Sleep Tips
Five signs that you should replace your mattress
Do you remember the last time that you changed your mattress? Please review your mattress for any indentation or uneven surfaces. However, materials that could help support you the right posture could be deteriorated as time passes and you might find it less convenient to sleep. The tips to help you notice that it is the time to get a new mattress.
1. You have not changed your mattress in the last eight years - the average lifetime of the mattress is 8-10 years and after that the efficiency of raw materials might be reduced so it cannot support you like it used to.
2. You feel tired after waking up, as if you have a sleep deprivation - if you feel unenergetic after waking up even after spending long hours on the bed, this can be a signal that your mattress quality is compromised so you could not achieve a deep sleep though you have slept for a long while and you should start looking for a new one.
3. Your couch is more comfortable than your mattress - logically a mattress should provide more comfort than a couch if we talk about sleeping, once it is the other way around it should concern your mattress.
4. Sagging mattress - if the mattress cannot recover to its condition after being pressed or the texture is worn out so it indicates that the mattress quality is not that good. Although you can flip the mattress to increase its life time but the appearance of those conditions means that raw materials are started to deteriote.
5. Overall condition is not usual - there might be some other consideration points such as noise disturbance when you move your body or you can feel the spring coil inside the supporting layer, the surface of the mattress is not smooth. If these signs happen, you should get a new mattress.
1. You have not changed your mattress in the last eight years - the average lifetime of the mattress is 8-10 years and after that the efficiency of raw materials might be reduced so it cannot support you like it used to.
2. You feel tired after waking up, as if you have a sleep deprivation - if you feel unenergetic after waking up even after spending long hours on the bed, this can be a signal that your mattress quality is compromised so you could not achieve a deep sleep though you have slept for a long while and you should start looking for a new one.
3. Your couch is more comfortable than your mattress - logically a mattress should provide more comfort than a couch if we talk about sleeping, once it is the other way around it should concern your mattress.
4. Sagging mattress - if the mattress cannot recover to its condition after being pressed or the texture is worn out so it indicates that the mattress quality is not that good. Although you can flip the mattress to increase its life time but the appearance of those conditions means that raw materials are started to deteriote.
5. Overall condition is not usual - there might be some other consideration points such as noise disturbance when you move your body or you can feel the spring coil inside the supporting layer, the surface of the mattress is not smooth. If these signs happen, you should get a new mattress.
Five ways to relax your eyes before bedtime
The heat in our country is not only making some of us feel uncomfortable but also increases burden to our eyes resulting from high temperature and UV radiation from sunlight. Sealy would like to offer some tips to cooling down your eyes before sleeping for the maximum rest quality.
1. Tea leaves can help rejuvenate eyes. Cool used teabags and put them in the freezer, and you can compress them on your eyes after long day at work.
2. Mix a tablespoon of rose extraction and two tablespoons of chopped mint leaves with a glass of water then freeze it and you can use it to compress your eyes before sleeping.
3. Milk fat could help comfort exhausted eyes and they also come with Amino and Lactic Acid along with Vitamin A and D that could reduce puffy eyes. Use clean towel to dip cold fresh milk and apply it over your eyes and repeat the process until you feel more relax.
4. Household vegetables that some ladies slice them and patch their eyes while masking face can help reduce dark circle under eyes resulting from sleep deprivation.
5. Tomatoes are rich of Antioxidants enhancing the rejuvenation of skin. The benefits are not only the slices of dish for heat relief but also the texture for restoring the freshness of the eyelids.
1. Tea leaves can help rejuvenate eyes. Cool used teabags and put them in the freezer, and you can compress them on your eyes after long day at work.
2. Mix a tablespoon of rose extraction and two tablespoons of chopped mint leaves with a glass of water then freeze it and you can use it to compress your eyes before sleeping.
3. Milk fat could help comfort exhausted eyes and they also come with Amino and Lactic Acid along with Vitamin A and D that could reduce puffy eyes. Use clean towel to dip cold fresh milk and apply it over your eyes and repeat the process until you feel more relax.
4. Household vegetables that some ladies slice them and patch their eyes while masking face can help reduce dark circle under eyes resulting from sleep deprivation.
5. Tomatoes are rich of Antioxidants enhancing the rejuvenation of skin. The benefits are not only the slices of dish for heat relief but also the texture for restoring the freshness of the eyelids.
Six relaxing scents for your everyday good night sleep
The scent recognizing system connects directly to brain through rapid signaling, so scent plays important roles to emotion and feeling and is a popular method chosen by therapists. We would like to recommend the six scents that could help you relax.
1. Lavender - research shows that Lavender oil can effect directly to the nervous system and could reduce blood pressure, heart rate and skin temperature. It can also help brain waves to enter relaxing state so this could assist on sleeping. The Lavender oil is also used to treat mothers who suffer post-delivery depression as well.
2. Yuzu Orange - also it is a sour fruit that could help people to be alert, but research finds that its scent could reduce heart rate and emotional volatility. In Japan, they float this orange in the bathtub as its scent could generate re-laxing atmosphere.
3. Citrus Bergamot - the use of Citrus Bergamot is widely acknowledged in the Italian formularies and they are supported by research that it helps reduce heart rate and blood pressure. It can also be used with other medicines to ease chronicle illness.
4. Ylang Ylang - the sweat scent of Ylang Ylang extraction oil relaxes the nervous system especially when people get angry as they can calm people down by reducing blood pressure and heart rate.
5. Sandalwood - the Sandalwood oil impacts directly to parts of brain that control emotion and behavior so it makes people feel bright, be able to concentrate, and having better mood. This is ideal for end-of-day treatment from tiredness.
6. Frankincense - its scent reduces anxiety and stress and keeps mind calm, so it is popular in churches and meditation course.
1. Lavender - research shows that Lavender oil can effect directly to the nervous system and could reduce blood pressure, heart rate and skin temperature. It can also help brain waves to enter relaxing state so this could assist on sleeping. The Lavender oil is also used to treat mothers who suffer post-delivery depression as well.
2. Yuzu Orange - also it is a sour fruit that could help people to be alert, but research finds that its scent could reduce heart rate and emotional volatility. In Japan, they float this orange in the bathtub as its scent could generate re-laxing atmosphere.
3. Citrus Bergamot - the use of Citrus Bergamot is widely acknowledged in the Italian formularies and they are supported by research that it helps reduce heart rate and blood pressure. It can also be used with other medicines to ease chronicle illness.
4. Ylang Ylang - the sweat scent of Ylang Ylang extraction oil relaxes the nervous system especially when people get angry as they can calm people down by reducing blood pressure and heart rate.
5. Sandalwood - the Sandalwood oil impacts directly to parts of brain that control emotion and behavior so it makes people feel bright, be able to concentrate, and having better mood. This is ideal for end-of-day treatment from tiredness.
6. Frankincense - its scent reduces anxiety and stress and keeps mind calm, so it is popular in churches and meditation course.