Hey everyone, and Happy New Year! This week, I've been testing a really strange product I came across whilst working at Naturally Better You. It's by a company called 'Patch-It', and it's basically an old-fashioned remedy that's been clinically tested. Long story short, it, "supports your body's natural capability for removal of toxins through normal channels such as sweat and urine" - nice! If you're a natural/organic kinda person, this is right up your street. I've tried both the sleep patch and the detox patches (available here), here's how I got on!
The Sleep Patch-it is supposed to provide a, "soothing, relaxing, restful sleep" with ingredients such as Lavender, Sage, Basil, and Ylang Ylang.
OK so first things first; they ain't the cheapest. It's recommended that you use the Sleep Patch-It for at least 3 consecutive nights and for 10 consecutive nights every month as part of a long-term maintenance programme - and with a set of 2 close to a fiver, it does add up! 10 pairs ends up close to £30... yikes!
Anywhoooo, expense aside, I was determined to give them a go and see how I got on! Upon opening, the patches are quite sizeable and cover quite a large area of foot. You're supposed to apply this to the underside of the foot, on the arch, which is exactly what I did. They're nice and sticky to prevent them sliding off during the night. I'm not a big fan of things being "on" my feet when I'm trying to sleep (the idea of sleeping in socks fills me with literal DREAD), so I found it a tiny bit uncomfortable at first - I definitely knew they were there! But it didn't wake me up during the night at all, which is the important thing.
I slept quite well - I didn't notice anything different, to be honest. I didn't wake up any more than usual, but I also didn't feel like it provided a more restful sleep? Now here's the weird thing about the patches. When you take them off, the patch turns BLACK. I've read this is purely a reaction to your feet sweating during the night which reacts with the ingredients in the patch, but I think you're supposed to believe these are the "toxins" it's absorbed out your body. Which, if you believe it, is really very satisfying! Unfortunately, I'm pretty skeptical, especially after reading through the little booklet that comes with it showing you how the feet connects to every other part of your body (are your toes REALLY somehow connected to your brain...?)
The other thing is... the smell. Boy, these things smell horrid - my patches weren't that black in the morning, but I have a friend who tried these and her patch was really saturated and black in the morning; apparently it made her whole bed smell!!
These are quite bizarre in my opinion... honestly, I'd probably use them again if I was given one, because a) why not and b) I like the IDEA that I'm ridding my body of toxins. But do I actually believe they work? Not really... I'm not sure how much scientific research has been done on them, and I can't make my head believe that my feet are somehow affecting every other part of my body! You can get Patch-it from Naturally Better You starting at £9.95. Have you tried them before? What did you think? Meli X