"Sleep is a virtue, We must honor and respect the virtues of a good night’s sleep. Our immune, nervous and muscular systems rejuvenate while we sleep."
A good night's sleep is essential to perfect skin, we all agree. Now what many forget is that what we need is quality, true rest – ideally for many hours! It will do wonders for your health.
While we sleep, our bodies produce growth hormones, these are important for cell renewal, our immune and nervous system, and they help repair tissue - including skin.
Cells have a life cycle, they are created and they die, and with repeated unsatisfying nights of sleep, cells fail to rejuvenate. Therefore, people who sleep poorly age more quickly, in addition to developing other health problems.
We know that the stress of your day makes it impossible to dedicate time to quality sleep, especially for eight hours straight. But we have good news! Even just 6 hours of deep, uninterrupted sleep can also have repairing effects.
Sleeping well does not mean sleeping many hours on the weekend, or that you like to sleep. Sleep is a daily exercise, we need to create a routine. Many envy those who can sleep a lot!
Do you know what the most beneficial schedule is for your body? Sleeping from 10 pm to 6 am. We must remember that our body is governed by the sun.
We sleep better during the nighttime, that’s when our bodies release melatonin, a hormone produced by the pineal gland that induces deep sleep, this hormone decreases as we approach 30 years.
Tricks for better sleep:
1. Try to go to bed every night at the same time, it is essential to create a routine.
2. Lights should be off, avoid running the washing machine or strange background noises, silence is important.
3. The temperature in your room has to be comfortable, not too cold or too hot.
4. Do not bring your laptop, iPad or mobile to bed. They will keep you awake with their light and sounds.
5. Try these tricks for one month, you will see the difference.
 

As for your skin, yes, we should use night cosmetics before going to bed and not at any other time of day.
The first reason is that some lose their effectiveness when exposed to sunlight, others may put your skin at risk by not having any protection and may even cause blemishes or skin irritation.
The second reason is that they are much more effective at night, as your body is in full cell renewal mode while you sleep.
A very interesting new idea that has reached the market is called a bio-alarm clock, which is an app for your mobile phone. It records your stages of sleep while you sleep and analyzes them on a graph.
It creates a profile page displaying all stages of your sleep, including the time you fall asleep, wake up, total sleep time and the overall average. Using the results, you can set an alarm to wake you up at the ideal time during the last 30 minutes of your sleep, thus avoiding waking up during deep sleep (REM).
REM sleep is when you are in a deep sleep, when your eyes have that rapid movement (hence the name), when you are dreaming.
How serious is to wake up when you are in REM sleep?
Not very, but you might feel a little different and more tired. You won’t have the feeling of waking from a restful sleep. Sleep technicians in laboratories where tests are conducted are instructed not to wake patients if they are in REM. The most memorable dreams occur at this stage, in which muscle weakness and self-induced paralysis prevails.
Do these devices really work? Yes!
There are different brands that work on different devices. You'll have to see which best suits your smartphone.
It’s worth a try, start to analyze your nights’ sleep. It might make you more productive during the day and improve your health, and logically also your skin.
Sweet Dreams!

Some people amuse themselves with a cup of tea, others sing their favorite song. Both are pleasures that last a few minutes, in the blink of an eye.
Here at Per Purr we believe in the magic of these fleeting moments, which is why we would like to introduce our “5 minute reset shower” manifesto.
Everyone knows that a bath can be refreshing, but we have somehow convinced ourselves that this can only be achieved with a the typical bath with bath salts, candles, ambient music and bubbles – which we love – but realistically, who has time to take a bath like that every day?
Well, here we are, ready to redefine the concept of a refreshing bath, to convince you that 5 minutes is enough to disconnect and recharge your batteries, so you can tackle your day with renewed energy, and the desire for more!
While you’re alone in the shower, here’s our challenge to you: resist the urge to constantly stare at your iPhone screen and shift your gaze inward.

Surrender yourself to the feeling of water gliding over your body. Take the soap and observe how it feels in your hands, caressing your skin, reaching every corner of your body, leaving a scent that takes you to your happy place.
Relax, disconnect, enjoy. Listen carefully to the sound the water makes when it falls, taking the weight and stress of your day away with it.
Trust us! Just 300 seconds under the shower stream and you’ll leave stress, tension and nagging worries behind.
They say that traveling transforms you, and we completely agree. But what we discovered is that you don’t need to wait for vacation for transformation – any journey has this renewing power if we want it to. And guess what? You can take a journey every day if you want!
Ok, it may seem exaggerated, but yes, for us, the shower is a journey. Albeit fast and within the confines of your shower. They also say that life is made up of a series of choices, we see it that way and we challenge you: why not take a vacation for even a short while, every day?
No, we won’t take any excuses! You can give yourself five minutes a day and you know, you just have to stop and try to enjoy your daily “five minute reset shower“.
Think of it as that cup of tea, like humming that song that you like so much, just under the water and with a bar of soap in hand.
Per Purr has a line of 11 soaps for just this purpose, divided into three olfactory families: floral, herbal and spice. Choose one according to your mood, let yourself be enveloped by the scent and see that five minutes a day is more than enough to leave aside all the toxins that contaminate you and clean yourself from the inside out.