10 Great Ways to Enhance Your Bath Time: For Women

Nowadays, it's very difficult for a woman to get enough time to herself to take a relaxing bath. When you do get the chance though, you should do all you can to enjoy your alone time and make it the most relaxing experience you can have. Turn your bathroom into a spa for a night with these 10 great tips!

Mineral Oil

Adding mineral oil to your bath has incredible immediate benefits. It also helps your skin's condition in the long term, if you choose to use this tip about once every two weeks or so. (The same goes for Olive and Baby Oil depending on your skin type!) Using too much of this can actually have adverse effects on your skin, because mineral oil can cover and clog pores when you use too much directly. However, adding a few hearty drops to your bath water and mixing well with your bubbles can vastly improve the softness of your skin!

Roses

Roses can make your bathroom feel like a spa in no time flat. Just having them sitting around improves the mood of a room, and having pretty fresh rose petals floating in your bath water is a quick and easy way to boost your mood and achieve extreme relaxation! You can also add things like rose oil and rose water to your bath, and sprinkle some petals around to feel like the queen that you are!

Baby Oil

One of the most commonly used household beauty and skincare items, baby oil has been known for very long to be great at softening your skin safely. Adding a small amount of baby oil to your bath water can not only make your entire bathroom smell great, but it will leave your skin with a soft fresh scent for hours! As always when using oils in your bath, be sure you tie up your hair, or wash it afterward to avoid getting a mega case of the greasies.

Salts

Bath salts are a huge part of the relaxing bath experience. You can purchase your favorite bath salts, or make your own! If you don't feel like taking the time to make a full on bath salt jar, you can always just add some sea salts or Epsom salts to your bath. Epsom salts are great for relaxing your muscles, and sea salts can exfoliate and cleanse your skin just from being absorbed into the water. Be sure not to use too much if you have drier skin!

Powdered Milk

Yes, powdered milk! Since ancient Egypt and beyond, milk and honey baths have been one of the most popular ways to keep your skin healthy and radiant. One of the best ways to achieve this ancient luxury right at home is to add a bit of powdered milk to your bath tub as it's filling up. Your skin will be naturally soft and smooth, and you'll notice your feet and hands are less padded too!

Herb Satchel

At small specialty stores, bath and body stores, or right in your own kitchen cupboard, you can find herbs and satchels that can vastly improve your relaxing bath time. You can essentially use these satchels as a tea bag for your bath tub, letting the herbs inside the satchel be dissolved into the water before you remove it and hop on in. Some great herbs to use inside these satchels are lavender, vanilla, mint, and basil.

Honey

Used for centuries upon centuries for skincare, honey is an indispensable part of natural skincare. Honey smooths and softens the skin, evens out your skin tone, and helps slide dirt and oil from your pores. Adding honey to your bath can be extremely useful if you're using other tips as well, like any sort of oil or powdered milk. Honey will help the other ingredients mix into your bath water, and will also add a soft, pleasant scent to your bath.

Essential Oils

Adding essential oils to your bath water is a fantastic way to achieve soft skin and a gentle scent that sticks around all night. Essential oils like lilac, lavender, rosemary, jasmine, lemon, and chamomile can give your bathroom that spa scent and feel, and leave your mood just as soft and calm as your skin. You can also add essential oils to your bath salts! If you add the oils directly, be sure not to use too much.

Olive Oil

Another natural way to soften your skin that has been used for centuries, olive oil is a necessary part of any woman's beauty routine. Olive oil is amazing at getting rid of makeup and other access dirt and oils from your skin, replacing the bad stuff with natural moisture that your skin so desperately needs. Use a few drops of olive oil in your bath if you have trouble getting makeup off your face, or if you have spent the day outdoors.

Tea

Last but certainly not least, tea is an amazing way to spruce up your bath water. Just like using an herb satchel, you can use basic simple tea bags to turn your bath tub into a giant cup of tea! The natural goodies all sorts of tea have for you are pretty much one of the best things you can use for your skin. It's just dried leaves! You can not only use every day tea bags, but you can also use green and red tea powders. Mix them together and experiment to get the scent and softness you desire!