Best bath salts according to redditors

I've struggled with depression and anxiety for the last 5ever so I didn't take care of myself properly besides showering and washing myself, anything more than the basics was a struggle tbh.

I slowly started getting into /r/asianbeauty because the multiple steps were a way to treat myself nicely and relax after all the mental torture I put myself through on a daily basis. I kind of zone out while I'm rubbing different layers into my face and then wake up the next morning feeling good about my skin looking flawless so the day at least starts on a good note.

A lot of skin related stuff is trial and error though too, depending on your skin type. So don't get discouraged if you start this and have crazy skin reactions. I went through two years of hell because my skin is dumber than a box of rocks and doesn't understand that I was just TRYING to help it. Also tbf I went crazy and went from using nothing to 12 different things on my face. But still. >_>

Sheet masks are fun and easy. They're really cheap, and the effects last like a day. Peel the paper off and slap it on your face. Pro tip, if it's hot where you live put them in the fridge for a few minutes and it feels lovely. Alternatively if it's cold, sit on one for a few minutes and it warms up.

Bath salts are as well if you have a bath tub. Those are my favorite. The smell with those are weird ftr. It smells very much like an old woman in the tin, however once it's in the water it smells very herbal and clean. They also last forever, you just use the lid to measure. I have a bath once or twice a week on especially hard days and they're so relaxing. That brand in general has nice salts if the smell puts you off. (If you're sensitive to smells, I do not recommend the milk protein one. It smells like vomit to me and it's over powering.)

I obvs don't know your story, but I think in general it's hard to get into things even if you don't have mental roadblocks. But once you start, it's totally worth it because it makes you feel good about yourself and it's something to look forward to at the end of the day.

This seems to be an actual product that has been repackaged for bulk sale.

If it's available to you, try taking a bath. I like to use these Japanese bath salts. They're really affordable (comes out to less than a dollar per bath) and they leave me smelling so good afterwards.

I was once a depressed teenager who hated bathing so I'll give it a try!

INOFACE makes a Jelly Body Wash that could be fun. I'm waiting on mine in the mail right now, it's basically the same as LUSH's Shower Jellies, and they have Peppermint or Milk. (I found these on memebox)


If he can fit into a bath tub, something like this might be fun to recreate a sort of Onsen inspired experience. I'd recommend gifting these in tandem with a bath tray and maybe a bamboo plant or other small greenery to give a more 'Japanese Spa' atmosphere.

I hope this helps :)

Had terrible tears.. gifts that will save her time so she can rest and focus on doctoring up her injuries. The focus is always on the baby but when you have bad post birth injuries you need lots of private bathroom time to have sitz baths and apply witch hazel and tucks pads. I always suggest food and booze.

Is she nursing?

• lactation energy bites (message me for recipe)
  
  General:
  
• alcohol of choice (Prosecco, craft beer, nice red wine)
  
• pre-made food (lasagna, meat and cheese platter, fruit or veggie tray, casserole, a pizza, whatever she likes)
  
• some nice post birth healing Epsom salts like these
  https://www.amazon.com/Sitz-Bath-Salt-Postpartum-Hemorrhoid/dp/B07HY7R9J4

You would probably be better off just continuing the water fast and forgoing the bone broth. It could certainly make you hungrier, and its primary benefit is usually that it helps some people get through the early days, which you've already bypassed (and those are generally considered to be the hardest where hunger pangs are concerned.)

Also speaking from personal experience, I tried adding 2 cups of bone broth to my 10 day water fast after experiencing a few days of very low energy, and I had a very bad reaction to it (intense nausea, belching, and dry retching / vomiting). I mentioned it here, and the suggestion from a few folks was that the sudden influx of sodium had probably triggered it.

If you'd like to supplement electrolytes, here are some recommendations:

For sodium, Celtic Sea Salt on dissolved on the tongue or small sips of Pickle Juice. For potassium, NoSalt has a good amount per serving and can be mixed with water and taken as a shot. Magnesium can be supplemented in pill form, a lotion/spray, or by soaking your feet in Epsom Salt. These will all be most beneficial on a longer fast, although I find that supplementing sodium starting on Day 2 of my own fasts has made me feel better (less brain fog and dizziness, improved mood). As for the most beneficial amount, a general recommendation - provided on the Fasting Talk podcast - was discussed here.

HTH!

I mean, if you're willing to spend some money on bath bombs then there are lots of great options at Lush! It's not AB but they are a vegan company and I cannot friggin reccomend their bath bombs and bubble bars enough. The Blue Skies bubble bar is amazing if you're a hippie, the Comforter is fruity and creamy and 1/4 of the bar is enough for a whole bath. You also might have luck using essential oils like Lavender, Rosemary, Mint and Rose. A few drops with some epsom salts is very relaxing and a little bit goes a long way.

Roman bath salts are also popular on this sub from what I've heard, but I do not have experience with them.

Some nice oils! Or bath salts. I like these(the avocado or coconut are my favourite ones)

Ok, buy yourself a couple of bags of this: http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Teals-Solution-Eucalyptus-Spearmint/dp/B003GC4GHM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1375280241&sr=8-2&keywords=eucalyptus+bath+salts

When you get home after class dump about 3 handfulls of that into a steaming hot bath. Soak for about 20 minutes, then jump in a shower that is as cold as you can handle and finish cleaning up. THEN take your motrin/aleve/ibuprofin/whatever.

I promise you will sleep better and have fewer aches and pains.

1. After lots of research, barring pre-existing medical conditions, I've never heard any arguments against it that don't fall along the lines of "You should eat, because I want to eat, and I don't want to feel like my way is wrong or for you to remind me how little self-discipline I have." LOL.
   
2. Fasting won't slow down your metabolism, but losing weight will! A smaller body burns fewer calories--you can't go back to eating your previous diet after losing a bunch of weight, regardless of how you lose it. Also, as /u/Eat_Like_A_Snake pointed out, extreme calorie restriction isn't the same as fasting--it can cause severe problems.
   
3. As you start weighing less, it takes less skeletal muscle to move your body around, and less heart muscle to pump blood around your smaller body, so unless you strength and aerobics-train, that muscle that you no longer need will disappear--this is true whether you're fasting or not! Your body does need some protein daily, but there are lots of non-muscle proteins--like that extra skin you don't need any more--for it to recycle! No, fasting is not a zombie. It will not eat your brain. Your body just spent years stocking away the perfect fuel for you (fat) to survive on in the absence of food--body fat even has fat-soluble vitamins in it! Why would it eat your brain instead?
   
4. As long as it takes? Angus Barbieri did it for 382 days--and coincidentally, the weight stayed off.
   
5. This article contains specifics on which nutrients you need to worry about during re-feeding, but in general, it goes like this: Keep the insulin index of your food down until your stomach has returned to a size that can hold enough calories to fuel your body. Low insulin-index foods are foods which are mostly made of fat, or which have barely any calories. That said, I broke my last 21-day fast with Thanksgiving dinner. LOL. As Dr. Fung mentions, re-feeding syndrome is something which was identified in severely malnourished concentration camp victims, and is probably not a concern for healthy people.
   
6. Your body needs protein, and that extra skin is a source of protein--so most of the time, fasting minimizes the loose skin, but occasionally, I'll read about someone who fasted and still ended up with loose skin, so maybe genetics is another factor, or maybe they're not fasting long enough to trigger autophagy.
   
7. Ehhh, most medical professionals are knee-jerk scared of anything unfamiliar just like normal humans, and fasting isn't mainstream... yet. So you're highly unlikely to find one that will be okay with this. Before-and-after hormone/endocrine/nutrient panels might be interesting, though!
   
8. I'm on Day 40, and here's my list of supplements: Garden of Life Multivitamin, Zhou Lyte Up (as needed), Now Bone Strength, Iodoral cut into quarters, and L-Theanine as-needed when the elevated adrenaline gets to be too much. All of these are fine on an empty stomach. Some cheaper alternatives I've tried are: Morton's Lite Salt is about half sodium chloride/half potassium Chloride; bulk Potassium Bicarbonate is super-cheap and flavorless; and you can take an Epsom Salt bath to get your magnesium. Like most other fasters, my fasting guru is Dr. Jason Fung. He has all sorts of YouTube videos, as well as the Intensive Dietary Management website, and a couple pretty famous books.
   
   More Notes:
   
   

• The maximum amount of calories you can convert from fat per day is kg of fat * 69.4692 or lbs of fat * 31.5053. It's possible for a person to not have enough body fat to meet their calorie needs, so they'd have to supplement dietary fat. Body fat supplies around 7,717 calories per kg or 3500 per lb. Using this math, if you lost more weight than the calories you burned according to your Fitbit or whatever, or more than your theoretical maximum, it's probably either glycogen (aka "water weight") or food in your digestive tract. I keep losing that extra weight until Day 12-ish.

A great book, I highly recommend this:
https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Trimester-Postpartum-Balancing-Restoring/dp/1611804000


Some products I liked

Earth Mama Organic Perineal Balm- it’s very healing. I really liked this product.

Better than your regular perineal squirt bottle although those are good too. Don’t forget to keep one in your diaper bag in the early weeks. You can use warm water but alcohol free witch hazel is good.
https://www.amazon.com/FridaBaby-006-Fridababy-Fridet-MomWasher/dp/B00VO65XB0

You’re probably going to want Dermaplast (the blue can) and Tucks Witch Hazel pads to place along your pads. Cooling and soothing.


Preferred these to pads:
https://www.amazon.com/Always-Discreet-Incontinence-Postpartum-Disposable/dp/B074SWPPWJ

A sitz bath and something nice to soak your bits in. :) https://www.amazon.com/Sitz-Bath-Salt-Postpartum-Hemorrhoid/dp/B07HY7R9J4 There are lots of different good soaking products out there.

A belly band of some kind. I called mine the “mommy swaddle”. :)

Take an Epsom salt bath before bed.

Ohhhh my GAD BATH SALTS FOR DAYZZZZZZ!! Thank you thank you thank you /u/alisonflies !!!! :)


Edit: Product list time!:
The box on the left is the Tabino Yado Hot Springs ''Milky'' Bath Salts Assortment Pack and the canister on the left is the Bath Roman Yakusen Japanese Cypress (Hinoki). Both are very milky and very soothing. The Hinoki one smells quite woodsy and outdoorsy (in a REALLY good way) and I used the light green package (there's four different onsens that the salts are "from") which had a floral woodsy smell to it.

Omg I love Tabino yado. It moisturizes my skin and it doesn't stain my tub. It smells sooo good too except for one of them that smelled like cotton candy...didn't like that one too much haha. [Here] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000V2EXL4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) is the amazon link for everyone who is curious.

Hey, I recently posted some success with absolutely obliterating my keratosis pilaris, but I'm not sure which product it was. I get it on my thighs and upper arms, but it's completely gone in the last month. I've added two products to my body routine. Once a week, I take a bath with these japanese bath salts and once a week, I put on a benton snail bee essence mask and slather the remaining essence all over my body. I'm pretty confident that one of these two products is the reason for the change. The bath salts are what I'm putting my money on, at the moment, but it's really hard to tell. Exfoliation never worked for me. I think it actually made it worse.

I got them all on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/NoSalt-Sodium-Free-Salt-Alternative-Ounce/dp/B0183RU7VI

https://www.amazon.com/Spice-Lab-Pink-Himalayan-Salt/dp/B004LKVRLG

https://www.amazon.com/Bobs-Red-Mill-Pure-Baking/dp/B014GMV7RC

https://www.amazon.com/Pure-Organic-Ingredients-Magnesium-All-Natural/dp/B075MV4F58

https://www.amazon.com/Natures-Way-Cayenne-Potency-Packaging/dp/B0009ET9XQ

The old one says the smell is "Fresh bouquet" and the new one is "A gentle herbal scent".

Looking up the official product page and customer reviews in amazon.co.jp confirms what you already knew: The product is renewed, a lot of people don't like the new smell and want the old one back.

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Hey. Just going to chime in a bit too. My fiance has had eczema for probably 20 years or so now and breakouts happen every now and then since becoming paleo and being more strict on what he eats and what he puts on his body.. hopefully some things that we have done will help you out a bit! Just a few months ago he got a bad outbreak again, which hasn't been the worst I've seen but it was still bad. Very red, flaky, skin, almost like a sunburn. He felt really ill and constantly had the chills and little appetite. There were some obvious things that attributed to it, such as drinking too much (yes, i know its not paleo) and drinking too much coffee and not enough water, so he was becoming very dehydrated on a consistent basis. He went to see a naturalopathic doctor who gave him a list of things to do. one was of course to cut back on caffeine and drink plenty of water, watch out for foods high in sulfur like eggs, and to take a epsom salt bath every day, and if you can, check out redmond dead sea salts. they are better than epsom and have been known to help clear up eczema.

another thing you can try, which has really helped my SO, was checking out the paleo auto immune diet. basically just like paleo, except you cut out night shade vegetables, no spices or pepper, eggs, onions ( i think) etc, etc, i know there are a lot of good sites on that info. we also started incorporating more and more fermented veggies in our diets. check out raw sauerkraut, veggie delight (available at whole foods or im sure you can find at another natural food type store) so that you are getting tons and tons of probiotics! I can't think of anything else right now but I believe doing all this will really help you, but it takes time and you might still have break outs or uncomfortable days but dont quit cause it won't last long! his skin still breaks out in certain spots and wheeps but its gone by the next day. also check out bone broth, super easy to make and even tastier to drink or add to soups. marrow bones are easier to find now a days and you can roast them before and eat out the marrow which tastes like heaven. i hope you find some good answers and good luck!


EDIT**- here is the vegi-delite info (i spelt it wrong earlier)
http://www.rejuvenative.com/products/Vegi-Delite.html

its pricey but very delicious and worth the price IMO.

http://www.amazon.com/Minera-Dead-Grain-Certified-Natural/dp/B004GINGOY

link for dead sea salts...

That epsom salt is so cheap and so relaxing. I've was using it well before I started making new people in my head, but it really helps relax the body and mind to get ready to do forcing work. You can buy a big bag of it at any drug store, or you can go to Amazon and get a bunch of it all at once.

https://www.amazon.com/Epsoak-Epsom-19lbs-Magnesium-Sulfate/dp/B004N7DQHA?th=1

My boyfriend and I are big Arrested Development fans so this year we're probably dressing up as George Michael and Maeby in banana stand outfits. If I could have my way, he would dress up as Tobias and blue himself and I would dress up as Lindsay and wear a slut shirt and carry around a bottle of vodka. Or make ham water. My dream costume would be the perfect cosplay version of Daenerys Targaryen. That would require a lot of money and work.

I would love this! Thanks for the contest and happy birthday!

amazon has food grade epsom salt
https://www.amazon.com/Pure-Organic-Ingredients-Magnesium-All-Natural/dp/B075MV4F58

This stuff is magical AF. This is the ONLY thing that has killed my acne and made my skin look better than ever. I also put it in baths, diffuse it into my air, body scrubs, everything. Obviously not the same as salt caves, but damn will it make a good difference! Salt is just very cleansing.

I bought my bff (who has stressful work days) a box of My Scheming Provence lavendar masks and a box of Kracie Tabino Yado Hot Springs milky bath salts. I hope she likes them. :)

Japanese milk products:

https://www.amazon.com/TABINO-YADO-Springs-Assortment-Packets/dp/B000V2EXL4/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=japanese+milk+bath&qid=1571616768&sprefix=japanese+milk&sr=8-3

Feminine care:

https://www.target.com/p/lunapads-performa-mini-regular-black-washable-pad-1ct/-/A-51078651

https://queenvlife.com/products/queen-v-essentials-kit?utm_expid=.A8yqXByfTROAorBbhx9ZtA.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fqueenvlife.com%2Fcollections%2Four-products

Not OP but yes it is! I've used these before and they're lovely!

Epsom salt is a life saver! The best deal I've found is here

Also, I grew up in East Texas and now live in DFW...screw our weather (:

Muddy Blue Bath Salts.

They smell like MAGIC, make the water a nice opaque blue (for whatever reason I don't like seeing myself sitting in a clear puddle), it has nice ingredients for when you're sore, and it actually seemed to work better for me than Epsom salts. It's expensive(ish) but you get an actual like.. oilcan of the stuff and only use a small amount at a time.

Personally I've been eyeing these, but Amazon has plenty of others, both with and without prime shipping.

Mustard soaks are well known for muscle relaxations

like this one is highly regarded and is/was sold on Goop.

Also plenty of DIY recipes on the internets.

You can always buy those "Onsen no moto" bath salts to try to relive some Onsen moments at home.

Here's an example:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000V2EXL4/

It's one of the things I miss most about Japan and make sure that I do at least one onsen trip every time I go there.

So I know what you mean!

Evidently, this:

https://www.amazon.com/Tired-Old-Soak-Mineral-Bath/dp/B000VUWX8G

Hi there!

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Happy Birthday Chica!!!

1. Cake or birthday related (It is my cake day after all) (Get it? Jaffa CAKES?)
   
2. Simon Pegg (SHAUN OF THE DEAD!)
   
3. A book you are eager to read (Dark Tower)
   
4. Eating Utensils (Chopsticks!)
   
5. Animal (Beanie Baby leopard!)
   
6. Purple (Socks!)
   
7. A game (Old Zelda game)
   
8. A guilty pleasure (Broadway musicals!)
   
9. A Tool (LOL)
   
10. Something from your childhood (Robin Hood!)
    
11. An organizational item (It organizes the music sheets)
    
12. Hobby (Quilting!)
    
13. Nerdy/ Geeky (NINJA TURTLES!)
    
14. Something Natural (Naturals, get it?)
    
15. Green (Apple pops!)
    
16. Something you wear (A hoodie!)
    
17. Funny (So funny)
    
18. Beads, Bees or Beans (Bracelet!)
    
19. Gardening (Purple lights!)
    
20. Your absolute favorite item on your wish list no matter the price.
    
    And happy happy cake day!
    
    Bonus: I prefer complete surprises.

I have no idea what they are, but these ones. I like that it's an assortment because you can try different scents.

So through a series of events, I saw a post about this on Facebook and thought it was a joke. Dude, it's a legit product! 😂


Roast beef sandwich bath soak

Only one way to find out!

i use a very similar recipe. I use .25gm baking soda and .74gm of epsom salt. There should not be any sort of salty flavor in the water. If you taste the water by itself it should taste pretty close to your average filtered water. What kind of epsom salt are you using? I am using this brand for the epsom salt

and poland springs distilled water.

This stuff is the bomb.com

It helped me through the dry winter itchies and I really think cut down on stretch marks. Plus epsom salt is good for muscles and swelling!

This
Obviously cheaper at the grocery store. But I’ve used this with my kids and it seems not irritating for their KP and makes their skin really soft. Plus Epsom salts supposed to be good for aches and pains.

Bath Roman Yakusen Japanese Bath Salts on Amazon. They will warm your entire body for about 8 hours! I had completely forgotten about being cold my last long fast, but it was winter then. I'm feeling cold now, too, when I'm usually a freakin' oven.

To make bathtime pretty

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003V5574U/ref=wl_it_dp_v_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2T1ZWS0C7EZOY&coliid=I1WM1887M6LB6J&psc=1

Oh, I cannot fall asleep while watching the telly! A very dark room, a fan on low, and white noise usually does the trick for me. If I'm having an especially stressful day, I will take a mustard bath. It sounds repulsive but it's quite lovely.

Hello! Welcome to RAOA :D

Oooh soaps! That's awesome. Do you have a website or anything where you sell your soaps? I've seen Dead sea mud in soap, but never thought about how someone who wants to make it would obtain some >_> maybe this? or here's some Pink Himalayan Salt.

This book and this seem interesting.

I thought this was funny :3 and here's a badass cat!

I watched this video a long time ago and it's my favorite (:

Thanks for the awesome contest :D

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   comes to around 27 dollars
   
   
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   5 all addons and they are all on my needed list

soak in the tub with warm/hot water with nice Japanese bath salt (it doesn't bubble but it claims to relax. I'm inlove with this ) and sheetmasking at the same time

edited to fix link

http://www.amazon.com/Cardiovascular-Research-Ecological-Formulas-Tri-Salts/dp/B00014DY5S

Here you go

You're welcome!

Here's a link to a good salt bath for eczema: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004GINGOY/

I got these a while ago, but I really like the white ones best. I'm going to try this one once I make it through my current jar of lavender bath salts.

If it helps, I mix tri-salts with cocoa powder, coconut oil, butter, and sweetener for a salted chocolate fat bomb to get my electrolytes—it really helps with keto flu! Plus, it's almost like eating real chocolate...

Cool. I love it when easy answers solve problems.

I make a mixture of 3 parts baking soda and 5 parts food-grade epsom salt (https://www.amazon.com/Pure-Organic-Ingredients-Magnesium-All-Natural/dp/B075MV4F58/ref=sr_1_2_sspa) , then add 1/4 teaspoon of that mixture to a gallon of our well water. Then I use that as my Keurig water. If I'm going through a lazy phase, I'll buy the Walmart "drinking water" (not distilled) and use that without adding anything, but the water I mix up myself seems to work and taste better.

Ill start:

equipment - i have a hidrex psp1000

treatment - i did 30-60 minutes at 30V on 100% pulse on my feet for 2 weeks almost every day to start . After those 2 weeks my feet were MUCH dryer, not completely dry but they are mostly dry. I now do 30-60 minutes at 30V 1-3 times a week whenever im playing games on my computer. I plan to do my hands soon but its much more difficult for me due to boredom and pain.

water - I used regular tap water with Epsom Salt added, i just eyeballed the epsom salt but i added it to every batch because we have a reverse osmosis machine that makes the water too soft to be used for iontophoresis

The exact epsom salt i use

Hidrex PSP1000

I fill up my water trays till it just barely covers the bottoms of my feet, unfortunately that means the top of my feet still sweat however right now its too painful to fill it to the tops of my feet and im satisfied with the bottoms of my feet being dry for now, i can even wear sandels!

Roast beef bath soak:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075CWYXRH