beauty-sleep

Nighttime facial restoration

Beauty-sleep is rest taken to maintain or improve one's appearance, especially sleep before midnight, traditionally believed to be most restorative.

The term is often used lightheartedly: I need my beauty-sleep.

It implies that adequate rest prevents looking tired or haggard.

rest

nap

Brief daytime rest

shuteye · doze · catnap · repose · bedtime · pillow · dreamland · restorative · rejuvenating · overnight

wellness

self-care

Maintaining personal wellbeing

glow · refreshed · revitalized · youthful · complexion · skin · anti-aging · recovery · regeneration · restoration

humor

excuse

Offered reason for wrongdoing

diva · princess · pampering · luxury · weekend · guilt-free · well-deserved · catchphrase · tongue-in-cheek

Opposites
restorative rest vs. sleep deprivation

beauty-sleepinsomnia

Persistent inability to rest

sleeplessness · sleep deprivation · all-nighter · sleepless night · wakefulness

self-care vs. neglect of rest

beauty-sleepburning the candle at both ends

Exhausting oneself through excess

late night · burning the midnight oil · sleep deficit · overwork · exhaustion

Family

beauty, sleep, beautiful, beautifully, beautify, beautification, beauteous, sleepy, sleeper

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G