Homemade Bath Salts
and Other DIY Bath Recipes

Homemade Bath and Body Recipes for Gifting Sweet Luxury

Looking for homemade bath salts? Wondering how to make homemade bubble bath or homemade bath bombs? Homemade bath and body gifts are super fun! With that in mind, here's a few bath recipes to make it a breeze!

Making Bath Salts:

Homemade bath salts are simple to make. They can be color tinted, scented or plain. They can be presented in a jar or a cellophane bag. They can be given as one small gift or paired up in a gift basket.

Epsom Salt. Epsom salt makes a great cleansing bath for removing toxins, providing relaxation and relieving aching muscles. You'll find Epsom salt in just about every grocery, health or pharmaceutical store, usually in the personal care sections.

Sea Salt. Sea salt has the same cleansing and relaxation qualities of Epsom salt plus lots of minerals.

Although salt is a wonderful bath product all by itself, a variety of therapeutic ingredients can be added for more health, healing and relaxation benefits. For example, you can infuse bath salts with scent, color and oils. These are just a few of the most common ideas for bath salt recipes.

Easy Bath Salt Recipes:

Easy Bath Salt Recipe. Using just salt and essential oil is certainly a very basic bath salt recipe. The fact that it turns out great every time is just a bonus. Also provided are alternative scent ideas. It's easy to alter this recipe from lavender to another scent.

Rejuvenating Mint Bath Salt Recipe with Mustard Seed. Once tried - all are hooked. This is a great pick-me-up bath mixture and it also can be used for soaking tired feet. It actually makes you feel better.

After-Bath Powder. You may also be interested in learning How to Make Bath Powder. Here you'll find recipes for using essential oils, fragrance or perfume to make a custom bath powder. Bath powder can be given as an individual small gift or as a set with other complimentary bath products such as the homemade bath salts above.

Learn how to make rose water with your very own roses... How to Make Rose Water. Homemade rose water is a natural toner, a fragrant body spray, a romantic addition to the bath and a high quality addition to many bath recipes.

Sources for further reading...

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More Scented Gifts:

Lovely Lavender Bottles. Creatively caged lavender wands that can be made using fresh lavender from your garden. Fun to make and to give for housewarming gifts, to lavender lovers or to place in the guest room...

Homemade Herb Wreath. A gorgeous rewarding way to use up extra herbs from the garden. Herb wreathes make a thoughtful gift for friends and neighbors. The herbs can also be plucked as needed for use in cooking.