Bath Salts - make your own

Written By Renae Scott

Either for yourself or that perfectly simple handmade gift - for young or old. Making at childrens birthdays, gifts for your bookclub mates, or your favourite aunts. Maybe they will be looking forward to your gift every year.

A few suggestions:

  • You can add flowers/botanicals to the mix before bottling and then tie a sprig with jute around the lid. Think lavender or rosemary to keep it easy and accessible.

  • collect your kitchen jars, or ikea does have inexpensive jars that can be reused.

  • keep scents simple - try citrus and pine scents for an uplifting blend; and floral scents for the soothing relaxing bathing experience. Create your own blends.

  • attach tag with well wishes and instruction for use

WHAT YOU NEED

1kg epsom salts
500g magnesium flakes OR celtic sea salt

20 drops essential oil - combination suggestions:

for soothing muscles use rosemary, wintergreen, clary sage, sandalwood, ginger or frankincense or a combination that you enjoy totalling 20 drops.

for slowing down and stress relief use lavender, roman camomile, vetiver, cedar wood, geranium or sandalwood or a combination that you enjoy. 

Add rosemary sprigs or rose petals/lavender

WHAT TO DO

Mix well in a large bowl and decant into jars

HOW TO USE

Add at least 1 cup into a bath and soak for 40 minutes.
The first 20 minutes is detoxifying, the second is the absorption of minerals.

Renae Scott
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