| There are a lot of reasons why people use aromatic | | | | that will leave you with a jar of aromatic bath beads. |
| bath salts, including the fact that they relieve stress | | | | Most of the aromatic bath salt recipes you'll run |
| and enhance a person's mood. If you're into | | | | across will have you add baking soda to the bath |
| aromatherapy, you know that every scent has a | | | | water to soften it as well as salt and scented oil. |
| special purpose. Unfortunately, these lovely bath salts | | | | With these recipes, you keep the ingredients |
| can be rather expensive and may not fit into your | | | | separate and add them to the water one at a time. |
| budget at this point in time. You can, however, | | | | Unfortunately, this method doesn't give you a |
| create your own delightful bath salts even if you | | | | product you can either display or give as a gift. When |
| don't think you have a creative bone in your body. | | | | you make a product in which you combine |
| You'll be able to design great-smelling bath salts to | | | | ingredients, however, you need to be very careful. |
| pamper yourself or to give as gifts. | | | | Baking soda can cause a chemical reaction when |
| When it comes to making bath salts, all you need is | | | | added to certain other ingredients, and it would be |
| baking soda, a fragrance, and a special type of salt. | | | | tacky to give exploding bath salts to relatives and |
| Iodized table salt won't work for bath products | | | | friends. |
| because it contains a lot of additives. You can use | | | | Although making aromatic bath salts is an easy job, |
| non-iodized table salt if you want to, but it isn't | | | | there is some responsibility that goes along with it. |
| recommended as highly as Epsom Salt, Sea Salt, and | | | | Do some research so that you know the chemicals |
| Rock Salt are. These coarser, larger-grained salts will | | | | you're mixing together aren't going to have any |
| work the best. | | | | harmful effects. Look for a recipe from a website |
| When choosing a fragrance, you will either want to | | | | you can trust, or ask someone you know for a |
| select either fresh herbs or scented bath oil. With | | | | recipe that worked for them. Any time you make a |
| scented oil, be sure you pick one that says it was | | | | new batch of bath salts, be sure to test them |
| made for use in bath products. There are other kinds | | | | carefully before giving any of them away. |
| on the market that are only for general craft | | | | Here are some final tips for making your own |
| purposes which aren't safe to use in bath salts. In | | | | aromatic bath salts. If you use them they will provide |
| addition, make sure you really enjoy the fragrance | | | | you with a great way to relax. If not, they'll still look |
| since you're going to be making a fairly large batch of | | | | pretty displayed in your bathroom. When using |
| bath salts that will smell like it. | | | | essential oils, make sure you don't use more than a |
| If you've decided on making herbal bath salts, you'll | | | | drop or two. Using more could cause your skin to |
| need a clean glass jar with a tight lid. Layer fresh | | | | become irritated. In addition, you won't want to buy |
| herbs in the bottom of the jar and then pour in some | | | | too many bottles of essential oils at once. A bottle |
| salt. Cap the jar with a cover of plastic wrap and | | | | will last for a long time, but it will only keep its aroma |
| then the lid to make sure it's air-tight. After two or | | | | for about two years, so you'll want to be able to use |
| three weeks the salt will have soaked up the scent | | | | up what you purchase within that time frame. |
| from the herbs. Discard the herbs at that point, and | | | | |