A shower steamer is a product designed to enhance the shower experience by releasing aromatic scents into the air. It is similar to a bath bomb but is specifically designed for use in the shower. Shower steamers typically contain essential oils, menthol, and other fragrant ingredients that are activated by the steam and humidity in the shower. As the steamer dissolves or melts, it releases the fragrance, creating a spa-like atmosphere and providing a sensory experience.
To use a shower steamer, you simply place it on the shower floor, where water can gently activate it. As the water hits the steamer, it begins to release its aromatic properties, creating a pleasant and invigorating environment. Shower steamers are often chosen for their ability to promote relaxation, alleviate stress, and provide a refreshing or soothing experience, depending on the blend of essential oils used in the product.
Shower steamers offer several potential benefits, primarily centered around creating a spa-like atmosphere in the shower and providing a sensory experience. Here are some of the potential benefits of using shower steamers:
1. **Aromatherapy:** Many shower steamers contain essential oils that are known for their aromatherapeutic properties. The inhalation of these essential oils during a shower can have various effects on mood, such as promoting relaxation, reducing stress, or providing an energizing boost.
2. **Relaxation and Stress Relief:** The calming scents released by shower steamers can help create a soothing environment, promoting relaxation and stress relief. This can be especially beneficial after a long day or when you want to unwind.
3. **Improved Mood:** Certain essential oils have mood-enhancing properties. For example, lavender is often associated with relaxation, while citrus scents can be invigorating and uplifting. Using shower steamers with these oils may positively impact your mood.
4. **Respiratory Benefits:** Some shower steamers contain menthol or eucalyptus, which can have a refreshing effect on the respiratory system. Inhaling these scents may help clear nasal passages and promote easier breathing, making them popular during cold and flu seasons.
5. **Spa-Like Experience at Home:** Shower steamers provide an affordable and convenient way to bring a spa-like experience to your own shower. They can transform a routine shower into a more luxurious and enjoyable self-care ritual.
6. **Convenience:** Unlike bath bombs, which require a bathtub, shower steamers are designed for use in the shower. This makes them a convenient option for individuals who don't have access to a bathtub or prefer the efficiency of a shower.
7. **Variety of Scents:** Shower steamers come in a variety of scents, allowing users to choose fragrances that suit their preferences or address specific needs, such as relaxation, invigoration, or focus.
It's important to note that individual experiences with shower steamers may vary, as the effectiveness and preferences for scents can be subjective. Additionally, people with certain allergies or sensitivities to specific essential oils should exercise caution and check the ingredient list before using shower steamers.
Body butter is an amazing skin moisturizer that typically contains butters & oils. Our Body Butter is most notable for being thicker than body lotions and moisturizers which is why you’re more likely to find body butters in a jar than a bottle so you can easily scoop out your desired amount of body butter.
Body butters are also known to be more effective at nourishing and rejuvenating dry skin, whether used all over or only on problem patches, such as elbows and knees. In our Body Butter, you will find nourishing shea, cocoa, mango, kokum and jojoba oil as some of star players. These ingredients are known for their hydrating, moisturizing properties making them a must-have component in our body butter.
During the winter months, body butter will be your skincare best friend. If you have been using a light body lotion, it might be time to consider swapping it for a rich body butter.
The best way to use body butter is to apply it after your daily shower or bath. Once you’ve enjoyed your daily shower or bath, pat your body dry with a towel. As a top tip, leave a little body butter on your skin and do not rub or dry your skin completely.
Then, apply a generous scoop of body butter directly to your skin and gently massage into skin using firm, broad strokes until full absorbed. Try to avoid using too much at once and remember you can always apply another layer on top if you feel like your skin needs extra moisturization throughout the day.
When applying your body butter, pay special attention to your elbows, knees, hands and feet. These are all areas that are more prone to dryness meaning they will benefit greatly from a generous layer of body butter to really help nourish these problem areas.
You can use body butter at any time of day or night. But the best way to make sure you’re sealing in moisture is to use body butter within 5 minutes of showering.
Hot water can dry out your skin so make sure your water is running warm (…but not too warm!) then post-shower, massage your chosen hydrating body butter all over your skin to help lock in moisture.
If you have dry skin, it’s best to use body butter daily. Meanwhile, if you have normal or oily skin you may only need to use body butter every 2-3 days, as a weekly treatment or just to treat problematic dry patches.
One of our favorite tips for making the most of your body butter is to apply it just before bed for an intensive overnight moisturizing treatment.
When applying the body butter before bed, it’s best to only lightly massage the body butter into skin. This is because whilst you sleep, the rest of the body butter on your skin will have more time to work it’s magic and soak into our skin.
For an extra nourishing skincare treat, apply body butter liberally to your feet before putting on a pair of cosy socks and getting into bed for the night. Socks will help lock the moisture in, perfect for nourishing dry, tired feet.
Information Credit: https://www.ilovecosmetics.co.uk/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-body-butter/#:~:text=What%20Is%20Body%20Butter%3F,vegetable%2Dbased%20oils%20and%20butters
]]>For me, I was doubtful that a bar could wash and clean my hair as good as my liquid soap and I was worried about it stripping the color out of my hair (got to cover those grays & I bleached) but it did and it didn't strip the color from my hair, dry out my bleached strips or caused any discoloration! My hair has been thin & very fine my entire life and my scalp also was not receptive to anything with sulfates so making a sulfate free shampoo bar seemed like the perfect fit for my & my scalp. Now I am hooked on shampoo bars and their ability to clean. My hair is longer, stronger & healthier than it's ever been. My hair dresser is amazed at how long and healthy my hair has become in only a few years. Plus, they smell great and are chock full of natural ingredients and oils.
Shampoo bars are simple; they are an all natural conditioning shampoo in a solid bar form. While in the shower you can rub the bar between your palms to create a lather or rub the bar directly on your head. Either washing method works great!
We are proud to say our Solid Shampoo Bars have:
- No Parabens
- No Sulfates
- No Phthalates
- Is Cruelty Free
- Gluten Free
- Nut Oil Free
Benefits for using a shampoo bar:
Good for the Environment My favorite benefit for using a shampoo bar that they are completely plastic free! Most of the time the bars come packaged in compostable material or in no package at all.
Long Lasting With shampoo bars a little can go a long way! All you need is a quick rub over your hair, and the bar will lather up nicely. Giving you clean wash and plenty of shampoo bar leftover.
Good for your scalp and hair Shampoo bars are packed with essential oils and other fresh natural ingredients. They are usually chemical and preservative free. Which leaves a cleaner rinse, less build-up, and healthier happier hair.
Travel Friendly Shampoo bottles can crack, leak or get left open leaving a sticky mess inside your suitcase. They also occupy precious space in your bag. Shampoo bars are perfect for traveling because they can be stored in small containers and will not leave a mess inside your suitcase.
I think shampoo bars are great and worth the buzz they receive! They clean hair thoroughly leaving it shiny and soft. Most importantly, shampoo bars are a zero waste product! It also feels great knowing that I am helping the environment by not throwing another plastic shampoo bottle into the trash!
Pick up yours today: https://www.theskincandyllc.com/products/solid-shampoo-bar-all-hair-types-sulfate-free-free-waste-free-zero-waste-eco-friendly-made-in-the-usa
]]>First off lets talk about pH. pH stands for the 'potential of hydrogens', and it describes our skin's level of acidity or alkalinity. The pH is a numeric scale that indicates how acidic or alkaline something is.
The pH of your skin is normal at 4.7. The skin’s barrier is slightly acidic for a reason: to keep moisture in and bacteria out. If your pH balance is off and it’s too alkaline, your skin is going to look flaky and red. If it’s too acidic, you’ll increase your chances of inflammatory skin conditions like eczema and acne.
The market has started to flood over the past few years with pH-focused cleansers, toners, moisturizers, pH strips, and even high-tech wearable pH sensors. When it comes to beauty treatments and products that claim to restore the skin’s pH balance, today’s marketplace is a bit like the Wild West: There’s a rush to stake some big claims, and certainly some snake oil being sold.
While aestheticians, dermatologists, and wellness gurus may have divergent philosophies, all agree that pH levels are important to overall skin health.
What I find interesting is how medical experts state that the reason why we haven't put too much thought into pH and the levels of pH is because skin-care scientists have already thought of it and have taken care of it for us. But I don't agree with how they have "taken care of it for us" A lot of store bought soaps, shampoo's, face washes etc. all have been formulated with cheap synthetic (made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product.) .ingredients to be the correct pH, but in order for them to reach that correct pH level they often have to add things like sulfates, parabens, phthalates and other hormone disrupting additives. Some additives are used as fillers that have been liked to several types of cancer. Why do they do this you ask? Money - it all comes down to money. These ingredients are cheap to produce leaving them with more money in their pocket.
Skin Candy's handmade soap & other skincare products are different than what you see from mass produced companies & in big box stores. Why? Because we do not use any parabens, sulfates or phthalates - just good old fashioned natural oils & butters. All of our products are certified GMO free as well. When we make a bar of soap or a shampoo bar we don't have to add anything to it to make the pH lower or higher because the ingredients we use are all natural and/or derived from natural ingredients like Coconuts.
To recap, yes your skin's pH is important. And yes, the pH of your skin care products is important. But while you can't magically "fix" your skin's pH level—it does that by itself—you can mess it up if you use products that are too far outside your skin's natural pH. Moral of the story? Make sure you choose products that don't use nasty ingredients to bring the pH to normal levels to be safely used on skin.
This history of soap is a long one, dating back thousands of years to Ancient Babylon. Humans have built on that knowledge to create the soaps and detergents we use to clean dishes, laundry, our homes and ourselves today.
Evidence has been found that ancient Babylonians understood soap making as early as 2800 BC Archeologists have found soap-like material in historic clay cylinders from this time. These cylinders were inscribed with what we understand as saying, “fats boiled with ashes” (a method of making soap).
When was soap invented? 2800 BC
Records show ancient Egyptians bathed regularly. The Ebers papyrus, a medical document from about 1500 BC describes combining animal and vegetable oils with alkaline salts to form a soap-like material used for treating skin diseases, as well as for washing.
Many other ancient civilizations also used early forms of soap. Soap got its name from an ancient Roman legend about Mount Sapo. Rain would wash down the mountain mixing with animal fat and ashes, resulting in a clay mixture found to make cleaning easier.
By the 7th century, soap-making was an established art in Italy, Spain and France. These countries were early centers of soap manufacturing due to their ready supply of source ingredients, such as oil from olive trees.
But after the fall of Rome in 467 AD, bathing habits declined in much of Europe leading to unsanitary conditions in the Middle Ages. The uncleanliness of that time contributed heavily to illness, including the Black Death, which occurred in the 14th century.
Still there were areas of the medieval world where personal cleanliness remained important. Daily bathing was a common custom in Japan during the Middle Ages in Europe. And in Iceland, pools warmed with water from hot springs were popular gathering places on Saturday evenings.
The English began making soap during the 12th century. Commercial soap making began in the American colonies in 1600, but was for many years a household chore rather than a profession.
It was not until the 17th century that cleanliness and bathing started to come back into fashion in much of Europe, particularly in the wealthier areas.
Well into the 19th century, soap was heavily taxed as a luxury item in several countries. When the tax was removed, soap became available to most people, and cleanliness standards across societies improved.
A major step toward large-scale soap making occurred in 1791 when a French chemist, Nicholas Leblanc, patented a process for making soda ash from common salt. Soda ash is obtained from ashes and can be combined with fat to form soap. This discovery made soap-making one of America's fastest-growing industries by 1850, along with other advancements and development of power to operate factories.
The chemistry of soap manufacturing stayed essentially the same until 1916. During World War I and again in World War II, there was a shortage of animal and vegetable fats and oils that were used in making soap. Chemists had to use other raw materials instead, which were “synthesized” into chemicals with similar properties. These are what are known today as “detergents.”
Today, most things we call “soap” are actually detergents. It has become so common to call detergents “soap,” that most people would be confused if you asked for a “liquid hand detergent” when shopping. What does this mean for you & your family? It means that you are stripping your skin and using chemicals & toxins you may be and should be trying to avoid.
A better way
We are proud to say that of our products are sulfate, paraben & phthalate free. Our products don't need any thing extra to make it the same PH as your skin - which means your skin doesn't have to over compensate trying to compete with synthesized detergents. Our soaps last longer, moisturize deeper & leave your skin feeling baby soft and chemical free. Try a bar....your skin will thank you!
Butter Bath Bombs. We are different than those other bath bomb companies....why? Because we add luxurious butters like mango, cocoa, shea & kokum butter just to name a few. Butters soak into your skin making you feel like you just left the Spa! What a better way to turn your bathroom into your very own Day Spa!
But wait - Our bath bombs also Bubble! Using our bath bombs is not just a bath - it's an experience. Bubbles & baby soft skin? Yes Please!!
The Skin Candy, LLC's bath bombs are made from all natural ingredients that are designed to be as nurturing to your skin as the scents are to your body, mind and emotions.
*Baking soda improves skin condition, soothes acne and pimples, relieves sunburn pain and sun damage, and smooths and softens skin.
*Citric acid is an alpha hydroxy acid, an anti-aging ingredient that is designed to slough off old, dead and damaged skin layers to reveal the new, healthy, radiant skin underneath.
*Coconut oil is antibacterial for skin health, and moisturizing for restoring silky smooth skin.
*Mango Butter has skin softening, soothing & moisturizing properties and can help to combat dry skin, eczema and dermatitis. It contains anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-ageing properties. Is non-greasy and absorbs easily into the skin.
Our ingredients speak for themselves but don't take my word for it.....go ahead and try one for yourself!
Dim the lights, lie back in the tub, close your eyes, and let the fizzing action carry you away!
We recommend that, to keep your bath bombs at their peak effectiveness, it’s best to store them in a cool, dry place, because moisture in the air can activate the fizzing. We also recommend that you use them within 6 months for maximum benefit; however, once you’ve tried the first one, we’re sure there won’t be any left for that long!
Love your bubbles!!
Lynette
I will leave you with cute photos of the grand babies. Aren't they yummy?