Best bath products for a little luxury
Soak up simple pleasures and treat yourself to the best bubble baths and oils for all budgets, to bring some luxury and self-care to bath time
Cheap and cheerful
Mio: Liquid Yoga Restorative Bath Soak
With essential oils, mineral salts and herbs, this revitalising formula is a like a massage in a bottle. The touch of menthol mingled with the lavender, cypress and chamomile is great for easing headaches and the murumuru butter and andiroba oil softens skin.
Sunday Rain: Charcoal Bath Crystals
Charcoal and bamboo purify and detox as these salt crystals dissolve into your bath and create a gentle spa fragrance.
Miss Patisserie: Peony and Pear Bath Slab
Break off a chunk from this cheerful fruity peony and pear block to add fizzing freshness to your bath and leave skin feeling soft.
Blissful bubbles
Dr Teal's: Soothe & Sleep Foaming Bath
Combining healing Epsom salts and lavender essential oils with thick, foamy, long-lasting bubbles, this bargain cult product ticks all the boxes for a bedtime bath.
Laura Mercier: Crème Brûlée Honey Bath
Inspired by the aromas of a French pâtisserie, this foaming bath makes the richest, most plentiful bubbles and leaves your bathroom and your skin suffused with warm, sweet fragrance.
Neal's Yard: Geranium & Orange Foaming Bath
Geranium balances hormones while orange lifts the spirits and chamomile soothes the skin as sumptuous bubbles fill the tub and last until you pull out the plug.
Aromatic oils
Susanne Kaufmann: Oil Bath for the Senses
Lavender, ylang ylang and patchouli soothe the senses and boast anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties to leave you cleansed, moisturised and calm.
REN: Atlantic Kelp and Microalgae Anti-Fatigue Bath Oil
With all the goodness of the sea (but with steamy hot water) this energising oil combines omega-rich microalgae and Atlantic kelp to leave skin silky and supple.
ESPA: Positivity Bath & Body Oil
Soak your sulks away and inhale the essence of optimism in this sumptuous blend of jasmine, gardenia and rose geranium essential oils.
Soothing salts
BetterYou: Magnesium Flakes
Harness the magic of magnesium with these super-saturated pharmaceutical concentration flakes, harvested from Zechstein sea. Replenishing the magnesium lost from your body, it soothes sore muscles and promotes sleep.
Herbivore: Calm Soaking Salts
The healing power of Himalayan pink salt combines with the delicate scent of ylang ylang and vanilla to leave mind and body feeling clear and calm.
Cowshed: Sleepy Calming Bath Salts
Lemon myrtle, melissa and valerian essential oils help transition the senses into sleep. And the Himalayan salt crystals relax the muscles, lulling you into a restful evening.
Smoothing scrubs
Frank Body: A-Beauty Coffee Scrub
Slough off rough skin, even out pigmentation and feel rejuvenated with this cult scrub made from ground coffee and macadamia oil. and scented with lime, plum and eucalyptus.
Mario Badescu: AHA Botanical Body Soap
Alpha-hydroxy acids from grapefruit extract dissolve dead skin cells, leaving you brighter, smoother and thoroughly cleansed – no scrubbing required.
Aēsop: Redemption Body Scrub
Pumice and bamboo stem polish the surface of your skin, while the invigorating scent of fir, pine, sage and clove feels as fresh as a lungful of mountain air.
Grown-up bath bombs
Ouai: Chill Pills
These little nuggets of moisturising oils and fragrances fizz into your bath, creating an enriching and silky soak with a cloud of jasmine and rose aromas.
Thalgo: Precious Milk Bath
This indulgent bath sugar turns the water opalescent and infuses it with a soft amber and patchouli fragrance while marine chlorella nourishes the skin.