Bath as Beauty Treatment
Aside from the restorative power of the bath, it is a top-to-toe beauty treatment which makes you leave the world behind to emerge again a beautiful new person. The time spent in your bathroom is when you create your own atmosphere and simply forget that anything exists outside its walls. You not only want to pamper your body but your mind and spirit as well, so you go to great lengths preparing for the daily bath. As you step into the tub you luxuriate yourself with the peace and tranquility of soft music playing in the background from a far corner of the bathroom. You feel the warmth and tingle of the bubbles enveloping your body as you breathe deeply of the fragrant oils you put in your bath water and then stretch out right down to your toes.
Bathing History
Men and women have long enjoyed he benefits of a long soak in water scented with aromatic oils and herbs. The Ancient Greeks and Romans were known for their bathing practices for the fragrant enjoyment and for turning bath time into occasions where intimate gossips and intrigues were rife. Normans of Old England bathed together with their guests. The Hindus soaked in perfumed waters before love making. Mary, Queen of Scots, had a stone bath house built outside the walls of Hollyrod Palace where she would soak the royal turmoil in private. The Romans tried to turn bathing into a daily ritual when they conquered England but the stubborn Anglo-Saxons saw it as a sinful practice that caused illness. For most of the Englishmen at the time, a bath was nothing more than a quick cold water dip as practiced by the Duke of Wellington to the time of his death. His adversary, Napoleon, on the other hand, preferred constant languishing in hot water.
Today, the bath ritual has taken a more elaborate form for the pleasure one derives form it. To get most from your bath time, make sure you get no interruptions while you are bathing, then choose some relaxing music to listen to while you are soaking. And for a romantic setting, dim the lights.