Bath Salts
Homemade Bath Salts are a soothing and energizing way to make your own 'home spa'.
The two ingredients that are key here are sea salt and epsom salt. I developed this recipe as my “signature” homemade bath salts recipe.
The dry milk is a soothing ingredient. Epsom salt is soothing to sore muscles and is found in the pharmacy aisle. A little more or less of any ingredient is OK for both salts and soap.
And if you want to really make homemade bath salts just like the expensive versions at the bath & body shops, add a tablespoon or so of fine granulated sugar and pack a few vitamin E tablets in which will melt in the hot bath water. The sugar is antiseptic and scrubs your skin and makes it soft, while the vitamin E acts as an anti-oxidant and is soothing to cuts and scrapes.
Master Bath Salts Recipe:
Mix together:
1 cup Epsom salt
¼ cup sea salt
2 tablespoons baking soda
Bath Salts Variations:
1 tablespoon dry goats milk
1 tablespoon regular (not instant) oats, run through a blender (opt)
1-2 tablespoons bath herbs of your choice, finely ground or not, your choice,
or a few drops essential bath oil of your choice
2 teaspoons granulated sugar
Vitamin E capsules
Wheat Germ capsules
Primrose capsules
Vitamin C tablets
Mix together. You can add food coloring – depending upon how thorough you are in mixing, all the crystals won’t be colored, but you’ll get pretty “dots” of color here and there. To use, pour ¼ cup into a hot bath.
