Bath Time

So today I had 5 hours of dancing and it nearly killed me. It was fun and felt pretty fit after but my muscles were so sore afterwards. Ouch!
Went I got home, lying down unable to move I thought it’d be nice to have a bath to relax all my muscles after a hard day.

To start will I began by running a bath, not to hot, not to cold, just right. While that is going on (because it takes a while) I boil the kettle and make a STRONG cup of chamomile tea, I normally use two tea bags. This cup of tea is not for drinking, but feel free to make one while you are at it, this cup is to be later poured into the bath to help relax. Now once the bath is almost as full as you want it, it’s time to pour in the bubble bath, some people don’t like bubble bath but to me it’s like my little protection when I’m lying in the bath. Don’t freak out if you don’t have any ‘actual bubble bath’ you don’t really need it, tonight I didn’t have any so as my bath was still filling up I pumped a couple of squirts of my Anti-stress body wash and it bubbled right up. Your cup of chamomile tea should be really strong right now so pour it straight into the bath, and take a second to just smell the beautiful aroma of the chamomile inviting you into the beautiful bath. Another thing in which I love to put in my baths especially when I need my body to just relax after a hard day is Epsom salts. Bath Bombs or bath fizzers are also great things to use so shop around and find a one that works well for you, I believe you can buy ones for different reason, such as for sore muscles, for relaxing, for soft skin and so on.
I have read recently but haven’t yet got to try, that to make a relaxing bath you add rose water and coconut milk; this sound so good and I can’t wait to try it next time I have a relaxing pamper night.

I love candles so much, hence the reason I love bring them out on my pamper nights, you don’t need expensive ones, cheap candles do just as good of a job. Tonight I had 4 candles going with no light on and this illuminated the room enough for me to read my book in the bath, but adjust this number to suit you. If using scented try not to use multiple candles with different scents as this may cause a rather unpleasant aroma and even cause a headache and that’s not really what we what. Try changing up the scents depending on the time of year, during summer use beautiful natural fragrance, such as strawberry, coconut or a beautiful citrus candle. During winter experiment with warm, hearty, cosy fragrances like cinnamon, or vanilla or even a mint. Choose your Aroma for the night or even just plain candles and place them in a safe place; somewhere they aren’t going to fall and definitely not where they will set anything a light. Although if they do end up falling into the bath, as long as they don’t fall straight onto you they probably won’t cause any problems just try and avoid it from happening.

Once you bath in also finish running and your candles are set it is time to grab a few supplies.
A large glass of water, this is good just too well you know drink but if you are anything like me this glass of water might stop you from passing out if it gets really hot in the bathroom (which it probably will). If you start feeling hot and bit light headed or dizzy just take a couple of sips and you should be fine.
A book or a magazine would also be a good idea to take in with you, I suggest not a book you have borrowed from a library or a friend just in case anything happens and the book wants to go for a little swim. Some people do like to bring read on their iPads or kindles if so I suggest reading over the bath. At the moment I have a book that I have to read for English and thought what a better time then while relaxing in the bath (I only read about 10 pages, but better than nothing).

I Promise you it is almost time to actually get into the bath, just a couple more things to do.
First, if you are a girl (or a boy I don’t judge) you should really wash all the day’s make-up off first, this will help skin get a complete clean as the steam for the bath will open up the pores and the sweat will clean deep with the skin. Personally I wash my face with my daily face wash first to get all the make-up off and then once over with my exfoliating wash.
Second, I am totally one for locking the door when I go in the bathroom for pretty much any reason but when having a bath I always keep it unlocked. This is just a safety thing; although baths are amazing and relaxing they can be quite high risk. Just simply tell the people you live with you are having a bath and not to come in unless something bad is happening *knock on wood*.
Thirdly, just be careful if you start feeling sick and faint it may be due to the heat make sure you cool off by standing or sitting under some cold running water.

Now you are ready for your bath.

Ps. One more help full hint, if you can never lie Comfortable try a waterproof pillow. You can buy this pillow around but if you don’t have time or money, or just want an easier way here is a tip……
Wrap one of your every pillows up in plastic bags, place the pillow into a bag and tie it up and then place that into a another one (just to be sure you can do it again). And there you go.

PPS.
There was more I wanted to write but thought I was rambling on a little,
so yeah.