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Homemade Bath Salts

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Another great addition to a bath — bath salts! These salts are soothing and relaxing, as well as skin-softening. All you have to do is throw a handful into your bath water, and they dissolve away leaving a terrific smell and softened water. The best part is that they’re really, really easy to make.

All you need are the salts themselves, some liquid glycerin (which is optional), and your scents and dyes of you want to use them. You can also add baking soda, which gives a bit of a fizz to the bath and helps to absorb excess moisture in the salts. Liquid glycerin is moisturizing, and can be purchased at health food stores, drug stores, or online.

Mix up the salts for a variety of textures and properties. Dead sea salts are terrific for the skin, for example.

Here’s a very basic recipe, which can be tweaked quite easily depending on your desired results and what you have on hand to make the salts with.

  • 1 cup coarse kosher salt
  • 1 cup Epsom salts
  • 1 cup baking soda
  • 2-3 tablespoons liquid glycerin
  • 10-20 drops of fragrance oil or essential oil
  • a few drops of liquid soap colourant

Mix the salts and baking soda together well; add glycerin and colour and stir well to combine. Add the scent, a few drops at a time, until desired fragrance is reached. If the salts feel clumpy or moist to the touch, spread them out on a flat covered surface and allow them to air dry for several hours. Break up any clumps before dividing the salts and storing them in airtight containers or bags.

Tomorrow I’ll show you how to turn your homemade bath salts into a beautiful salt scrub bar of soap!

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3 Responses to “Homemade Bath Salts”

  1. KD Griffin Says:

    see this I can do. I’ll be doing this on the weekend.

  2. Sally Says:

    Oh this is so going to be one of my next projects at the art class I teach - I think they’re fave day so far was when we made lip gloss so they will love this for sure!

  3. Carrie Grosvenor Says:

    KD and Sally, let me know how it goes! It’s a fun project for sure. :)

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