With the many things that we add to our bath, like bubbles, perfumes or oils, you may wonder what the purpose of using bath salt instead. One of the reasons is that using them augments the salt in your bath water which is known to diminish the bacteria that is on your skin. This bath water additive allows the body to discard the excess dead skin quicker and helps to protect the body’s skin from illness. It can also help to soften the skin while making it healthier, smoother, and moister.

If you want to try these salts the first thing to do is to be certain to put them in as the water is running into the tub. If you pour them in after the bath is filled they will not dissolve properly and so there will be no benefits to having put the bath salt into the bath. This is because they take a little time to properly dissolve and if you put them in at the beginning they will have that time. Some people use them scented while others prefer no scent. The thing to remember is that the delicate scent that is added will not be detrimental to your skin so if you like the scents it is okay to use them.

If you have an interest in using these for your bath then you have two chooses. You can purchases at a variety of stores, including online, or you can make them yourself. There are many recipes available, again you can find these online, that will show you how by buying a few simple items you can not only make bath salt but you can make attractive bottles of it to give as gifts. Most of what you need you can get at the supermarket or drug store. These ingredients include Epsom salts, baking soda, food coloring, glycerin and essential oils. Find a good recipe to learn how to make this treat for your bath.

By: Mayoor Patel

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As stay at home mothers, we spend almost all of our waking hours taking care of the children, cleaning the home, preparing meals and doing the family errands. When was the last time that you did something relaxing just for yourself? If you had to pause for a moment to think about your answer, then it has been too long.

When I take time out just for myself, I enjoy taking a long hot bath. I like to fill up my bathtub with some homemade bath salts and while I am soaking, read a good book. These baths help to relax me after a long busy day.

The following recipes are really easy to make.

Relaxing Lavender

2 cups Epsom Salts

1/2 cup sea salts

1/4 cup baking soda

4 drops of Lavender Essential Oil

Mix Epsom salts, baking soda and sea salt together in a large bowl. Stir in the Lavender Essential Oil until salt mixture is coated. Let air dry and then pour into a container with lid. Use a 1/4 to 1/2 cup of bath salts under warm running water.

Romantic Rose

2 cups Epsom Salts

1/2 cup sea salts

4 drops of red or pink soap coloring

4 drops of Rose Essential Oil

Mix together the first 2 ingredients in a large glass bowl. Stir in the soap coloring and essential oil until well blended. Use a 1/4 to 1/2 cup of mixture under warm running water.

Hydro-Therapy Salts

2 cups Epsom Salts

1 cup sea salts

6-8 drops of blue soap coloring

Mix together the first 2 ingredients in a large glass bowl. Stir in the soap coloring until well blended. Use a 1/2 cup of mixture under warm running water.

By: Shelly Hill

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Shelly Hill has been working from home in Direct Sales since 1989 and as a busy mother and grandmother, she believes in the importance of taking time out for yourself every day. You can visit Shelly online at http://www.workathomebusinessoptions.com for free articles and tips or you can visit Shelly’s cooking and recipe blog at http://wahmshelly.blogspot.com for free recipes.

There are a lot of reasons why people use aromatic bath salts, including the fact that they relieve stress and enhance a person’s mood. If you’re into aromatherapy, you know that every scent has a special purpose. Unfortunately, these lovely bath salts can be rather expensive and may not fit into your budget at this point in time. You can, however, create your own delightful bath salts even if you don’t think you have a creative bone in your body. You’ll be able to design great-smelling bath salts to pamper yourself or to give as gifts.

When it comes to making bath salts, all you need is baking soda, a fragrance, and a special type of salt. Iodized table salt won’t work for bath products because it contains a lot of additives. You can use non-iodized table salt if you want to, but it isn’t recommended as highly as Epsom Salt, Sea Salt, and Rock Salt are. These coarser, larger-grained salts will work the best.

When choosing a fragrance, you will either want to select either fresh herbs or scented bath oil. With scented oil, be sure you pick one that says it was made for use in bath products. There are other kinds on the market that are only for general craft purposes which aren’t safe to use in bath salts. In addition, make sure you really enjoy the fragrance since you’re going to be making a fairly large batch of bath salts that will smell like it.

If you’ve decided on making herbal bath salts, you’ll need a clean glass jar with a tight lid. Layer fresh herbs in the bottom of the jar and then pour in some salt. Cap the jar with a cover of plastic wrap and then the lid to make sure it’s air-tight. After two or three weeks the salt will have soaked up the scent from the herbs. Discard the herbs at that point, and that will leave you with a jar of aromatic bath beads.

Most of the aromatic bath salt recipes you’ll run across will have you add baking soda to the bath water to soften it as well as salt and scented oil. With these recipes, you keep the ingredients separate and add them to the water one at a time. Unfortunately, this method doesn’t give you a product you can either display or give as a gift. When you make a product in which you combine ingredients, however, you need to be very careful. Baking soda can cause a chemical reaction when added to certain other ingredients, and it would be tacky to give exploding bath salts to relatives and friends.

Although making aromatic bath salts is an easy job, there is some responsibility that goes along with it. Do some research so that you know the chemicals you’re mixing together aren’t going to have any harmful effects. Look for a recipe from a website you can trust, or ask someone you know for a recipe that worked for them. Any time you make a new batch of bath salts, be sure to test them carefully before giving any of them away.

Here are some final tips for making your own aromatic bath salts. If you use them they will provide you with a great way to relax. If not, they’ll still look pretty displayed in your bathroom. When using essential oils, make sure you don’t use more than a drop or two. Using more could cause your skin to become irritated. In addition, you won’t want to buy too many bottles of essential oils at once. A bottle will last for a long time, but it will only keep its aroma for about two years, so you’ll want to be able to use up what you purchase within that time frame.

By: Christopher W Smith

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