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“[My guilty pleasure is a] deep, eco-unfriendly, hot bath. Preferably with a glass of champagne and someone sitting on the loo seat gossiping.”

Quote by Prue Leith

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Prue Leith

Prue Leith is a renowned British television presenter, born on February 18, 1940. She is known for her expertise in the field of cooking and cuisine, serving as a host on several television cooking shows. Leith has had a rich career in the television industry, recognized for her contributions to the culinary culture. more

“She felt faintly embarrassed by the sheer profusion of things she had for putting in baths, but she was for some reason incapable of passing any chemist’s or herb shop without going in to be seduced by some glass-stoppered bottle of something blue or green or orange or oily that was supposed to restore the natural balance of some vague substance she didn’t even know she was supposed to have in her pores.”

Baths Females Bath Soap

Book:The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Source: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

“Something pink? Something with extra Vitamin B? Vitamin B12? B13? Just the number of things with different types of Vitamin B in them was an embarrassment of choice itself. There were powders as well as oils, tubes of gel, even packets of some kind of pungent -smelling seed that was meant to be good for some obscure part of you in some arcane way.”

Baths Females Vitamin B Bath Soap

Book:The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Source: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

“I believe it is customary to get get one's washing over first in baths and bask afterwards; personally, I bask first. I have discovered that the first few minutes are the best and not to be wasted--- my brain always seethes with ideas and life suddenly looks much better than it did...So I bask first, wash second and then read as long as the hot water holds out. The last stage of a bath, when the water is cooling and there is nothing to look forward to, can be pretty disillusioning.”

Baths Bathing Bath Reading In The Bath

Author:Dodie Smith I Capture the Castle

“I can tell you kids grew up with a silver spoon in your mouth. When I was your age, we took a bath once a week on Saturday night, and all of us used the same bath water.”