Bath salts are a perfect addition to any bath. There aren’t many bath products that are as versatile as bath salts. Bath salts can be scented to fit the perfect evening, made into virtually any color of the rainbow, and are as large as small rocks, or as fine as table salt. They can even be made to bubble or fizz.

Here are 2 simple recipes that can enhance any bath time.

Scented Salt Scrub

This salt recipe is aimed at someone who prefers showers over baths. A salt scrub is perfect for those who want a quick exfoliating experience without the bath. Plus they are super simple to make. Here’s what’s needed:

* 1 Tablespoon of cosmetic grade glitter.

* your choice of oil, enough to cover the salt

* your choice of coloring (food or soap colorant)

* 3 cups of salt. Note: A mixture of fine and coarse is best, and should be layered later. So keep them separated.

Step 1 – If you decided to layer to salts, do it now. Place each layer in a decorative jar.

Step 2 – Mix the oil, glitter, and coloring agent in a bowl.

Step 3 – Pour into the salt jar, until the oil reaches the top, or covers the salt completely.

This recipe is perfect for getting rid of dead skin cells. Prior to showering, apply salt using circular movements in your troubled areas. The dead skin cells should wash away with the shower leaving a great smooth feel to the skin.

Christmas Bath Salts

With the holiday’s right around the corner, this recipe makes a wonderful, inexpensive gift for anyone on your gift list.

Ingredients:

* 1.5 Cups of Kosher Salt

* 5-6 drops of peppermint Oil

* 3 drops of red and green food coloring

* 3 Cups of Epsom Salts

Find 3 small plastic bags, and pour 1 cup of Epsom salt in each bag. Label each bag by numbers, and add peppermint oil to bags 1 and 2. Add green food coloring to bad 1, and red food coloring to bag 2. Find a decorative jar and add the red salt first, followed by the white bag, then green. This should make a nice color overlay of green, red, and white to your jar, creating a nice holiday look.

These are just 2 examples of great recipes for anyone looking to add a new dimension of relaxation to their bath time. There are limitless recipes, and you can even create your own with your favorite scents and salts. With ingredients costing mere pennies, use your imagination and feel free to go crazy!

Bath salts add a new dimension to a bath. They are easy to make and there is no limit to the combination of salt recipes that can be created.

By: Timothy Croy

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It is quite easy to mix together a couple of homemade salts in a matter of minutes. In fact, it is so easy that little kids can put together a handful of the ingredients. But, because they are that easy, it is equally easy to overlook the way you are storing the salts for future use.

More often than not, you will have a great time throwing together your usual bath salt ingredients (your lavender aromatherapy oil, your purple food coloring, your glycerin). You will probably take no more than ten minutes to reach the right intensity of scent along with the right tone of color.

It would seem as though the same ingredients are listed in homemade epsom salt recipes all over the internet world, so there shouldn’t be a big fuss over them, right? Unfortunately, you should be wary if you live in a place where you experience damp and humid air.

Fortunately for me, when I throw together all of my epsom salts with my chocolate essential oils, I only take a couple of whiffs before I know they are ready and I can pour them into a little glass jar.

In the world of keeping my homemade salts intact, I am happy to not be living off of the coast of Costa Rica (or, am I? After all, it is Costa Rica. Do I feel that happy living in the city? Anyway…). I can be rest assured that there’s no humidity in the air, and I can keep all of my salts in a glass jar without fretting that this one particular ingredient will rise and explode in it!

The ingredient I am speaking of is something many of you know (and possibly love). It is called “baking soda”. Yes! The kind that you use to absorb odorific scents in the refrigerator, the baking soda that you use to bake goodies that fluff up with utmost glee, and the same baking soda that you use to clean veggies and fruits in your kitchen.

Naturally, baking soda generates and expels carbon dioxide (which is safe). When baking goodies, this is what creates the fluff and rise in the yeast. But, think about what this does if the baking soda is mixed in with homemade bath salts contained a nearly full glass jar where there’s not much empty space. Talk about a date with bath salt bombs.

Please don’t think that this article is a scare tactic on the war against baking soda. In fact, I love baking soda and am a big fan. However, as an authority on homemade bath salts, I felt it was a step I had to take in providing this helpful information so you bath salt lovers would have this under your belt.

What is exactly the purpose of baking soda being listed as a common bath salt ingredient? Well, this is something that you will particularly enjoy: the fizz factor. Baking soda mixed with homemade bath salts in the bathwater lead to fizzy water. Baking soda adds a nice fizzy effect to the salts as they are used in the nice hot bath. And, to me, fizzy equates to tingly.

By: Sydney Garrett

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As a big fan of sharing a bath salts recipe, Sydney Garrett shares a recipe aplenty on her own homemade bath salts blog.

Bath salt recipes are very basic and simple to create. Although there are certain variations, the basic ingredients in bath salts are pretty much the same. Retailers commonly mark up this product by 600%, but you can make it for much less at home. The nice thing about making them at home is that you can make them exactly to your own tastes.

Bath salt recipes that feature dendritic salt are superior to those that do not. Dendritic salt is a special salt that has been modified to have a larger crystal structure than regular salt does. This allows your salts to better retain the scent of the fragrance or essential oils used in fragrancing your bath product. As well, if you have colored your product, it helps keep the color of them longer. It can be difficult to find dendritic salt in local stores, but there are some reputable retailer that you can order it from online.

Bath salt recipes that feature baking soda are linked to a rumor that this ingredient can make them explode. Technically, it may be possible if the salts get damp and the baking soda releases enough carbon dioxide. It is felt that if citric acid is also in the recipe, the possibility of exploding is more likely. If you are concerned about this happening, simply don’t store your salt in a glass container. Keep in mind that this is an extremely rare occurrence. You don’t have to fear that you are creating a bomb!

Bath salt recipes can be totally customized by changing the essential oils and colorants that you use. You can quite easily make multi-colored and multi-scented version that are quite gorgeous. You just need to divide up your batch into ziplock bags, then add the individual colorants and essential oils to the separate bags. Then just knead them together until the colorant and essential oils are distributed thoroughly. Add the salts in layers to your container and you’ll have a product fit for the finest bath boutique.

By: Michelle Lee Summers

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