Relaxing Baths

Although we prefer shower because it is healthier and faster, the bathroom has its pleasant side. It's true that skin is very healthy, but it's so relaxing that we cannot help it in the bathtub filled with warm water and perfumed foam. To counteract the negative effects of long relaxing baths and to make it more relaxing, you need to know a few secrets.

• Use an inflatable pillow, a special pillow or a normal bathroom, wrapped in plastic. Cushion their head and helps support relaxation of the shoulders and neck muscles.

• Do not be content with hot water. A relaxing bath must address to all the senses. Add candles for a romantic aspect, essential oils for a pleasant smell, good music and a fruit salad.

• The best time for bathing is before meals, when you have an empty stomach.
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• Sea salt added in the water to combat dizzy feeling gives you a hot bath and relaxes muscles.

• Hot bathroom dehydrate the whole body. You should not drink alcohol or coffee during bath, but enhance this effect. However, for a romantic bath you can give yourself and your partener delicious moments by drinking a coup of champagne.

• Water should be hot as the skin dries very hard and gives you a feeling of dizziness, especially if you have problems with blood pressure. It would be ideal to have the body temperature under control during relaxing baths.

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• Hot water softens the skin, so during bath time is ideal for peeling, or by a particular cosmetic or with a glove or a slightly abrasive sponge.

• Ideal is to get in the tub after you took a shower, bath or you among bacteria and microbes. Urinary and vaginal infections are more common in those long and frequent baths.

• Bathroom should offer a rare pleasure. Yes, occasionally, it's good to skip over showers. Perhaps this is not the most hygienic advice, but does rarer showers, which is better for your skin. At least one day a week is good to look for a bath or shower, allowing the skin to produce and maintain the natural oils.

• To shoot two birds with one once, add water products that contribute to skin health and beauty. You have a lot of choice: milk, honey, essential oils, olive oil, sparkling or salt bath.

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Essential oils have different properties, depending on the plant from which they were extracted. Take account of what you do after bath oil that choice every moment. It is good to know that eucalyptus and peppermint are antiseptic, tonic and energy, is stimulating and aphrodisiac jasmine, lavender is very relaxing, slightly sedative and calming, bringing peace and relaxation orange both body and mind, Patchouli is tonic, stimulant and antiseptic, the rose is aphrodisiac and relaxing, rosemary help you get rid of mental fatigue, and ylang-ylang is a soothing action on the nervous system. Essential oils are very concentrated and should not exaggerate their use. 6.7 drops in a full tub is enough.
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