Getting Started with Salts:
What'll you'll need
Glass Jar with sealed lid -- to store your mixture
Sea Salts – can be purchased in most supermarkets or for the more serious online
Cleopatras Choice
Saltworks
Essential Oils - (any of a class of volatile oils obtained from plants, possessing the odor and other characteristic properties of the plant) For health and safety, use Essential oils labeled “Pure” or “100% Pure.
You can purchase Oils at most Health food stores or at a variety of places online
Mountainrose Herbs
100 Pure Essential Oils
New Directions Aromatics
What to do next:
Place the sea salts in a glass jars and add oils based on recipe's instructions. Mix thoroughly. Do not use plastic or wooden utensils! Keep tightly sealed until ready to use. Store in a cool dark place. To use, pour 1/4 cup of the bath salts into the tub. Each bath salt recipe yields 2 baths and takes approximately 5 minutes to prepare.
Bath Salt Recipes
Lemon Salt Bath
This bath is recommended occasionally (once a week or so) to relieve tension and stress, while replenishing minerals and cleansing the skin. Also helpful, over time, to dissolve cellulite. Take this bath just before sleeping as it is deeply relaxing. Do not use frequently, may cause you to become overly tired.
5 lemons cut in half, 1 small handful of Sea Salt, hot water Fill the tub with hot bath water. Add the sea salt. Squeeze the lemon juice from all of the lemons into the tub. Toss the lemons into the tub. Relax for 10 minutes.
Calming and Relaxing Recipes
Calming Bath Salts
1/2 cup Sea Salt
6 drops pure essential lavender oil
6 drops pure essential geranium oil
6 drops pure essential rose oil
2 drops pure essential rosewood oil
Centering and Balancing Bath Salt
1/2 cup Sea Salt
6 drops pure essential geranium oil
4 drops pure essential rosemary oil
6 drops pure essential rosewood oil
Earthy Bath Salt
1/2 cup Sea Salt
14 drops pure essential patchouli oil
6 drops pure essential sandalwood oil
4 drops pure essential cedar wood oi
Peaceful Bath Salt
1/2 cup Sea Salt
6 drops pure essential jasmine oil
6 drops pure essential ylang ylang oil
6 drops pure essential rose oil
Relaxing and Warming Bath Salt
1/2 cup Sea Salt
6 drops pure essential tangerine oil
4 drops pure essential ginger oil
4 drops pure essential cinnamon leaf oil
6 drops pure essential clove bud oil
2 drops pure essential lavender oil
Energizing Recipes
Wake me up Citrus Bath Salt
1/2 cup Sea Salt
8 drops pure essential sweet orange oil
4 drops pure essential lemon oil
6 drops pure essential tangerine oil
4 drops pure essential grapefruit oil
Lavender and Tea Tree Oil Bath Salt
1/2 cup Sea Salt
10 drops pure essential lavender oil
10 drops pure essential tree tea oil
Renew Bath Salt
1/2 cup Sea Salt
8 drops pure essential jasmine oil
4 drops pure essential ylang ylang oil
4 drops pure essential sandalwood oil
Rosemary and Cranberry Bath Salt
1/2 cup Sea Salt
6 drops pure essential rosemary oil
18 drops pure essential cranberry oil
Stimulating Bath Salt
1/2 cup Sea Salt
6 drops pure essential sandalwood oil
6 drops pure essential patchouli oil
6 drops pure essential ylang ylang oil
Uplifting Bath Salt
1/2 cup Sea Salt
8 drops pure essential lavender oil
4 drops pure essential rosemary oil
4 drops pure essential geranium oil
6 drops pure essential lemon oil
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