A good bath invigorates your body and gives you the necessary energy and freshness needed to start begin the day with vigour. Personal care is vital to maintain cleanliness and taking a bath daily forms an essential regime of your morning ablutions.
Bathing daily replenishes much-needed moisture and hydrates your skin as well. A warm water bath improves blood circulation and is also very relaxing. A warm water bath also detoxifies your skin by removing dead skin cells from the body.
Earlier, before the invention of soaps, people used natural ingredients like mud, herbs and turmeric sticks. Public baths were common in the olden days. Grime and body odour were considered sexually arousing. All this changed after the invention of soaps; people began realising the need to stay clean and smell good and hence started using soaps as an essential for bathing.
Requisites for a good bath are warm water, soap, scrub, shampoo and conditioner and fresh towels and robes.
A luxurious bath will mean using body products like fragrant essential body oils, perfumed lotions, bath salts, shower gels, bath milks and body butter and other such items.
Essential oils are a blend of extracts from herbs, flowers and plants and therefore have natural colourants and fragrances. They can be added to your bath water or alternatively you can also rub these on your body and then take a bath. Essential oils have nourishing nutrients that have a soothing effect on body and mind. They act as a natural de-stressor to relieve stress and fatigue. Essential oils are pure bliss and can make your skin glow. The various types of essential oils are lavender, bergamot, rose, jasmine, coconut, patchouli and many more.
Bath salts are salts and that have minerals like Magnesium and Epsom obtained from the Dead Sea. When added to your bath water, they can relieve you of your aching muscles.
Shower gels are used as a substitute for soap while taking a bath. They are also available in various fragrances.
If you want to moisturize your skin, you can use bath milks. They are a good additive to your bath water and leave your skin refreshed and moisturized.
Perfumed lotions and body butters are to be used are to be applied on your body before taking a bath. They enrich your skin and make it supple, smooth and soft.
Baby-safe shower gels, pre bath creams and lotions and flavoured bubble bath beads, shampoos and creams are also available. They are meant to protect the sensitive and soft skin of your baby and so do not contain chemicals. Baby bath tubs in various designs and themes and bath toys are also available.
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