Abstract: A hydrotherapy vessel (10) that allows the user (42) to experience hydrotherapy in an upright position. The vessel provides means (50) for the user to enter the vessel laterally, rather than the traditional method of entering from the top of the vessel. Also provided is a liner (18, 32) that can be used to line the vessel to ensure watertightness, and a sheath (44) that may enclose the user so that the user does not directly contact the water (34).

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for applying a composition to the skin, the apparatus including a chamber, the chamber including means for washing the skin (10), and means for applying the composition (4). Applicants have recognized that incorporating means for washing the skin into a chamber designed for applying a composition to the skin provides a number of advantages such as removal of foreign matter from the skin, and also removal of a proportion of the stratum corneum immediately prior to the removal of a composition such as an artificial tanning agent. Removal of dead skin cells and other contaminants from the skin immediately before the application of a composition improves the reproducibility of the absorption of the active ingredient in the composition.