A good night’s sleep plays a key role in caring for our body and mind. While exercise routines and healthy eating are important, it’s also vital to ensure you get enough quality sleep at night to give yourself time to recover physically and mentally.
Good quality sleep improves your brain performance, mood, and health.
Sleep experts ThisWorks take a 24-hour approach to skincare and wellness and have created a range of scientifically proven, clean, targeted sleep products to help you sleep while repairing your skin through the night.
The Deep Sleep range from the pioneering brand has been expertly created to include a unique, scientifically formulated blend of 99 percent natural ingredients and essential oils. These include therapeutic lavender oil, an adaptogen that is proven to help our bodies manage stress and restore balance after a stressful situation; botanical oils such as vetiver oil, which is a natural sedative and has both immuno-stimulant and anti-inflammatory properties as well as super actives such camomile oil that is naturally calming, anti-inflammatory and has an anti-allergen effect.
ThisWorks Deep Sleep Shower Gel 250ml RRP €24.00
Take a relaxing shower or bath before bedtime to ease yourself into a peaceful night’s sleep. This ultra-soothing and beautifully fragranced shower gel calms the mind and promotes sleep while protecting the skin. It will leave your skin feeling soft, moisturised, and lightly fragranced, preparing you for a peaceful night’s sleep. Directions: Massage all over the body while showering or pour a generous amount into water for a relaxing foam bath.
ThisWorks Deep Sleep Heavenly Candle RRP €34.00
The flame of a candle has the power to reduce stress and increase self-awareness. ThisWorks has created a luxurious, hand-blended candle enriched with pure essential oils of Lavender and Camomile to create the perfect ambition for a better night’s sleep. It is ideal to use while enjoying a relaxing soak in the bath.
This Works Deep Sleep Pillow Spray: 75ml RRP €25.00 and 35ml RRP €15.00
ThisWorks best-selling Deep Sleep Pillow Spray has been expertly formulated with a super blend of the essential oils of Lavender, Vetivert, and Wild Camomile. The pioneering brand and sleep experts have conducted several clinical and user trials on its Deep Sleep Pillow Spray with over a thousand participants showing that 89 per cent fell asleep faster than usual, 97 per cent slept better than usual, and 98 per cent felt more refreshed in the morning. Directions: Simply spray on your pillow or bedcover before bedtime for a peaceful night’s sleep.
ThisWorks expert Mithra Nandoo shares her recommended wind down practices for a peaceful night’s sleep:
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Try to go to bed and wake-up at the same time (yes, even on days off and / or weekends) to keep your circadian rhythm in order.
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Get daylight in your eyes! Increased daytime light improves alertness, mood, performance, and sleep, and decreased light exposure in the evening and at night can promote sleep. Viewing daylight in the afternoon has also been shown to help improve sleep quality. The different solar angle of light in the afternoon helps to trigger the release of melatonin to prepare for sleep and can also protect from the negative effects of viewing blue light.
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Avoid consuming alcohol after 9pm, which can interfere with sleep patterns. Same goes for late night snacking, especially sweets and also watch your intake of stimulants such as caffeine and nicotine throughout the day.
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Take a relaxing bath. While a warm evening bath is a great way to unwind, avoid very hot water. Your body rhythms want a cooler temperature in the evening.
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Ensure your bedroom temperature is cooler than daytime, 16-19 degrees Celsius is ideal.
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Keep your bedroom dimly lit or dark for the best sleep. Room darkening shades and curtain, or a sleep mask can prevent light from signalling your brain to wake-up.
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Noise can disrupt sleep, so eliminate environmental noise as much as possible at bedtime.
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At least an hour before bed, put devices away! Blue light emitted by your phone and other devices affects melatonin production, which regulates sleep and wake-up patterns.
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Use proven, tested aromatherapy solutions, such as Deep Sleep Pillow Spray to help reduce sleep anxiety and create a calm, tranquil nighttime environment and help you fall asleep more quickly.
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If you wake up frequently in the night, and struggle with disturbed sleep, ThisWorks Sleep Plus Pillow Spray is a motion-activated sleep spray for restless sleepers, shown to help restore normal sleep patterns.
ThisWorks is available from Dunnes, McCauley’s, Cloud10, and Pharmacies nationwide // @thisworks