| Homemade bath salt is a wonderful thing. Everyone needs to make a little more time for relaxation, and natural salt is just a little nudge to take a nice, long bath. I should say that making bath salts at home is a very easy process. Actually it just involves very few ingredients, though you will probably have to do a little shopping to get all the things you need for the quality product. |
Here is our simple recipe to try out :
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You can use the regular food coloring that you have got in your cupboard for cooking or other crafts. Epsom salt and baking soda are available all over the place, from drug stores to regular grocery stores. Of course you can add all sorts of things to your basic homemade bath slat recipe. The most common addition is an essential oil that smells nice or adds a medicinal property to the bath salts.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup Epsom salt
- 1 cup baking soda
- 2 tablespoons vegetable glycerin
- 3 or 4 drops food coloring
Instructions
Mix the Epsom salt and baking soda well in a large bowl. You want to make sure that these two ingredients are well mixed before you add any of the liquid ingredients. The liquid will make clumps, so everything needs to be unclumped before the liquid is added. Once you are all mixed up, add the glycerin and food coloring. Stir it well. Start with just a few drops of food coloring to make a light color throughout your salts. If you add too much food coloring, it can stain your skin or your bathtub. You’ll know that you have mixed enough when the color is uniform throughout. Store the homemade bath salts in a glass jar with a good seal, to keep extra moisture out for as long as possible..
Customizing Your Homemade Bath Salts
It is a wonderful idea to make your salts a little different every time you make them. The addition of essential oils will make your bath salts smell nice and can also help the skin, relax you, or do a whole host of other things. Always use essential oils that are safe for bath products. You don’t want to use fragrance oils that are made for candles or other products.
Some great choices for aromatherapy essential oils that you can use in homemade bath salts follow:
- Lavender: wonderful for calming anxiety, easing depression and cutting stress.
- Rose: a great-smelling oil used for stress reduction, eliminating panic attacks.
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Sandalwood: a superior calming scent, it eases irritability and insecurity.
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Peppermint: eases fatigue, is also good for increasing blood circulation.
To use essential oils in your bath salts, add 10 to 20 drops of essential oil to the salts at the same time you add the other liquid. Mix well.
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