This bedtime bath soak is ideal for anyone who doesn’t enjoy taking supplements, but you can also combine it with one or more of the natural sleep aids above. With anxiety-reducing lavender extract and cedarwood extract — which may act as a natural sedative — this bath soak should have you primed for sleep. Amazon customers certainly can’t get enough of it. In the words of one satisfied reviewer: “These flakes are wonderful, they dissolve quickly and the smell is divine! Wish it came in a bigger bag. I like these bath flakes so much, I bought a bag for a friend in need, and she felt like it helped with stress and sleep. I believe it does as well. Worth the cost.”
Plus, this product is made in the United States with USDA, organic essential oils, and it’s not tested on animals.
What the research says:
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