Total Blackout. Eye Masks from Aroma Home (Aroma Home Lavender Silk Eye Mask)

Member Name: foreveramber

Product:	Aroma Home Lavender Silk Eye Mask
Date:	27/02/09 (332 review reads)
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Advantages: Soft and comfortable. Smell beautiful and block out all light

Disadvantages: Elastic becomes loose over time and smell disappears

For over 10 years I've been troubled with insomnia, mainly due to working a late shift ending at either midnight or 2am.

I'd be so worried about whether or not I'd be able to squeeze in enough hours sleep before having to get up in the morning, that I'd end up hardly sleeping at all. This led me to trying out all sorts of self help remedies including over the counter sleeping tablets. I also did everything I could to make my bedroom a peaceful and quiet haven as recommended in all the self help sleep articles. This included putting in blackout curtains, wearing earplugs and using an eye mask.

It took me a few years of purchasing useless eye masks before I finally found the perfect solution from a company called aromahome.com. Aroma Home began trading in 1997 under the name AromaCushion but in 2004 changed to the name Aroma Home. As well as eye masks they sell many other products such as heatable products and gift items. I originally found them while searching through ebay, but I now purchase them directly from their website. They also sell their products at retails outlets around the UK.

None of the eye masks I've purchased in the past come close to these from Aroma Home and this is probably why I've been a repeat customer for the last four years. Other eye masks just don't seem to get it right. They are either made out of nasty, cheap, nylon type material or the elastic is too loose/tight. I once spent quite a bit of money on a luxury eye mask that was impossible to sleep in because the elastic fastener would dig into my head whenever I lay on my side.

Aroma Home eye masks are beautifully designed and are so comfortable to sleep in that I barely notice it's on. They come in a range of four colours: black, purple, pink and blue and the cost is £9.99.

The outside of the mask is made from soft silk and the back is covered with a soft velvety velour material. The elasticated part, which goes around your head to keep it on, is covered with ruched silk so you never have any uncomfortable elastic pressing against your head. It's filled with lavender seeds which provide a lovely relaxing aroma to help send you off to sleep. Lavender is claimed to help induce sleep. They are excellent at blocking out light and even if the light is turned on, I can't see a thing.

These masks are washable however, after a couple of washes the lavender loses its potency and eventually disappears altogether. The only other problem I have with the masks is that over time, usually around 6 months, the elastic seems to lose its tightness and becomes very loose. When this happens, I find myself waking up in the night to find the mask has slipped either up too far above my eyes or else it's falling down over my nose!

I must admit, that each time the elastic has lost its elasticity, I've just bought a new mask. However, this time I've just cut the elastic and chopped off a length and sown it back together. It seems a waste to consign it to the pile of used eye masks in my collection when it's still perfectly fit for purpose.

So, if you're looking for a comfortable and efficient eye mask, you really can't go wrong with one of these from Aroma Home. It's simple to order from their online site and they arrive within a few days of placing the order.

Aroma Home lavender silk eye masks can be found at: http://www.aromahome.com/gb/eye_masks.asp

Summary: A luxurious eye mask that's very affordable