Sparkling Bath Salts
Soak yourself in absolute luxury with these opulent fizzing bath salts!
Simple and inexpensive to make, these bath salts make a great gift.
Ingredients Needed:
- Baking Soda: This can be found in any grocery store or bakery supply store. You will need 1/4 cup for this recipe.
- Citric Acid: This substance is found naturally in lemons and limes and accounts for the sour taste these fruits have. It is often used in baking to add tartness to recipes, and is also often used in vitamins and supplements. Citric acid can be found at most pharmacies or bakery supply stores. At pharmacies, you will usually need to ask the pharmacist for it since it is typically stored behind the counter, and not on the shelves. You will need 2 tablespoons for this recipe.
- Fine Sea Salts or Epsom Salts: Natural sea salts and Epsom salts can usually be found at many grocery stores, health food stores, and other health and spa specialty stores, or gourmet specialty stores. For this recipe, a fine salt is recommended since it will dissolve more quickly in the water, although a course salt can be used as well. You will need 3/4 cup for this recipe.
- Essential oils: These not only give your sparkling bath salts their own unique scent and flavor, they also add the benefits of the essential oil you use to your creation. For relaxing bath, you might try a combination of lavender and chamomile. For a stress relieving bath, you might try a blend of spearmint and eucalyptus. For an invigorating bath, you might try peppermint. You will need about 20-25 drops of your desired essential oil or oil blend for this recipe.
Instructions:
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Combine 1/4 cup baking soda and 2 tablespoons citric acid in a glass bowl. Mix together thoroughly.
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Add 20-25 drops of your desired essential oil blend. Mix thoroughly until no lumps remain in the mixture.
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Add 3/4 cup of fine sea salts or Epsom salts to the mixture and blend thoroughly.
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Pour the salt mixture into an 8 oz. decorative glass bottle or container (or several smaller containers) to store. The glass bottle in the picture above was originally a small sparkling apple-juice bottle that I washed out and re-used for this project. The cork came from a kitchen supply store, but they can also be found at craft stores.
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To use these bath salts, fill a bath with warm water and pour approximately 1/4 cup of the salt mixture into the filled tub. The salts will add a sparkling fizz as soon as they come in contact with the warm water. Give the water a gentle stir to help disburse the salts throughout the tub, and then get in and enjoy your naturally aromatic mineral bath! Do not ingest this mixture.
Note: Since these bath salts contain no artificial anti-caking agents, these bath salts may clump together a bit while being stored—especially in humid climates. If this happens, simply shake the bottle and the clumps should break into more of a powder again.
Extra Ideas:
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Use a fancy font to create an elegant looking label for your container. In the picture above, I used "Old English" font on a rich red background color to create a 2" x 4" label that I printed on my printer using standard "2" x 4" address labels. Be sure to include a list of ingredients and directions on how to use the sparkling bath salts on the label as well. -
Create a bath gift-basket with these sparkling bath salts, a wash-cloth, natural soaps, bath melts, foot scrubs, or anything else that would go along with a relaxing bath.
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Create your own "message in a bottle" by writing a personal note to someone on a small sheet of parchment paper or vellum, rolling the note tightly and placing it in a decorative glass bottle before filling it with bath salts.
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