
I've resorted to taking baths in the evening as well as a morning shower, rather than showering twice a day, it gives me time to do my multi-tasking, relaxing and reading in peace away from the cell phones on the train journey home. To combat the dry skin, bubble baths are not enough in my opinion and need a multitude of things added to the bath water to cut that hardness right out so it doesn't affect my skin until I invest in an installed water softener for the whole system in my house.
These run in the region of £350-1000+ and benefit everything used by water in your home from your washing machine, limescale the kettle, better heating, to skin and hair improving with the constant use of much softer water. Always wonder why when you go overseas your skin feels better? It's most probably and usually the water. I'm so pissed countries like Thailand have better quality water, and ours is laced with so much crap. Click here for an explanation on how effective hard water softeners actually are.
A pipe full of scale. I can see how the heating in a home can definitely be affected.

Don't worry if the bath water is too oily just use your soap/shower creme and the suds will break the oil down so it's not glued to your skin.

- Oatmeal
- Seaweed [I take a seaweed bath about once a week]*
- Dead Sea Salt
- Bergamont essential oil
- Butters such as cocoa and Shea butter [unrefined]
- Emu Oil
*I purchase my 100% natural seaweed powder from this seller on eBay for £6.99, the product is called Marine Gold.
TIP: Unless it's a salt scrub refrain from doing a body scrub in an oil based bath. All of the particles will stick to your skin.
Taken from Wikipedia
Milk baths are said to utilise lactic acid an alpha hydroxy acid, to dissolve the proteins which hold together dead skin cells.
Proponents say that the natural properties of milk help to:
- Soften/Smooth
- Exfoliate
- Make visible new, fresh cells
- Accelerate skin cell renewal
- Moisturize
- Relieve stress
After all that talk i am now feeling hungry.
ReplyDeleteI love some lavendar. I keep a bottle with me and it helps me sleep whenever i have sleep issues by dropping a couple of drops on my pillow and works like a charm. I have tried the oil thing but it scared the fuck out of me when was done with the bath cos my bath looked nasty so i definitely need something to break down the oil simply without me freaking out. I miss bubble baths cos my stupid bath doesnt hold water so i plan to gut it out soon and get a clawfoot tub that actually has a real stopper.