Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Do Sleep Masks Really Work?








Well, I have to say that they do for me. I discovered my first mask, a lightweight, silky number, while shopping in a beauty supply store. We had just moved into our Spanish Revival house circa 1927. I loved eveverything about that house, with one exception – it sits on a very busy street with a streetlight in front. I’d always wanted one of those old fashioned street lights, just not in front of my house shining in my windows keeping me awake at night.

It did help to replace the disintegrating thin shades with wooden shutters but they still didn’t keep out all of the light. I used the silk masks for a while but they didn't hold up very well and I had to keep replacing them. Then I found Bucky sleep masks. They are absolutely fabulous sleep masks. My favorite is Bucky Shades which is soft cotton with a velour exterior. It's padded inside around the eyes so that it completely blocks out all light.

Here's a diagram of the Shades mask:
















Bucky also makes a lighter foam mask called 40 Blinks which I will write about next.



























































































































































































































































































































































































Bucky Shades Sleep Mask Diagram


















































































































































































































































































































































































































































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