Basic Bath Salts
1 cup Salt (any non iodized salt will work)
1 cup Epsom Salt
1 teaspoon Vitamin E oil (or mineral oil)
5 drops essential oil
Optional: dye
Combine salts in glass bowl. Stir in oils. Add dye if wished. Makes about 16oz.
Tips:
- The finer the salt grains, the faster it dissolves.
- Kosher salt is much cheaper then sea salt and works just as well.
- You can use food coloring (the cheapest alternative) as dye, but i would recommend using only a drop or two or you may stain your tub, or possible yourself. Soap dyes are probably a little safer and can be found pretty cheaply at Michael’s or any other craft store.
- You can also substitute soap making fragrances. They are a nice cheap alternative to essential oils. You can all use some varieties of cooking extracts if they do not have overwhelming alcohol smell. For example, i have used orange extract before.
- You can easily make variations on this recipe by simply adding things like dried herbs to make an herbal bath, powdered milk for milk bath, and so on. I made some chocolate milk bath that smelled like cookies that turned out pretty well.
Craft Party use:
I did this as a craft program with teens during summer reading. I used baby food jars. You have to divide the amount of ingredients according to the jar size. But this program was very successful. I hope to eveuntally have enough cheap and simple bath and body crafts to hopefully have a spa program next summer. I have also used this as a Girls Night In activity with my friends.
