It’s 2am and you are finally back home. Of course, you needed to paint the town in rainbow colours; your make-up is off and it’s time to hit the pillow which feels like dropping into the creamy icing sugar of a cupcake. The BlackBerry beeps, an urgent tweet that you just have to reply to and before you know it, it’s 3 am and you need to be at work by nine!

Life without sleep is often made up of endless years of morning caffeine shots, under-eye creams, unconditional hair fall, unbelievable weight gain and ugly dark circles and this is just the half the trouble.

Of course what follow are not midnight tweets but serious medical issues like heart attacks, heart failures, strokes, obesity, psychiatric problems and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). So do everything you can to cure your insomnia. Your health depends on it!

Must-dos:

• Shut that phone off. Look, you have the iPhone and are-available-24/7 but as long as you are not the President of a war-torn country, you don’t need to be connected in the middle of the night.
• Some people find the sound of white noise or nature sounds, such as the ocean or forest, sleep-inducing. The best part about it; there are tons of iPhone apps which help you out with these sounds.
• Avoid before-bed snacks, particularly grains and sugars. Sugar is satanic, so no chocolate after dinner. This will raise blood sugar and inhibit sleep. Later, when blood sugar levels drop too low (hypoglycemia), you might wake up and not be able to fall back asleep.
• Sleep in complete darkness. If there is even the tiniest bit of light in the room it can disrupt your circadian rhythm. Unless one is really wary of ghosts and other goblins, there is no need for night lights.
• No TV right before bed. Get the TV out of the bedroom because it is too stimulating to the brain and it will take longer to fall asleep. This also means everything else that is graphically stimulating.

SLIP INTO THE ARMS OF MORPHEUS WITH....

	Campfire pillow made by Gama-Go contains only natural cotton and has the design printed on both sides. Go wild with your dreams!
	Ctrl-Alt-Del cushions made from Eco-Felt (100 per cent recycled plastic bottles!) help reboot your dreams every time they get disrupted.
	This is the treat you get for shutting off your Smartphone. When you wake up, tweet and re-tweet about how this pillow totally rocks!
	The famous Dlight Huggable pillow by Diana Lin Design LLC stays up for four hours so that you can finish your book before you hit dreamland.

When the sleep gets going, the sleep-deprived turn to these magical products

	Lush Snake Oil: This scary-sounding bar of oil is perfect to lull you to sleep and relaxes your mind and rids it off all its stress. Honey Bee, Sex Bomb, Big Blue – this range of ballistics enclose the promise of sweet dreams. Drop one into a tub and soak yourself, relax your body and mind.
	Body shop Here is an entire range of amazing sleep-enhancing products made from organic honey and jujube date. There are sprays for the pillow, creams, shower gels and bath floats for your skin and oil for your mind. Indulge and remove that pea from under your mattress.
	IRAYA Lose yourself to the peaceful scent of lavender oils infused in the citrus soap and shower creams.

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