How to Make Scented Bath Salts

Soaking in a warm fragrant tub can be a sensual delight, offering time to retreat, reflect and refresh. Here is an easy way to make this more enjoyable for you and your loved ones.

Bath salts are cleansing, relaxing for sore muscles, softening to the skin, and detoxifying after bodywork.

Bath Salts: Add 1/4 to 1 teaspoon essential oil for every 1 cup total single or combination of sea salt, Epsom salt, or baking soda. Stir well. Using a seashell as a scoop makes a delightful gift addition. Add one handful per filled bath. One cup of bath salts should make 4 to 5 baths. Store in a glass jar.

A Few Suggestions for Scents:

Athlete’s Bath: ginger, juniper, lavender, marjoram, rosemary
Cold & Flu Bath: eucalyptus, ginger
Dry Skin Bath: chamomile, rose
Energizing Bath: eucalyptus, lemon thyme, peppermint, pine, rosemary
Kid’s Bath: lavender, rose
Love Bath: cardamom, cinnamon, jasmine, rose, sandalwood
Oily Skin Bath: lavender, lemon, orange, and yarrow
Premenstrual Bath: chamomile, Clary sage, lavender
Relaxing Bath: chamomile, lavender
Sore Muscle Bath: rosemary

Natural Colors

Red: Beet powder
Green: Chlorofresh Capsules (made by Natures Way). Prick open 2 or 3 capsules with a pin and squeeze out the content.
Yellow: Turmeric (you will need to scrub the tub when using this by itself or mixed with beets to give orange)
Blue green: Spirulina powder
Orange: Beet powder and turmeric

Soak and enjoy. When done bathing, let the water run out the drain as you visualize your stress going with it.

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Duane B.

11:26AM PST on Jan 3, 2013

Thank you for sharing.

January 3
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Chaieyfah Y.

12:37AM PST on Dec 9, 2011

You may have never had this question asked to you but is the picture on this post one that you took or did you get it from the internet. If you took it yourself may I have permission to use the picture. I do not want to get in copyright troubles.

December 9
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Marcia M.

7:13AM PDT on Jun 7, 2011

Thanks.
I'll try to make some.

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Judith C.

12:53PM PDT on Apr 14, 2011

Thank you will be trying this soon

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Anna L.

10:27AM PDT on Mar 27, 2011

thanks

March 27
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Ioana B.

4:49AM PDT on Mar 15, 2011

great ideas to try

March 15
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Samantha C.

9:42AM PDT on Mar 14, 2011

Baths are really good for relaxing and winding down, and if you only do it once a week, it doesn´t use that much more water than showers. Bathing is my retreat time from being a mother and a wife. I need that time, to shut the door and reset.
By the way, I used some dried Hibiscus flowers for a lovely bright red colour. Just threw a few in the coffee grinder and ground them really fine. I made red speckled Rose and Lemongrass scented Bath-fizzies with it. Worked a treat. I´m gonna try the spirulina next, hope it doesn´t smell too fishy ;-)
Sam