Dr. Teal's Foaming Bath Review

With a Bath Time Self-Care Starter Pack in hand, I set out to determine the best product for a simple, soothing experience.

Bubble bath was my childhood favorite. As an adult, I'm trying to take baths instead of showers a few times a week, to take some time for self-care and try out these lovely bath products.

Is Dr. Teal's Bubble Bath Worth It?

I'm giving Dr. Teal's Foaming Bath #ad a rating of 4 out of 5 stars.

Dr. Teal's bubble bath is my second favorite when compared to other options like Aveeno bath treatment and Purple Canyon bath bombs.

I consider Dr. Teal's worth the price and effort needed.

Into the future, I intend to stop using Purple Canyon, and alternate between Aveeno and Dr. Teal's when I want to soak in the tub and feel my skin smooth afterwords.

And I'll enjoy Dr. Teal's when I want to have a little fun, and listen to the tingly bubbles in my ears as I close my eyes to relax, maybe with the wifey.

Yes indeed, even you can learn to do self-care, and pick up some tingles of your own.

What's to love?

• I'm a sensory nut, and a really love resting my head so that my ears are submerged by the bubbles because they emit tiny popping ambient static that's very relaxing and makes you forget the world around you.
• I'm a person who's not 100% comfortable with my body, so it's nice to have a foamy layer of white bubbles to cover up my private parts underneath the surface of the water.
• Smells amazing, and Dr. Teal's has all sorts of bubble bath variety scents and flavors you can keep up a nice and fresh bubble bath variety habit.
• Your skin is shiny after you dry off. The shimmering residue from the sudsy water seems to have stayed on my skin. When I look in the mirror, my face is glossy and clean.
• The smell and muscle-relaxing feel of the epsom salt variety is relief to my old man’s hip pain and office worker’s neck cramps.

What could be better?

• You had better put the bubble bath liquid in BEFORE you run the bath water. That's the best way to maximize your bubbles. Because...
• The liquid to bubble ratio is too low. Dumping too much Dr. Teal's into the tub, I feel wasteful and a little eco-gluttonous.

How to use Dr. Teal's Foaming Bath the right way

‍In the bathtub. you are going to have a frown on your face if you run the bath to full before pouring in the Dr. Teals. You'll get so few bubbles, you'll wonder if you bought bubble bath in the first place. It just doesn't work with still water like that.

For best results, scrub the stub clean before you start. Empty the water completely, plug the drain tight, and pour in ample amounts of Dr. Teal's bubble bath BEFORE you run the water. That way every splishy splashy stream of water from the faucet contributes the the accumulating bubbles.

For my small bath 2-3 cap fulls is enough, but 4-6 cap fulls will be extra bubbly. For a larger bath start from 5 cap fulls.

How much Dr. Teal’s bath wash liquid to use each time?

On the bottle, it only writes “use generous amounts”, but I know from experience, when you get “too generous” it turns into Sudsy Mountain.

For a regular sized American household bath (the kind that’s only big enough for one person to lie down with their legs folded), I recommend 3 to 5 cap fulls. 

However, the cap is not designed for you to measure. You can’t use it like a measuring cup, so you just have to “guess when to stop at 3 to 5 cap fulls”.

My bubbly little experiment

Round 1: Wet Finger Stir Test. A little experiment where I put my wet finger inside a small bowl of Teal's bubble bath and stirred my finger around see if the teals bubble bath with bubble with my wet finger alone.

The result is, with just a wet finger, it stays viscous and does not bubble up.

Round 2: Equal Parts Bath Liquid and Hot Water Stir Test. To satiate my stirring curiosity, I next add piping hot water at a 1-to-1 ratio, and started stirring it around with my finger again.

The result is, The surface bubbled up, but for the amount of Dr. Teal's but inside the bowl, it's simply not bubbly enough.

Round 3: Pour Bath Liquid Into Plugged Sink and Run Hot Water Test. Finally, I gave up on structured scientific method. I plugged the sink, poured the 1-to-1 Dr. Teals to Water Mixture into the sink, and ran the faucet with steaming hot water.

The result is, my wife took a photo of the ample bubbles (great success) I had made in the sink, then asked me to make sure I leave the kitchen clean when I'm done.