Bath Salts

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To soothe away aches and pains, you can make your own bath salts by combining
2 cups of Epsom salt with
1 cup of sea salt.

After you've blended them together, add your chosen essential oils for fragrance. Bath salts with the oils of eucalyptus and peppermint are wonderful choices if you'd like to take a hot bath to relieve the symptoms of a bad cold.

If you are making bath salts for a gift, you can add several drops of food coloring simply to make them prettier

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Simple Gifts: Bath Salts
August 10, 2011 By Jeanne 8 Comments


Bath salts are a very easy, very lovely gift to make and give. They use simple ingredients, and can be easily customized to any theme or occasion, depending on your jar size and shape as well as what essential oils you choose. I love giving mine as bridal shower or baby shower gifts. Packaged in smaller bottles, they can easily be made into wedding favors too.

What You Need:
• 5 pounds Epsom salts (can be found at your local pharmacy or health store)
• 50-100 drops of essential oil such as lavender, sandalwood or grapefruit (I got mine from lorannoils.com or you can find them at your local health store)
• Food coloring drops
• Glass jars or bottles
• Gift tags & ribbon

Pour the epsom salts into a large bowl with plenty of room to stir. Sprinkle the drops of oil and the liquid coloring all over the top of the epsom salts – don’t drop them all in one place. How much essential oils and liquid coloring should you add? That is up to you, but a good way to start is with 15 drops of each, stir thoroughly and see if you like the effect. Add more as desired, stirring thoroughly after each addition. When mixed, pour into glass containers until they are filled to the brim. Makes about 10 eight-ounce jars of bath salts, or twenty 4-ounce jars. For a single recipe, use 1 pound epsom salt, and start with 3 drops of essential oils and liquid coloring.

Once you finish filling your jars up with salt, add a ribbon and gift tag to make it extra special! I chose some circle hang tags in the style Kashmir with green ribbon to match.

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Easy Homemade Bath Salts Recipe
December 16, 2011 By Stevie 19 Comments

Making fragrant jars of homemade bath salts couldn’t be easier. In vintage mason jars, bath salts look beautiful on display and make wonderful gifts. Here is a recipe to make your own as part of the Natural Skincare Series.

Materials:

Epsom salts
100% pure lavender essential oil (not fragrance)
dried lavender
vintage mason jars

Directions:
1. Fill each mason jar about halfway full of the Epsom salts.
2. Add just 10-15 drops of essential oil, replace lid, and shake.
3. Remove the lid again, add 1 tablespoon of dried lavender flowers, replace lid and shake (again)
4. Add more Epsom salts to full the jar then (you guessed it) replace the lid and shake shake shake.
5. Optional: download and print these freebie canning labels to dress them up