National Bubble Bath Day: Come In from the Cold & Treat Yourself to a Warm, Soothing Soak

Happy new year! If you didn't enjoy enough bubbles during your New Year's Eve celebration, you get a another chance today. National Bubble Bath Day has arrived! 

Life offers us lots of choices. So, when it comes to personal preferences such as a cup of coffee or tea, still or sparkling water, cats or dogs, or a Mac or a PC, we need to choose wisely. The same goes for bathing methods. Most people develop a fierce loyalty to a bath or a shower--rarely both. 

Photo by Joanna Poe

Baths and showers provide their own unique benefits. However, baths offer something that showers can't. They allow us the opportunity to schedule quality time for ourselves. At the end of a long, hectic day, you can fill up the tub with warm water, light some candles and incense, read a book and relax your tired body. Plus, a bath helps take weight off of your feet, joints and muscles, which ultimately serves as a revitalizing way to relieve minor aches and pains.

With frigid temperatures gripping most of the country, the time has arrived to embrace National Bubble Bath Day. So start running the warm water and check out the following bodycare products. They're designed to soothe and soften your skin, as well as stimulate your senses.

We're stoked for a soak. How about you? Bubbles optional!

SHINE: Avalon Organics Bath & Shower Gel (Lemon). BEAUTY: Replenish your skin and uplift your spirits with aloe vera leaf juice, lemon peel extract, and lime, orange and grapefruit oils. BEACON: No animal testing and vegan. Free of parabens, synthetic colors or fragrances, phthalates or sulfates.

 SHINE: Jason Nourishing Cocoa Butter Moisturizing Creme. BEAUTY: Sunflower seed oil, cocoa seed butter and vitamin E help relieve dry, damaged skin apres soak. BEACON: No animal testing and vegan.

SHINE: MyBody Probiotic Bath + Shower Gel (Energizing Bergamot Lime) and Probiotic Body Lotion (Energizing Bergamot Lime). BEAUTY: Purify, protect and stimulate your skin's natural repair process with probiotic derived bioactives, and vitamins A and E. BEACON: No animal testing. Free of gluten, parabens, phthalates, sulfates and dyes.

SHINE: Phytomer Oligomer Well-Being Remineralizing Relaxing Bath. BEAUTY: Freeze-dried seawater and a green tea/jasmine scent help recharge your skin and your soul. BEACON: No animal testing.

SHINE: Skin Authority Well-Being Bath & Shower Retreat. BEAUTY: Turn your bathing experience into an aromatherapeutic adventure with lemon, lime, peppermint and pine oils. BEACON: No animal testing. Free of parabens, dyes and added fragrances. Supports Look Good...Feel Better.