There are many ways to relax your mind and body at the end of the day. For example, go for a walk, do some crafts, or watch an interesting movie. But there is a more fun option - take a hot bath with fizzy bombs.
DIY bubbling bath bombs will fill your room with a pleasant aroma and soften the water with essential oils and herbs. The natural components included in their composition simultaneously relax muscles and have a beneficial effect on the skin. In such an atmosphere you can forget about all your problems and have a good rest.
Indications and contraindications for pine baths
The composition of pine needles includes various biologically active substances, which determine the healing effect of the product.
- Vitamins C, E, PP, K, H, group B (most of them are found in pine needles). Due to the high content of vitamins, pine baths increase immunity, improve metabolic processes in the cells of the whole body, slow down aging, and resist the influence of harmful free radicals.
- Essential oils. They normalize the functioning of the nervous system, improve mood, increase performance, increase the body’s defenses, and relieve inflammation.
- Phytoncides. Natural antiseptic substances protect against the effects of pathogenic bacteria and increase immunity.
- Phytoestrogens. Natural hormone-like substances prolong the youth of the skin, slow down aging, and fight sagging and dry skin.
- Antioxidants. They protect the body's cells from dangerous free radicals, prolong youth, and reduce the risk of developing cancer.
- Microelements. They regulate metabolic processes in cells and participate in the functioning of organs and systems.
Thanks to this composition, pine baths are recommended for everyone who suffers from diseases of the upper respiratory tract, inflammatory lesions of the joints, skin diseases, arterial and venous insufficiency, and decreased immunity. The procedures are also useful for overwork, insomnia, decreased tone and mood, and other disorders in the functioning of the nervous system.
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In cosmetology, pine baths are used to combat excess weight and cellulite, remove toxins, rejuvenate and strengthen skin, hair and nails.
Coniferous baths are good because they have a noticeable cosmetic and therapeutic effect, and at the same time have practically no contraindications. Procedures should be abandoned only in the following situations:
- In the presence of neoplasms in the body (both malignant and benign)
- For cardiovascular diseases
- For acute diseases and exacerbation of chronic processes
- For individual intolerance and allergic reaction
For everyone else, pine baths will be an excellent way to preserve youth, beauty and health.
Bombs for muscle spasms
A bath with beneficial ingredients relaxes muscles just as well as a light massage. Make a dry mixture of 2 tablespoons of soda and one each of citric acid, ground salt and magnesium sulfate. Add a spoonful of avocado oil and 2-3 drops each of lemongrass, lavender and mint oils. Magnesium sulfate or the so-called Epsom salt gives the desired effect for muscle relaxation.
Replace the mirror
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The simple mirrors that usually hang in the bathroom are, of course, practical: they are easy to wash and wipe, but why not choose something more interesting, because your reflection portrait deserves a beautiful frame. Hanging a modern mirror on a metal chain or leather strap is even easier than a traditional one: you only need a hole in the wall for a hook.
Lay down a carpet
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This idea is for those who take a bath carefully. If your bathroom floor is usually dry (or the bathtub is located quite far from the sink), try replacing the usual rug or towel with a beautiful rug, perhaps not even designed specifically for wet areas. It will add color and texture to the room and make the interior look more expensive.
Compact wall shelves
For a room to be cozy, there must be order in it, and here neat shelves, holders and small chests of drawers where you can store clean towels and clothes will come to the rescue.
Hanging shelves save room space well, unlike cabinets. Source: ae01.alicdn.com
It is best to choose open shelves or cabinets with glass doors - this unloads the space and adds freedom. The furniture itself should be selected in light shades, especially if you have limited space.
Corner shelves located above the bathtub are very popular. Source: img10.360buyimg.com
Create a corner of joy
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Buy a beautiful tray, place on it a vase with flowers (can be artificial), a beautiful jar of sea salt, a fragrant candle, a bottle of your favorite shower oil or eau de toilette. The still life will be pleasing to the eye, and when you want to take a bath and feel like you're in a spa, everything will be at your fingertips.
Effervescent vitamin bombs
Remember those fizzy drinks that you just need to throw into a glass of water? This means that these tablets will make an excellent nutritious geyser with vitamin C, calcium, magnesium and other useful components. Take the simplest and most inexpensive tablets - only about 100 g, which you need to grind into powder and add the same amount of starch. Corn is most often used, but potato is also suitable. Add dye and essential oils, and finally add nourishing oil.
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Visiting seaside resorts is useful, but you can enjoy this procedure without going to the sea by dissolving the required amount of
sea salt
. You need to fill a quarter of the bath with hot water and dissolve 300–400 g of salt (maximum permissible concentration 20 g per liter). Then bring the water to the required temperature, preferably 36°C. It is recommended to soak in such a bath for 15-20 minutes. It is best to do a course of 10-12 procedures every other day. After taking a bath, you should not rinse; you can take a shower after 20 minutes, since the salt needs time to act. Baths with sea salt will improve metabolic processes and the functioning of the cardiovascular system, help you relax and normalize sleep, have a beneficial effect on the skin and increase tone.
Bran bath
- This is another recipe that allows you to take care of your skin. Bran contains a lot of B vitamins, which are useful not only for dry skin, but also for burns and inflammation. To prepare such a bath, you need to fill a canvas bag with 1 kg of wheat, oat, and almond bran and cook for 10 minutes. Or put the filled bag directly into the bath.
The following bath has been known since the time of Cleopatra. She took milk baths
to maintain youthful and soft skin, because milk contains a lot of vitamins B and E. You need to mix 2 liters of warm milk with 4 tablespoons of honey. Add the mixture to the already filled bath. The suitable temperature for a milk bath is about 35°C.
Milk baths have been around since the time of Cleopatra
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Another beneficial bath for the skin is glycerin
. To prepare it, you need to take half the required amount of water and add 200 grams of glycerin. Then take a full bath and add 200 grams of glycerin again. You need to take a bath for 20 minutes and then take a shower.
While in the bathroom, it is recommended to try to relax, think about good things, and give yourself a massage. After completing the water procedures, apply cream to the body and rest for a while.
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Phyto-baths are very useful
, they strengthen and heal the body as a whole. When choosing herbs, you need to pay attention to the effect they have, and also find out whether they are contraindicated for health reasons. Since herbal baths have a strong effect on the body, you should not exceed the time for taking them: it is 15-20 minutes. In order to prepare a bath, you need to pour boiling water over the necessary herbs and leave for 10-15 minutes, or fill a bag with herbs and lower it into the bath while it is filled; during the procedure, you can rub the body with this bag.
- For skin prone to irritation and oily skin, a bath with sage and chamomile or a mixture of arnica and chamomile flowers (1:1) is suitable.
- Rosemary infusion is used to cleanse pores.
- A bath with linden infusion will help with insomnia.
- A bath with an infusion of a mixture of birch leaves, nettle leaves, cinquefoil, string, oregano, chamomile, and lungwort will help strengthen the body as a whole.
- The cleansing agent is an infusion of birch leaves. To take a cleansing procedure, pour boiling water over a glass of leaves and add them to the bath after 30 minutes. To relieve stress, regulate blood pressure, and improve heart function, baths with valerian decoction are good.
- During colds, a bath with mustard is useful. To prepare it, you need to pour a glass of dry mustard into a bag and put it in water at a temperature of about 36°C. You need to take this bath for 10 minutes.
- In order to tone the skin and cleanse it, you can prepare a mixture of birch leaves, clover, raspberry leaves, chamomile, and peppermint.
- A bath with pine extract will improve the functioning of the nervous system and heart, improve metabolism and blood circulation.
- Also, pine baths are useful for strengthening the immune system, increasing tone, and will help with insomnia. For this procedure, you need to add 100 grams of liquid extract or 50 grams of dry extract to water at a temperature of about 37°C. It is best to take these procedures in a course of 20 baths every other day.
Baths with essential oils
Essential oils
very helpful. They have bactericidal, anti-inflammatory properties, help you relax, and improve metabolism. To prepare a bath, add 2 tablespoons of peach oil or half a glass of cream. Another option is to prepare a mixture of 100 grams of cream, milk or yogurt and 10-15 drops of essential oils. Mix this solution with 0.5 liters of warm water. Add the finished mixture to the bath. It is necessary to take baths in a course consisting of 10-12 baths every other day, for 10-15 minutes. It is better to start the course with a small number of drops, working up to 15.
- Excellent moisturizing bath
can be prepared by mixing 500 grams of sea salt, 15 drops of chamomile essential oil, 5 drops of patchouli, 5 drops of wormwood, 1 drop of cinnamon.
- To prepare tonic bath
, you need to take 500 grams of salt, 5 drops of thyme essential oil, 5 drops of lemon oil, 5 drops of fennel, 2 drops of mint.
- For rejuvenating bath
A handful of red rose petals, 5 drops of ylang-ylang oil, 5 drops of black narcissus will do.
- Health-improving effect
has a bath with 5 drops of grapefruit essential oil, 5 drops of lemon, 5 drops of rosemary.
- To improve mood
, it is recommended to use ylang-ylang oils, as well as sandalwood.
- To remove headache
and relaxation, chamomile or lavender oil is suitable.
- Tangerine oil will help you perk up, and its aroma can also help with digestive problems.
There are a great many beneficial baths. You just need to choose the right one. But do not forget that frequent and long baths can deprive the skin of its protective layer of fat.
Nourishing bombs for skin
To keep your skin soft, silky and nourished after a bath, use oatmeal. This is an amazing product that is equally appreciated by cosmetologists and lovers of home methods. For the bomb you need 4 tablespoons of soda and 2 tablespoons of citric acid, milk powder, corn starch and ground oatmeal.
Photos of small bathrooms
This bathroom interior is quite fashionable, as it is decorated with very original tiles and furnished with furniture made from natural materials.
This bathroom is not distinguished by the brightness of the interior and is even perceived as a little gloomy. But such a strict interior in gray tones also has its fans.
Warm tones of finishing materials with imitation of natural wood are quite a fashionable trend. Although this particular interior is decorated somewhat chaotically.
Light blue bathroom wall trim paired with blue floor tiles looks fresh and modern.
The interior design of this bathroom is based on the contrasts of dark and light finishes.
The decoration of this bathroom is cozy and quite modern.
The interior of this bathroom is bright and unusual, but the tones of the finishing materials are too saturated, so they are perceived as a little irritating.
Wood-effect furniture in the “wet” area and wall decoration in gray-blue tones are also quite fashionable, although, in my opinion, they do not look very attractive.
The interior of this bathroom with well-chosen tiles on the floor and walls looks quite decent.
A bathroom with a delicate, I would say feminine, finish is perceived as quite cozy.
Nice design of a combined bathroom, a noticeable element of which is the original lamps.
The interior of this bathroom in restrained beige tones looks very solid and dignified.
Instructions for use
Some experts recommend not only preparing folk remedies using a bath, but also heating food. How to heat food in a water bath? It's quite simple:
- Place a large saucepan on the stove, fill it with water about a quarter;
- bring water to a boil;
- Place the ingredients you need in a smaller diameter pan and place in a larger container with boiling water.
What does it mean to heat in a water bath and what is the advantage here? Food can be heated to a temperature of 40 to 90°C, depending on the intensity of boiling water. It is believed that food heated in this way is more useful than food that, for example, was prepared in a microwave, including because it eliminates burning and exposure to microwaves, the harmful effects of which are still debated to this day.
Add a stool
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The stool will be useful primarily for those who like to lie in the bath for a long time: you can put a book or phone on it, put a glass of wine or a candle on it. At the same time, it will also serve as an accent, especially in a cold and monochrome bathroom, as in the photo above. The best choice is a rough stool made of unpainted wood. Some interior designers even put tree stumps in the bathroom, sometimes painted white for elegance. The main thing is to remember that any wooden item in the bathroom must be oiled or have another coating that protects against moisture.
Oil bombs
Take soda, citric acid and salt - ideally pre-crushed sea salt - it’s more convenient and healthier. At a ratio of 2:1:1, add a spoonful of any base oil - for example, wheat, avocado, nuts, cocoa, coconut, grape seeds. For aroma - essential oils: if you mix several, you should get about 10 drops in total. To decorate, use food coloring, glitter, herbs, flower buds, and spices.
First, grind in a coffee grinder until smooth and mix the ingredients in a glass bowl. Add flavors and dyes to the mixture, and then pour in the base oil and knead the thick “dough” until smooth. It should be of such a consistency that it can be formed.
If you have molds, fill the halves and remove the excess from the joint. Let the mixture dry for an hour, carefully remove the molds and dry the bombs for another day or two on a sheet of paper. Silicone baking molds are suitable - the main thing is that they can be removed carefully.
Cooking equipment
To make a homemade bomb, prepare:
- kitchen scales;
- molds (not necessarily spherical - products can be of any shape);
- large bowl;
- sieve;
- cold water, spray;
- gauze mask;
- eye protection;
- latex gloves.
Having prepared everything you need, get to work. Let's look at how to make a bath bomb. Choose one of the suggested recipes.
