It's Sunday, it's grey and you want to take care of yourself? Why not create a spa atmosphere in your bathroom? Mask, scrub, sea salt, clay, etc. Discover the benefits of balneotherapy at home and how to create an atmosphere worthy of the greatest spas.
Stimulez vos sens pour créer une ambiance
Whetherthe mood s is one of relaxation or stimulation, the senses must be stimulated. It is the synergy of a whole that will create your cocoon of well-being.
La chromothérapie pour une ambiance visuelle
Choose suitable lighting: bougie, accent lamp, lampe of salt, light therapy bulb. These are interesting because they have the ability to change color in order to create a mood sto suit. Indeed, in chromotherapy, each of the colors has a specific vibratory radiation thus acting ondifferent states of being: the red is invigorating, the blue calming, the green relaxing, the pink softening etc...
Des effluves d'essences naturelles pour créer une ambiance olfactive
Essential oils fulfill this role beautifully. They should not be poured directly into water at the risk of burning your skin because remember, oils and water are not miscible... It is also not advisable to diffuse them with a candle diffuser because, again, they will burn, losing all their properties. On the other hand, you can dilute them in your bathwater with a dispersant (foaming gel for example) ordiffuse themthanksto an ultra sound device.
The essential oil will be chosen either by the desired effect (calming or invigorating) or by its smell. Indeed, the essential oils by their fragrance stimulate the areas of the brain responsible for memory. It's up to you to choose which ambiance you want to create!
Stimuler les papilles pour vivre ce moment de l'intérieur
An infusion, a smoothie, a homemade vegetable juice, a glass of wine or champagne, treat yourself! By waking up your taste buds, you are giving your body the information that you are creating a parenthesis, a bubble out of time in you.
Une musique pour une ambiance sonore
The sound effects immerse you in an inner world. Music therapy works on the brain by reactivating memories or inducingspecific states of being through the ppowers of rhythm, melody and harmonies.
Un toucher délicat pour une peau qui mérite la meilleure des attentions
Self-massage, scrubbing with a horsehair glove, unction, body lotion, facials are all techniques that reconnect you to your skin, to your touch, to the relationship you have with yourself.
Que mettre dans votre bain
Salt
Adding salt to your bath will tone and remineralize your skin as well as stimulate blood circulation.
You can dissolve coarse grey kitchen salt, pink Himalayan salt, Dead Sea salt...
Epsom salt.
Epsom salt is magnesium sulfate. It is composed of magnesium, sulfur and oxygen. It is often used internally for detox cures. Here, it is diluted in bath water that it will work. As it passes through the thin barrier represented by the skin, it will land in the bloodstream. Thus, it is a practice of detoxification that promotes the relief of mycoses and other discomforts including muscle stiffness.
Diluted essential oils.
As mentioned above,a few drops of essential oils once diluted can be poured into the bath.
True lavender for skin problems such as eczema or chicken pox
Petit grain bigarade for its relaxing action
Peppermint for its stimulating and refreshing benefits
Clove to increase the feeling of warmth without increasing the temperature of the water. Ideal for stimulating perspiration.
Powders
White surfine clay
ghassoul
powdered milk
bicarbonate
Fresh or dried plants.
petals or rosebuds
rosemary
eucalyptus
lavender
Les soins de beauté
Clay masks andvegetable oils will complement your hair care and cosmetics.
Depending on your needs, here are some examples:
jojoba oil for combination skin
black cumin oil for oily skin with acneic tendency
castor oil to strengthen nails and hair
coconut oil to nourish the skin and hair
white clay for sensitive skin
pink clay for dull skin
green clay for oily skin
ghassoul to care for hair and soften the skin