Genetics plays a big role in the way our skin develops, determining its color, pore concentration, thickness, even the number of veins and nerves situated in its deepest layer. Yet your skin’s well-being not only depends on a really efficient, scientific skincare routine, but on a healthy lifestyle too. Getting enough sleep is important, for example, because this is the time when skin works especially hard at repairing itself. Lack of it leaves skin looking dull. If you’re suffering from insomnia, the chances are that stress is a significant factor. Whereas happiness makes skin glow, stress makes skin show the worst side of its nature. Spots, pimples, eczema, blotchiness and flakiness: these are just some of the stress symptoms you may see in your skin. Luckily, one of the best ways of reducing stress is also very beneficial to skin: getting more exercise. Both aerobic exercise such as tennis, dancing, and jogging, and anaerobic exercise like stretching and yoga, are highly beneficial, because they improve circulation. And it is blood that brings the vitamins and