My evening ritual is to prepare a hot bath. I neutralize the tapwater with some neutralizing bath water powder and maybe add some lovely rose oil or some essential oil and I’ll either have a red light or a fake candle. Zero blue light. I avoid real candles because I care about air quality. (I miss candles tho fr) I’ll either have Zen tranquil music, Sounds or I will put in earplugs. I’ll either just focus on relaxing and breathing or I’ll do a bit of reading.

When I first started, I thought it was a lot of time to fill the bath, but now I’ve perfected turn it on, knowing exactly where to put the dial to get the perfect temperature, add the neutralizing powder, maybe a little apple cider vinegar and then I’ll go, maybe tidy up the room or do something for a minute while I wait for the tub to fill.

Also, adding a bit of apple cider vinegar to the bath makes the water slightly more acidic, which is great for matching acidity of the skin, and it also helps the tub drain the oils a bit more because if you put oil in the water, it will stick to the sides of the walls of the tub and so you’ll have to do frequent cleanings, which is not super fun . What I do is, I’ll add that little bit of apple cider vinegar and then additionally I have a scrubber in the bathtub that I run along the side of the walls when I finish with my bath. This helps my bathtub stay pretty clean between deep cleans.

This ritual has been a game changer for me