After spending way too much on scented bath salts, I decided to give making my own a try, and found that it's much much cheaper (and you get exactly the scents you want). Here's what it takes:
- Epsom Salt (I usually buy the bags of Walgreens brand - with a sale it's the cheapest of any source I've found, however I've been stocking up when they do go on sale).
- Baking Soda - you can pick up the small boxes for just .75 and can pretty much always find coupons online to save .50 when you buy 2 (any size). If your grocery store doubles this means you can get 2 small boxes for just .50
- Scented Essential Oils - You can probably find these online cheaper but I pick them up at Hobby Lobby for around $6/bottle.
- Sea Salt - I buy this by the bucket at Hobby Lobby as well. It runs around $8/bucket but I usually buy it when I have a 40% off coupon.
- 2 cups Epsom salts
- 1 cup Sea salt
- 1 Tbs baking soda
My favorite scent combination is Eucalyptus Spearmint, to do this I use about 6-8 drops of each Essential Oil. If you have a larger container you can double the recipe above or increase it as your container allows. The above amounts will make enough for about 4 baths.
You can also turn these into a great gift for any purpose by packing them in pretty bottles or jars.
this morning, ranging from Christmas singles to full albums by Sister Hazel and others.
