Beauty-fuls: It's Bath Time! We heart luxurious baths...

Calgon...take us away!

It was once just for the wealthy as getting water to an individual source was hard..but with technology and good plumbing (woo hooo! we lurve technology!!) we can almost always enjoy a good bath.

Bathing...it's still a ritual.

For centuries baths have been looked upon like a sanctuarious (is that a word?) place to relax, calm down and unwind.

And thankfully, baths are still as good as they were then...we would argue they are even better!

Sure there is no one doing the dirty work for you but..ahhhhh...there is nothing quite as relaxing and luxurious as a good old fashioned bath.

Baths can be used for body therapy (and super obviously mental therapy..where would we be with out them!), cleaning, sleeping aids or just a quiet place to get away...like a warm bubble-filled mini vacation...

We heart Luxurious Baths!

There are soooo many ways to enjoy the yummy warm waters of a bath...millions of gourmet products...ranging from salts, to bubbles to oils and beyond! Then there are literally hundreds of ways to achieve your nirvana through the soapy suds.

We gals of T.W.H. are the connoisseurs of baths...here are a few of our fav products to take you away...

This anti stress bath soak from Bath and Body is part Indian (Cardamom) and part Thai (Lemon Grass) and all business. It soothes away stress and melts in the tub. Mmmmmmmm...
Oh gosh how we need this next one ASAP!

As soon as we got over the ridiculously rad vintage-eque packaging...we realized this CO Bigelow (amazing store in NYC!) herbal soak was for cold and flus! YES PEASE!

Filled with essential oils like peppermint and eucalyptus and chalk full of echinacea and ginger extracts, this cure all soak is a must for that pesky winter cold and flu season.

Speaking of suuuper cute packaging...Bath Seltzer Soothing Bath Salts are TDF.

Our fav is the calendula and geranium! It's perfect for your little getaway...
It nourishes your skin as well as your soul. Just seeing this super cute jar (scoop included inside) next to your tub will cause you to take waaay more baths...

The amazing company Farmaesthetics created the most beautiful oils free of synthetics (yay!)

to moisturize and condition all your most prized body parts..

The soy oil they use is said to have balancing effects on the system.

The super cute and crazy amazing company Philosophy take their popular signature scent, Grace, for your 3-in-1 bathing pleasure.
Hi...3 in 1? Yup! You can use this poppy, mimosa and creamy woody scent on your hair, body and in the bath for a uber luxuriously smelling soak.

OK, we have been waiting for a while to show you these unbelievably fantastically packaged bath salts from The Bubble Roome.

They are created from Dead Sea Salts, sea kelp and aloe vera whose mineral properties heal, hydrate and re-mineralize the skin.

Their amazing healing salts come in many different essential oil blends for all of your ailments.

And their fantasmically vintage packaging doesn't hurt either.

We all loooooove Laura Mercier for her beautiful make up and beauty products.

Well the queen of "natural" beauty created a super lux line of bath products for us lovers of the tub.
Laura Mercier's Almond Coconut Milk and Honey bath is TDF. You had us at Coconut milk for crying out loud!

It reinvigorates the mind and body while moisturizing your gorge gams.

Wow.....wow...wow...it comes with a wooden honey dipper for the perfect bath.

Need to get a great gift for that hard to shop for friend? Beau Bain (beautiful bath...it really is ..isn't it?) created these petite bath bombs for the perfect lux bath.
Drop one of these lavender and black amber...yuuuummmmm (they have a few different scents for your smelling pleasure) beauties into your tub and they fizz and your water into a seltzer of heavenly scents.

Now, if we were walking down the street and randomly stopped us and asked, "What is your favorite bath time necessity?" We would quickly and simply answer..."Bath Bombs from Lush and the most amazing one is by far the Ma Bar!"
It fills your tub o love with chocolate essence and toffee goodness. Plus when you get out not only does your skin smell good enough to eat ...hee hee...but it's as soft as butter cream frosting.

We were lucky enough to be able to go to the sacred lands of India and learned just how sacred bathing is. That is when our love affair with the perfect bath began.

Hotels in India actually offer creating lux baths for you in your room!

We walked in and the most gorgeous and magically relaxing scent of their special oils filled the room...

Then they filled our tub with milk, saffron thread and rose petals!!!!

If you have never bathed with rose petals and milk then you need to ASAP. Nothing is more decadent and special.

It is like honoring yourself for your hard work.

Since our glorious trip to India, we have been searching high and low for a smell that makes us

feel as gorgeous and goddess like as that scent...until now!

The one and only Target and Marcia Kilgore (yes from Bliss) teamed up to release Soap & Glory, the super cute, vintagey line of luxurious bath and beauty products.

Ad their Calm one Calm all bath bubbles smells soooooo good you literally think you are in Heaven. And best thing besides the crazy amazing smells of musk, amber bergamot and citrus (yummmy to the 3rd power!) it has body lotion built in!

OMG...how cute is this bubble bath machine!

The vintage pink pod would look crazy cute on any tub. Who doesn't loooove tons of bubbles?

We personally would love to swim in a sea of them.

Now, with all the gorge products listed above for your bathing pleasure...it's time to take it up a notch with the perfect bath.

Here's a how to...as if you needed one...

Ingredients-

-Take one of the glorious products above (or 2...mixing is even more luxurious)

or you can use Epsom Salts (amazing!)

-A rubber duck...trust us it helps with relaxation

-Candles

-Music- hey we gave you all the products...you choose your music...

and

-Body oil to silkify your limbs head to toe.

See? Easy peasy!

Directions

1. Turn off the ringer on your phones, Blackberries, Iphones or what ever you have that interrupts your YOU time.

2. Light candles

3. Fill tub with water to your liking...the warmer the better...but not too hot. You have to enjoy it.

4. Drop in oils, bath bombs, salts or bubbles while the tub is filling for a perfect mixing of the water and product

5. Get in...lay back...close your eyes...

6. RELAX!

xoxo t.w.h.

Oh P.S. They make amazing thank you gifts. Put some Epsom salts in a beautiful apothecary jar with a gorge black ribbon...done and done.

P.P.S. Create a basket filled with Bath Salts, Bubbles, Candles and Chocolates for amazing...never to be forgotten gift... Easy, fun and suuuuper sexy.

You're welcome!

Beauty-fuls: Cosmetics that do beauty-full things...

We all love to look our best, look in the mirror and say, "Wow! I look really good today!".  But what if we can not only say that, but we can also say, "Wow!  I did my part today, and it was super easy.  I would love to do more (and look like a hot as biotch while doing it)."

Well my gorgeous friends and bunnycats... now you can.  With our Mother Earth in a crisis along with our economy and world we have no choice but to make a change and difference.  But in the past it was not the easiest thing to do.  Now we can make a difference and its pretty darn easy.  Start here and build up to doing more...why not?  It feels great!

We were so moved by the recent Lush campaign we saw, we had to do this post and much more. We are not only going to try to put money into cosmetic companies that do good and donate to charities that help meaningful causes, we are going to keep donating our time and money to some of our favorite charities.  

While walking in ridiculously beautiful Santa Monica we saw smelled this amazing hand cream by Lush Cosmetics. (the black packaging alone from this store drives us to empty our wallets) The black pot of yumminess was called, Charity Pot body lotion...

It smells divine and softens even a sailors mitts and body.  Imagine how excited we became when we noticed that the retail proceeds go to one of the many great charities they partner with!

Now as our closest friends know, we are OBSESSED with animals!  So as soon as we laid our eyes on this soap we about died!  Look at that face!!!   How can we save that incredible angel?  

Oh...by buying a lime/lavender/coconut 100% natural soap???  Um... hmmm ...YES PLEASE!

Now take heed.. if you are like us, you may want to wear waterproof mascara when you read what it is they do to these stunning and innocent creatures.  Its barbaric and beyond insane.  
That said, please honor these angels by reading it and maybe signing a petition or 3 and smelling good by buying a helpful soap or lotion in the process.

Leave it to the ridiculously, crazy-gorgeous EcoBeauty that is Josie Maran to come out with an amazing facial oil from Morocco, that not only helps the skin glow, firm up and stay uber hydrated but helps out the community it comes from as well.   Josie's Argan Oil is organic and is purchased from a cooperative of women in Morocco.  The sale of each product helps to support their social and economic welfare.  (uggghhh I hate her!  but in the best way possible!)

Stella McCartney (yes Sir Paul's daughter) has always been a friend to the furry creatures.  And now she created a skin care line that helps our environment and our skin!  Score!

Her line Care is so natural and organic, the entire process is carefully watched from beginning to end.  

Now you may be saying "But T-W-H gals, I thought you said this post was about cosmetics and charity?"  Well sweet nuggets...having fully recycled and recyclable packaging, as well as 100% natural/organic ingredients and total control over the origin or each ingredient is, in its own super sweet way, a charitable donation to our environment and skin.

Ok, so... body wash- √.... soap- √...skincare- √ now all we need for our Charitable/Eco makeover is a lil' paint... I present one of the originals... one of the first forward thinking charitable companies... MAC.  

Yuppers.. that MAC...

     MAC launched its Viva Glam line in  1984 and the proceeds from the sale each piece (6 lipstick shades and 2 glosses) goes towards the M.A.C Aids fund.

Pretty and smart..ding ding ding!!!

We have listed a few of our fav charities below... please click on as many or as few as you want and maybe you too will get inspired.

xoxo t-w-h

surfrider

city of hope

aspca

sea shepherd