As its name suggests, mouth taping involves sealing your mouth closed as night while you sleep using medical tape or special mouth strips.
The Skinny Confidential Mouth Tape is the most aesthetic product to buy for this – pink, lip-shaped and coming in a cute little tin – but, looking for something cheaper, I bought this £9.99 pack of sleep tape from Amazon (and you'll find plenty of options on the site), sticking this on over my mouth just before my head hit the pillow.
This directs breathing through the nose instead of the mouth, reportedly resulting in a range of benefits including deeper sleep, reduced snoring, better 'morning breath' as there's less bacteria entering your mouth, and even a more snatched jawline.
"On the contrary, habitual mouth breathing comes with several risks to oral health including dry mouth, gum disease, tooth decay, bad breath, enlarged tonsils and mouth ulcers."
Ever in search of a better night's sleep and always one to jump on a wellness trend, I've been trying mouth taping at night for a few weeks, much to the alarm of my boyfriend (see above photo).
