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Both experts agree that your best bet is to conk out face-up—a.k.a on your back. “This position keeps everything off your face, including dirt and oil from the pillow and grease from your hair, and prevents any friction to the skin that can stretch collagen fibers and lead to wrinkles,” says Breus.

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You know how important sleep is to your beauty regimen—especially when you look in the mirror after a night of tossing and turning only to see a puffy and droopy-eyed gal with frizzy-hair staring back in your reflection. But what you might not know is how many other beauty consequences your snooze habits might be costing you. Good news: Gone are the days of walking around feeling (and looking) like Godzilla’s little sister. We asked top sleep and skincare experts to shed some light on the most common night-to-morning beauty mistakes you might be making in your sleep.

1. You’re a stomach or side sleeper.

Of all the various angles and positions we wrangle our body into for maximum comfort, drifting off on your stomach or side can have the worst consequences on your physical appearance. “Sleeping on your stomach not only causes back pain, but leads to wrinkles as well,” says Breus. “This is because you’re placing your face directly on the pillow, which causes friction on the skin.” In fact, stomach sleepers often see more pronounced forehead lines—marks that even heavy retinol can’t cure. Sleeping facedown on the pillow can also leaving you with breakouts the following day. The position causing the second-most amount of damage to that precious mug of yours is sleeping on your side. “Side sleepers often see deeper wrinkles or creases on the side of their face that they naturally turn to each night, as well as vertical creases down their cheeks and chin,” says Schlessinger. Both experts agree that your best bet is to conk out face-up—a.k.a on your back. “This position keeps everything off your face, including dirt and oil from the pillow and grease from your hair, and prevents any friction to the skin that can stretch collagen fibers and lead to wrinkles,” says Breus. If you’re lucky enough to sleep naturally on your back, be sure to keep your head elevated. “Sleeping in a flat position allows fluid to gather around the eyes, giving them a puffy appearance the next day,” says Schlessinger. More incentive to steal all the pillows!

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2. You continually forget to remove your makeup before bed.

Another bit of information your mom’s been telling you since your tween years is just as important—if not more so— to put to use as an adult. “The makeup, oil, environmental pollutants, and harmful free radicals you’ve gathered on your skin after a long day of work seeps deeply into your pores causing breakouts and speeding up the aging process,” says Schlessinger. “It can also cause dryness, irritation and infection.” Whether you’ve innocently fallen asleep on the couch watching Netflix or were out partying until the break of dawn, remember: two minutes in the bathroom could help with damaged skin in the future.

3. You’re not getting enough sleep.

And you’re certainly not alone: 40 percent of Americans report getting less than seven hours of sleep a night—the recommended amount—according to a new Gallup poll. “In addition to looking tired the next day, poor sleep causes your skin to swell and even accentuates a deep reddish-blue color under your eyes known as dark circles,” Michael Breus, M.D, clinical psychologist and author of The Sleep Doctor's Diet Plan: Lose Weight Through Better Sleep, tells SELF.

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The most read book in the world is the Bible.

Writer James Chapman created a list of the most read books in the world based on the number of copies each book sold over the last 50 years. He found that the Bible far outsold any other book, with a whopping 3.9 billion copies sold over the last 50 years. "Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung" came in second with 820 million copies sold, and "Harry Potter" came in third with 400 million copies sold. Designer Jared Fanning created an infographic (below) on the most read books in the world, based on Chapman's research.

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