I want to make my baths special but I'm cheap af
Please help me break my addiction to $8 Lush baths! What's your go-to special bath stuff?
Posted Oct 30, 2019, 8:15 PM UTC
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Luvmilk's milk baths. The jars are $12 each and say they're good for 1 to 4 baths, but I can easily get 8 baths out of them. That comes out to, what, $1.50 a bath? I like them better than the Lush bath bombs I've tried because honestly, I don't need bath color so intense when it sit in the tub I can't see my feet, and scent so strong it lingers for more than a day. XD
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Oooo thank you! That's so much better. You nailed it on feeling like paying a premium for "extra-colorful" water, lol. Also my tub is permanently glittered now.
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Do they have a good throw? I tried some of the bath salts but I basically can't smell them in the water, even using the entire sample size for one bath.
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I think it really depends on the scent; some are way stronger than others. I mostly use the conditioner. Sometimes the scent has great throw and the bathroom smells like it, and I can smell it faintly in my hair for hours. Some I can barely smell even when the conditioner is still on my head. I've found Kitsune Royalty, Rabbit Cafe, Lofty Castle, Aphrodite's Temple, and Aphrodite's Embrace to all have great throw.
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Thanks for the recs! I love all of Milky's scents I've tried. I just want to enjoy them for more than a deep sniff before I throw them in the bath!
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I haven't tried these but they make beautiful unique scents and it's $6 stretched over multiple baths: https://www.luvmilk.com/store/p101/9.5oz_Bath_Salts_-_Bags.html#/
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That's genius, thank you!! Have you tried any scents you'd recommend?
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I love Rabbit Cafe (smells like strawberry funnel cake), Lofty Castle, and Kitsune Royalty (mmm honey). Haven't tried anything that I hated, tbh.
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I like white robe. It's got a smoky coconut thing going.
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Oooo that one just stood out to me! Thank you, I'm stoked now! Gonna grab some asap.
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I haven’t used a milk bath, but I’ve tried lots of other LuvMilk scents in other forms. My favorites:
- Rainbow (conditioner): smells like sugared watermelon chewy candies, with hints of other fruits
- Slumber Party (scrub): smells like chocolate with a little “extra”—spices, caramel...
- King of Clubs (spray): a mellow, cool-weather-feeling pumpkin, coconut milk and sandalwood scent
- Lofty Castle (sniffing the milk bath I bought my sister): omg it smells like sweet lavender, honey, cotton candy... super sugary and awesome
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Wow thank you, this is so detailed! Lofty Castle especially sounds like it would speak to me, you're so sweet to share with your sister!
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A lot of indies offer body oil. Solstice Scents has burnishing glace, Wylde Ivy has silken body oil (no silk in formula), Cocoa Pink has two different kinds of oils, etc. They make perfect bath oils. One 4oz bottle will give you a solid dozen baths, in my experience. It's the easiest and cheapest indie bath cheat I know.
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Ooo bath oils! That's so smart, I wouldn't have thought of that, thank you. Gonna dive into that wormhole now!
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I add epsom salt and a few drops of a perfume right before (otherwise they would fade fast?) I get into the bath. Fizzy bombs are nice, but it’s really just a ball of baking soda and fragrance, some bubbles? Toss some bubbles in if you want and you’ve got a bubbly, fragrant bath that silky from the epsom salt. Light a few candles, and boom. You’ve got a lovely bath going on.
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I do this too! I buy a big box of Epsom salt at Costco and throw in an unwanted perfume oil sample (usually one in the “it’s okay I guess” category).
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Good way to use up those oddball, smeared labeled old “okay-ish” samples, too. I recently clean out my sample box and found some trashed looking samples. Thought about making a big bottle of florals, a bottle of misc scents (that would go well together). Frankenstein-scent. Frankenscents, if you will. Haha.
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Do you ever realize that you actually like it?
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Not yet, though it’s possible I guess.
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Oooooo thank you! I need to try this.
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The shop on Etsy titled Feeling Smitten has some great deals on bulk "imperfect" bath bombs - you can get 1.5 pound bags with a variety of types of bath bombs for $14.99, or 3 pounds worth for $25.99, both include free shipping. Imperfect just means some may be broken, slightly cracked, or minor imperfections. I tried the bags in the past and loved them! None of mine were cracked or broken, and they seemed to be in perfect condition. Another nice thing with their bath bombs - the frosting on the cupcakes can be used as a sugar scrub.
I reviewed their bath subscription box in r/beautyboxes , which may also be of interest for you, depending on how much you are looking to spend.
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Oh wow, thank you! What a great find, I appreciate it! I also have never heard of r/beautyboxes, thank you for my new addiction. I really appreciate it!
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Moons Harvest makes bath bombs and such that are slightly cheaper than lush and I find them to be more moisturizing and lovely. They are based out of Texas and I've been shopping from them for 6 years now and loved everything I have tried from them.
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I’m about to make some Vick’s bombs bc ya girl is sick af.
Aw man girl feel better! How can you even make anything while sick, props to you
I want to make some eucalyptus shower melts. Is this kind of thing hard to do/expensive/time consuming?
It’ll be my first time, but I don’t think it’s expensive or extremely time consuming. The largest quantity ingredient in the recipe is cornstarch, which is hella cheap in my neck of the woods. The most time is it setting up in the freezer from what I’ve read. :)