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.

Using a sleep spray is incredibly easy. You simply spray any pillows you’ll be sleeping on with the treatment just before you’re about to get into bed. Nathan Katnoria is a digital writer at Heatworld and Closer, with writing credits for Yours and Mother&Baby.Because my skills are so limited, I didn't think it wise for me to write up a sewing tutorial. I'm sure I'd get all the terms wrong and it would be very confusing. So, today I am going to share a few tutorials others have created, including a simple video that shows how to create a small, hand-sewn lavender pillow that you can make with your kids.

Nilong Vyas, MD is a paediatric sleep consultant and owner of Sleepless in NOLA. She achieved her doctorate in medicine at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, and is recognized by the American Board of Paediatrics. Sleep pillows sprays work in a very simple way. They usually contain a combination of essential oils that are known to promote sleep and relaxation. When you spray them on your pillow, you will inhale the scents without any effort required and you should notice the benefits, such as being more relaxed and less anxious. The Feather & Down Sweet Dreams Breathe Well Pillow Spray helps to promote relaxing and better sleep by using a blend of essential oils.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? This Works has a range of sleep sprays including Deep Sleep and Sleep Together (both featured in our list below). They have conducted extensive research into how and why pillow mists are so effective at helping us get to sleep. This spray uses 100% pure lavender oil, which is excellent for inducing calm by lowering blood pressure, which in turn makes it easier to get to sleep when used at night. You can spray this directly onto your pillow before bed time if you want to use it as a sleep aid, or alternatively it can be used as a room spray. If you do yoga, then you can also spray it on your mat. If This Works’ pillow spray doesn’t appeal (or is sold out again – we wouldn’t be surprised), there are plenty of other pillow sprays to consider. This Cowshed Sleep Calming Pillow Mist is all natural, infused with a blend of melissa and lemon myrtle essential oils to help relieve tension and stress, and scented with a citrus aroma. Oliver Bonas’ Relax Sleep Set features a pillow spray and rollerball making it ideal for travel and for when you’re seriously in need of some Z’s. The Goodnight Pillow Mist from Neal’s Yard Remedies is also one of the best – it’s made by a brand known for its remedies, so how could it not be? Geranium – Geranium is very useful for reducing stress and therefore helping you to get to sleep that much easier. It smells great too.