Tuesday

The Gloved Ones -- Bath Mitts

One of the most fun discoveries for bath time is bath mitts... or bath gloves... or bath mitt gloves... or whatever you want to call them. Regardless of the name, the concept is just super. Put on a glove made of fibers to rub across your skin. Lather up with a delicious soap or bath gel, then slide your gloved hand all around. The practical side is that you exfoliate with style. Seriously, some of these bath gloves are teetering close to high fashion.

Like the Body Shop Exfoliating Mitts that, despite their clinical name, come in designer colors including green and coral pink.

Then there's Swissco Bath & Shower Exfoliating Gloves. The Large Dots version comes with, well, large dots of bright colors for when you're in a festive bathing mood.   version with their fine little lines encircling each spring-colored item. Other versions include pastel colored bath gloves with white stripes or white cuffs.

For your earthy Inner Princess, go with the Natural Sisal Fiber Glove Mitt Scrubber. It's made of fibers harvested from the agave cactus (no prickles, though) and gives a glowing body polish.

Give yourself the full treatment with Earth Therapeutics Hydro Exfoliating Gloves, in fetching forest green, jade or light green. They make the lather fluffy and your skin fully refreshed.

So play the part of a party princess at bath time. Pull on a glove -- or two -- and smooth away the cares and grit and stress from your body. Your brain will thank you and your muscles will love you for all your extra attention.