Scented Bath Salts

“The idea of adding essential oils and food colour, in particular, is a real nice one. I tried this with peppermint essential oil and it left my skin feeling cool, soft and smooth. Thanks for posting!”

“Great and very easy to make.I made Brown sugar and fig.Smelled so good!”

“This is so easy to make and so much healthier to use than the bath salts you buy in the store. The whole house smelled fragrant the day I made them and the day I bottled them!!!”

“I used a gallon sized baggie to mix the salts.It worked great and I didn’t have any clumps to break up.Thanks for the great recipe!”

“As other reviewers have said the ingredients are easier to find and cheaper than some other bath salt recipes I have found.I have both lavender and chamomile essential oils on hand and will try this.Thanks for posting.”

“I made these as Christmas gifts and they were easy and pretty too.I used glass jars that I had saved and decorated with silk flowers.I used Bath & Body Works body spray for the scent.I noticed some of the other bath salts recipes had glycerin, which I could not find at two drug stores.This recipe was simple, inexpensive and fun.”

“This is one of the simpler recipes I’ve seen for scented bath salts, which appeals to me, cost-wise, time-wise, and allergy-wise!I made this as part of my Christmas-gift making this year, and it turned out wonderfully.I think it will be very well received.I used 3/4 tsp. pure essential lavender oil, two drops of blue food coloring, and 3 drops of red food coloring to each 2 lbs. of Epsom salts.It worked wonderfully– I got a nice light lavender tint and a fairly noticeable, but not overpowering, lavender scent.(Be warned, though, if you’re making more than one batch– that essential oil is strong stuff!I had to open a window!)I bought 4 lb. containers of Epsom salts, and found that the “pint’s a pound” equivalency stayed true for them– when measuring for the first batch, about 4 cups was equal to about half the container, or 2 lbs.I found also that the best way to make sure both scent and color were evenly distributed was to dump the oil, then the blue color, then the red color right on top of one another in the very middle, mix those together first, and then mix in the rest of the salt.I mixed with a plastic fork, which helped me break up chunks and mix a little at a time to keep it manageable, and can be just thrown away now that I’m done.I really think my family will enjoy this gift (which I put in very pretty plastic canisters with flowers embedded in the tops that I found at the dollar store!)Thank you for a wonderful idea. 🙂 “

“This was wonderful and easy.I used peppermint and tea tree oil.I will have to adjust the amount of each that I put in but that is to be expected when experimenting with scents.Thanks so much!”

“I made this for my sister and my aunt last Christmas and they said they absolutely loved it. I used a lilac/rose combination for my aunt and a straight up strong lavender for my sister (I used a lot of oil :D)”