Holiday gifting: This Works’ Sleeping Partners

They say that one of the best solutions for the ills of modern life is a damn good sleep – so what better gift to get for a loved one – and yourself – this Christmas? And it’s easier than you think with this stellar sleep-tastic duo from the incredible This Works, Sleeping Partners.

In now at MECCA for the holiday season and retailing for a super affordable $64, it effectively allows you to switch up your evening routine and wave goodbye to sleepless nights. Featuring the bestselling Deep Sleep Pillow Spray and Deep Sleep Breathe In, the signature solutions fast track you to the land of nod thanks to a relaxing blend of essential oils.  The calming blend of lavender, vetiver, chamomile and patchouli works to relieve tension in the mind and body, sending you to sleep faster and enabling you to have a more refreshing and tranquil rest. And does it actually work? I believe so, although I’ve long been a fan of their Pillow Spray so am a bit biased anyway!

I first fell in love with the This Works brand when I interviewed its founder, Kathy Phillips. As British Vogue's former beauty director, beauty author and current beauty director for Condé Nast international, for Kathy Phillips launching her own product line seemed like second nature. This Works, like its name, is a simple, hardworking collection of aromatherapy-based skin, bath, home and body products that does what it says it will do, and smells bloody marvellous while doing it. I found Kathy to be a woman who was as witty as she was clever, as well as a fountain of knowledge when it comes to the use of organic, high performance ingredients. Combining superior expertise in blending aromatherapy oil with insider know-how of the global beauty and health industries, This Works is a veritable survival kit for those suffering modern malaises, and looks a treat too with modern but clinical packaging designed by an art director colleague of Phillips' at Vogue.

MECCA recommends that you add This Works Deep Sleep Heavenly Candle (next on my wish list) to this duo for the ultimate bed rest, which sounds like a pretty damn good idea to me! Mist the Deep Sleep Pillow Spray lightly onto your pillow just before getting into bed, the roll Deep Sleep Breathe In onto your pulse points or place some into the palm of your hands before inhaling deeply. Heaven.

$64 and in store now at MECCA stores and online at meccabeauty.co.nz.