Making bath salts is very easy – perfect for kids to make. They are always a welcome gift for soothing tired muscles and healing the skin. They also neutralise your skin so that the fragrant oils cling to it and smell wonderful for hours. A fragrant relaxing bath is a great way to de-stress and an affordable luxury.
The basic recipe is:
1 cup Epsom Salts
1 cup Coarse Sea Salt
10-20 drops essential oils* (I usually prefer to put in double the amount)
10 drops food colouring or soap dye (I find that with food colouring the colour fades quite quickly)
Place the salts in a large bowl and mix well. Scoop out about 1/2 in a small bowl. Add the oils and colouring to the salts in the small bowl and mix well. Add this mixture back to the large bowl a little at a time. Repeat if necessary to get the desired colour strength. Pour into a glass jar with a tight fitting lid and shake every day for a week before packaging**.
Add about 1/3 cup of bath salts to running bath water.
* Some nice blends:
- Refreshing and energising: 20 drops peppermint oil and 10 drops eucalyptus oil
- Soothing: 20 drops camomile and 10 drops ylang-ylang
- Victorian Rose: 20 drops rose, 6 drops lavender, 4 drops clove
- Fresh Floral: 20 drops bergamot, 10 drops jasmine, 10 drops rose
** If making with children, you can put the finished bath salts into a cellophane bag for an inexpensive option and let them have fun creating their own labels
Or pour into interesting jars and decorate appropriately or include in a themed gift pack.
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