Oooooh - Lush. Yes, definitely. I've only ever been in one of their shops (somewhere in England, and now I can't recall WHERE), and I just remember wanting to EAT everything there. Well, almost.

Library of Flowers sounds interesting too. Thanks!

With Lush, since it is all natural, there are expiration dates, so be mindful to check.

I get a lot of bath stuff from Frontier Coop:

http://www.frontiercoop.com/products/aromatherapybaths.php

My favorite, it leaves the whole bathroom smelling heavenly

Victor and Rolf Flowerbomb

Whirlpool tubs are not supposed to be used with bubble bath, but air jet tubs can. Our bain ultra came with some samples and I've since ordered more.

They publish a "wellness guide" that includes a page of what essential oils are supposed to do as well as other bath additives such as tea or algae.

They also say, re essential oils:

For maximum benefits
Only 8 to 15 drops of essential oil are enough for a regular
bath. To ensure even dispersion in the water, mix the essence
with a teaspoon of one of the following emulsifiers: powdered
milk, shampoo, honey, vegetable oil, or liquid soap.
Don’t forget
• Essential oils are very concentrated. Avoid all contact
with the eyes. In case of contact, immediately rinse with
vegetable or mineral oil.
• Avoid adding essential oils to the bath directly; always
mix it with an emulsifier first. Undiluted drops of
essential oil tend to stick to the acrylic surface of the
tub, where they can actually affect the finish.

I don't use much of anything scented in my bath water (and I am a bath loving gal). I am somewhat sensitive to fragrance but more importantly, and I'm trying to say this as nicely as possible (LOL) but many items with fragrance wreak havoc on the "lady parts". I mostly save items with fragrance for after the bath so I can control where it goes (not everywhere). Lavender doesn't bother me, nor do aveeno products and for sore muscles (or to keep from getting them) I love a soak with epsom salts added. I don't like anything oily in the tub. I often use an almond oil while I'm still wet, much less mess. I do love pretty containers with bath salts and we have a little local business that makes soaps and bath salts. I've purchased some pretty ones there and one of our grocery stores actually has a nice selection of bath salts!

Please be very careful and thoroughly read your jetted tub's manual on what you can and can't use in it. Our DD ruined our jetted tub's motor by using the wrong thing in it. What goes into your jetted tub's water must pass through part of it's mechanism to be shot out again. You don't want to clog it up with oils and other not so great things.

Jetted tubs are quite limted on what they can use where air tubs (lots of holes vs jetted nozzles) can use most products -- but do start by checking with the manufacturer of your tub to see what you can use.

True about jetted tubs and bath salts and other things you can use. But I do love products from Thymes, especially their Frasier Fir candles & diffusers and some of the other fragrances.

http://www.thymes.com/

Thank you all so much! I haven't done so yet, but will definitely read up on our tub before using ANY product in it. I have been inspired to order Library of Flower's True Vanilla Parfum Crema though, and I'm looking forward to getting that in the mail. :-)

Use the jets with nothing in the water. Then after you turn them off, you can put in your additive. Run some water from the faucet to mix it around. Rinse out the tub after you get out. You basically don't want the bath product getting into the pump mechanism.

I think the newer tubs have fixed the problem, but I also notice most people opting for plain soaker tubs. I did in this house. Jets make me too tired, and itchy, and I don't like the noise. Plus if I want jets I have a hot tub. My plumber told me most of his clients end up not using jets and just soaking anyway, if only for the cleaning issues. YMMV

I never used the jetted bathtubs in our previous houses much, but one child used to love bubble baths in them- jets + bubble bath= unbelievable bubbles!!!... i've used bubble bath in 3 different jetted tubs with no problem... but not often!

I agree with tina about limiting fragrance when I bathe... I even wash underwear and other items worn close to the skin in fragrance/dye free laundry detergent...

I used to occ like a nice hot bath, but as much as I liked it for a couple of minutes after I climbed in I was usually done sitting there within 5-10 minutes... and the book/magazine pages get wet.....

I'm thinking back to a hotel stay I had a number of years ago, and my bath after two or three glasses of wine at dinner (yikes). I decided that a bubble bath would be a GRAND idea, so used what was supplied by the hotel. And turned on the jets. Bubbles, bubbles, EVERYWHERE bubbles.

Oh well. I kinda felt like the hotel ENTICED me to do it. ;-)