Making Your Own Bath Salts

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Who doesn't love relaxing in a warm tub? Bath salts are good for relaxing, but they are also good for your skin and for aching muscles. Baths are not just good for cooler winter months, but are also perfect after long summer days of doing yard work, gardening, hiking and so on.

Buying bath salts can be a pricy, but making your own bath salts is easy and inexpensive and you only need a few ingredients and only takes about 5 minutes to make! Here is what you need:

Epsom Salts - Epsom salts will dissolve easily in bath water and are very soothing to the skin and muscles.

Sea Salt - Sea salts can be found in a fine or coarse grind, although a finer grind will dissolve better in bath water. Dead Sea salts can also be used and can be found in most health food stores, but are more expensive than regular sea salts.

Coarse Salt - Coarse salt can be found in large chunky crystals and are an attractive addition to your bath salts. The salt will neutralize your skin so the essential oil fragrance will cling to your skin. All salts are known to be healing and soothing on your skin.

Essential Oils - Essential oils are produced in flowers and herbs and can impart beneficial qualities. For example, tea tree oil is a astringent, which cleanses the skin and an antiseptic, which inhibits the growth of bacteria on the skin.

Fragrance oil - Fragrance oils are synthetic scents that either reproduce a scent of a natural essential oil, like vanilla, or are blended to produce a scent that are not naturally found in nature, like a rainforest scent. Sometimes fragrance oil is a good alternative as some essential oils are very expensive.

Basic Bath Salt Recipe

1 cup Epsom salts
1 cup either Sea Salt or Coarse Salt
15 drops Essential oil
5 drops Food coloring (optional)

Mix all ingredients in bowl and then pour into a glass jar. Shake lightly to mix every day for a week before using. Add 1/4 - 1/2 cup to bath water.

Refreshing Bath Salts
(This will also help with colds and flu)

1 cup Epsom salts
1 cup either Sea Salt or Coarse Salt
5 drops Peppermint oil
5 drops Eucalyptus oil
5 drops Tea tree oil
5 drops Blue food coloring

Mix all ingredients in bowl and then pour into a glass jar. Shake lightly to mix every day for a week before using. Add 1/4 - 1/2 cup to bath water.

Tropical Bath Salts

1 cup Epsom salts
1 cup either Sea Salt or Coarse Salt
7 drops Mango oil
7 drops Coconut oil
5 drops Red food coloring

Mix all ingredients in bowl and then pour into a glass jar. Shake lightly to mix every day for a week before using. Add 1/4 - 1/2 cup to bath water.

Milk Bath

1 cup either Sea Salt
1 cup of Powdered milk
10 - 20 drops of Essential oils (your favorite)

Mix all ingredients in bowl and then pour into a glass jar. Shake lightly to mix every day for a week before using. Add 1/4 - 1/2 cup to bath water.

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Christine
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(If you are interested in more frugal and natural beauty tips I will be posting more on this topic on Friday)
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