BATH: Bath Salt Recipes (HERBS, OILS, CRAFTS)

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Three Great Tips For Today:

 

Tip 1 - Instant Bath Salts

1-cup salt

1-cup Epsom salt

1-cup baking soda

 

Add a little of the mixture to your tub for a revitalizing bath. For

bubbles, just add 1 cup of shampoo. For a nice scent, add a few drops of

fragrance oil.

 

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Earth Bath Salts

 

1/2 cup Epsom salts

1-cup baking soda

1/2-cup rock salt

1/2 tsp vitamin E

2 tsp light oil (almond, sunflower...)

20 drops Patchouli essential oil

15 drops Cypress essential oil

5 drops Vetivert essential oil

Green Food coloring

 

Mix all salts & baking soda together. Then combine oil, essential oils,

vitamin E & a few drops of coloring in a separate bowl. Add liquid to

salts and mix thoroughly. You can add more green food-coloring if

desired, but I find it nicer when it's a very light green as it does not

look as artificial. To use: Add a few heaping tablespoons to bath.

 

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Tip 2 - Bath Salt Recipe

 

My daughter and I have made many batches of this recipe. I can't

remember where I got it, but you can go on a search engine and search

for bath salt recipes and find them.

 

Bath salts

Equal amounts of:

Epsom salts

Table salt

Baking soda

 

Mix and add desired food coloring (I like to use the cream type) and

essential oils. Put in jars, decorate, and give as gifts. We have used

jelly jars, jars from drinks... use your imagination and recycle.

 

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Tip 3 - To Make Bath Salts:

 

Mix 8 cups Epsom salts with one-cup baking soda. Add 1 tbsp glycerin

and perfume oil or a flavored extract (like vanilla), a drop or two or

three of food coloring. Perfume amount depends on personal preference.

Mix thoroughly, and put in pretty jars. Easy!

 

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I also make bath oil. Mix equal amounts baby oil and safflower oil (or

sunflower or grape seed oil). Add perfume oil to preference.

 

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Makeup remover- Mix solid vegetable shortening (NOT lard) with no tear

baby shampoo in equal amounts. Do NOT add scent; may cause irritation.

Massage into face and wash off. All of the above make a nice gift when

put in pretty jars or bottles and arranged in a basket.

 

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by Lorraine Hamilton, Hitchcock, Texas