Many home products can transform a regular bath into a soothing experience.
Thousands of products are available to transform your bathing experience into a relaxing and pampering spa-like encounter. Bath salts, bubble baths, oils, crushed flower petals -- the list seems endless. Save money and exercise your creative muscle by making your own bath-enhancing concoctions from products you probably have on hand at home.
Bubble Bath
For an old-fashioned bubble bath that relaxes your body, soothes your muscles and surrounds you with wispy, playful globes of fragrance, mix 1/2 cup liquid body or hand soap with 1 tbsp. honey and an egg white. Pour the mixture into the running water from the faucet in the bathtub to create the best bubbles. The honey attracts and maintains your skin's natural moisture and the egg white makes bigger bubbles that last longer. If you have a dry skin problem, add 1 tbsp. of natural sesame, walnut or almond oil to the bubble bath mixture.
Skin Conditioning Baths
For a quick and easy bath treat, add a few drops of oil to the water. Use simple oils such as mineral, olive or baby types or, for a skin bracing experience, add lemon oil to the bath. Oil dissipates bubbles, so use it sparingly to keep bubble baths foamy. Make a batch of soothing and fragrant skin conditioning bath lotion from a cup of canola, almond or sunflower oil, 1/2 cup liquid body or hand soap and 1 tbsp. of vanilla extract. Use about a 1/4 cup per bath.
Bath Salts and Fizzies
To soften hard skin on feet and elbows, add a cup or so of Epsom salt or sea salt to the bath water and relax as the salt eases the dryness. Make your own bath fizzies by combining one part citric acid or cream of tartar with two parts baking soda and enough witch hazel to make a paste. Swirl the mixture into running bath water for a relaxing bathing experience. If you want bath bombs that can be dropped into future baths, make a bowl full of the fizzy ingredients, form it into balls, let dry until hard and store in an airtight container.
Milk and Honey
For a highly indulgent and soothing bath, add powdered or regular milk to the water. Even in warm water, the milk feels cool to the skin and gently softens it. Honey is another natural bath additive that detoxifies the skin as it softens and pampers. If you are using oil in your bath water, honey also helps the oil mix with the water instead of floating on top of it.
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