Cleansing Bathing Tips

Bathing is not for cleaning your body only. It is extremely relaxing and soothing as well as stimulating. Bathing improves the skin of the entire body and replaces the moisture of our body. Tub-baths are more relaxing and luxurious, as different perfumes, oils and skin softeners can be added to the water.

Having a bath with very hot water de-energizes the body. If added to the bath water, marigold or calendula leaves, heal body scars and thread veins. Lime and mint leaves also contain healing properties. Like facial skin, body skin also needs restoration of oils. Almond paste, tied in muslin and used instead of soap, makes the body smooth. A few teaspoons of glycerin or almond oil added to bath-water make the bath more relaxing.

How to make bath oil?

To make bath oil at home, mix 3 parts of castor oil and 1 part of any aromatic oil, bottle and use 1 teaspoon per bath.

Another recipe for bath oil is to mix 3 parts of almond oil to 1 part of any aromatic oil. Bottle and use a few drops per bath. Almond bath-oil clings to your body, when you get out of the bath-tub. A handful of Epsom salts added to bath-water has a great refreshing effect.

• Epsom salts, rubbed over shoulders and arms and on the rest of the body at the time of taking bath, clean the skin.
• The addition of a cup of vinegar to bath-water makes the bath very refreshing and reviving.
• Massage of vinegar, diluted in water, revives the body and cures any itchiness.
• For getting rid of fatigue quickly, take alternating cold and hot baths.
• Standing in cold water up to your calves, for2-3 minutes, can help you to sleep well at night.

After having a cleansing bath and drying yourself, you must apply a deodorant to remain cool and fresh during the whole day. Application of deodorants is a must during summer to avoid bad, unpleasant odors of perspiration. An intake of leafy vegetables, which are high in chlorophyll, also helps diminish perspiration odor.

If radish or turnip tops are rubbed under the armpits as well as eaten regularly, perspiration odor will diminish considerably. Vinegar diluted in water takes away odor from perspiration, if applied under the arms. Use of deodorants will keep you fresh the whole day long.

Cleansing Bath

Here are some natural cleasing bath tips.

• Add a cup of buttermilk (Lassie) to your bath to tighten pores.
• Nourish and soothe skin with this bath formula. Mix 2 teaspoons salt, 1½ teaspoons a oil and ½ teaspoon malt vinegar and apply to the body before a bath.
• To prevent a tan apply one hour before your bath, equal quantities of a oil and malt vinegar.
• To soothe sunburn use a head to toe yoghurt mask. Leave on for 10 minutes, then shower off with cool water. This gives fast relief. Rub ice cubes wrapped in a tissue on pulse points such as wrists and ankles. You will feel instant energy that will wake up your appearance.
• Rub the back of your neck and hairline with cologne fresh from the refrigerator.

To avoid heat rash, remove your sweaty clothes and jump right into the shower. You can relieve the itchiness of heat rash by applying a cooling cornstarch and water. Compress ½ cup cornstarch to one pint water.