Dead Sea Bath Salt--Create Your Own and Save

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The use of Dead Sea bath salt at home is an effective way to relax and absorb the minerals of the Dead Sea region.

The Dead Sea is located at the lowest elevation on Earth, 1,385 ft below sea level. It is actually a lake, not a sea and takes in an area located in Jordan, the West Bank and Israel. It is one of the world's saltiest bodies of water, with 33% salinity.

The water of the Dead Sea is infused with many healing minerals, and has been famous for millenniums for easing and even curing many skin conditions.

By creating your own bath salt with this wonderful therapeutic salt, you can reap its many known benefits as well.

This recipe is a blend of Epsom and Dead Sea salts, but you can use all Dead Sea salts if you choose. The recipe is very basic and can be easily adapted to your own tastes.

* 3 cups Epsom Salt
* 2 cups sea salt of your choice
* 1/2 ounce of fragrance or essential oil
* 1 cup baking soda (acts as a water softener)
* 3 tbsp. Glycerin or oil--optional.
* Colorant--add drop by drop until desired shade is reached.

Mix the salts, baking soda, essential oils or fragrance, colorant and glycerin (if using) together in a mixing bowl. Take care in choosing essential oils to use in the bath.

Glycerin and jetted tubs don't mix, so if you are planning to use your Dead Sea bath salt in a jetted tub, skip the glycerin.

You don't have to tint the whole batch the same, or use the same fragrances in all. A good way to mix in the color is to pour a portion of your salt into a ziplock bag, seal, then gently knead the bag to disperse the color througout.

If you want to extend the shelf life of your Dead Sea bath salt, add about 1/4 dendritic salt to the mixture. This can be ordered online if you can't find it locally.

You will save a lot of money by making your own Dead Sea bath salt too. Don't pay extra for fancy packaging!

Exclusive bath and body stores charge as much as a steep 600% mark-up on the ingredients of Dead Sea bath salt when they sell you the product ready-made.

So skip the middle man and learn how you can make your own Dead Sea bath salt for mere pennies on the dollar as compared to what bath and body stores charge.