How To Create a French Spa At Home

Darling, if the words “self-care” have come to mean hiding in the pantry with stale macaron crumbs while small humans yell your name through the door—don’t worry. The Glamtorious Mrs. is here to elevate the situation.

You don’t need a plane ticket to the Côte d’Azur or a weeklong escape to a real French spa (although wouldn’t that be divine). What you need is a home spa ritual so luxurious, so decadently French, that even your houseplants feel more sophisticated just being near you.

Let’s turn your bathroom into a boudoir of bliss. Let’s turn your Tuesday into transcendence.

Step 1: Set the Scene, Like a Parisian Perfumer Would

Before you even touch a product, darling, the atmosphere must whisper, “She is not to be disturbed.”

✨ Dim the lights. Candles only—preferably something by Diptyque or a scandalously good dupe.
✨ A sultry playlist of French jazz, Gainsbourg, or that one Carla Bruni album no one admits they still love.
✨ Spray a little lavande mist into the air. Not for function. For vibes.

Step 2: The Soak That Says “Je Ne Sais... Ahhh”

You’re not just taking a bath. You’re recreating the thermal waters of Évian-les-Bains. Or faking it fabulously.

🛁 Add a generous pour of Typology’s Nourishing Bath Oil with 5 Botanical Extracts—it smells like the south of France had a baby with a skincare lab.
🛁 Toss in Epsom salts laced with dried rose petals if you’re feeling dramatic (and you should be).
🛁 Slide in slowly, like a 1960s film star slipping into scandal.

Now close your eyes and pretend your phone doesn’t exist. Or better yet, leave it outside the door with the children.

Step 3: The Art of L’Exfoliation

A French woman exfoliates like she’s sculpting Venus herself. Be thorough, be tender, and absolutely be naked.

🧽 Use a dry brush before your bath for lymphatic benefits and a vague feeling of superiority.
🧴 Post-soak, massage in Typology’s Exfoliating Body Scrub with Poppy Seeds. It’s like baguette crumbs—but sexy.

Rinse. Revel. Don’t rush. You are no longer a woman in a tub. You are a goddess in repose.

Step 4: The Skincare Ritual That Reeks of Old Money

French skincare is not about 47 serums and a jade roller blessed by monks. It’s about intentional luxury.

💧 Start with Typology’s 7-Ingredient Micellar Water—simple, elegant, and wildly effective.
💦 Follow with a spritz of Orange Blossom Hydrolate because hydration is the secret to all things glamorous.
🧴 Press in the Radiance Serum with Vitamin C like your skin just inherited a château.
💆‍♀️ Finish with Typology’s Firming Night Cream and a knowing smirk.

Optional: a single eye mask patch under just one eye, so you can tell everyone you were half-resting, half-ruling the world.

Step 5: The Robe, the Rosé, and the Righteous Boundaries

Wrap yourself in a robe that’s more caftan than towel. Silk if you’re fancy. Turkish cotton if you’re practical but pretending not to be.

Now pour a glass of something pink and bubbly. Sparkling water in a coupe counts, as long as you hold it like it doesn’t.

And finally: Lock the door.
Because this is not a moment—it’s a ritual. You are not just doing self-care. You are performing an act of maternal preservation so glorious, it could be studied.

Darling, I know you’re tired.
I know you give and give and then give a little more. But a French spa at home? That’s not indulgence. That’s strategy. A beautiful rebellion against burnout, disguised in bubbles and botanicals.

Now go. Soak. Scrub. And emerge like the glamazon you are.

À votre beauté,
The Glamtorious Mrs.