How to Use Herbal Bath Tea Bags (Plus What's in Each Blend)

Here’s a little secret: a bath tea works just like a cup of tea. Warm water draws the aroma out of whole herbs and flowers. The only difference is, you get to climb in. 🫖

Curious how it all comes together? Here’s the whole ritual, plus what’s hiding in each Radiantly You Bath Tea Bag.

The ritual, step by step

1. Start your bath. Run the water comfortably warm, not scalding.
2. Steep the bag in a mug. Place one bag in a large mug of boiling water and let it steep while your bath fills. Please be careful: boiling water is hot.
3. Pour it in. Pour the whole mug, bag and all, into your bath.
4. Soak. Stay in for 15 to 20 minutes, or as long as feels good. Leave the bag in the tub so the herbs keep doing their thing.
5. Finish up. Rinse if you like, then toss the used bag in the compost or trash. Each bag is single use.

The steeping secret: the longer the bag steeps, the stronger the blend. For a gentle whisper of scent, give it about 5 minutes. For something bolder, let it steep the whole time your bath fills, or leave the bag in the tub.

Meet the three blends

Detox: Warm. Sweat it out. Reset.

Ginger root, eucalyptus leaf, rosemary leaf and orange peel.

The warm, bright, wide-awake one. Ginger and rosemary bring a spicy, herbal aroma, eucalyptus adds a fresh, clean breath, and orange peel slips in a little citrus. Perfect for a Sunday reset. Want more? Add 1/2 cup of Epsom salt to the tub for a mineral boost.

Relaxing: Slow down. Breathe. Rest.

Lavender flower, chamomile flower, rose petals and oat straw.

The quiet one. Lavender and chamomile are classic evening herbs with a soft, familiar scent. Rose petals add a floral hush, and oat straw is a gentle, skin-friendly botanical that has long been used in baths. Best by candlelight, about an hour before bed.

Anti-Aging Beauty: Rose. Radiance. Ritual.

Rose petals, calendula, green tea, rose hips, moringa leaf and hibiscus flower.

The glow-up. A spa night built around skin-loving botanicals. Rose petals and calendula are long-time favorites in natural skin care, green tea and rose hips are well known in the beauty world, and moringa leaf and hibiscus add a rosy color and a soft herbal scent.

Little tricks

• Steep in a mug, not the tub. It draws more from the herbs and keeps the bag intact.
• Set the scene. Dim the lights, light a candle, put your phone on do-not-disturb. The ritual is half the magic.
• Keep it comfortable. A hotter bath isn’t a better bath. Warm is plenty.
• Rinse the tub after. Colorful herbs like hibiscus, calendula and rose hips can lightly tint the water or the tub.
• Make it a pair. A cup of herbal tea, a face mask or a good book turns a bath into a night off.
• Try all three. Detox on Sunday, Relaxing mid-week, Anti-Aging Beauty as a treat. The Trio gives you one of each.

The fine print (the important bit)

• For bath use only. Not for drinking.
• If you have sensitive skin or plant allergies (chamomile, for example, is in the daisy family), do a small patch test first.
• If you are pregnant, nursing, or have a health condition, check with your healthcare provider before taking hot baths or using herbal products.
• Keep boiling water and hot baths away from children, and handle with care.
• Best by 12 months from the date on the label.

Our Bath Tea Bags are handcrafted in small batches in Western New York, so once a blend is gone, it’s gone. Shop the Bath Tea Bags ($8) or get the Trio ($21).