Most of the women spend their time taking care of children, cleaning the house, cooking nutritous food for their family and if they are working, doing their jobs too.
It is always a busy day for me and after a day’s of hard work my energy levels are so low that I just want to go to sleep. But now I have found a perfect solution to help me unwind. When ever I feel low I fill up my bathtub with hot water and throw in some bath salts, grab a good book or that gossip magazine I wanted to read and soak my worries away.
These baths not only helped me to relax and feel anew but I also developed an interest for making homemade bath salts. These recipes are not only economical but also easy to make, plus you can alter the recipes by adding some finest or your choicest ingredients to them. Below I am sharing a few of my all time favorite homemade bath salt recipes.
Calming Lavender
2 cups Epsom Salts
1/2 cup sea salts or dead sea salt
1/2 cup baking soda
4 drops of violet soap coloring
4 drops of Lavender Essential Oil
Mix both salts together in a large bowl. Add the baking soda. Stir in the Lavender Essential oil and the color. Let air dry and then pour into a glass jar. Add 1/4 to 1/2 cup of bath salt to your bathtub.
Soothing Rose
2 cups Epsom Salts
1/4 cup sea salts
1/4 cup dead sea salts
4 drops of red or pink soap coloring
4 drops of Rose Essential Oil
Mix together the first 3 ingredients in a large glass bowl. Stir in the soap coloring and essential oil until well blended. Just add a few scoops as you pour the water.
Herbal Salts
2 cups Epsom Salts
1 cup sea salts
1 cup crushed herbs of your choice (rosemary, green tea, rose petals, citrus peels, lavender)
6-8 drops of blue soap coloring
Mix together the first 2 ingredients in a large glass bowl. Add the herbs and soap coloring. Mix in the remaining ingredients.
It is so easy to whip up these recipes and a batch will last you for several baths. Store them in glass jars, the colored salt crystals look attractive in them. Keep the lid tight.
You can also consider adding 1 cup milk, 1 cup oatmeal, fresh fruit, 1 spoon of base oils such as almond/olive/coconut/sesame/groundnut/sunflower and fresh herbs to your bathtub (note bathtub not the glass jar) to increase it’s skin nourishing properties.