These bath recipes are simply wonderful. They are inexpensive and work wonders to keep you relaxed and beautiful. Have fun!
Bath Salts
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup Epsom salt
- 1/2 cup baking soda
- 1/2 cup borax
- 2 drops food coloring
- 40 drops scented oil -- your choice of scent
Directions: Mix together and put in a pretty bottle.
Scented Bath Bombs
Ingredients:
- 1-1/2 cups baking soda
- 1/2 cup citric acid
- 8 drops essential oil -- your choice of scent
- 1/2 teaspoon sweet almond oil
- 2 drops food coloring --your choice of color
Directions: Combine all ingredients. Press into muffin tin or mold of your choice. Release from mold. Wrap in colored plastic wrap and tie with a ribbon.
Scented Bath Crystals
Ingredients:
- 1 cup Epsom salts
- 10 drops essential oil -- your choice of scent
- 1 drop food coloring -- your choice of color
Directions: Mix all ingredients well. Store in bottle or bag.
Gentle Clarifying Bath
Ingredients:
- 5 drops Lavender
- 2 drops Rose
- 2 drops Sandalwood or Patchouli
- 1 tablespoon Sweet Almond or Grapeseed Oil
Directions: Add to running bath water.
Easy Bubble Bath
- 2 cups soap flakes or grated soap
- 1 gallon water
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup Glycerin
- 2 cups shampoo or liquid dish soap
- Essential Oil of Choice
Directions: Mix the soap flakes, water and 2 tbsp glycerin in a pot over low heat, stirring occasionally until the soap has dissolved. (Store this liquid soap in a covered container, used as an all-purpose soap or hand soap.) In a bowl, add 2 cups of this mixture to the rest of the glycerin, shampoo and essential oil. Pour into a one quart container. Store covered at room temperature. When you're ready to bathe, add about one cup to your tub as it's filling.
Meadow Milk Bath
Ingredients:
- 4 ounce powdered milk, finely sifted
- 2 ounce citric acid
- 2 ounce corn starch
- 1 400 IU capsule Vitamin E oil
- 60 drops Jasmine
Directions: Blend the powdered milk and corn starch, then sift. Mix Vitamin E and Jasmine in citric
acid. Make sure oils are thoroughly blended in the citric acid. Combine the citric acid blend with milk/corn starch blend. Use 3 tablespoons per bath.
Bath Cookies
Make some Fragrant, non fattening cookies. Drop into your warm bath for some skin softening pleasure.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups finely ground sea salt
- 1/2 cup baking soda
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 2 tablespoon light oil
- 1 teaspoon Vitamin E oil OR get capsules and squeeze the oil out
- 2 eggs
- 5-6 drops of fragrance oil
Directions: Preheat oven 350 degrees. Mix ingredients. Take a teaspoon of the dough and roll it gently into a ball (about 1 inch). Continue doing this with all the dough and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Decorate the cookies with clove, anise or dried citrus peel, if you desire. Bake 10 minutes or until lightly browned (do not overbake). Allow the cookies to cool completely.
To use: Drop 1 to 2 cookies into a warm bath and allow to dissolve.
Minty Fresh Bubble Bath
Ingredients:
- 1 cup fresh or 1/4 cup dried mint (chop up finely if its fresh)
- 1 cup fresh bay leaves -finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon of almond extract
Directions: Mix ingredients together then place in a mesh bag such as cheesecloth. Place under hot running water. Sit back & enjoy.
