Creating a Detoxifying Bath ( Archived) (33)

Any way to get that stuff into a shower?

I'm a large man, and I don't sit comfortably in the average bathtub.

Sorry, the shower does not have the same effect as the bath.

Perhaps you will have to go to a spa or buy yourself a jaccuzzi, or go to a friends home who has a larger bathtub?

Any volunteers to help this desperate man out?
Surely one of you ladies has a large deep garden tub he can slip into!

Hellooooo.. Oh I put lots of things in mine depending on my mood or what I cam trying to achieve..

haha

Firstly I do live in the part of the UK that has (apparently) the cleanest softest water).. You can still drink it from the tap.. and its YUMMY! tastes like bottled haha..

anyway..

I only use the bath for 'treats' .. and the shower for the messy stuff.

It's a Jacuzzi too .. so I can't add anything that will create any foam.. or it goes MENNN-TAALLLL..

I do all sorts of combination.


For exfoliation (of sorts).. I put fresh chunks of raw sugar cane in the bath (I exfoliate with granulated raw cane sugar in the shower too )

Aspirin too.. I chuck maybe 10 in the bath water.. (whizzes off any dead skin)
Aspirin (5) crushed with a LITTLE water.. makes a GREAT face mask too..

For moisturising..
Honey.. gawwwd I use that like I own a honey farm.. honey honey honey
I LOVE HONEY!

Anyway.. I buy boxes of milk powder.. and chuck in 4-5 cups and about half a (small) jar of honey.
and slather loooads of honey on my face too.

Honey is AH-MAZING stuff... really.. you can SEE the difference in your skin after.. (brilliant for sunburn & 'real' burns)..

I am a BIG believe in dead sea salt too.. I use lots of that.
and distilled white wine vinegar.. (if I'm going to shower again after.. or that can smell a bit) LOL

Ginger.. I grate that into the bath too..

I have tubs and boxes of 'foods' in my bathroom... It does look a bit like a kitchen in there sometimes haha

But my main ingredient in EVERY bath is Epsom salt.. It's faaa-ab-u-lous for detoxing the skin.

(I have a big bucket of it)

You can do this thing over maybe 3-4 nights..

Warm bath (before bed).. not too hot.. because the Epsom will make it feel MUCH warmer..

soak in there for 30mins.. then don't dry off.. wrap yourself in a white (old) sheet.. and then get into bed.

In the morning.. depending on how much detoxing you need I suppose.. the sheet will have BROWN! patches on it.. you repeat it over a few nights until the sheet is clear.

That works really well.

NB:
And don't hold me to it anyone.. .. these are just things I do that work for me.

hahaha yeaahhh and that

Ahh... the Epsom salt will make you sweat like a bush pig..

I don't really sweat as a rule.. (and my armpits got missed by puberty altogether haha)..

But Epsom baths will make even ME sweat like crazy for hours after.. (hence the sheets and sleep)


so don't do it when you have company that evening. LOL

it also seems to make you vereee sleepy.. so epsom baths are for bedtimes only really.

Discalimer: Any ladies who offer me the use of their garden tub, may also be slipped into

Great info you have posted here Claire!!
Thanks so much for sharing with us!

Yes, there are many different ways to enhance your bath!

Listen to your body and it will tell you which to use. If it sounds appealing to you at the time, it must be what you are needing in that moment.

I do use epsom salts regularly in the bath. Among its many qualities, it relieves soar aching muscles!

I use the dead sea salt with its wonderful minerals, on my face. It is a great exfoliater as well as a nutritious moisturizer.

Ginger is a good source for removing toxins.

The milk and honey bath too is wonderful for your skin and do the honey/oatmeal facial for exfoliation and beautiful skin while soaking.

The warm bath is very detoxifying and you will "sweat" when you get out. Many recomend a cool shower afterwards to rinse the toxins off your skin and close the pores. It makes sence to wrap in the sheet to continue expelling the toxins, having them collect into the cotton, thus leaving the brown stain.

Ionic foot baths are also great. The water can turn dark reddish brown as it removes nasty toxins!

Also, Russian steam baths remove many toxins!

Find what works for you by trying different methods.

I was making a list to throw in the bath till you mentioned the Epsom salts making you sweat for hours!

I suffer from hot flushes so they will be a big no no for me.

But will try some of the others.

Thanks you two.

Oatmeal is great in the bath too..

I don't know if you have those little net bags you put two laundry tablets into (before they go into the machine)

(we do)

I put oatmeal in one of those and hang it on the tap into the water.

I'm going to look up the ionic foot baths now..