Bath with foam: how to make foam bath for yourself?

No woman after a busy day of work will refuse to take a bath with foam. It has a relaxing and calming effect on the body, helps to cope with fatigue and anxiety. You can choose foam for a bath with floral, pine or any other flavor. The choice in the stores is just huge. For those who do not like the composition of such a bath remedy, you can recommend preparing the foam yourself. To do this, you will need simple ingredients that are certainly available in every home.

Useful properties of a bath with foam

The foam is a liquid, solid or gel-like cosmetic that is added to the water during bathing. It makes water procedures more useful and enjoyable. Bath with foam:

• Helps to relax and calm down, or, conversely, to activate vitality;
• Promotes deep cleansing of the skin and opens the pores;
• Nourishes and moisturizes;
• Accelerates the metabolism.

The composition of quality foam includes mineral salts, natural vegetable ingredients, essential oils, foaming agents, etc.

What are bath foam?

There are the following types of foam for baths:

• Sea - foam with the smell of the sea. Such a cosmetic composition often includes sea salt, which has an anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effect on the skin;
• Floral, vegetable - contains extracts of medicinal plants. A bath with foam with the addition of chamomile extract will soothe the sensitive skin, and with tea tree oil - it will dry out inflammation and acne, etc.
• Coniferous - contains essential oils of coniferous plants and trees (fir, spruce, juniper). This bathroom soothes and relaxes, helps to cope with insomnia;
• Citrus fruit, fruit - with notes of lemon, orange, apple, mango, etc .;
• Honey, vanilla, chocolate and others.

How to prepare a bath with foam

Prepare a bath with foam in the following order:

1. Open the tap, adjust the water temperature and close the drain hole.
2. Measure the required amount of foam. For home remedies, 60 ml will be enough, for shop foam - as much as indicated on the bottle.
3. Pour the desired amount of the product into a small container.
4. Pour the foam directly under a stream of running water. After a while, a large number of bubbles should form in the bath.
5. Bathroom with foam will stay warm longer if there is a lot of water. To create more bubbles, it is recommended to additionally shake the foam with your hands.
6. Now you can dive into the water for 20-30 minutes, including relaxing music.

Foam for bath based on egg white

This is one of the easiest options for making bath foam at home. It is made on the basis of liquid soap with the addition of additional ingredients:

• Honey, which has a moisturizing effect on the skin;
• Egg white, due to which the bubbles hold the mold longer, and the foam does not settle;
• Essential oil for relaxing or toning aromatherapy.

Liquid soap for the recipe can be taken absolutely any, traditional or Castilian - natural, on a plant basis. However, if you plan to add essential oil to the foam, soap is recommended to take without smell.

It remains to find out how to make foam for a bath. To prepare the product, it is necessary to combine soap in a glass or ceramic bowl (110 ml or 1/2 item), egg white, honey (1 tablespoon), lavender essential oil, chamomile, etc. (5 drops). Owners of dry skin can add to the composition of any vegetable oil, for example olive or almond, which is necessary to soften the skin.

When preparing the foam, the ingredients are not beaten, but gently mixed to prevent the foam from starting to foam. It is recommended to store home foam for the bath in the refrigerator, since the composition of the product includes natural egg white. Shelf life of the foam is 7 days. From the presented quantity of ingredients, it is possible to prepare a foam for making two baths.

Bath with foam: photo, recipe

Anyone who does not want to add egg white to the bath foam can recommend the following recipe. This option involves the use of glycerin, which you can buy at the pharmacy.

Bath foam at home under this recipe is prepared as follows:

1. A liquid soap is poured into a ceramic or glass bowl (170 ml). It is advisable to choose a natural Castilian soap based on herbal ingredients.
2. In a bowl with soap, enter glycerin (1 tablespoon).
3. Add a little liquid honey or sugar (1 teaspoon).
4. If desired, add 5 drops of essential oil.
5. Gently mix the ingredients so that the soap does not foam.
6. Pour the finished foam into a glass jar with a lid or a small plastic bottle.
7. Since natural ingredients can form a sedimentation tank on the bottom, they must be shaken before use and then poured into running water.

Of this amount of ingredients, bath foam can be made for three applications. You can store it directly on the shelf in the bathroom, but you need to use it for two weeks.

Bath foam: reviews, tips, and contra-indications

Almost all large manufacturers of cosmetics along with shampoos produce foam for baths. In their responses to these remedies, buyers note how much or little they are flavored, how well they foam, whether they stain water.

As for home foam, you can find the following reviews:

• Homemade bath remedy is less foaming than shop water. Purchased foam contains in the composition of surface-active substances, forming in contact with water a large number of bubbles;
• Home foam does not dry the skin, but, on the contrary, it moistens it;
• If aromatic liquid soap is used as a base, do not add essential oils to the foam. Otherwise, you can get a product with an unpleasant odor.

Before taking a bath with foam, it is recommended to turn off the light and light the candles. An additional relaxing effect can be obtained if listening to music or reading a book while taking a bath. After the procedure, the body is recommended to moisten with a special cream or lotion.

A bath with foam has a number of contraindications. It is not recommended to take longer than half an hour, as it dries the skin very hard, as well as to pregnant women to avoid complications.