A good night’s sleep is of utmost importance to be able to stay active throughout the day and look radiant. But challenging deadlines, all-night parties, and important functions can make it tedious for you to have your required eight-hour sleep. To this end, we, in this article, will teach you how to fake good sleep so that it looks like you have had your perfect eight hours of sound sleep. You will look radiant even if you have just taken an eight-minute-long nap, and we are not kidding. There are some really effective, easy, and cool ways to fake a good sleep, and below, we are going to discuss just that. So, get rid of your worries, scroll down the page and find out our secrets. Come on!
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Before you start making your morning coffee, scoop 2 spoons of the coffee powder and place them in the freezer. Once they become cool, press the curved side of the spoons into your eye sockets and hold it for few seconds. Follow up by applying an eye brightening cream over the chilled area to rehydrate the portion.
It is the first tip to achieve a faux glow and banish those puffy eyes – and it really works!
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Take a shower. No, I’m not kidding. It’s dead obvious.
But when you’re too tired and exhausted after that no sleep night, then you might be tempted to skip your shower. Don’t. Instead drag yourself into the bathroom so that the warm shower can wake you up. Use an exfoliating scrub on your face to brighten up your dull and pale skin, caused due to the lack of sleep.
The easiest and fastest way to refresh your complexion!
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What is lost when we miss a good sleep? Water.
Apply a thick and occlusive moisturizer to keep your skin hydrated and lock the moisture into your skin. All the dryness and wrinkles will disappear, and you’ll not have to cringe again when you hear the – “You look so dull and tired…” line! Phew…
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If your skin still looks lifeless, mix milk with a few ice cubes, dip a soft cloth in it, wring it out and then place it on your face for 3-5 minutes. Rinse. The combination of the chilled ice cubes and the milk will help to brighten up your skin.
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When you turn up your lashes, your eyes look more lively, wide and bright. Aim the curler close to your lash line, squeeze it for 10 seconds and then curl the outer lashes.
TIP: “Always travel with an eyelash curler”, make it a habit.
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To enhance your curls, apply 2 coats of lengthening mascara. Add a little extra in the center above the eyeball for a long-looking fringe. Get longer lashes in seconds!
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A heavy foundation and powder makes the skin dull and even more sallow (mask-like!). Instead, go for a tinted moisturizer with SPF.
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A pop of color on the cheekbones will light up your face and will take the focus away from the dark circles under your eyes.
Peach tone helps in brightening the skin. Dab some peach cream blush on the apple of your cheeks and blend it well. You can also apply some to your lips over the lip balm to get a soft hint of color.
Orange shades make eyes look more tired; try to avoid such shades!
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Use a highlighter underneath the concealer to hide the hideous dark under eye rings. A slight blend guarantees a disguise for your dark circles!
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A generous coat of bright lip gloss can grab the entire focus on your mouth instead of your droopy eyes!
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Lack of sleep can be due to various reasons. However, if you want to look refreshed even if you didn’t have enough sleep, a few techniques can teach you how to fake good sleep.
Taking a warm shower, using coffee powder and brightening cream for the eyes, moisturizing, brightening the skin with a mixture of milk and ice cubes, curling the lashes, highlighting the cheeks, using a concealer, and enhancing the appearance of your lips with a bright lip gloss helps in managing the tired look of sleeplessness.
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One of the unofficial graduation requirements of college is pulling an all-nighter (right up there with “doing anatomy research” in the library stacks and streaking in the quad). Whether your reason for staying up is as honest as cramming for an exam or as wild as making it to the championship round of a beer pong tournament, you’re going to need our advice if you want to shut down the dreaded “you look soooo tired” comments in class the next day.
Here’s how to avoid looking like the walking dead the morning after an all-nighter.
With a busy college schedule, obviously more sleep is not in the cards. But some of the choices you make at 3 in the morning will show up on your face the next day more than others. If you’re hitting the books all night, don’t snack on sodium-laden foods like potato chips or Chinese takeout while you do it. All that salt will cause you to retain fluids and will make your face even puffier than it already will be from lack of sleep. If you’re up partying, make sure you’re downing just as many cups of water as you are of that mystery punch. Chasing your drinks with water will not only reduce your chance of suffering from a hangover, it will keep your skin healthy-looking the following day. Keep that hydration going in the morning too. Though you’ll probably want to make a beeline for coffee, at least kick-start your recovery with a tall glass of water while you wait for the coffee to brew, and then follow it up with many more throughout the day.
Though waking up early to work out on the morning after an all-nighter might seem like bootcamp-style torture, we promise that a few minutes of activity before you start your day will do you more good than hitting the snooze button…again. You don’t have to do a full-blown circuit in the gym, but do give your system a jump-start with a light jog or some sun salutations. This will get your heart pumping, clear your head and bring a much-needed flush to your sallow cheeks. Studies show that early morning exercise fights fatigue better than stimulants like caffeine.
Sleep deprivation shows up first in the skin. Use an exfoliating scrub to wake up dull, tired-looking skin. Splash cold water on your face to constrict the blood vessels and reduce redness. An energizing face wash or cooling face mask containing ingredients like ginger, peppermint or citrus will leave you with a tingly feeling and make your face feel more awake.
Then, even out blotchiness and put some moisture back into your skin with a sheer BB cream before finishing the illusion of restfulness with a touch of pink blush. If you really want to go the extra mile, a swipe of (daytime-appropriate) lipstick will fool everyone into thinking you didn’t just roll out of bed.
Shades at 8:00 a.m. are a dead giveaway that you didn’t get any sleep. Luckily, there are a few home remedies that really work to deflate sleepy eyes, like the age-old spoon trick. Pop a spoon into the freezer for 10 minutes, then press the back of it under your eyes to reduce puffiness. Some swear by cucumber slices fresh from the fridge, or the slight astringency of used mint tea bags over the eyes. Of course, if you plan ahead and keep your beauty cabinet stocked, an eye mask or eye patches will work wonders. Next, apply your favorite of the myriad of rejuvenating eye creams, gels and serums currently on the market.
You might try an eye product containing caffeine, which, since it’s a diuretic, reduces puffiness — whatever your go-to, just make sure it’s moisturizing. Finally, wake yourself up with a few drops of redness-reducing eye drops, and pop the bottle into your purse to take along with you.
Brighten that shady spot at the inner corner of your eyes with a highlighting pencil or shimmery eyeshadow. Cover dark circles under the eyes with a creamy concealer. If you’re fighting redness, line the waterline with an eyeliner pencil in a balancing yellow-green shade. Switch your normal black eyeliner for navy — the blue tones will also help neutralize red-eye. Big-eyed beauty Amanda Seyfried told Lucky that she swears by white eyeliner to make her eyes look brighter. Curl your lashes and put a few coats of lengthening mascara on the top, but skip the bottom lashes because they’ll cast a shadow or smudge, further enhancing the bags under your eyes.
The final step to faking a full night’s sleep is filling in and defining your brows, which will open up the eye area.
Resist the urge to retreat into a cozy pair of leggings and a hoodie. A put-together outfit will make you look (and feel) that much more awake. Plan ahead and pick something out the night before (if you trust your judgement at dawn) or keep a few easy pieces at the front of your closet. Bring some zing to your overall appearance by wearing a vividly-colored scarf, headband or statement earrings to give your face some sparkle. Style your hair in a perky top knot or high pony — there’s a reason they call it the ponytail facelift. Finally, tired people aren’t happy people, so do your best to fake it with a smile…until you can get back to your dorm and crash.
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Let's say you had a great time last night and then continued to walk all night. It is highly unlikely that what you saw in the mirror this morning was not what you wanted. For example, if you had alcohol and salty snacks in your diet yesterday, swelling is inevitable.
If you sat at the computer all night, finishing an important project, bruises under the eyes and fatigue.
Don't worry, we have a few life hacks on how you can return the human form quickly and painlessly. Let's go make coffee and read how to restore freshness and hide fatigue!
Open the refrigerator and take out the patches under the eyes, which you (of course) always keep there for emergencies. Cool patches will help open one eye first, and then the other. Cold relieves swelling, and the composition softens the skin around and relieves fatigue. By the way, if you store the patches in the refrigerator, they will not slip during use. Ideally, if you have a small refrigerator for storing cosmetics next to the bed (dream about).
If there are no patches, then serum or cream for the area around the eyes will do (note that the product should not be overnight), all from the same refrigerator.
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STEP 2: GLASS OF WATER WITH LEMON
Congratulations, your eyes have already been opened.
Now is the time to wake up the body. A glass of water with lemon is ideally prepared in the evening, but yesterday you were not up to it. Therefore, we pour clean water at room temperature, add a couple of slices of lemon (you can squeeze the juice) and drink it in slow sips. If there is no lemon, then an apple, berries, pear, orange, cucumber or mint leaves are perfect. This is to wake up the stomach, which is still sleeping. Remember if you take any vitamins or medications on an empty stomach - do not forget about them. After a glass of water, your body will receive a signal that the owner has woken up and is ready for a new day. If you find it difficult to perform this useful ritual (ideally, every morning should start with this), then here is a life hack: take the most beautiful glass from your home collection and drink water from it to make the process more pleasant.
If you forgot to wash off your make-up yesterday (even if you didn't), then we start with skin cleansing.
If your skin is without makeup and just after sleep, then you should use a light foam or milk that will gently refresh your skin. If the makeup has remained with you since the evening, then it is better to choose a more active composition that cleanses the pores well and removes impurities. To remove eye makeup, we use a special lotion, and after that, be sure not to forget about washing. We apply any cleansing composition with gentle massaging movements. In fact, you can do this right in the bathroom, as the next step is a contrast shower.
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Water has amazing properties: it can calm, if necessary, and also cheer up, if such a task is.
Since in our case we need to quickly recover and wake up, we will use the second option.
How to take a contrast shower:
Contrast shower consists of three stages. The first stage is a classic skin cleansing with your favorite shower gel. If the task is to wake up, then it is better to use citrus aromas. The second stage is a gradual decrease in water temperature and getting used to cool water. The third stage is the alternating switching of cool and warm water. Under a shower with cold water, you should be no more than 20-30 seconds (at first), and then return warm water for 40-60 seconds. Change warm water to cold water two or three times, and then immediately dry the body with a soft terry towel. If you take contrast showers regularly and are already accustomed to temperature changes, then you can increase the time (for example, once a week) under cold water and proportionally reduce the time under warm water.
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Contrast shower benefits:
After a contrast shower, you can safely go to stretch and breathe. Wear comfortable clothing, such as pajamas or sweatpants with a tank top. We take a comfortable position on a chair, the edge of the bed or a yoga mat on the floor, turn on a set of exercises from YouTube and enjoy the process.
For this step you will need a facial roller or a gouache massage scraper. In extreme cases, you can use your fingers, but be careful: you can’t massage with hands with long nails. If you are doing a facial massage for the first time, then try to control the pressure, you need to massage one of the most sensitive parts of the body as carefully as possible.
Facial massage benefits:
Your skin is cleansed and fresh after a shower. Choose a moisturizing day cream or face oil to use during your massage. Apply the product to the skin of the face and neck a little more abundantly than usual. It is strictly forbidden to massage on dry skin of the face, you can stretch and damage the skin. Next, we begin to move along the massage lines. Pay attention to the scheme of these lines (it is below).
Try to rotate zones during the process. Spend a minute on the forehead area, moving up with a roller, scraper or fingertips. Shine one more minute on your neck, this area is usually given little attention (especially young girls), although it is worth applying cream to it and taking care of it regularly. We work on the cheekbones for two minutes: we start from the corner of the lips and move the roller up into the ear. To repeat the movement, you need to tear your massage tool away from your face and return to its original position.
In no case do not rub the skin back and forth. We are working on the “second chin”, moving from the center to the left and right. Do not forget about the nasolabial zone, it is there that the first mimic wrinkles most often appear. We work it out carefully, try not to stretch the skin, we make all movements upwards.
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Dry massage of the body with a special cactus bristle brush has many advantages:
This massage can be done after a workout, before or after a bath / shower, but only on dry skin (!).
You need to choose a brush with a stiff bristle that will be comfortable for your skin. Usually the brush is made of cactus fiber and it can be hard. Therefore, if you have sensitive skin, then pay attention to a softer synthetic bristle. If there are wounds and inflammations on the body, then this type of massage must be abandoned (or bypass these areas). Do not massage with a dry brush for varicose veins, namely in areas with vascular networks, as well as for acute infections. During pregnancy, this method of massage should also be treated with caution, be sure to avoid the abdomen and chest, and it is better to consult a doctor.
The technique of this massage is very simple. All you need is a brush. Start working out the body from the bottom up: from the heels to the shoulders. Avoid the folds and armpits, where the skin is very sensitive and thin. For the first time, you can select the area of the legs and buttocks to get a feel for how the brush works.
Work your buttocks in a circular motion. Do not press on the brush and hold it perpendicular to the body. At the end of the procedure, be sure to moisturize the skin with oil or cream.
This type of massage does not soothe and relax, but rather makes you wake up and tone up. We recommend repeating the procedure no more than 2-3 times a week.
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STEP 7: FACE MASKS
One of the final stages of your beauty transformation will be face masks.
To do this, we suggest washing your face with cool water. If you have cream or oil left (after massage), then the excess must be removed. Choose masks with vitamin C, hyaluronic acid or aloe extract. A sheet mask (for a decongestant effect) can be put in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes. Evenly distribute the mask on the skin, avoid tissue creases, because of them wrinkles may appear on the skin of the face. Keep the mask for 15-20 minutes, remove and allow the remaining composition to completely absorb into the skin.
Korean women, for example, after keeping the mask for the necessary time on the face, remove it and apply the serum remaining in the package to the skin and wait for it to completely penetrate the skin. Use oriental life hacks!
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For an alternative to the sheet mask, check out reusable masks for deep hydration.
Over the past night you have lost a lot of fluid, now the water balance inside (you have already dealt with this) and outside need to be restored. At the end of the procedure, remove the remnants of the product from the skin.
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There is nothing more energizing and awakening than a walk.
Oxygen and fresh air always have a beneficial effect on the skin, restore freshness and energy. But, it is likely that after an active yesterday, you do not really want to go out. We have a solution! Remember, maybe you need to buy some groceries, take your jeans to the atelier near the metro, pick up an order from a delivery point, walk the dog, or do something else useful not far from home. Choose comfortable clothes and go to do one easy task. Before leaving the apartment, leave the window open to ventilate the room well. Walk without using public transport. Turn on a podcast, an audiobook or Zemfira's new album (we've been waiting for it for 8 years) in your headphones to brighten up the path from point A to point B. Movement and even such a short walk for 15-20 minutes will completely reboot your body. We guarantee that you will return home with renewed vigor and a check mark in your to-do list.
Tip of the day: love yourself
Let's be clear.
It is impossible to wake up every morning and look your best and be ready to shoot for the cover of glossy magazines or go out on the red carpet. We are all human, we have difficult days, sleepless nights and moments of crisis. The main thing is to always stay true to yourself and love yourself with any hair, weight, skin and at any age. We assure you, your body will hear you and reciprocate, and beauty products will come to the rescue.
If in the morning you have absolutely no time to do all the steps that we described above to restore yourself, then we suggest doing the following:
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Author - Polina Ulyanova
September 30, 2015Advice
Who likes to walk around sleepy? Nobody.
But it has to. All night long you can study tickets for the exam, finish the project, wait for boarding a delayed flight at the airport. It needs to be experienced. How - read this article.
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0No one denies that even a slight lack of sleep has a negative effect on the body. The mood deteriorates, the brain works more slowly, metabolic processes are disturbed, the risk of obesity and diabetes increases. Unfortunately, no amount of fighting spirit will help you make the right decisions if you don't get enough sleep. Even stimulants, such as coffee, will not allow you to think better.
But one can prepare as well as one can for a night's wakefulness. How to stay awake and survive the night away from bed and recover as soon as possible? So…
It is not always possible to plan a sleepless night, but if you guess that you will have to suffer, prepare your body for the load.
If you already sleep little, and then do not sleep at all, the negative effects of such a regimen will only accumulate.
But if you usually adhere to the regime and rest within the normal range, from seven to nine hours, then one sleepless night will not hurt. And if you sleep longer for a few days before a night marathon, then the consequences for the body will be minimal.
Yes, the article is about how not to sleep. But sometimes 20 minutes is better than nothing. If you can get some rest, it is better to give preference to short sleep.
Two problems. The first is the risk of oversleeping. The second, just as serious, is the inability to sleep. Well, how to take a break for 20 minutes if your head is full of business, tasks, tickets? Lie down on the floor in the yoga pose "Shavasana". Even if you are not a fan of meditation and other things, just lie down on a flat, hard surface, spread your arms and legs to the sides, set the alarm (20 minutes!), And then relax the muscles in turn, starting from the toes and up to the top of the head.
Consciously, forcing yourself to be completely liberated. It will take two minutes to relax. Another 18 you will either sleep, or at least just rest.
Sleep for an hour or an hour and a half if possible. This will wake you up from REM sleep and feel refreshed.
We need darkness to produce melatonin, the sleep hormone. If you don't want to fall asleep, turn on the lights. For example, a light source located near the eyes (table lamp, monitor) will bring the brain into an active state.
We sleep better when the room is cool, that is, the temperature is about 18°C. If you want to be cheerful, the room should be neither warm nor cold. 23–24 ° C is the temperature at which it will not make you sleepy.
Sometimes just thinking about getting into cold water wakes you up. It is necessary, it is necessary to wash (at least) if an invigorating shower causes panic. The action of the method is short-term: the charge is enough for half an hour or an hour, then you have to go through the procedure again.
But remember that it is useful.
Replace washing and showering with ice cream or popsicles. No more than once a night, so as not to conflict with the next paragraph.
Candy will respond with overwhelming fatigue after a few hours. Sweets will not help you retain energy: sugar will dramatically increase your energy level, and then your strength will leave you just as abruptly.
Better eat foods that will provide you with energy for a long time. For example, light foods with a high protein content. What is this food? Nuts. Eggs. Nuts again. Eat it with vegetables and fruits.
Do not put anything heavy and greasy on your plate, temporarily forget about fried chicken legs and hamburgers. And instead of gorging yourself once, eat small meals throughout the night to keep you fueled all the time.
Coffee is certainly a stimulant, but caffeine should not be exceeded.
A couple of liters of coffee invigorates just like a couple of cups, it's not just about the quantity. The main thing is not to drink the entire dose of coffee at once.
When there is a night without sleep ahead, you need to focus on tasks. If you drink more than two cups of coffee at once, you will overexcite the nervous system and lose concentration.
Therefore, when you start to get tired, slowly drink a cup or two, it is better to chew something. Then, after four hours, you can go for a coffee supplement.
Once you've hit your coffee target (four cups a day), switch to water. With sufficient fluid supply to the body, each cell works better, and it is much easier to focus on work.
There are also folk remedies for cheerfulness. For example, tincture of Eleutherococcus or ginseng. Add them to tea (in therapeutic doses!), they are natural tonics that will help fire up the brain and make it work.
Chewing gum increases activity and may even improve brain performance.
Help yourself and choose mint gum. Peppermint promotes brain activity, and its aroma improves memory.
Speaking of smells. Essential oils of mandarin, lemon, orange, rosemary also invigorate. Do not like flavorings and oils - just seize your dream with oranges, or better - a fruit dessert with citrus and mint.
flickr.comTake a short break every 45 minutes to take a short walk. If you drink a lot, as advised above, then you will have to constantly go to the toilet, so use the forced break to walk a little more.
This is especially important if you work all night at your computer. From time to time, do the well-known exercise: take your eyes off the screen and focus on a distant point.
Massage instead of a little warm-up. A full body massage will turn you off, but it’s better to stretch individual points. Neck, ears, head, fingers - restore blood circulation in these areas to make it easier to think and move.
Set aside sounds of nature, mantras, lullabies and romantic music until the next day.
Tracks that are too monotonous, even sharp and loud ones, will also not help to keep cheerfulness. Make a dynamic playlist that you want to dance to. At three o'clock in the morning there will be no time for entertainment over the abstract, but it will not pull you to sleep.
Sit in an uncomfortable chair. Straighten your back, grab your gadgets and set reminders. Only no armchairs, sofas and soft pillows. Stools, a flat floor - these are your jobs. Keep the body in good shape so that the brain does not relax either.
When a sleepy veil closes your eyes, you need to wake yourself up with an emotional bomb. Talk to someone whose views are obviously opposite to yours, and on the most sensitive topic (you can arrange a discussion in the comments). Open a link to a resource that you sincerely hate. The task is not to get carried away and not to prove to your opponent that you are right with all your might, but simply to get a dose of adrenaline and open your eyes wider.
All attempts to artificially increase vigor can only be a temporary measure.
You don't add more resources to yourself when you pour an energy drink inside. You're just helping your body burn its own fuel by working two or three shifts in a row.
Therefore, throw all your strength into recovery.
Research shows that a sleepy driver is no better than a drunk driver. So if you have a sleepless night on your schedule, ask someone to drive you to work or take public transport. Until you get at least four hours of sleep in a row, no driving.
If you don't want to destroy the normal regime, don't go to bed during the day. Otherwise, you risk falling asleep so that you open your eyes only in the evening. And then it will be much more difficult to return to a normal schedule. If you sleep, then according to the night mode: 20, 60, 90 minutes.
Not more.
When your hands reach for a can of coffee and energy drinks, resist. Even if you drink coffee six hours before bedtime, caffeine disrupts your rest. You need to drink a couple of cups in the morning, but after 16:00, stop going to the coffee machine. Otherwise, despite the nightly adventures, you will not sleep well.
Instead, choose two tasks and work on them one at a time. When you feel that you no longer understand what you are doing, take a break, and then sit down for another task. Don't do them all at the same time - your brain just can't switch fast enough. But he also cannot be busy with routine work. From the same actions you will be pulled into a dream, and a new task activates thought processes. Leave yourself some room to maneuver to keep your thoughts on track.
Yes, yes, yes, drink water! We are aware that this is the most popular advice when it comes to health.
Well then, follow him. :)
If we don't get enough sleep, we crave high-calorie foods and eat more often than usual, although physical activity decreases. Therefore, by the way, regular lack of sleep is associated with a high body mass index.
Proper nutrition is especially important when you are not doing well with the rest of the regimen.
The solution is to crunch on vegetables and fruits, nutrients, vitamins and antioxidants will protect cells until you can ensure their normal recovery.
It is better to pull iron on another day, as well as to run many kilometers. But exercising and warming up will help you get through a difficult day and disperse sleep. Well, after light physical activity, even an overloaded brain will sleep better.
A tired brain will crave pleasure, and the easiest way to get it is through food.
The dangers of overeating have been known for a long time, so you will only feel unbearably tired if you eat an extra piece.
And a tip from the cap: don't drink anything alcoholic. Lack of sleep + alcohol = disaster.
Scientists have long established that alcohol generally has a detrimental effect on sleep, so if you want to recover from yesterday's night run, even a glass of wine will be superfluous.
Even if you are chronically sleep deprived, getting 10 consecutive hours of sleep can improve your condition. Such a dream will help restore motor skills, and in the morning you will feel much better.
flickr.com So, if you need to survive a sleepless night, remember that the body will not be delighted. This means that in other areas you need to take care of health: proper nutrition, a sufficient amount of liquid (and not alcohol), both at night and the next day. Schedule opportunities to recover and take breaks from work.
