Make your bathroom into a pleasure palace.  The bathroom can become the best place for a steamy, sudsy, sexy soiree with your lover before sex, after sex, or anytime at all. Below are a dozen ideas to rev up your love life and make your bathroom a more sexy environment for playful sexiness.

1. One of the first things you do in the bathroom is to look in the mirror.  It’s likely that your lover does the same.  If you’re a woman, take your favorite colored lipstick and write something sexy on the looking glass for your lover to find.  If you’re a man, use your shaving cream to write your naughty message. If cleaning the mirror is too tiresome, simply tape an erotic note to the mirror. Hide a second one in the medicine cabinet.  Write a compliment or something X-rated and make your lover’s blood pressure rise.  Leave a naughty photo of yourself in a strategic spot.  It’s a wonderful surprise and can lead to some hot and heavy bathroom sex.

2. When together in the bathroom, your hairbrush has more uses than untangling your hair. Gently tap the flat side of the brush against the bottom of your lover’s  feet.  Turn the brush over and use the bristles to tickle and stimulate them.  Don’t stop there.  A soft brush can be used to stroke, soothe and relax many other parts of your lover’s body.  Tap the brush on aching shoulders, back and buttocks.  Tease the chest, breasts and insides of the thighs with the bristles.  Use your imagination and the responses of your partner to guide you to other pleasurable hot spots.

3. How about a sensual sponge bath?  Most people think of a sponge bath only when they’re bedridden.  This is one of the most erotic ways to explore your lover’s body.  It’s also very hygienic.  Be creative with scented soaps such as lavender, almond or sandalwood.  Use perfumed oils to increase your lover’s olfactory pleasure.  Add a little lemon, orange or lime juice for a natural citrus aroma.

4. Hand lotion, body lotion, baby oil, suntan oil and even cooking oil are all slippery and sensual, making for a lusty full body or partial body massage.  While massage professionals use oils, lotions are less messy and feel just as good.  Always warm the lotion or oil in your hands first, before applying them to your lover’s body.  Start with gentle, fingertip movements, lightly skimming over your lover’s body.  Tease and thrill your partner by not staying in one place for too long.  As you gradually increase the pressure of your gentle caresses, watch your lover turn into putty in your hands.. For those people who complain that oil is too greasy and lotion too sticky, there’s always powder.  Any kind of powder will do for dusting your lover’s body: face powder, talcum powder or baby powder.  Use a powder puff, a make-up brush or your own hands to massage the powder into your lover’s chest, butt and feet, particularly between the toes.

5. Use your hair dryer to blow-dry your lover after a shower or bath.  Start from the bottom and work your way up.  If you linger at mid-section, we’ll understand, otherwise continue to the top and finish by drying and styling your lover’s hair.

6. Shaving is a boring task, so make it more enjoyable by shaving your lover’s face, legs, armpits or anything else you can make “baby bottom” smooth.   A certain amount of trust and a steady hand is required for this chore.

7. A bubble bath is romantic and relaxing. A little shampoo or dish washing liquid will do the trick just as well as expensive bath bubbles.  Squeeze in a little lemon or lime for that extra tingle.  For added ambiance, place a few lit candles around the tub.  Turn the lights down low and blow bubbles of passion together.

8. Get up a little earlier and take a shower with your lover in the morning.  Lather each other up and slide your bodies together like human washcloths.  Save soap and water and end up making love before you go to work.  What a way to start the day!

9. Fill the bathtub with two inches of hot water.   Submerge bath towels until totally soaked.  Have your lover lie in the tub, covering the lucky cupcake completely with the hot, wet towels.  Dim the lights, turn on your favorite romantic music and recite a sexy little story, then tell your lover to end the story with a happy ending.

10. Using a new soft-bristle toothbrush, lightly stroke your lover’s body, teasing all those little nooks and crannies.  Next time your dentist gives you a complimentary toothbrush, save it for pleasurable sexual activity. Add lube to intensify the sensations.

11. With his or her consent, mummify your lover with toilet paper for a soft touch that binds.  Once immobilized, use your imagination and other household items to tantalize your partner into a submissive frenzy.

12. Have sex on the edge of the sink, lie down in the bathtub, or throw some fluffy towels on the floor.  Don’t forget to use the mirrors for that extra erotic touch.