How to handle expired shower steamers?

 Mar 03,2023

The easiest way to explain a shower steamer is to compare it to another popular self-care implement: the bath bomb. Bath bombs are bundles of skin-healthy ingredients and aromatherapeutic scents (often fun, colorful glitter) that can be dropped into your bath. Once submerged, bath bombs dissolve and infuse all of their goodness into the water.

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Similarly, a shower steamer is made with ingredients that are good for your skin and body, as well as aromatherapeutic elements. These turn your everyday shower into a seriously luxurious experience that turns even the smallest bathroom into a five-star spa.

Making your shower routine an intoxicating experience by using shower steamers is a simple process to follow whenever you take a shower.

Start by letting your hot shower build up steam inside the shower. You can start with extremely hot water and adjust the water temperature accordingly afterward.
Place one shower steamer on your shower floor. But find a location where the shower stream won’t hit the steamer directly—simply close enough for water splashes to hit it. The idea is to let the fizzy create a steam effect slowly but steadily.
Allow the shower steam to activate the fizz and release the aromatic Essential Oils throughout the shower. The warm steam and the incredible aromatherapy will let you relax and enjoy your shower like never before.

In short, it depends on the ingredients in the steamer. Shower steamers don’t typically have an expiration date stamped on their packaging; however, they will become less potent over time. Shower steamers retain their peak smell and effectiveness for about six months after being made. After six months, they may have a fainter scent and not fizz up as well as they would’ve beforehand.
If you’ve had a shower steamer for over a year and a half, though, we would caution against using it—unless it’s a Cait + Co Aromatherapy Shower Steamer. Depending on its ingredients and whether it was properly stored, it may now contain harmful bacteria. Check the ingredient label to see if any ingredients, including but not limited to oatmeal, flower petals, or oils, may be harmful to use after a certain time period.

Cait + Co shower steamers come shrink-wrapped in their own boxes and don’t contain any harmful ingredients for your protection, so they’re less likely to be damaged or contaminated over time.

So you’ve got a stash of expired shower steamers - now what? Before you chuck them out faster than last week’s mystery meatloaf, let’s explore ways to revive these fizzled-out friends for further enjoyment!

Sure, their scents have seen better days. But hidden beneath faded fragrance lies dormant power primed for reawakening. Even lackluster steamers can transform into tub-time treasures with a little TLC.

Feeling crafty? Breathe new purpose into once-aromatic allies. Crushed and mixed into scrubs, expired steamers scrub tubs sparkling clean. Or sprinkle the powder around plants - essential oils boot pesky bugs.

For stronger scent revival, add a few rejuvenating drops of fresh oils to a steamer-filled jar. Shake with gusto, and voila! You’ve concocted customized closet or drawer fresheners, ready to infuse spaces with joy.

With vision and ingenuity, second lives await slackening steamers.

To extend steamer shelf life, keep them cool, dry, and sealed airtight - think linen closets over humid bathrooms. They’ll thank you with care by retaining scents and fizz far longer, delaying expiration into the distant future.

Treat steamers carefully, and enjoy an aromatherapy paradise for endless extra days when you need it most.

Alas, sometimes even revived steamers reach the finale of their lifespan. It can be hard when scents fully fade and fizzle flatline beyond salvation, but we must say goodbye.

Take comfort, though! Even in resigned retirement, purpose surrounds steamers. The ingredients break down into compost piles instead of trash bins to nourish gardens. What was once a humble steamer transforms into the building blocks of new life and growth.

So next time you unearth an expired stash, don't despair! With fresh perspectives, even the weariest of steamers can find renewed purpose. Get creative and uncover second, third, and even fourth lives waiting dormant within.

You can repurpose the expired shower steamer if you do not want to dispose of it. Expired shower steamers can be used as air fresheners, drawer sachets, or placed in a bowl of warm water to release any remaining fragrance.