Bathing beauties
From pine-scented bubbles to skin-soothing bombs, our columnist and bath aficionado finds the best buys for the perfect soak
by EMILY DEAN
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Ialways think you can tell a great deal about someone based on their preference for showers or baths. Shower types strike me as people who’d have things like, ‘Highly motivated! Ambitious! Results driven!’ on their CVs. Bath people haven’t quite got round to finishing their CVs yet. They’re still ruminating on their thoughts while languishing in a restorative tub of bubbles.
Personally, I’m passionately team bath. Baths are the kindly therapists of the cleansing ritual world gently whispering, ‘And tell me, how does that make you feel?’ Showers are more akin to drill sergeants on SAS: Are You Tough Enough? yelling, ‘Pain is just weakness leaving the body – man up, dirtbag!’