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Home » Bath & Body » Sleep Aids: Striving for a Quiet Night with The Body Shop Dreamy Pillow & Body Mist

Sleep Aids: Striving for a Quiet Night with The Body Shop Dreamy Pillow & Body Mist

October 2, 2014 Paris B 26 Comments

If you’re one of those people who literally fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow, well, I don’t like you very much right now. I have my good and bad sleeping days, and at one time, the good outnumbered the bad. So, I’d be able to just relax, read a book and fall asleep pretty soundly till the alarm goes off in the morning.

But recently, insomnia hit me hard. Eye bags and shadows have taken permanent residence under my eyes and they aren’t even bags anymore, I always say they’re now LV trunks. I’d go to bed but wake up sporadically in the middle of the night and fail to fall asleep thereafter. So I decided to try some sleep aids.

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A friend had gifted me a sample kit of a Deep Sleep Pillow Spray by This Works but that finished quite quickly, before I had a chance to evaluate if it was working. So, I’ve ordered a full sized bottle and will be putting it through its paces once it arrives.

However, in the interim, and in desperate need for sleep intervention, I decided to try a pillow spray from The Body Shop after seeing it appear on Instagram (I love IG but it makes me want so many things! 😛 ) So, once I read that it helped, I popped out to the closest Body Shop store to pick up the Quiet Night Dreamy Pillow & Body Mist. Incidentally, I have noticed that overseas, this is known as Deep Sleep Dreamy Pillow & Body Mist. Same thing, different name. Not sure why.

Quiet Night Dreamy Pillow & Body Mist is a bottle filled with aromatherapy essential oils blended with the sole purpose of calming and relaxing your senses to help you fall asleep better.

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I’ve been using this for a little over a week now, and I must say that it does seem to help me. My problem is not with falling asleep, but with staying asleep.

So, before bed, I’d shake up the bottle and spray this mist on my pillow and duvet cover and a light mist over myself. If you get the full whiff of the scent full on, it smells quite sharp and citrusy which initially puzzled me, because citrus smells usually uplift instead of calm. But this being a mist, the scent dissipates quite quickly, and there is a gentle, slightly bitter orange scent left behind.

The Body Shop says that the key ingredients are jujube date extract and camomile oil, both of which promote rest and sleep and the product is supposed to be encapsulated in some way so the scents are released through the night as you turn in your sleep, so it lasts through the night.

For myself, I did find that using this spray helped me sleep better. I don’t feel the initial effects because I usually spray it on and then read myself to sleep and by that time, I don’t really smell the spray anymore. However, what I realised was that when I do wake up in the middle of the night, instead of sitting up, senses heightened and eyes wide like an owl, I’d be able to relax and drift off again. I’d occasionally catch a whiff of scent of this spray, but it isn’t obvious. It isn’t very strong and I do find that I do have to be quite generous with the product.

It doesn’t stain my sheets, but if you spray too close, it can mark your sheets so I’d advise caution and spray from a foot or so away, so the mist spreads over a wider area and not concentrate on one spot. Thus far, it works for me to relax my senses and anything that helps me sleep and stay asleep is a boon!

IN A NUTSHELL

The Body Shop Quiet Night Dreamy Pillow & Body Mist is an aromatherapy mist that you spray on your pillow and sheets or even over yourself before bed, to help relax and promote sleep. I find that the citrus scent is a rather strange scent to find in a product that promotes relaxation but it seems to work. I do find the scent relaxing and it helps me stay asleep longer or to sleep through the night which is my primary problem. I do find I have to be fairly generous with its use but thus far, it seems to be working well for me.

PROS: Scent is relaxing, Seems to help me sleep better through the night

CONS: Rather pricey as I’m generous with use but can be bought on sale

WHO WILL LIKE THIS: Anyone who has trouble falling or staying asleep

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Here is the ingredient list:-

Alcohol Denat., Water, Limonene, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Trideceth-9, Polyvinyl Alcohol, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Oil, Citrus Medica Limonum (Lemon) Oil, Acrylates/C12-22 Alkyl Methacrylate Copolymer, Linalool, Zea Mays (Corn) Starch, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Lavandula Hybrida Oil, Hydrolysed Corn Starch Octenylsuccinate, Hydrolyzed Corn Starch, Propylene Glycol, Anthemis Nobilis (Chamomile) Oil, Citral, Humulus Lupulus (Hops), Citrus Aurantium Amara (Bitter Orange) Oil, Geraniol, Citronellol, Zizyphus Jujuba Fruit Extract

Have you used this pillow mist before? Do you have recommendations for other pillow mists to help promote sleep?

I’m waiting for the This Works Deep Sleep Pillow Spray to arrive. That one smells quite different from this TBS one. But I’m not familiar with other brands of pillow sprays so if you have one to recommend, please do! I’ll take all the help I can get 😀

Paris B

The Body Shop Quiet Night Dreamy Pillow & Body Mist Price: RM59/100ml Availability: The Body Shop stores or online

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  1. xin says

    October 2, 2014 at 8:37 am

    Lucky u! This didn’t seem to help me, but thankfully recently I fall asleep quite easily. Insomnia is seasonal for me

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    • Paris B says

      October 6, 2014 at 5:29 pm

      Yes, I was concerned it wouldn’t help so thankfully it did! I’m still getting up at night but at least am going back to sleep so it’s not as bad. I used to sleep like a log and now I barely sleep tsk!

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  2. KL says

    October 2, 2014 at 9:54 am

    I have a “windy” stomach , and it wakes me up in the middle of night too. My cure is a cup of hot water, take a few minutes walk (in the dark!) to calm down, then off to bed again to drift off to sleep.

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    • Paris B says

      October 6, 2014 at 5:30 pm

      It’s good to know that you know your cause and how to rectify the problem. For me, it’s just me waking up with a racing mind so that’s a lot harder to settle 🙁

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  3. Angelina says

    October 2, 2014 at 10:43 am

    It doesn’t help me to sleep at all. Works like a charm for my bf though. Other than smelling pleasant, it doesn’t work for me. A pass for me.

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    • Paris B says

      October 6, 2014 at 5:32 pm

      Ah one of those that work for some and not for others 🙂 Aromatherapy is a lot like that I find but for myself, I’m now going the whole hog with this AND lavender oil so something should knock me out 😛

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  4. Fathin says

    October 2, 2014 at 11:17 am

    I don’t have problem with sleeping but I always have action-pack dreams so perhaps this might help me to get more relax and dreamless state? Maybe I spray the general area of my bed instead of direct to my pillow as you said might stain if too close.

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    • Paris B says

      October 6, 2014 at 5:36 pm

      It might help to slow things down so you relax. You can try spraying it on a piece of tissue paper and laying it next to your pillow. That might help too. Or I sometimes spray it on myself like a body mist 🙂

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  5. [email protected] Reflections says

    October 2, 2014 at 11:17 am

    I have the same problem. If I wake up, I’m up. I haven’t really found anything that helps, but I find if I talk a walk in the evening and then a hot shower, drink some chamomile tea, I tend to sleep through a bit longer. I did go to the doctor and he gave me some pills, but i’ve been too scared to try them!

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    • Paris B says

      October 6, 2014 at 5:37 pm

      Pills scare me! I tried to tire myself out but even after exercise I still wouldn’t sleep through the night. Now I do, with a little bit of aromatherapy help so I’ve learned to put a little faith in these essential oils 🙂 I’m going to try tea soon. I’m told Sleepytime tea is quite good.

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  6. Applegal says

    October 2, 2014 at 11:54 am

    Have you tried yoga deep breathing exercises? I was told that it would help with sleep i.e. better sleep. One trick I learnt was if I force myself to sleep, I will stay awake but if I try to stay awake, I will nod off to sleep. Reverse psychology works for me I guess. Also, I try not to look at the clock because it frustrates me when time passes and I can’t sleep.

    I’m not minded to spray stuff on my pillow, but I would use an aromatherapy diffuser.

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    • Paris B says

      October 6, 2014 at 5:40 pm

      Yep, when I wake up in the middle of the night, and couldn’t sleep, I’d sometimes do the Savasana (Corpe) pose and do deep breathing but it didn’t quite help me. I’d be in this suspended plane of consciousness that was just as troubling because I wasn’t really sleeping 😛 It was weird. I usually read before bed and it helps me drift off 🙂

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  7. Sunny says

    October 2, 2014 at 2:18 pm

    Hey Paris, I know that L’Occitane recently launched something like this! I really like the massage oil and the little sachets they make. Maybe you should check that out! I sometimes just drip lavender oil onto my pillow case. That works well 🙂

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    • Paris B says

      October 6, 2014 at 5:41 pm

      Ooh L’Occitane have something similar? I”ll check it out, thanks Sunny! I recently picked up a bottle of lavender oil so I’ve been dripping it onto a piece of tissue as well and I think the whole combination seems to be working!

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  8. Bakedincheese says

    October 2, 2014 at 5:52 pm

    I find this works for me 🙂 http://m.iherb.com/bach-original-flower-essences-rescue-pastilles-natural-stress-relief-1-7-oz-50-g-pastilles/15625?rcode=mpw213
    They got a bunch of other products besides these sweets, can try!

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    • Paris B says

      October 6, 2014 at 5:43 pm

      Thanks! I’ll take a look next time I shop iherb 🙂

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  9. Anne says

    October 2, 2014 at 8:56 pm

    Hi Paris,

    I have been relying on sleeping pills to help me sleep for more than 10 years! Recently, i brought the This Works Deep Sleep Pillow Spray and Lemongrass House Lavender Aromatic Room & Pillow Spray ( Not sure if there is any Lemongrass House in KL). I would say that these 2 spray help to calm my nerve down, and to help me sleep more deeply. Maybe i should try this spray from Body Shop. It’s cheaper than This Works 🙂

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    • Paris B says

      October 6, 2014 at 5:45 pm

      Hi Anne, oh dear you have? That’s awful! 🙁 I’m actually scared of sleeping pills to be honest. I once tried one in Uni (a herbal one) and it kept me feeling like a zombie for days! I’ve never dared take another pill since. We don’t have Lemongrass House here but I’ll be sure to keep it in mind for the next time I’m in Singapore. Like you, I find that these, while not a cure, help relax the senses and then, it becomes easier to sleep and to sleep better too.

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  10. lisa says

    October 2, 2014 at 11:27 pm

    I’ve tried the This Works Deep Sleep Pillow Spray too and several pillow sprays but find none that is lasting. I prefer to use essential oil balm etc to rub on my forehead to relax and induce better sleep.

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    • Paris B says

      October 6, 2014 at 5:47 pm

      Which essential oil balm do you use, Lisa? I tried the Badger Balm one which doesn’t seem to work anymore or rather doesn’t smell of anything anymore. I found it quite helpful when it was new.

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  11. Nabihah says

    October 3, 2014 at 8:10 pm

    Do you dream anything interesting when you sleep after using this Paris?

    I think the scent of lavender oil, or the fragrance itself is quite soothing but not sure about if it will help to better the sleeping pattern :D.

    Think about the beautiful flowery garden in Paris, Paris (see the name of the city and your name here hehe)

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    • Paris B says

      October 6, 2014 at 5:59 pm

      Interesting question Nabihah but no, no interesting dreams, thank goodness! At least I was sleeping eh? I think you’re right. All the scent does is sooth and relax the senses so you fall asleep and stay asleep better but it doesn’t quite make you sleep the way that a sleeping pill will 🙂

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  12. Victoria says

    October 8, 2014 at 12:23 pm

    This does not work much for me as well but since I still have this bottle, I may as well finish it somehow. LOL. I still have to find other methods to fall asleep because I do get insomnia once in awhile. One way for me is not to read too much at night or watch TV shows or movies that would leave me thinking too much. LOL. Light reading is still fine but no FB at night because some of the posts makes me think too much. Hahaha.

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    • Paris B says

      October 21, 2014 at 3:33 pm

      I noticed that about TV and phones or ipads. Basically, cutting off digital stimulus at least an hour before sleep helps me wind down better. Reading is fine for me unless I’m gripped by a compelling story LOL So it’s a bad idea for me to start a bestseller just before sleep. I’ve been taking Sleepytime Tea and it does work very well to calm me down and help me relax enough to sleep but I don’t think it’s something you should be taking right now 😉

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  13. Cathy Davidson says

    October 1, 2019 at 1:00 pm

    The first time I smelt this, an amazing relaxing calmness rushed through my brain. I was incredibly stressed and not sleeping well and I am looking forward to putting in on my pillow. Much better than any pills if it works later tonight.

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  14. Cathy Davidson says

    October 1, 2019 at 1:02 pm

    Should have mentioned I have been smelling it on a folded hanky because of the way I feel.

    Reply

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