Tag Archives: Bath

Just add sea salt

A bath or foot bath is a wonderful way to relax, wind down, or for tired muscles to find relief.  But did you know you can increase the benefits of your bath by adding pure unrefined sea salt to the water?  Soaking in mineral springs or sea water has been practiced for centuries, and can be replicated cheaply at home.

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Animals love their clay too

Here at Echolife we are partial to our green swelling clay (of the ‘calcium bentonite’ kind).  We all use it, in several glorious and versatile ways: baths, compresses, face masks, cleanser…  it makes our skin soft and detoxes our bodies.

But we’re not the only ones who love our clay: animals in the wild (on almost every continent) have been observed to instinctively seek clay to eat, or bathe in.  Why?

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