Luminous lights, colorful carols, crowded bazaars, insane mall-wide sales, heavy traffic, crazy parties- these are just a few signs that Christmas is just around the corner. Yes! It’s the season to be jolly everyone! I know you can’t suppress the feeling of excitement. Well, who can? It is gift-giving time! But how do we know the best kind of gift we should give?
Most of us implement our relaxation routines during nighttime, right before we sleep. This is the time when we just lie down on our bed, sweeping the stress-causing thoughts off our minds. It is when we unwind from the draining day we just had. So, having this in mind, wouldn’t it be great if we got our friends and loved ones something that would provide them a more satisfying sleep?
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
5 Christmas Gift Ideas for Bedtime | Uratex Blog
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Things to Know about Sleeping Intoxicated | Uratex Blog
The party last night was wild! With a level of consciousness much lower than the night before, you lurch your way home at around four in the morning, groggily slipping into your sleeping clothes as you prepare to finally doze off. Alcohol kicked in big time, and all you want to do is to play Sleeping Beauty for the next twelve hours. (Good thing you have no work on Sunday!).
You close your eyes and head off to a dream land overflowing with milk and alcohol, but mostly alcohol. You rejoice in the design of this dream, but after only a measly three hours of sleep, you wake up. No alarm went off. Your phone is as silent as it can be. The dog is locked outside the house, incapable of disrupting your valuable sleep. Confused about the lack of explanation, you crankily try to go back to your slumber. Too late. Your head is already pounding.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
How to Cover Up Puffy Eye Bags from Restless Nights | Uratex Blog
Seeing puffy eye bags in the morning can really ruin your mood. It reveals the truth to other people that you might have too many sleepless nights. Yes, one of the reasons why some of us have puffy eyes in the morning is because of sleep deprivation. On some cases, it’s more of over sleeping, which causes the tissues under your eyes to swell. Either case has the same outcome. There are far more causes of this condition, but I think the lack of sleep trumps all the other reasons.
Of course we do not want to see those heavy sacks under our eyes right? If the eye bags are simply the cause of interrupted sleep, then it is fairly easy to cover up those puffy eyes. You can actually acquire the needed ingredients at the comfort of your own kitchen. You can now run to your early meeting without making it obvious that you were up all night doing your report.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Why People Can’t Fall Asleep | Uratex Blog
So there you are, getting ready to go to bed. It has been a long day. You probably came from work, where you spent the whole day concocting complicated reports in front of the computer. Or perhaps you’re a student who just came from school after a stressful day of reading books and listening to presentations. You enter your bedroom, celebrating in the fact that it’s finally time for some soothing, restful sleep. When you finally lie down, you find yourself repetitively turning from one side of the bed to the other. After a frustrating hour of tossing and turning, you realize the fact that you can’t fall asleep. How can you not fall asleep after the tiring day you just had?
Stress is the most common cause.
To be able to go snooze your way to a dream, you need to be able to calm down not just your body, but your mind as well. If constant thoughts are running through your head, it will be hard for you to fall asleep. If you keep pondering about your problems, you’ll never find yourself in the desired state of snooze you’re longing for. I remember a section from my past where I was unhappy with my job. I regret the precious nightly hours I’ve wasted just worrying about what will happen the next day. It left me with sleep-deprived weeks, which actually decreased the quality of my performance at work! How do you counter this? Make sure that you don’t turn your bed into a place of pondering. It would be best to maybe sit down first and reflect on anything, everything… before you go to bed. When finally at peace, feel free jump into bed and fall asleep.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Truth or Myth: Yawning is Contagious | Uratex Blog
I’m pretty sure that there was a time before where you’ve yawned right after the yawn of the person beside you. Even so, just thinking about it, or seeing pictures of it, simply wants to make you yawn. Have you ever had one of those experiences where you ended up saying: “Oh man! Why did you yawn?! Now I’ll definitely… *yawn*…yawn too! See!”
Here is an incident that has happened to me a whole lot of times now. And just so you know, I am yawning as we speak. Contagious Yawning has sprung a big question out of everyone: “Why does it happen?”
