It's probably an age thing I turned 50 last year (although why I'm admitting that to you I don't know) my quality of sleep isn't as great as it used to be I wake up a lot in the night and I'm quite restless. My sleep has been better this month and I think that is due to dry January and no alcohol consumed!
Anyway I was keen to find a relaxing potion to help me sleep, I tried a couple of drops of lavender on my pillow and that worked really well the first night I tried it, how do I know? Well I have a Fitbit One which I am wearing all the time at the moment as I'm having a bit of a health kick and trying to lose some weight. The Fitbit also monitors your quality of sleep it tracks how restless you are through night. Not sure how accurate it is but when I look at the stats it seems fairly accurate. The night I put lavender on my pillow I slept solidly only restless on 2 occasions so I was pretty impressed. Consequently though its been a bit hit and miss.
The next recipe I tried was Dreamy Sleep Balm I made 4 pots of this it smells heavenly and I couldn't wait to slather it on my feet at bedtime. I also gave a pot to my son, his girlfriend and a colleague at work and alas, it hasn't made a difference to any of us, well I tell a lie my son reported a great nights sleep but bearing in mind the previous night he had the noro virus and spent all night throwing up I think he was just exhausted the night he tried it.
Here is my sleep pattern from my Fitbit One on the night before I tried the Dreamy Sleep Balm
And here is my sleep pattern for when I wore the Dreamy Sleep Balm the following night
So there isn't much difference really. Maybe I'm expecting too much? On the plus side my feet were nice and soft the next morning.
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