Turn Your Shower Into a Spa

When we think of pampering, a bath will most probably feature somewhere; there's nothing like a long soak in a hot bath to make you feel a million.  But a shower can be just as luxurious and relaxing, and even a relatively long shower can use less water than a bath.  So here are 3 easy ways to turn your shower into a spa:

1. Give yourself some Hydrotherapy.  If you have an adjustable shower head, set it to the most vigorous setting and give yourself a massage.  If the shower attachment is also detachable then you can focus the massage on different parts of your body.

2.  Get the Roman bath experience.  In a Roman bath house the routine was to get warm, get hot and then cool down.  (Before you start put a body scrub in an ice bath or in the fridge for a few hours.) Begin with the water on a warm setting, then turn up the heat.  Don't stand under the hot stream, but off to one side while the bathroom fills with steam. Then relax and enjoy for a few minutes - perch on the side of the bath or bring in a little stool.  To enhance the experience cover yourself all over in a cleansing clay mask or with olive oil (but take care to avoid slipping).  Then turn the temperature of the shower down so that it's just lukewarm and use your chilled body scrub to exfoliate for a really invigorating experience.

3.  Exercise your senses.  Place a bath bomb in the shower tray or bath not too close to the plug hole.  It should gradually dissolve, releasing its lovely aroma.  Or burn some incense or a scented candle while showering. Take deep breaths while concentrating on the feeling of the water against your skin to give your senses a workout.

Products Update

Back in January I wrote that we would be shaping up for the New Year, involving discontinuing some items, introducing some new ones and streamlining the product range.  Well, we've just about finished and I wanted to let you know what's new.

At the end of last year there were 14 different varieties of soap!  As much as I liked each one, it was clear that we needed a cull.  So we chose the four most popular varieties, which were (in no particular order) Dusk, Soothe (now called Grapefruit & Geranium), Honey & Orange Blossom and Lavender & Chamomile.  We also decided to build a range of products based on these varieties encompassing Sparkling Bath Powder (described in an earlier post), Bath Salts, Body Butter, Hand Cream, and Massage Oil.

Additionally, Earth has always been a woody, masculine aroma to me so we've created a men's range based on it, and redesigned the packaging.

 Images (clockwise from top left): Grapefruit & Geranium Body Butter, Dusk Sparkling Bath Powder, Honey & Orange Blossom Hand Cream, Earth for Men After-Shave Balm, Shaving Soap and Bath Soap.

New Items: Honey & Orange Blossom Hand Cream, Body Butter, Sparkling Bath Powder and Bath Salts; Dusk Body Butter; Lavender & Chamomile Sparkling Bath Powder and Bath Salts (Body Butter and Hand Cream coming soon).

Discontinued Items: SOAP: Citrus, Clean, Clean Hands, Revive, Renew, Indulgence (Milk & Honey) and Cucumber; BATH SALTS: Indulgence (Milk & Honey), Revive and Aches & Pains; SPARKLING BATH POWDER: Indulgence (Milk & Honey), Revive and Aches & Pains; Detox Body Scrub; BODY BUTTER: Strawberry, Caramel; LIP BALM: Caramel, Mango & Lime, Pineapple; and Revive Massage Oil.

I'm sorry to see the old products go, but very excited about all the new ones!  I hope you like them too...

Sparkling Bath Powder

We've been making Sparkling Bath Powder for just over a year now, and by and large they've been quite popular; but we felt that their presentation could be improved.  Presenting the new and revamped Sparkling Bath Powder range...

Each Sparkling Bath Powder is presented in an elegant envelope made from cotton-enriched antique laid paper, and now available in four varieties - Dusk, Honey & Orange Blossom, Grapefruit & Geranium and Lavender & Chamomile.  To add some sparkle to a bath just sprinkle the contents into the water, slip in and enjoy.