Homemade Lavender Bath Salts
June 7, 2009 by Kelly Townsend
Filed under Bath & Body
If you want to make your own bath salts, it’s relatively easy. Homemade beauty products are inexpensive and they allow you to get the right amount of fragrance that you like. To create homemade lavender bath salts, you just need a few items. You can whip up a batch of bath salts in no time.
Ingredients:
1 cup epsom salt
1/2 cup sea salt
2 Tablespoons baking soda
1 teaspoon glycerin
Food coloring (red and blue to make purple)
Lavender (or any fragrance you like) essential oil
Glass jar with lid
Directions:
Combine epsom salt, sea salt and baking soda in large bowl and mix together with a wooden spoon.
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Essential Oil Combinations To Soothe and Invigorate
December 15, 2008 by Michelle Smith
Filed under Fragrances
I love baths and I regularly make my own bath salts. A reader asked for additional essential oil combinations. Essential oils can be pricey, so I usually stick to either Lavender because it relaxes me or Eucalyptus because my family finds it helpful during cold and flu season. It’s very soothing when you inhale the scented steam. Here are a few combos, I’ll add more later, that you can use with the above mentioned bath salt recipe that you can find here. The numbers signify how many drops to add to the salt. You add the oil a drop at a time, …read more




