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Barbara Bruce-Ross moved B. Witching Bath Co. last November from its small East Ridgewood Avenue location to a larger space on South Broad Street — complete with a basement and vault containing more than 150 fragrances.
She's inviting patrons to come by and stir up their own lucky bath potions through March.
The philosophy at B. Witching Bath Co. is that all products should be wholesome and organic, as well as fragrant and appealing.
“If you like how it smells then you’re more likely to use it,” said Bruce-Ross of Edgewater. “And by using it, that’s going to make your skin better.”
Bruce-Ross’ grandmother, an alchemist, devised the recipe for all of the store’s lanolin-based formulas as a way to treat the widespread eczema in her family.
As a child, Bruce-Ross felt she was “too cool” for her grandmother’s products. But as she got older and her eczema got worse, she gave them a try.
“Lo and behold, they actually worked for me,” said Bruce-Ross, who opened the Ridgewood store in 2004.
The company has three labs: one in Ohio, another in Lodi and an organic lab in Washington.
Bruce-Ross attributes the success to her approximately 60 products’ smooth and powdery after-touch.
“That’s what the company was founded on,” she said.
Bruce-Ross hopes others will find the same success in her grandmother’s products that she did.
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