Silentnight Wellbeing Lavender Scented Pillow – Soft Fluffy Aromatherapy Calming Pillow No Need for Lavender Pillow Spray – Providing Medium Support and Machine Washable, White

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The Champneys Professional Calming Pillow Mist contains a blend of great essential oils that help you to unwind and create the perfect environment for a great sleep. Looking for other sleep content? Don't blame you, we love our kip too. Head this way for the best body pillows (whether you're pregnant or not), this way for mattress toppers, and over here for cooling pillows. We've also got essential oil diffusers to help get you in the mood to snooze, sleep books to distract you from insomnia and a complete Brook + Wilde Ultima mattress review – since it was coined the “best mattress you can buy in the UK right now”. My sewing skills are fairly limited. I can sew a straight line (almost) and that's about it. But, I could make a lavender pillow! And it didn't take long either. Lavender – Lavender is a very effective essential oil for sleep. It helps to lower your heart rate and blood pressure, reducing anxiety and making slipping off that much easier.

Lavender is generally very safe, either when inhaled via a spray, or taken in small amounts by mouth. It’s not always suitable for children however, and should be avoided if you have an allergic reaction to it. Frankincense – Frankincense is another great essential oil that helps with sleep. It originates from India and is great for overall health by promoting good digestion, boosting your immune system and healing your skin.Next add a few drops of your lavender oil. Between 10-20 drops is usually a good amount. Then top up the bottle using your distilled water. Screw on the spray cap and give it a good shake. It’s now ready to use. Not everyone loves the smell of lavender and it might not be what you want to smell when you're drifting off to sleep. Essential oils in pillow mists and sleep sprays all work differently for different people. Try different scents out to discover one which works best for you.

You can also get lavender as a roll-on treatment that you apply directly to your face. This is a good choice if you don’t want to spray it on your pillow or use a room spray. Use the funnel to add 20 drops of lavender oil, 15 drops of wild orange and 10 drops of chamomile to your bottle. Fill the rest with distilled water. Shake before each use. Are there any alternatives to pillow sprays? This Works’ Deep Sleep Pillow Spray is infused with lavender and chamomile – two ingredients renowned for aiding sleep – to help calm both the body and mind. It’s a recipe made for perfection, to put it bluntly. What's the best pillow spray? Image by eppujensen Here are a number of good tutorials that explain (and demonstrate) how to make various types of lavender pillows: However, we do know being relaxed before sleep is an essential ingredient to getting enough healthy sleep. And we also know lavender aromatherapy is pretty safe. So, if you find lavender sleep sprays help relax you before bed and fall asleep, or if you’re curious whether they’ll work for you, there’s no reason not to use them or try them,’ Jeff advocates.

Allergies that affect you at night are usually down to dust and mites in your bedding. So, make sure you're regularly washing your bedding at a high temperature. Other herbs or seeds may be mixed with lavender. Chamomile is an excellent choice and adds to the calming and relaxing power of lavender. Flaxseed is another common addition to pillows such as this since it gives the pillow a nice feel.

If you’ve read through the information above, then you should now be much better informed when it comes to sleep sprays and which one might be best for you. For reasons of hygiene and safety, personal grooming products, cosmetics or items of intimate clothing cannot be returned. In short, yes – lavender sleep sprays do work. Of course the results can vary depending on the person and how severe their sleep problems are. However, most people find that a lavender sleep spray helps them to relax at the very least. The oils found in this spray are geranium, chamomile and lavender, giving it a very distinctive scent. You can either spray this directly onto your pillow or use it as a room spray. Simply hold it upright and give it a few sprays. If you spray it directly onto your pillow, be sure not to use too much or it may cause it to become damp. Geranium – Geranium is very useful for reducing stress and therefore helping you to get to sleep that much easier. It smells great too.Sometimes lavender pillows are used as eye-pillows and are created to be placed across the eyes and forehead to aid in rest and relaxation. Others are made as a sort of sachet and used to keep drawers of clothing smelling fresh. Lavender works as an anxiolytic (an anxiety reliever) and as a sedative, to increase relaxation and calm, and help bring about sleep. Lavender interacts with the neurotransmitter GABA to help quiet the brain and nervous system activity, reducing agitation, anger, aggression, and restlessness." Are pillow sprays safe? The Tisserand Sleep Better Roller Ball is a little different to the other sprays I’ve looked at so far and provides an excellent alternative treatment for helping you to sleep better at night. Bergamot – Bergamot also helps to lower blood pressure and reduce anxiety, which makes it a great ingredient to look for in a pillow spray. Jeff Kahn, co-founder and CEO of Rise Science explains: ‘Despite a wealth of studies on the use of lavender aromatherapy for sleep, analyses point to the many reasons why firm takeaways are difficult. These include the high degree of heterogeneity among studies (such as different mixing ratios of essential oils, application methods, treatment durations, and participants), the heavy reliance on self-report sleep data, and the fact you cannot blind the intervention group to the intervention (lavender has a very distinct aroma).