Experts share ways to upgrade for a more relaxing and beneficial bath.
Start with one of these recipes, and then devise your own customized formulas.
And don’t miss our experts' advice for making the most of your bathtime experience.
Here are some reasons to skip commercial bubble baths.
Making your own bubble bath is a great way to avoid this ingredient and other harmful additives.
Other plant-based oils play a similar therapeutic role in addition to providing anti-inflammatory and antioxidant benefits to your skin.
They also promote wound healing and repair the skin barrier.
For this simple starter, mix 1 cup warm water with 1 cup unscented castile liquid soap.
Egg White Bubble Bath
Natural beauty expert Janice Cox recommends this bubble bath recipe.
Starting with 18 cup castile liquid soap, add 2 to 3 drops lavender essential oil.
Easy as one, two, three!
Foaming Vanilla Honey Bath
Make your bubble bath extra sweet with this DIY recipe from Cox.
The oil creates a silky escape while the honey moisturizes your skin.
Shake gently and then swirl about 14 of this solution into your bathtub under running water.
Use for three more baths and repeat.
Black Sea Salt Bath
This super-simple formula uses black sea salt to moisturize dry skin.
Pour this mixture into your bath until you start to see bubbles.
Use enough solution to give you a fizzy bath.
For many of us, a warm bubble bath is the most direct route to stress-relieving bliss.
Before starting your bath, Trattner recommends checking to see to it your tub is sanitary.
To prevent stains, she advocatescleaning your tubimmediately after using it.
To prevent skin irritation, be careful with how much essential oil you’re using.
“Flower baths make a mess,” Trattner insists.
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