Miniature Bath & Shower Oil Collection by Aromatherapy Associates

Aromatherapy is a practice based on the use of aromatic materials, including essential oils and other aroma compounds, with claims for improving psychological well-being. It is used as a complementary therapy or as a form of alternative medicine, and typically is used via inhalation and not by ingestion.

Fragrances used in aromatherapy are not approved as prescription drugs in the United States. Although there is insufficient medical evidence that aromatherapy can prevent, treat or cure any disease, aromatherapy is used by some people with diseases, such as cancer, to provide general well-being and relief from pain, nausea or stress. People may use blends of essential oils as a topical application, massage, inhalation, or water immersion. Due to the low quality of research evidence, it is uncertain if aromatherapy provides any benefit to people experiencing nausea after surgery.

Essential oils comprise hundreds to thousands of aromatic constituents, like terpinoids and phenylpropanoids, and to sufficiently research the pharmacological effects of essential oil constituents, each isolated constituent in the selected essential oil would have to be studied.

Bath may refer to:

• Bathing, immersion in a fluid
  • Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body
  • Public bathing, a public place where people bathe
• Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities

A miniature is a small-scale reproduction, or a small version. It may refer to:

• Portrait miniature, a miniature portrait painting
• Miniature art, miniature painting, engraving and sculpture
• Miniature food, small edible or inedible versions of food
• Miniature (chess), a short chess game, typically with no more than 25 moves.

• Miniature (illuminated manuscript), a small painting in an illuminated text
  • Arabic miniature, a small painting in an illuminated text
  • Armenian miniature, a small painting in an illuminated text
  • Persian miniature, a small painting in an illuminated text or album
  • Ottoman miniature, a small painting in an illuminated text or album
    • Contemporary Turkish miniature, painting
  • Mughal miniature, a small painting in an illuminated text or album
• Scale model
  • Room box
  • Figurine
  • Miniature figure (gaming), a small figurine used in role playing games and tabletop wargames
• Miniature (alcohol), a very small bottle of an alcoholic drink
• Miniature rose
• Miniature candy, smaller variations of candy bars and candy
• Miniature effect, a physical model of a larger object used to represent it in filmmaking
• Miniature horse, a very small breed of horse
• Miniature poodle, a smaller breed of poodle (dog)
• Mini ature, a species of frog

An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) and lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturated lipids that are liquid at room temperature.

The general definition of oil includes classes of chemical compounds that may be otherwise unrelated in structure, properties, and uses. Oils may be animal, vegetable, or petrochemical in origin, and may be volatile or non-volatile. They are used for food (e.g., olive oil), fuel (e.g., heating oil), medical purposes (e.g., mineral oil), lubrication (e.g. motor oil), and the manufacture of many types of paints, plastics, and other materials. Specially prepared oils are used in some religious ceremonies and rituals as purifying agents.

A shower is a place in which a person bathes under a spray of typically warm or hot water. Indoors, there is a drain in the floor. Most showers are set up to have adjustable temperature, spray pressure and showerhead nozzle angle. The simplest showers have a swivelling nozzle aimed downward, while more complex showers have a showerhead connected to a hose that has a mounting bracket; this allows the showerer to hold the showerhead by hand to spray the water onto different parts of their body. A showerhead can be installed in a small shower stall, or bathtub, with a plastic shower curtain or door.

Showering is common due to the efficiency of using it compared with using a bathtub. Its use in hygiene is, therefore, common practice.