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Badger Night Night Balm Review 2020 | Eco-friendly lavender and chamomile sleep balm

The Top Line: BUY!

Badger Night Night Balm is actually made for kids (its OK because we’re all just giant kids, right?). We purchased it to replace our Sleep Spray which we love but it comes in a plastic bottle. Its a great soothing reminder to our senses that its time for bed!


The Breakdown:

  • Cost & Products: $9.99 for the Night Night Balm (2oz)

  • How ‘Clean’ Is This? Unfortunately there is a plastic seal on the tin. However, as we are replacing our sleep spray (which comes in a plastic bottle) with this, overall it is much cleaner as it lasts longer. It is also a USDA Certified Organic formula, and Badger is a Certified B Corp.

  • Packaging: Packaging made from recycled content, aluminum tin with small plastic seal.

  • Purchasing & Shipping: EarthHero is great, free and fast shipping. No complaints here!

  • Good to know: Badger is a family-owned and run company in New Hampshire.


The Experience

Context: Badger Night Night Balm is actually made for kids! But we purchased it to replace our Sleep Spray which we love but it comes in a plastic bottle.

  • The lavender and chamomile scent is lovely! We end up using the balm as hand lotion, and also applying it to our wrists and neck.

  • Definitely a nice, soothing ‘reminder’ to our senses that it is time for bed!


The Cost

Money Report: We compare Badger’s Night Night balm with two products from ThisWorks:

  • Badger Night Night Balm: $9.99 for 56g or 2 oz

  • ThisWorks Sleep Balm: $17.00 for 8.6 grams

  • ThisWorks Pillow Spray: $29.00 for 75ml / 2.5fl oz

Badger Night Night Balm is clearly the most cost effective option.


The Good:

USDA Certified Organic Formula

Made in the USA

Badger is a certified B Corp

Badger is a family-owned and run company in New Hampshire

No chemicals, synthetics, fragrances, parabens, or GMOs

BPA Free, Phthalate Free, Certified Gluten Free

Packaging made from recycled content

Shipping packaging is recyclable

The Bad:

No complaints here!

Our Recommendation: BUY!

Badger Night Night Balm is actually made for kids! We purchased it to replace our Sleep Spray which we love but it comes in a plastic bottle. Its a great soothing reminder to our senses that its time for bed!


We're on a mission to reduce our personal carbon footprint with small, hopefully easy, changes in our home to fight against climate change. This means we're looking for products that may be all natural, ideally zero waste, reusable or compostable -- while still being affordable!