When it comes to skincare and beauty, a lot of our thinking is done in the horizontal. Horizontal flicks of eyeliner, strokes of gua sha stones or derma rollers angled along jawbones and temples, the sweeps of blush and contouring that skate across the cheekbone. Even the art of applying a coat of lipstick comes down to the principle of perfect horizontal lines: zig-zagging up the cupid’s bow and hairpin-turning around the corner of the mouth. And if there was even more proof needed, the beauty benefits of clocking enough sleep – the very nature of which dictates we lay horizontally –range from more efficient cell turnover to a better skin barrier.
But what if the secret
