Where Deep Rest Meets Radiant Renewal

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• A (Brief) Science of Sleep and Renewal
• What Makes It Special?
• How It Works
• Supporting Natural Melatonin
• Supporting Sleep Cycles
• Overnight Cellular Renewal & Skin Recovery
• Blood Sugar Stability For Fewer Night-Time Wakeups
• A Non-Habit-Forming Approach to Rest
• Ingredient Summary Table
• Rosie’s Note
• References

We are thrilled to announce the latest launch in a line of innovative and advanced products, our Editions, with the first focus being optimising the body’s ultimate force multiplier – sleep.

Meet our new product: Beauty Sleep Edition!

We spend a third of our lives asleep, and yet for many of us, deep, uninterrupted is a luxury. But when you strip it back, good sleep is integral part of our biology – our bodies most powerful mode of recovery.

The science behind sleep and what naturally happens to our bodies and brains overnight is astonishing – a reminder of how incredible the body is at controlling all its complex inner systems and functioning’s. Sleep is when the nervous system resets, hormones regulate, the brain clears waste, DNA repairs, immunity balances, inflammation is controlled and when the skin restores itself from the inside out. It really is our most powerful reset button.

That’s why we’ve created Beauty Sleep Edition – a modern, intelligent capsule formulation (2 per day) that supports natural sleep rhythms, optimises the body’s overnight repair, and helps you wake radiant, refreshed, and ready for whatever your day holds... because there are few things better than the feeling of a good 8 hours.

A (Brief) Science of Sleep and Renewal

Before explaining why Beauty Sleep Edition works so well, it helps to understand how our bodies like to sleep. Proper rest isn’t just about hours in bed but about moving smoothly through light, deep, and REM phases – a repeating 90-minute rhythm that drives everything from cellular repair and collagen renewal, to memory processing and emotional balance.

Modern life unfortunately, works against this natural architecture. Blue light, late meals, caffeine, alcohol, stress, and nutrient-poor diets disrupt melatonin and elevate cortisol when it should be falling, while irregular schedules, travel, and lack of daylight throw off our inbuilt circadian rhythms. Even many common sleep aids sedate rather than restore, flattening these essential cycles and leaving you groggy instead of refreshed. Whilst we always advocate a solid sleep-hygiene routine, we know perfect habits aren’t always realistic and this is why we created Beauty Sleep Edition, to offer intelligent, science-led support on the nights when life gets in the way.

What Makes It Special?

Knowing about the importance of sleep, this product has been a long time coming. Alice Mackintosh, our Head of Nutrition explains – “When formulating Beauty Sleep Edition, we began with a long list of promising nutrients such as traditional botanicals and herbs, adaptogens, amino acids and minerals, each renowned and studied for their effect on relaxation, sleep onset, overnight renewal, and recovery. From there, we refined down to seven key ingredients – each chosen for its specific mechanism, synergy, and scientific backing.”

The result is a precisely balanced blend that gently but effectively supports sleep quality, promotes deep rest, and nurtures the systems that renew you overnight, but crucially, all without the dependency, grogginess, or habit formation that come with many of the alternatives.

Where many sleep enhancing tablets and products are about sedation, Beauty Sleep is about restoration, and as with all Equi products, we take a whole-body approach to wellness for the best results.

How It Works

Beauty Sleep Edition is a natural and balanced blend of 8 nutrients, each one working both independently and together as a whole, to address the key pillars needed to help you drift off:

• Wind down: Lower evening cortisol, relax muscles
• Overnight: Supporting natural melatonin production, balance blood sugar, helping maintain healthy light/deep/REM balance and supporting alpha brain waves – promoting deep, natural rest, supporting overnight cellular renewal
• Wake up: A refreshed, clear-headed start to the day.

"The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night's sleep." – Matthew Walker

1. Evening Wind-Down: Calming the Mind and Body

The first step toward good sleep is relaxation – lowering cortisol, quieting the mind, and releasing physical tension. This process begins well before you get into bed, which is why we recommend taking your Beauty Sleep Edition capsules around one hour before sleep (or as you get into bed if that’s easier).

Magnesium – The body’s “de-stress mineral” plays a central role in the evening wind-down. Beauty Sleep Edition combines two advanced forms for optimal absorption and calm:

• Aquamin® – Derived from marine red algae off the Irish coast, this is one of the most natural, food-state sources of magnesium. It delivers a broad spectrum of trace minerals that balance and support the nervous system and ease night-time tension making it ideal for those who feel tired-but-wired in the evenings.
• Magnesium Bisglycinate – Often regarded as the gold standard for sleep and muscle recovery, this is highly bioavailable and gentle on digestion. Clinical studies suggest magnesium supplementation can shorten sleep latency and improve sleep efficiency, particularly in people with low magnesium status or insomnia (1,2).

Magnesium Bisglycinate is bound to Glycine – an amino acid that itself supports sleep quality. Glycine has been shown to lower core body temperature and promote deeper, more restorative sleep, while also helping reduce next-morning fatigue. This dual mechanism makes magnesium bisglycinate both highly absorbable and synergistic for relaxation and recovery.

Together, these two forms support the parasympathetic “rest-and-digest” system, helping to lower evening cortisol, relax muscles, and prepare both body and mind for rest.

Vitamin B6 is the next ingredient, and the often-forgotten vitamin for helping the body switching off. While often recognised for its role in hormone balance, vitamin B6 is equally vital for neurological calm and restorative sleep. In its active form, pyridoxal-5-phosphate (P-5-P), B6 acts as a cofactor in the synthesis of key neurotransmitters – including serotonin, dopamine, and relaxing gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). These actions collectively influence mood, relaxation, and sleep onset.

Adequate vitamin B6 status has been linked with better mood regulation, reduced stress perception, and healthier sleep/wake cycles. A 2019 review highlighted its importance to the serotonin and melatonin pathways that underpin our emotional balance and circadian rhythm (3). Another study found that B6 supplementation enhanced dream vividness and recall, suggesting improved REM-related neurotransmitter activity (4).

By working alongside magnesium, vitamin B6 helps to soothe the nervous system, steady the mind, and create the biochemical environment for melatonin production. In tandem, these two nutrients signal to the body: it’s time to wind down – setting the stage for deeper, more restorative sleep.

Completing this synergistic trio is lemon balm extract – a soothing botanical herb traditionally used to ease tension, calm the mind, and encourage restfulness. It may grow easily in your garden next to mint or rosemary, but this herb isn’t to be under-estimated – clinical studies suggest lemon balm extract can help reduce restlessness and mild anxiety, supporting a smoother evening wind-down (5).

2. Supporting Natural Melatonin

Many sleep supplements rely on synthetic melatonin which can be effective in the short term for resetting circadian rhythm (for example, after travel). But long-term use can disrupt the body’s natural melatonin production, leading to dependency, lighter sleep, and next-day grogginess.

Synthetic melatonin “forces” sleep by spiking melatonin levels, often overriding natural rhythms and compressing sleep architecture, essentially meaning you might fall asleep faster, but you don’t necessarily sleep better. Over time, this can impair REM sleep and blunt morning cortisol, leaving you heavy-headed upon waking.

Beauty Sleep Edition takes a different approach. It supports your body’s own melatonin rhythm, without overriding it.

Montmorency tart cherry powder is the star ingredient here and is one of the few food-based sources of natural melatonin. In a clinical study by Howatson et al., supplementation 30 minutes before bed increased total sleep time and sleep efficiency in healthy adults (6). The mechanism is simple: it provides both direct melatonin and the anthocyanins that protect the pineal gland and support melatonin synthesis.

3. Supporting Sleep Cycles

Once melatonin does its job in signalling “sleep time”, other processes take over to maintain the natural ebb and flow of sleep cycles. This is where adaptogenic and nervous-system-supportive nutrients come in – helping smooth transitions between light, deep, and REM sleep while buffering the effects of daily stress hormones that can otherwise interrupt the night.

Beauty Sleep Edition includes adaptogenic Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) – one of the most well-studied botanicals for modulating cortisol and improving sleep quality. KSM-66®, the clinically researched extract used here, has been shown to improve sleep onset, sleep efficiency, and morning alertness in adults with insomnia (7). Ashwagandha works partly by regulating the HPA axis – lowering cortisol at night and supporting healthy daytime energy rhythms.

Equally important is L-Theanine – an amino acid from green tea that increases alpha brain waves associated with calm alertness. It promotes relaxation without sedation, improving sleep efficiency and helping reduce nighttime awakenings (8). By gently modulating neurotransmitters like GABA and serotonin, L-Theanine complements Ashwagandha’s cortisol-lowering effect, encouraging more balanced, restorative sleep architecture.

4. Overnight Cellular Renewal & Skin Recovery

As we sleep, our skin shifts into repair mode – increasing cell turnover, collagen synthesis, and barrier recovery. This process is deeply tied to the body’s hormonal and antioxidant systems, both of which can be compromised by poor sleep, stress, or nutrient deficiencies.

Beauty Sleep Edition supports this renewal through the inclusion of key antioxidants and nutrients that help the skin and body recover overnight.

Zinc – a mineral critical for DNA repair, cellular turnover, and immune resilience. Zinc deficiency has been shown to impair wound healing and increase oxidative stress, which accelerates skin ageing (9). Its presence here helps to restore equilibrium at a cellular level.

Selenium – another powerful antioxidant trace mineral that protects against oxidative stress and supports thyroid function, essential for maintaining metabolic rate, energy, and skin health (10).

Vitamin C – required for collagen formation and a key cofactor in regenerating other antioxidants like vitamin E. Beyond its topical fame, internal vitamin C is essential for supporting skin’s overnight repair processes and helping protect it from daily environmental stressors (11).

Together, these nutrients work synergistically to reduce oxidative stress, promote overnight regeneration, and support the visible effects of good rest – brighter skin, improved tone, and a refreshed morning glow.

5. Blood Sugar Stability For Fewer Night-Time Wakeups

Midnight wakeups, vivid dreams, and restless early mornings are often linked to fluctuations in blood sugar – particularly after carb-heavy dinners, alcohol, or late-night snacking. When glucose dips too low overnight, cortisol is released to bring levels back up, which can jolt you awake.

Beauty Sleep Edition includes Chromium – an essential trace mineral that helps stabilise blood sugar levels and improve insulin sensitivity (12). Balanced glucose levels mean fewer night-time spikes and dips, smoother cortisol rhythms, and more consistent sleep cycles.

Magnesium and B6 also play a supportive role here, working in tandem to regulate glucose metabolism and support insulin function – another example of how this formula supports the whole body, not just sleep itself.

6. A Non-Habit-Forming Approach to Rest

Unlike sedative sleep aids, Beauty Sleep Edition doesn’t override your natural rhythm – it supports it. There are no hormones, artificial melatonin, or synthetic sedatives, meaning you can take it nightly or as needed without disrupting the body’s internal balance or natural ability to fall asleep unaided.

We designed this formula to be gentle enough for regular use, yet powerful enough to make a noticeable difference. Most users begin to notice calmer evenings and more restorative sleep after just a few nights, with compounding benefits over time as nutrient status and circadian balance improve.

The Beauty of Restorative Sleep

When you sleep well, everything improves - your skin, focus, mood, and resilience. Deep sleep rebuilds collagen and elastin, REM consolidates memories and emotional balance, and the brain’s glymphatic system clears toxins for clarity and radiance. Poor sleep, on the other hand, raises cortisol, dulls the complexion, and accelerates ageing - proof that good sleep really is the ultimate beauty treatment.

Beauty Sleep Edition isn’t about sedation; it’s about overnight restoration. This gentle, non-habit-forming formula supports the body’s natural rhythms, helping you unwind, sleep deeply, and wake clear-headed and luminous.

Because when your sleep works harder, so do you.

References

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6. Howatson G, et al. Effect of tart cherry juice on sleep in healthy adults. Eur J Nutr 2012.
7. Langade D, et al. KSM-66® Ashwagandha root extract in insomnia and anxiety. Cureus 2019.
8. Hidese S, et al. L-Theanine promotes relaxation and sleep quality. Nutrients 2019.
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