Review: deep sleep pillow spray by thisworks

Recently due to finishing school I have fallen into a little habit of falling asleep at 2am and waking at 10:30-isssh. Compared to my friends that's not actually too bad. However, during school I was an 'early bird' ( I hate that term ) as it was my peak revision motivation period of the day. I wanted to get rid of the lazy sluggish feeling associated with late night eating and Netflix watching. So, I recruited my dad's Xmas present.

The claim...

"A best-selling, natural sleep aid that will fragrance your bed and calm the nerves... this works de sleep pillow spray is a great alternative to sleeping pills and tablets."

I must admit I have never used tablets or sleeping pills, however I set an ambitious target of going to bed at 10 after taking a bath. About an hour over schedual I followed the instructions of spraying the solution over my pillow. The sents described are lavender ( certainly noticeable ), vetivert and wild camomile. 

Not going to lie, my initial thoughts were thinking that I may as well of been sleeping in my Nana's spare bedroom! Though as I did drift of into a sleep the sent was very relaxing and calming. Unless I am yawning before I tuck in, it takes me on average about half an hour to fall asleep using this product. 

I really like this product due to the fact that it makes me tired enough to resist the urge of checking my Instagram feed 2 hours after getting in bed. I am not sure if it could replace the pills as I have never suffered from insomnia or more. I would say it is more of a sleeping aid and as the website claims, the product calms the nerves, but at £16 it is worth a try.

Overall 8/10

Review: Yves Saint Laurent Couture Palette n*9 Love

Not going to lie, whatever advertisement YSL produce catches my eye. With the likes of a gorgeous model like Cara Delevinge, there marketing and advertising team know how to lure a teenage girl to their counter. 

I wasn't to sure if I was going to purchase this palette but the woman did an excellent job at showing me how to use the product and wearing an LBD for prom, I figured I needed something a little extra fancy in terms of makeup. 

In my opinion, the colours are not as opaque as they are in the palette yet, I think this is best as they are for me and for most people out of their comfort zone. The look achieved was what I would describe as sultry beach holiday sunset. Yes. But still, swirling my brush around, the eyeshadow I found were quite dusty.

( excuse the camera in my pupils ) 

The packaging of the product would be Infact, great for a beach holdiday as I found it was very light and plasticky. Almost, contradicting YSL's luxeryous image. By this I mean I expected the palette to weigh the equivalent of a bar of gold!

Nether the less, it is a beautiful pallet for summer and would be a lovely addition to a basic makeup collection. If you are beginning however, I would not recommend this. Instead invest in a more basic eyeshadow quad ( chanel or rimmer do some lovely quads) as at £39 I do not believe it is an essential in your bag.

Overall 6.5/10