Article: Beautiful skin rests on sleep

Sleep. If you don't get enough, you're grumpy. If you get too much, you're dopey. If you get just enough, you're a beauty.

"There is nothing better than a nice beauty sleep," said Lydia Safarti, a skin care expert who founded the Repechage product line.

"You can look at someone who hasn't had enough sleep and tell immediately. They have dark circles under their eyes and their whole face looks droopy - it's almost sagging."

Some studies have shown that new cells are produced twice as fast when you're asleep than when you're awake, according to the Better Sleep Council, a non-profit educational organization supported by the bedding industry.

While sleeping, the body rids itself of ...

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