For a tasty sleep aid, try OLLY Sleep Gummies, which are flavoured with fruity blackberry and zesty fresh mint. Its active ingredients include melatonin, which works with your body’s chemistry to fuel healthy snooze cycles; L-theanine, an amino acid that promotes calmness and can help mellow you out; and soothing botanicals such as chamomile, passionflower and lemon balm. The gummies contain no artificial additives, and are suitable for those following a gluten-free diet.

If you’re particularly sensitive to sounds, then try using the LectroFan EVO Machine to block out pesky background noises. It offers different dynamic variations of white, pink and brown noises, as well as 10 types of fan sounds to mask disruptive noises. Want to drift off while listening to the soundtrack of the ocean? Simply press play and the machine can emit calming surf sounds that are sure to send you off to dreamland in no time.

Given that we harness tracking devices to monitor countless aspects of our wellness journeys, it makes sense to adopt the same approach when it comes to sleeping. The SleepScore app uses just your smartphone microphone and speaker to monitor various aspects of your resting hours. It works by tracking and measuring your breathing rate and body movement, and analyses the data-driven insights to offer personalised suggestions for how to improve your shut-eye.

Not quite ready to invest in blackout curtains, but can’t stay asleep if the sun’s out? A much more affordable alternative to blocking out the light is the practical, comfortable and oh-so-stylish Lunya Silk Sleep Mask. Simply slap it on and you’ll be plunged into complete darkness, even if it’s blindingly bright outside. The machine-washable item comes with an adjustable elastic band and is available in a range of gorgeous colours, including Enamoured Pink, Meditative Grey and Tranquil White.

Switch things up from your usual diffuser set-up with the stylish MUJI Aroma Stone, which achieves a similar result without the need to plug in the device. All you need to do is place a few drops of your favourite, calming essential oils in the small indentation on the stone’s surface (we like chamomile, peppermint, lavender and ylang ylang). The essential oils will seep into the ceramic and evaporate slowly, allowing the fragrance to permeate your entire bedroom.

Weighted blankets are all the rage these days, as they can help combat anxiety for better sleep quality. Homegrown company &Snooze has designed one specifically for Singapore’s tropical climate. It’s made from a cooling Tencel material – rather than the more commonly used cotton or polyester – which is much more suited to hot and humid conditions. It’s also hypoallergenic and breathable, and is available in Slate Grey, Royal Blue, Oatmeal and Flamingo shades.

Rather than find yourself rudely awakened by the shrill ring of your smartphone alarm, you can opt for the HomeLabs Sunrise Alarm Clock. The device emits a warm, gentle light – which gradually increases in brightness – that starts 30 minutes before your alarm (which is itself made up of soothing sounds such as birdsong or the ocean waves). The clock doubles up as a bedside lamp, and includes a sunset simulation that slowly dims the room as you fall asleep.

Sleep meditation has been shown to help improve the quality and efficiency of your shut-eye. To that end, the Headspace app provides a selection of guided meditations (including breathing exercises, visualisations and body-scanning activities) and audio experiences that are geared towards helping you knock off at the end of the day. You’ll also find the likes of podcasts, music and stories – including one narrated by EGOT winner and musician John Legend.

Out of all the sleepytime teas available on the market, this is one of our favourites. The caffeine-free, herbal concoction contains a soothing blend of herbs including lemongrass, chamomile and spearmint to help you mellow out and wind down before bedtime. It has a grassy and pleasant aroma, and goes well with a squirt of honey. Besides this OG version, the brand offers other sleepytime teas in a myriad of flavours, including peach, lavender and vanilla.

Have a partner that snores too much and keeps you awake? Frequently get woken up by external noises such as traffic and your neighbours shuffling about the corridor? Perhaps the Bose Sleepbuds II can help. These wireless earbuds pair with the Bose Sleep app to offer a library of over 50 calming and relaxing tunes – including Bose-engineered noise-masking tracks – to help you fall asleep, while passively blocking out other noises. You can also configure an alarm to make sure that you don’t oversleep.

If the troubles of a hectic work-family lifestyle got you frowning throughout the day, you may have spotted the slight creases of forehead frown lines forming.

Few people talk about this, but there’s actually a pretty easy (and non-invasive) way to straighten out those forehead fine lines and wrinkles – and perhaps forcibly stop yourself from frowning during bedtime or in your sleep.

They’re called sleep wrinkle patches. You can find a variety of such stick-on wrinkle patches for the forehead, smile lines, brow furrows, or even the neck and chest line.

These stick-on patches aren’t the most glamourous, but it really doesn’t matter since they’re mostly used during bedtime.

Some forehead wrinkle patches you can find easily online in Singapore include the:

• SiO Beauty Brow & Forehead Anti-Wrinkle Patch ($41.82): Silicone, reusable
• Frownies Forehead & Between Eyes Wrinkle Smoothers ($35.90): 144 single-use patches, apply moisturiser under patch

For those who tend to get congested nose at night, consider trying sleep nose clips. Contrary to their names, nose clips don’t clasp onto your nose and tighten them. It does the exact opposite – there are often magnets or dilation mechanisms in these nose clips that help to open up your nose airways so you get more air through your nose.

It’s also supposed to help reduce mouth breathing while you sleep.

Nose clips are most known to help improve sleep apnea – a disorder that causes your breathing to stop and start while asleep. Sleep apnea is, however, a very serious problem and can be identified by loud snoring, chronic lethargy even after long hours of sleep, and obesity.

Most of these nose clips are called anti-snoring nose clips or strips. Prices range from $7 to $12:

• Breathe Right Original Nose Strips ($12.96 for pack of 30): Reduce snoring and nose congestion
• Mobi Lock Magnetic Anti-Snore Nose Clip ($7.63 for pack of 12): Reusable

Mouth tapes are one of the more debated forms of sleep aids. It’s reportedly supposed to help reduce open mouth breathing overnight which reportedly causes a parched dry throat and nasal passage.

Generally, mouth breathing is discouraged due to the longer term problems associated with it – crooked teeth, face and neck deformities (called an adenoid face), bad breath, gum diseases, etc.

And mouth breathing is generally caused by a congested nose, accumulated mucus, or narrow airways.

When you tape your mouth, you are directly “training” your body to breathe through the nose.

Caution, caution! You must not use such products when you’re falling ill, feeling unwell, experiencing blocked nose and any other nasal conditions that may impede your breathing.

You can use sleep or night mouth tapes, or medical surgical tapes to tape your lips together. Prices range from $7 to $38:

• Nexcare Strong Hold Pain-Free Tape ($7.30): For sensitive skin
• Sleep Strips Mouth Tapes ($38.71 for 96 pieces): Wide design, tapes entire mouth, stickier design, stronger hold
• Kobayashi Anti-Snoring Tape ($15.90 fo 15 pieces): Scentless or lavender scented

Do you tense your jaws at night while sleeping?

If you’re not aware of your jaw tension, how about this: do you often wake up with sore jaws, tension headache around the temples, in ear aches, neck and shoulder aches, and lethargy?

You may be clenching your jaws and grinding your teeth at night. You can get your suspicions confirmed by your dentist. He or she will clearly be able to tell from the shape and sensitivity of your teeth if you have been grinding them down (they will look worn out).

One of the easiest ways to get rid of jaw clenching and teeth grinding is to get jaw botox to relief the muscle movements. Again, this method comes with its pros and cons.

Another less invasive way is to try night mouth guards. Night mouth guards are a set of retainer-like teeth guards that you wear over your teeth at night. They cushion your teeth from the impact and tension of the jaw clenching, and reduce the physical consequences of bruxism.

Sleeping with night mouth guards should give you jaw, face, and neck muscles some relief from the intense clenching.

Prices of night mouth guards are quite reasonable, ranging from $35:

• The Doctor’s NightGuard ($35.07): Moldable for custom fit
• Plackers Grind No More ($40.09 for 16 pieces): 3-day disposables
• Signature Night Guard ($29.99): Smaller teen size

If you’re in need of some melatonin but find those drugstore pills and supplements way too strong for you (those mild melatonin pills can make me drowsy for two days!), consider using these non-invasive melatonin stick-on patches instead.

The Good Patch’s Dream patch contains 10mg of melatonin, valerian root, and hops – all ingredients you’ll usually find in sleep supplements and shots.

You get to stick the patch on to your skin, remove them when necessary to control or limit the amount of melatonin you’re exposed to.

For $33.44, you get eight patches in resealable patches.

The least invasive form of melatonin sleep aids is the melatonin sleep spray. There are two types of melatonin sprays – aerosol pillow sprays, and sublingual (under the tongue).

For pillow sprays, Dr Teal’s melatonin sleep sprays are some of the most reviewed online. Reviews are generally great with users saying the pillow spray works well, lulling them to sleep within minutes (sounds great, honestly). While the price is pretty steep, users said they only use two pumps per night.

Prices range around $50 for a 177ml bottle:

• Dr Teal’s Sleep Spray with Melatonin & Essential Oils ($52 for 177ml)
• NatureGenx Liquid 3mg Melatonin Spray ($32.07 for 30ml): Child-safe, sublingual

Dr Teal’s also carries a melatonin sleep body lotion with shea and cocoa butter ($13.97 for 240ml).

Heated or warm eye masks and compresses are surprisingly pretty beneficial for tired, dry eyes.

These warm eye masks reportedly help to hydrate and lubricate dry eyes, and improve your natural oil glands’ productions, and prevents water (tears) from evaporating too quickly.

That aside, the warmth promotes blood circulation, reduces puffy eyes, and relaxes your eye muscles, removing stress.

There are, honestly, lots of heated eye masks around – ranging from disposable MegRhythm Japanese eye masks to microwave-heated eye compresses, to electronic heated eye masks:

• Microwave Heated Flaxseed Eye Masks ($21.28 for pack of 2): Reusable
• Renpho Heated Eye Massager ($60.19): Reusable, electronic, massage function
• Optase Moist Heat Eye Mask for Dry Eyes ($45.05): Microwave heated, reusable

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