Aromatic Baths
The essential oils used in the bathroom provide great benefits and immense pleasure. The oils act with the warm water giving off their wonderful healing and beautifying properties.
The magic of oils works by relaxing body and soul. If we add a candle and soft music have the benefits of the Spa directly at home.
If you are familiar with aromatherapy and essential oils and their properties you can create your own blends. As you know each oil has unique properties and mixing with each other these properties are severe or create others. By creating your own mixes you will discover your own formulas. Later we will explain some of the most commonly used mixtures.
If you really want to have a full treatment we recommend that before you start the bathroom exfoliate dry skin with a natural bristle brush or a natural paste. Simply pass the brush through your whole body (except for the breasts and face).
The brush should have soft bristles will not scratch the skin. The idea is to stimulate circulation and remove dead cells. In this way the oils can work more effectively. Start with the soles of the feet, continue with the fingers and the front of the feet, continues upward. Pay special attention to body parts that are dry or hard (avoid prominent moles). Your skin will feel energized and radiant after this treatment. Then you’re ready to dive into a dream aromatic.
Powerful Mixtures
The following essential oil blends are a sample of the most used. Experimental and discover which make you feel better. When you know the oil will be very easy to identify which oils are best for you.
- Lemon, peppermint, pine and pink
- Rose, neroli and lavender
- Lavender, rose and patchouli
- Lemon, rosemary and grapefruit
- Lavender, ylang-ylang and patchouli.
- Bergamot, lavender, mejorama, neroli and orange
Use a maximum of 10 drops (total) of oil in the combination you like. More than 10 drops can irritate the skin. If you want you can add a little base oil (unscented) to soften the water. Once you finish the bath to preserve the action of the oils can avoid using soap. Slip out of the tub and dry.
A bath using essential oils from curing muscle aches can to ward off melancholy. When you feel you need a good bath tub filled with water to taste and uses the oils of your choice. After a hard day’s work, the day after exercise (to help eliminate pain), when your skin feels dry, or just when you want it, revel in the bathtub with the principles of aromatherapy.