How to make bath salts
Bath Salt Instructions, Making Bath Salts
Easy , Bath Salt Recipes
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Ingredients:
- 3
cups sea salt, regular sea salt
or Epsom salt, or a blend of two
or three of these salts. Sea
salts typically come in several
grain sizes. Combining multiple
grain sizes can make your salts
more appealing. Keep in mind,
however, that more course grains
do take longer to dissolve in the
tub.
- 15-24
drops of your selected essential
oil, essential oil blend or body
oils.
- 1
tablespoon fractionated coconut
oil or other carrier oil for
moisturization (optional)
Directions:
Place the salt
mixture into a bowl. Add the drops of
your chosen essential oils. Mix very well
with a fork. Add the mixture to a pretty
jar, salt tube, or container that has a
tight fitting lid. After a day, you
may wish to mix well again to ensure that
the oils have blended very well.
Add 1/2 - 1 cup of
the salts to running bath water. Mix well
to ensure that the salt has dispersed
well in the tub before entering. To keep
the essential oils from evaporating too
quickly, you can add the bath salts just
before getting in the tub instead of
while the water is running. Sitting on
undissolved chunky bath salts can be
painful, so make sure the salts have
dissolved well before entering.
To Color to
Your Salts:
For the most
natural bath salt recipe, leave your bath
salts uncolored.
If you would like
to add color to your salts, FD&C
(food, drug or cosmetic) liquid dye or
mica powder can be added before you add
the essential oils. When adding FD&C
grade liquid dye, be sure to add only a
drop at a time and stir well. When adding
mica powder, only add a tiny amount
(1/16-1/8 a teaspoon is usually
sifficient) and stir very well. Using too
much dye or mica powder can discolor the
water and discolor skin, so be very
careful. Leave bath salts at a soft
pastel color. It is also important that
you make sure that you are using
skin-safe colorants and that the user of
your bath salt blend does not have any
allergies or sensitizations with the
colorant that you have chosen
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