So, you’ve had a long week and all you want to do when you get home to start your weekend is to take a nice, long, warm bath. Sounds perfect, right?! Now what if you can make that bath experience even better? Bath salts are a benefit to your bath water in a variety of ways from relaxing your muscles and helping you sleep to treating certain skin conditions and detoxifying your skin. Who doesn’t want that? Bath salts can be made with different salts or a combination of salts in addition to flowers/herbs and essential oils for aromatherapy benefit. This combination of salts, flowers, and essential oils can create a bathing experience that can upgrade your bath water in ways you couldn’t have imagined.
Bath water is enriched with crunched mineral salts that dissolve in water to enhance the tone and texture of the skin and stimulate circulation. There are a number of minerals contained in bath salts, such as calcium, magnesium, and potassium, which help clean the skin, act as carriers for cosmetic compound, and provide a relaxing bathing experience. Salt absorbs dirt, grime, and toxins and cleanses your skin's pores deeply. Salt's mineral content helps restore the protective barrier in skin and helps it hold hydration. You may notice that your skin won't wrinkle or prune after a good, long soak in salted water, which is evidence that a salt bath helps your skin retain its moisture. These salts are used to treat ailments, including constipation, insomnia, and fibromyalgia. Bathing with Epsom salt significantly improves mood, anxiety, and depression. Thus, working individuals are rapidly adopting bath salts in their bathing process to relieve stress and sleep better. Bath salts are used to relieve skin inflammation and irritation caused by eczema, psoriasis, and contact dermatitis. It also detoxifies the body and relaxes muscles.
So, after that long work week a herb infused bath salt can turn your bath experience into a luxurious spa experience that will leave you feeling relaxed and stress free so that you may tackle your week again on Monday.