It's 6:45 on a Sunday morning, the first week the heat has run all night. You're at the bathroom mirror, and your face feels like it’s a size too small.

Your lips are cracked at the corners. Your eyes feel dry, dry, dry. There's a little blood on the tissue when you blow your nose.

You realize it’s about to get dark at 3 PM every day 🤣 and that you’re gonna need to put lip balm and moisturizer back on subscribe and save.

The sneaky culprit?

Humidity.

Now, I know it’s not sexy, and I know it’s not something we’re trained to even think about, but when the humidity drops too low in your house (or office), it absolutely wrecks your skin.

And there’s a serious problem when it comes to humidity and your sleep, too.

Air that’s too dry dries out your nose and throat overnight, and that can mean congestion, snoring, or waking up parched. Air that’s too warm and damp makes night sweats harder to shake, because sweat can’t evaporate fast enough to cool you down.

Add in the fact that falling estrogen has already made your skin worse at holding on to water, and humidity becomes one of those things you can easily modify to improve quality of life.

Here’s how to make sure you’re in the Goldilocks zone when it comes to humidity in your home…because you do NOT want to be making things too moist and accidentally encouraging a mold problem, either.

It’s time for a shelfie audit.

Take a photo of your bathroom shelf or nightstand, labels on your products facing out, and upload it with this:

Who doesn’t want an excuse to buy more skincare, right?

If night sweats keep waking you, this is definitely worth the click.

Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch paired cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) with education on managing hot flashes, for women in perimenopause and postmenopause whose sleep was broken by hot flashes at night.

Over eight weeks, both their sleep and their hot flashes improved. CBT-I is a first-line treatment for insomnia that works about as well as medication, and in this study nurses and social workers delivered it, which could make it easier to access.

Read: when hot flashes steal sleep →

If night sweats are what wake you at 3 a.m., your PJs matter.

I personally sleep warm no matter what the temps are doing outside, and my A Domani pajamas help keep me so much cooler at night.

Plus, they’re comfy and so cute!

They’ve got this silky smooth texture to them, because they’re a knit made from tree-based fibers without a trace of polyester.

So the fabric is ultra-breathable and moisture-wicking. It pulls the sweat off your skin and dries fast, so you’re not lying in a damp shirt for the rest of the night.

Bottom line, these are a must-have! Save 20% with my code JACKIENP20 at checkout.

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