Making Bath Salts At Home

Bath salts are becoming very popular these days because of their ability to relax you and for numerous health benefits provided by them. One can easily find them at most of the local herbal stores. If for any reason you are unable to get your hands on one of your favourite bath salts, don't worry at all! Making bath salts at home is much easier then it sounds. You don't need to be an expert to make them at home. Anybody who wants to make bath salts can make them easily and without wasting much of their valuable time.

For making bath salts you need a few readily available ingredients. These simple ingredients can be used individually of in combination for providing medical or therapeutic benefits. The basic ingredients required in making these salts are bath salts such as Epsom or Dead Sea Salts, baking soda and essential oils. If you want to use it for softening your skin too, then you can also add Glycerine to the list. This will moisturize the skin and prevent it from getting dry. In case you want coloured bath salts, you can add colouring too. All these ingredients are easily available in most of the stores.

The method for making bath salts basically requires mixing of these ingredients. This mix then needs airing and then it is ready to be stored in glass jars. It doesn't take much time and effort to do that.

There is another way that is different and shorter too. For this method, you need few different ingredients such as distilled water, unscented shampoo, glycerine, and of course essential oils. If unscented shampoo is not available, castile soap can be used instead. Since olive oil is the basic ingredient of castile soap, it helps in making the skin soft and moisturises it. Castile soap can be bought from any health store; drug store and all the major departmental stores keep it too. The ingredients are mixed and stored in a container and then water is poured into it. Some people also add few attractive seashells to it to make the bath salts look beautiful.

There is one longer way of making bath salts too. In this method, a corked container is taken and sunflower oil is poured into it with the help of a funnel. The next step is to add few teaspoons of essential oil and then keeping it covered for a few days. This container is also shaken at regular intervals in all these days. To make it more attractive, beautiful beads, crystals and dried flowers can also be added.

Be more creative and make bath salts with all kind of combinations that you want. You may use 21 different types of essential oils, various colours and textures to make a bath salt for your particular requirements. Make them and you can use them as a perfect gift too!