By Chrissy Iley
Me and sleep have a very strange relationship. Sometimes I can’t get out of bed and sometimes when I am meant to be sleeping I lie with my head spinning and watching the kind of Netflix that puts me in a sleep coma. I have tried sleep aids, over the counter and from the doctor and find that they make me too groggy or they don’t work at all. The Sleep Trio which is all about frankincense and camomile flower is super powerful. Bloom and Blossom are essentially a pregnancy and baby company but you don’t have to be a new parent to be sleep deprived. The trio includes a lovely nighttime bath and shower oil, a particularly marvelous dry body oil and pillow spray. There is something ritualistic to a three step plan to unwinding but the ingredients themselves are what makes this work.
I have been suffering extreme jet lag and this is the key to combating it. The trio are all travel sized and only 24 pounds. The dry body oil itself makes your skin feel and smell gorgeous, it is as if you are inhaling peace. Plus, the dry oil texture is contradictory but amazing, it seeps in beautifully. As well as frankincense there is also linden blossom and ylang ylang and moringa. Moringa is the power herb of the moment, people are drinking moringa tea or powder because it is high in antioxidants and is said to lower blood pressure.
The pillow spray lasts long beyond the morning so one’s awakening is gentle, never jarred or jolted.