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People have been purchasing aromatic bath salts for years, because bathing in a tub with bath salts is both relaxing, helps respiratory problems, and invigorating. Did you realize, though, that you can also make your own bath salts much less expensively than you can purchase ready-made ones? The process is so easy to do that even those with little claim to creativity can make them successfully. These homemade bath salts also make lovely, thoughtful gifts for family and friends.
Bath salts are made using only a few ingredients. In fact, you will only need salt, fragrance, and baking soda in order to devise your own. Any of the common salts you can purchase at the grocery store will work, especially Epson Salt, Sea Salt, and Rock Salt. You’ll find that salts with coarser grains work best. Non-iodized table salt can be used, but it isn’t ideal due to the added ingredients it contains.
Depending on the fragrance you wish, you can use scented oils or herbs.
Be sure to read the labels of any essential or fragranced oils before buying, because some of them are unsafe for use in a bath.
If you’re looking forward to relaxing in an herbal bath, start by layering fresh herbs and salt in a glass jar with a plastic lid (if the lid isn’t plastic, cover tightly with plastic wrap). Leave the mixture covered for two to three weeks which will allow the salts to acquire the fragrance of the herbs. When time is up, all you have to do is remove the herbs and pour the aromatic bath salts you’ve produced into your bath water.
You’ll find many simple recipes for bath salts that call for adding baking soda to the mixture. The baking soda will create nice soft water for you to bath in. The easiest recipe calls for putting the salt and soda mixture into the tub while the water is running. Then, when you’re just about ready to step in, add 2 or 3 drops of the scented oil. Too much oil can result in unwanted skin irritations.
When giving any bath salts containing baking soda away, keep in mind that baking soda can mix with some ingredients and cause minor explosions. Before bottling aromatic bath salts to give away, test the recipe for possible safety issues. Don’t just randomly mix ingredients together and call it good. Do some research first, and use sources you trust for information.
Aromatic bath salts are relaxing when used in the tub and lovely to look at in your bathroom. Do keep in mind, though, that essential oils will lose their smells over time. The life expectancy of scented oil is only about 2 years. After that time they will lose their potency and need to be replaced. Most people won’t have any trouble with the oils expiring, though. They’ll have used the wonderful bath salts long before the 2 years is up.
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