The movement towards “a return to nature and all things natural” is shaping bathroom life around health and feeling good from head to toe.
More people seek a refined, healthy life that balances body and mind every day. As concepts such as wellness and wellbeing become popular, natural approaches to eating spread, personal-care products made with natural ingredients become more varied, and demanding daily life prompts us to protect our health, we all want to renew ourselves from within and without.
As a place of cleansing, the bathroom—like the kitchen as a centre of natural nourishment—is at the heart of a movement towards renewal through nature-focused products. Even when buying a simple bar of soap today, we tend to prefer a variety with plant, spice or flower extracts if one is available. We now know which plants benefit our hair and which oils benefit our skin. The bathroom therefore connects us not only with water, but with thousands of nature's wonders.
Aromatherapy is an important part of this new bathroom culture. Addressing our sense of smell, which influences the subconscious and directly affects the limbic system, it is a healing tradition that uses aromatic essential oils to influence both scent perception and physical health. Through essential and fixed oils extracted from bark, leaves, flowers, fruit, seeds, stems and roots, aromatherapy is a set of sensory practices intended to establish holistic balance, stimulate body and mind, and encourage spiritual change and awareness. Using 100% pure aromatherapy essential oils, it primarily stimulates the body's seven energy centres, or chakras, together with the body, thoughts and subconscious, bringing a sense of balance.
When we consider this connection between spirit, body and mind more holistically through personal care, cleansing, removing chemicals, grounding and balancing energy, we see today's bathrooms becoming nurturing retreats. They welcome a broad family of products, from room fragrances and facial moisturisers to raw silk exfoliating mitts and hair masks. If we are talking about a conscious, high-quality bathroom experience, spaces and designs that add value to human life and personalised care products should not be considered separately.
One of the most appealing and beneficial examples of this combination is the collaboration between Kale Banyo and Homemade Aromaterapi. Founded in 2012, Homemade Aromaterapi is one of the most successful local brands in this field, offering naturally formulated products for face, body and hair care, essential and fixed oils, and sprays, candles and fragrances for homes and offices. The meeting of Kale Banyo and Homemade Aromaterapi, bringing together designs that enhance bathroom life and create a new culture, has produced a special collection. This selection of solid and liquid soaps for hands, face and body, hand and body scrub, body soap and room fragrance is available in Kale Banyo stores.
In Homemade Aromaterapi's special collection for Kale Banyo, solid Castile soap offers the revitalising effects of olive, coconut and castor oils, while liquid Castile soap turns showering into a celebration of nature. Other products include a room fragrance whose pleasant scent relaxes and helps boost motivation, and a hand and body scrub that helps reduce cellulite and revitalise the skin.
Today's popular essential oils have different effects. Let us look at what each can offer:
1. Basil essential oil is used to support concentration and ease some symptoms of depression.
2. Bergamot essential oil is said to benefit the urinary and digestive systems. Combined with eucalyptus oil, it may help relieve stress-related skin problems.
3. Chamomile essential oil also has a soothing effect on the skin.
4. Eucalyptus essential oil may help ease sinus discomfort during illnesses such as colds.
5. Lavender essential oil is used as an antiseptic for minor cuts and burns, and also to improve sleep quality.
6. Thyme essential oil is known to help reduce fatigue, irritability and stress.
