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"OK, before you start shaking your heads in disagreement with me ladies, just hear me out here. I will always and forever love spas..in fact I can&amp;#x27;t get enough of &amp;#x27;em! But let&amp;#x27;s face it, sometimes you&amp;#x27;re just short on time (Fashion Week seems to have sucked that up for me lately) or money. When this happens, there&amp;#x27;s no need to stress! Just plan to spend some QT in the tub...... It is important that I first thank the housing Gods of Manhattan for blessing me with a bathtub that&amp;#x27;s big enough for me to fit my body in. (As Beth has previously written, not everyone here has this little luxury.) Now that I have paid them homage, let&amp;#x27;s dig into this whole at-home-baths-are-amazing topic, shall we? Reason #1: You can get creative. (And who doesn&amp;#x27;t want to be creative?!) By this, I mean that you can make your bath into whatever you want it to be! Yes, you can also do this in the shower, but you&amp;#x27;re still rather limited in what you can do. For example, you can&amp;#x27;t light candles and bask in their lovely scent or put plants in the tub with you like the lady in this picture. She must have been feeling like she really needed to get closer to nature so she customized her bath time to reflect these feelings. I may not put plants in my baths, but it usually takes me about two seconds to create my own little slice of heaven right here in my little apartment. And, if you take a bath in the evenings like I do, you don&amp;#x27;t even have to leave the spa to head home afterwards. You can just plop right into your soft bed and snuggle under the covers. How great is that?! Reason #2: You don&amp;#x27;t have to worry about being in the nude around folks you don&amp;#x27;t know. Granted, there are tons of spas out there that you give you the option of undressing in your own private changing room, but a lot of &amp;#x27;em don&amp;#x27;t. I don&amp;#x27;t know about you ladies, but I&amp;#x27;m not a huge fan of the general public viewing my lady bits (even if they are women). It&amp;#x27;s much more comfy to be at home where I can be free of worrying about silent stares or awkward run-ins. Reason #3: Soaking in warm water for about 20 minutes at home relaxes you just as well as a spa visit does! Alright, so I don&amp;#x27;t have any scientific data to correlate with this theory, but I do know that after taking a warm bath at home I&amp;#x27;m completely relaxed and ready for bed afterward. It&amp;#x27;s like the same effect I get after having a great massage.There&amp;#x27;s no need for me to wind down with a book or even watch any TV. It&amp;#x27;s like all the stress and tension from the day melts away from my body and goes down the drain; which is easily one of the best feelings in the world! Because this post wouldn&amp;#x27;t be complete without it, here are some of my bath time product faves: More L&amp;#x27;Occitane... So, what do you think gals? Who else out there loves their at-home baths as much as I do? What are some ways you get creative to make your bath time just as relaxing as a spa day? And, just out of curiosity, do you also add plants into your bathtub when bathing? Since we&amp;#x27;re on the topic of getting clean, you may as well click here and here to get some other fun ideas! *** More Ways to Get Glamour: Got a fashion Q? Glamour stylists answer your fashion questions at WhatToWear.com Show your love: Get our very own &amp;quot;xox&amp;quot; ring set, $12 at shopglamour.com Like freebies? Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Hysterical things are happening right now in the fashion world. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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