I love DIY projects, and I love playing with essential oils. I’d like to offer a simple and fun gift giving recipe/project for the holiday season – Peppermint Bath Salts!
The Recipe
Items/ingredients needed:
- 1 Cup Epsom Salt
- 1 tbsp. Baking Soda
- 4 drops Peppermint Essential Oil
- Mason Jar {8 oz.} or your favorite little jar
- 4 drops Red Food Coloring
- Ribbon
In a mixing bowl combine the Epsom salts and essential oil. Add food coloring to the mix as desired and ‘viola’.
If you want a scent other than peppermint, you’re in luck! Below are some suggested scents and their purpose(s):
- Relaxation: lavender, sandalwood, vetiver, jasmine, chamomile, cedarwood
- Invigorating: cypress, fir, juniper, lemon, nutmeg, orange, grapefruit, peppermint, eucalyptus
- Romantic: rose, jasmine, clary sage, geranium, ylang ylang
Optional Ideas to Add On
- If you are doing a lavender recipe and actually add lavender seeds. Buy them in bulk here.
- You can fancy it up by using decorative jars, fabric, ribbons.
- You can layer colors to give a striping affect in the jars.
- Labeling the jars (glass is preferred as some oils can be volatile and melt plastics) can be as fancy or simple as you wish. For example you might tag you gift: “Spiritual Salt: Patchouli, Cedarwood, Orange essential oil combination. Use ¼ – ½ cup of bath salts to bath, let dissolve and enjoy!”
- Add a small wooden scoop to measure out the salt into a bath.
If you were to use bath salts what would be your favorite scent? Perhaps someone you love will see your response and you’ll receive the perfect gift!
I have never made bath salts but it sounds like something I would like to try, thanks for the recipe and I will be trying it soon.
I love this idea!! I am going to try it tonight with lavender!
Awesome ideas love them
If I tried this I would use lavender or eucalyptus! Those are two of my favorite scents.
This is such a cool idea!! It would be a lot of fun to do and to give to people. I think my favorite scent would be lavender.
This is a great blog and gift idea. I’m looking forward to making this in the next few days. I will have to experiment with the different scents. I know what are some common favorites and maybe create something unique.
I love this! This will be so fun to make for my clients for Christmas gifts. It will be a great way to say thank you and something they could definitely use.