Guide to the perfect bath Everything you need to know to adjust temperature, athmosphere and products for a true beauty treatment

Nothing can recharge our batteries and relax body and mind better than a warm bath. After a long day, soaking in the tub is ideal to get rid of the stress and tension accumulated during the day, whether it’s work, university or just a day not. All the more so now that autumn has officially started with the first cold. With a restorative effect, equally beneficial for the body and mind, the bath is an evergreen ritual that, accomplices some tricks, can really do miracles. But how do you prepare a really perfect relaxing bath? Opening the hot water tap is not enough, to create an experience of real relaxation you have to pay attention to other details. Let’s see what they are.

A further touch to prepare a relaxing bath? Fragrant essences. Get a dispenser of essential oils, put it in the room where you will bathe and enjoy a few drops of bergamot, chamomile, lavender or orange. Last but not least, do not disturb. Banned smartphones and TV from the bathroom: a ringing at the wrong time (whether it’s a colleague or a friend in crisis with her boyfriend) has the power to dissolve the feeling of peace that immersion in fragrant water transmits. The advice is to leave the phone out of reach; it would be better to turn it off completely or, at least, mute the ringtone. Finally, remember, the duration of the ideal bath should not exceed 30 minutes because, immersion in hot water, promotes dehydration.