Sleepy is a body lotion which was first released as a Christmas product in 2016, however has boomed in popularity since being made mainline in June 2017. I can almost guarantee that even if someone has never bought a single LUSH product in their life (impossible right?) they still will have heard of Sleepy as it has been featured all over Mumsnet, Cosmopolitan and even Buzzfeed.
When I first saw the hype surrounding the magical powers of LUSH's Sleepy body lotion, I knew I needed to properly test it to see if it really was a 'miracle cure' for insomnia. In this instance, slathering it on my skin and commenting on the scent just wouldn't be enough, so I instead pulled out my old GCSE textbooks and Bunsen burner (er, not really) to go about it in a much more scientific way.
To test if this LUSH lotion truly helped me to sleep, I borrowed my mum's FitBit to track my sleeping habits with and without using the lotion. To make sure it was a fair test, I kept all the variables the same as much as I possibly could. I went to bed at the exact same time every night, wearing the same pyjamas, after the same evening routine of watching Shameless for an hour before I went to sleep.
Before I start to dissect (I'm using all the science lingo today) my findings from the experiment, I'll review the other aspects of the body lotion is the same way as I would any other product.
As with most LUSH body products, Sleepy is packaged in one of the regular black, recyclable pots. I absolutely love these pots as not only are they really helping for storing things and mixing hot oil treatments in, if you take 5 back to any store you can trade them in for a fresh face mask.
*cry*.
Texture-wise, this body lotion is like very thick, creamy yoghurt. The only other LUSH body lotion I own to compare Sleepy to is The Comforter lotion, and Sleepy is a lot thicker than that. It dries a little sticky on the skin, but is fine when used before bed as I'm not putting any long-sleeved clothes on top of it. I wouldn't use this body lotion in the morning due to how thick it is as it feels quite heavy on my skin.
Scents are very important to me, but I tend to only smell what I read on the label. Knowing this product is Lavender and Oatmeal based, that's initially all I could smell. However after handing the pot to my sister with no explanation of what it what or what it contained, she told me it smelt exactly like Sudocrem under the lavender top notes. Now she's said it, I honestly cannot smell anything else. It is slightly headache inducing, and I truly can't decide whether I like the smell or not. I may try Twilight shower gel and see if I prefer the scent from that.
So back to the experiment and my findings from it. I discovered that throughout the week that I didn't use the lotion, I slept for 8 hours, 10 minutes, and was awake for one hour on average. The week that I applied Sleepy to my chest, arms, neck, ears and feet, I slept for 8 hours, 52 minutes hours and was awake 34 minutes on average. These findings make it clear that for me, LUSH's Sleepy body lotion really did work in helping me to sleep, so it seems the claims are actually true! I sleep quite a lot anyway, however I definitely noticed how applying Sleepy made me fall asleep much quicker, and I felt like I slept deeper and felt better when I woke up. A winner all round.
Ingredients: Oatmeal Infusion, Almond Oil, Lavender Water, Lavender Flower Infusion, Organic Jojoba Oil, Glycerine, Fair Trade Organic Cocoa Butter, Stearic Acid, Illipe Butter, Triethanolamine, Lavender Oil, Benzoin Resinoid, Tonka Absolute, Ylang Ylang Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, *Benzyl Benzoate, *Benzyl Cinnamate, *Coumarin, *Geraniol, *Limonene, *Linalool, Fragrance, Snowflake Lustre, Colour 45410, Colour 42090.
Scent Type: Calming, Floral, Heady
Price: £7.95 / 95g, £13.95 / 215g
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