Stress has entered our lives with a one-way ticket, especially for people who lead hectic, sedentary lifestyles. At such times, everyone yearns for a few moments of tranquillity that leave them de-stressed and ready to face the challenges ahead. While we pay visit to spas and salons on weekends for curated pampering session, it is possible to enjoy a slice of that pleasure every single day in the comfort of our own home.
Yes, we’re talking about your daily shower routine. Even though it’s become a part of your everyday hustle-bustle, you’d be surprised to know of the quantum of mental repose you can derive from a seriously relaxing bath. We list down a few tips that you can bookmark to elevate your bathing experience and make the best of it every day.
1. Baby, calm down
Before bringing any ritual or product into the picture, you must start by sparing a dedicated amount of time every day – even if it’s just 15 minutes – for your showers religiously. Not only does that allow you to slow down and indulge in every step of your shower, but it also gives room to add a few steps to boost the feel-good factor.
2. Set the mood
From a good night’s sleep to a sunny day’s shower, everything is slightly incomplete without the right kind of setting. The first step to swinging into a happy and fulfilling bathing routine is to turn on the happy hormones -- whether that means lighting up a scented candle of your choice or playing your morning playlist. Go the extra mile and make sure to set the water temperature in accordance with your preferences so you don’t waste time getting comfortable with water that’s too hot or cold for you.
3. The extra mile
Are you restricting your showers to simply cleansing your face, hair and body? Let that be a thing of the past. Explore calming bath products such as bath oils, bath salts, body scrubs, foot soaks and shower oils and creams that are a notch up than your typical shower gels. While bath salts and body scrubs provide an added essence of exfoliation, replacing your quintessential body wash with shower creams and shower oils on special days can prove to be quite uplifting.
We love the Purearth Himalayan Salt Body Polish for the luxurious product is supercharged with naturally-derived exfoliants like walnut, apricot, Himalayan salt extracts and wild pomegranate that brighten, detoxify and smoothen the skin. To keep the moisture quotient intact, the (tolerably) gritty bath salt also contains coconut oil and apricot kernel oil. A fragrant mix of essential oils makes the quick experience almost therapeutic.
And if you’re a sucker for body scrubs but fret over the abrasiveness or potential irritation that they cause, give the Ras Luxury Oils Nourish Exfoliating Body Scrub a shot. It combines the deep nourishment coming from shea butter, sweet almond oil, Moroccan oil and argan oil with jojoba beads to slough away dead skin cells gently.
4. Don’t stop just yet
More often than not, we put a full stop to our shower routine the moment we step out of the bathroom, but there’s more than you can do for the perfect ending. Indulge in body lotions, body creams and butters and body oils that keep your skin feeling soft, supple, and radiant from AM to PM.
We love the Indulgeo Essentials Hermosa Body Oil for office days as the formulation features an amalgamation of botanical and essential oils with a lightweight, quick-absorbing, and transfer-proof finish.
