DIY Linen Sleep Spray For Blissful Sleep

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Fall asleep quickly and easily with this DIY Linen Spray for Sleep made with Lavender essential oil.

Say goodbye to restless nights and hello to sweet dreams with this simple and effective linen spray. Just a few spritzes of this calming blend will transform your bedding into a soothing haven. With the relaxing scent of Lavender essential oil, you’ll be drifting off to dreamland in no time.

Make this DIY linen spray part of your nightly self care ritual before bed to signal to your body that it’s time to relax and get ready for sleep. Doing this helps your body fall into a deeper sleep and therefore better overall wellness.

Use this sleepy time spray on your sheets and pillow just before you crawl into bed. Your sheets and pillow will smell heavenly and will relax your mind and body to help you gently fall asleep.

This homemade Linen and Pillow sleep spray is super easy to make and only takes a couple minutes and 2 ingredients: essential oils and witch hazel.

Does Linen Spray with Lavender Essential Oils Actually Work for Sleep?

There has been many clinical studies on the effectiveness of Lavender and essential oils for sleep. Here’s a few for reference:

This clinical study found that college students who inhaled lavender essential oil while practicing sleep hygiene showed significantly better sleep quality compared with a control group. The effects were sustained at follow-up.

This review of 20 randomized controlled trials reported that most studies found lavender essential oil was associated with improved sleep quality in adults. This means that across multiple clinical trials, lavender often showed a positive effect on sleep quality. Outcomes were measured with both subjective and objective tools.
🔗 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35708558/

This general review from John Hopkins Medicine discusses evidence for essential oils including lavender for relaxation, anxiety relief, and sleep support.

Kids love to use this pillow spray, too!  

This pillow spray can be a wonderful way to help your child calm down at the end of the day.  Especially when they are overtired and can’t relax enough to fall asleep.

Moms, you know what I’m talking about. When your kiddo is so exhausted they just won’t let their minds and bodies relax and they cry to try to self sooth, or just keep talking or fighting it.  This can be a game changer in that moment for them.  You can even spray their jammies!!

You can even put the power in their little hands, and let them spray down their sheets themselves.  They will feel empowered and in control.  Especially if you include them when making their own pillow linen spray.

Let them hold the bottle of essential oils and drip the oils into  the spray bottle while counting the number of drops.  My children love this.  It’s a fun activity to do together and they can’t wait to use the linen spray at bedtime.

Kids love to use essential oils!

Linen Sleep Sprays make great gifts!

Tie a cute twine bow around it and it makes a super cute gift that anyone would love to receive.

Make several and give them to teachers, hand them out at Christmas to friends, hairdressers, neighbors, etc

Ingredients and Supplies for your DIY Linen Sleep Spray

These frosted glass spray bottles over at Amazon are a fave of mine that I use for many essential oil spray. They come in a pack of 2, so you’ll have an extra one for making a yummy room spray.

Witch Hazel

Witch Hazel will bind to the essential oils, and is how the oils will get dispersed into the air and onto the pillow or sheets.    You know the oil saying “oil and water don’t mix”?  That is true for essential oils!  I have used water in a pinch, but Witch Hazel is a better choice.

Since your facial skin touches the pillow that you’re going to be spraying with this, you want to make sure you’re using something that won’t cause sensitivities or breakouts.

 Witch Hazel is very safe and is actually a great tonic for skin, especially the face, so it’s perfectly fine to use as a spray that will be going on your pillow. 

Make sure you use an all natural, pure, unscented Witch Hazel.  This is the witch hazel I like to use:

Essential Oils That Are Great Choices For Sleep

• Roman Chamomile
• Adaptiv Calming Blend
• Balance Grounding Blend
• Vetiver
• Lavender
• Ylang Ylang
• doTERRA Serenity

You can use a combination of essential oils or all one essential oil. It’s up to you. For example, a combo of Lavender and Roman Chamomile would be a really great combination for the ultimate in falling to sleep.

How to Make DIY Linen Spray For Sleep with Essential Oils

Making your Linen Spray is super fast and easy. Once you’ve gathered your supplies, this spray takes under 5 minutes to make.  

First, add the drops of essential oils to your empty spray bottle.

Then, top up the spray bottle with witch hazel. You can use distilled water in a pinch. It will get the job done.

Add the spray top and give everything a shake.

Shake well before each use to ensure the ingredients are mixed thoroughly.

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Adding this simple ritual into your nightly routine can signal to your body that it’s time to unwind and get ready for sleep. It’s a wonderful form of self care.

How to Use Your DIY Linen Spray

To use the DIY linen spray,  just give the linen spray bottle a gentle shake to make sure everything is combined, then mist your comforter, blankets, sheets, even your pillow. 

Sweet Dreams!

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