BENEFITS
NOURISHING. SOOTHING. RELAXING.
Drawing on Bath’s history of healing mineral waters, you can now create your own luxuriously beneficial mineral spa at home. Bath Spa Skincare’s Mineral Bath contains the beauty minerals magnesium and sulphone (from natural MSM), together with soothing and healing colloidal oats, moisturising coconut milk, and anti-oxidant powerhouses green tea and grape seed extract.
With essential oils of either soothing local lavender and uplifting organic rose geranium, or exquisite French frangipani, sustainable sandalwood and wild-crafted fragonia.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Description: |
A beautifully scented crystal/powder blend that you add to your bath water. |
Natural: |
100% |
Cruelty-free: |
Yes |
Vegetarian: |
Yes |
Petrochemicals: |
No |
Synthetic preservatives: |
No |
Synthetic fragrance: |
No |
Nut allergy: |
Contains coconut. |
Pregnancy: |
The essential oils used are thought of as safe throughout pregnancy, but if concerned use from 2nd trimester onwards. |
Possible allergens: |
Lavender & rose geranium essential oils contain d-Limonene, geraniol, Linalool, Citronellol, Citral. Frangipani, fragonia and sandalwood essential oils contain geraniol, limonene, linalool |
Produced: |
Bath, England |
HOW TO USE
Use 1 - 2 tablespoons of Mineral Bath per bath and enjoy.
To keep your Mineral Bath fresh, please ensure the bag is sealed after use.
INGREDIENTS
The ingredients are legally required to be displayed on labels in weight order (the most first) using the International Nomenclature of Cosmetics Ingredients (INCI) which is based on scientific names and other Latin and English words:
INGREDIENTS (Inci): Magnesium sulphate (Epsom salts), cocos nucifera (Coconut) Milk Powder, Avena sativa, Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM), Tapioca starch, Camellia sinensis, Vinis Vitira. Essential oils Agonis fragrans, Santalum spicatum, Plumeria acutifolia contain geraniol, limonene, linalool OR Lavendula angustifolia, Pelargonium graveolens contain d-Limonene, geraniol, Linalool, Citronellol, Citral.
What does it mean?
Key Ingredients:
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Epsom salts |
Magnesium sulphate |
A star spa treatment ingredient, it can soothe and relax muscle pains, draw toxins from the body, sedate the nervous system, reduce swelling and bruising, is a natural emollient, exfoliator, and much more. It can also help improve itching or rough patches on the skin. The body's magnesium level increases when soaking with Epsom Salts, which is necessary for serotonin, a mood-regulating neurotransmitter that may increase feelings of relaxation and well-being. |
The mineral magnesium sulphate |
Natural |
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MSM |
Methylsulfonylmethane |
Known as a ‘beauty mineral’, MSM is the purest and most bio-available form of sulphur, essential for the regeneration of cells. It is considered highly effective in the treatment of acne, eczema and psoriasis, as well as sensitive, and problematic skin, and helps guard against premature ageing by supporting collagen and elastin production and decreasing inflammation. |
MSM is a natural form of organic sulphur that is found in all living organisms. Derived from wood. |
Naturally derived |
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Colloidal oats |
Avena sativa |
This patented colloidal (i.e. it will disperse evenly in water) oatmeal is a proven anti-ageing ingredient through its reparative oat beta glucan and peptides components. It is also a proven anti-irritant curtesy of the high levels of avenanthramides it contains. Excellent moisturising, cleansing and soothing activity with noticable skin softening properties. |
Sustainably grown oats |
Ecocert and COSMOS approved |
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Coconut powder |
cocos nucifera (Coconut) Milk Powder |
rich in fatty acids, which help soften and hydrate the skin. It is very gentle and calming and can thus be used on dry and sensitive skin types |
Coconut Milk Powder is obtained by spray drying raw coconut cream.
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Natural |
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Grapeseed extract |
Vinis Vitira |
One of the best antioxidants for your skin, it containing proanthocyanidins, polyphenols, flavonoids, and anthocyanins to help reduce the sun’s damaging effects and reduce free-radical damage. Topical application of grape seed extract to a cultured human skin equivalent showed evidence of younger skin, including enhanced synthesis of healthy collagen, elastin, and improvement in other structural components of skin. The ABEL-RAC anti-oxidant score for Bath Spa Skincare's grape seed extract is an excellent 670,977. |
Grape seeds |
Organic |
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Green tea extract |
Camellia sinensis |
Our green tea extract is tested to ensure it contains extremely high levels of the antioxidants epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), total catechins and polyphenols. |
Green tea |
Natural |
Natural Essential Oils:
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Lavender essential oil |
Lavendula angustifolia |
A beautiful fragrance and excellent cleansing properties with anti-bacterial, viral and fungal properties. Calming to the nerves. |
Steam-distillation of local lavender flowers |
Organically produced in Somerset but not certified |
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Rose geranium essential oil |
Pelargonium graveolens |
A sweeter, rosier smell than ordinary geranium. It helps balances the production of sebum in the skin, while keeping it supple and helping with the healing of wounds. Oxygenates skin and is especially good for broken capillaries and veins. It helps promote the circulation and is a good lymphatic cleanser so can helps with oedema and cellulite. |
Steam distillation of geranium flowers |
Organic |
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Fragonia essential oil |
Agonis fragrans |
A beautifully balanced gentle oil that is anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, anti-fungal and anti-viral, similar in properties to tea tree oil but with a lovelier smell. Good for irritated, tired skin and blemishes. |
Steam-distillation of the fragonia plant which grows wild in Australia. |
Wild-crafted |
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Frangipani Absolute |
Plumeria acutifolia |
Gorgeously scented with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant skin refreshing properties. |
Absolute of the French frangipani tree flower. |
Natural |
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Sandalwood essential oil |
Santalum spicatum |
Our rosemary extract is standardised to have 4% carnosic acid, an extremely potent antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and photoprotective (protects against UVA). It can also prevent P. acnes bacteria-mediated inflammation (i.e. the inflammation associated with spots). |
Sustainable organic sandalwood trees in Albany Australia. |
Organic, fair trade |
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Natrasorb |
Tapioca starch |
Tapioca starch is able to absorb and carry large quantities of oils and essential oils and provides a soft feel to bath water. |
Tapioca |
Natural |
Testing
Cosmetic Product Safety Report (CPSR): Complete, by Oxford Biosciences Ltd.