Already Sleepless Nights for Lily?

Lily Allen, now four months pregnant kept it really simple on the makeup front for her wedding on Saturday 11^th June to Sam Cooper, but I think she looked tired and those bags under her eyes would suggest that she is perhaps retaining fluid, probably related to her new pregnancy (poor Lily, I’m sure we all wish her the best for this pregnancy).  But I’m not sure that even Clarins Beauty Flash Balm or YSL Touche Eclat could have helped her here!

I use to think that all you needed to wake up looking fresh was a good nights sleep, limit the salt intake and drink lots of water, bit of eye cream etc. but apparently that’s only part of it.  Aside from the obvious reasons for eye bags like; age, medical conditions, genetic pre-disposition etc. how we lie when we sleep plays a part too.

Lying on your back can encourage fluid to collect and accumulate beneath the eyes and veins dilate making the lower lids look quite dark and puffy.  Then sleeping on your side must be better?  Well yes and no.

 

Heather Graham aka Sleeping Beauty

Heather Graham of The Hangover II looks amazing at 41!!  Truly stunning, so what is her secret?  Well she’s reported as saying 11 to 12 hours sleep a night, (interview – people.com), a beauty tip she shares with Penelope Cruz who can snooze her way to beauty on 15 hours sleep a day!!!

Wow I don’t think cats sleep that much!  As my mum would say ‘you’re a long time dead’ – morbid I know, but the point is we are here to enjoy and experience life, not spend it in a comatose state.   So does Heather have any other beauty secrets under her night cap for those of us who live in the real world.

Well it seems Heather is always being asked for her beauty secrets and has over the last few years quoted Yoga and lots of water as a beauty tip (interview – RTE.ie), and The Body Shop Nighttime Nourishing Cream ( interview – latinoreview.com).

So I’m off to drink a gallon of water, get out the yoga mat – I might do ‘corpse’, slaver on some body shop nighttime nourishing cream, get back into bed and set the alarm clock for sometime tomorrow afternoon!!