that Aurora’s beauty led to her sleep. But the reality is that her sleep contributed to her beauty.
What is beauty? It’s a combination of factors, no doubt. Your facial symmetry is certainly important. But bad features can be overcome with a nice rosy glow and radiant skin.
When skin really shines, that itself grabs the attention of men, and maybe more than anything.
That’s why women spend so much time in front of the mirror with creams and lotions which contain ingredients they can’t pronounce.
But maybe we’re going about this all wrong. What if the skin you desire is just a nap away?
Well that’s so close to the truth you could call it the truth.
Let me tell you, scientifically, what a few extra hours of sleep can accomplish for your face.
I’m guessing you’d like to age without wrinkles. Some women can. And some women can’t. What’s the secret?
It all comes back to sleep. Your skin’s elasticity is a result of a chemical called collagen. Collagen makes your skin more tight and plumb.
Guess what? We only produce collagen when we’re sleeping. That means that enough sleep is probably more important than all the skin care products in the skin care line in the supermarket.
These products may be great, but they cannot produce collagen. Sleep can. And get this, sleep is FREE! And it’s oh so enjoyable. So why don’t we do more of it?
Why don’t we go to bed a little earlier when doing so improves every aspect of our lives.
Sleep is called “beauty sleep” for a reason. Because it actually directly affects how good we show up looking at a party.
But that’s not all.
A study done in 2013 showed that just one night of poor sleep led to hanging eyelids, swollen eyes, darker undereye circles, paler skin, more wrinkles and fine lines, and more droopy corners of the mouth.
Yuck!
Imagine if you could go from being a 6 to being an 8 with nothing but a nap each day.
That’s exactly what the science is telling us will happen.
But there’s more.
When you sleep your skin repairs from UV ray light damage during the day. This means extra sleep may save us from skin tumors!
If that didn’t get your attention, nothing will.
So what practical steps should we take to get true beauty sleep?
- Get the recommended 7–9 hours of sleep. And if you didn’t sleep well one night do what they in Latin America: take a siesta
- Use a moisturizer before bed. Your skin is going to tend to dry out as you snooze. You need to get ahead of that.
- This one is huge: take note of your pillow.
You may be taking great care of your skin, but your face is spending more time with your pillowcase than anything else. So get a “skin friendly” pillow which could be satin or silk.
Isn’t it worth a few extra bucks avoid wrinkles as you age?
4. Avoid waking up in the sun every day. Who doesn’t love a good sun bath? I know who: your skin! Your skin will get damaged by the sun pouring through your window in the morning. So keep the shades shut, because it’s just not worth it.
Take these tips to heart so you can become your very own real-life, Sleeping Beauty. Your body and your boyfriend will thank you.
Samuel Pollen
President of the Sleep Bar.
If you’re concerned about sleep you’ll want to spend a night at one of our Sleep Bars. There you’ll have a whole team with one goal in mind: getting you to the sleep of your dreams.
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