GelSPA – Therapeutic Gel Bath

The instructions for the GelSpa bath seemed quite straightforward, but I was a bit surprised that the product didn't make a gel as I expected, it was more of a sort of soup of gel-like beads. But the bath had a lovely scent and colour, and felt pleasant to be in. I found the bath was quite slippery, as warned in the instructions, but managed to get in and out without mishap!

The instructions make it clear that a second sachet, to dissolve the gel, must be added before the bath is drained. So having relaxed and enjoyed the bath, I emptied the second sachet in, expecting a miraculous dispersal of the beads, but there was very little change. Having left it for a bit, I found myself in a still very soupy bath, and it dawned on me that we could be heading for a plumbing nightmare of pipes clogged with the beads! The list of contents states the second sachet is common salt, so I tried adding quite a bit more. A couple of hours later, the bath contents had thinned a bit, so I decided to chance it and let the water out. Luckily it emptied without problem and all household drainage seems as normal!

Despite all this excitement, and my skin feeling wonderfully moisturised while in the bath, the affect wasn't retained after the bath. I can't really see any benefit of using this product, other than as a novelty, and it did liven-up an otherwise dull Sunday evening! 

I too had a similar experience with GelSPA to Sue. The promised "spa experience" was rather a disappointment. The consistency of the bath water wasn't what I had expected. One of the benefits is supposed to be heat therapy – heat should be retained for up to three times longer but I didn't find this so to bath seemed to cool just as quickly as one taken without GelSPA added.

The rosemary essential oil in REVIVE was very pelasant and as someone who suffers from eczema in places I did find the bath relieved some itching. My skin did feel soft and moisturised afterwards but there was still salt on my body as I dried off and thought perhaps I should have showered afterwards.

The second sachet (of salt) didn't dissolve the gel particularly well but I didn't have any worries about emptying the bath. I prefer showers and I'm afraid this product didn't change my mind.