Homemade Bath Salts

This recipe makes enough for two baths. Keep for yourself or give as a gift!

Materials

· ½ cup of coarse kosher salt
· ½ cup Epsom salt
· 1 quart-size, freezer-grade plastic bag (zip-lock works best)
· Food color
· Essential Oils (available at craft or natural food stores)

Instructions

Place the coarse and Epsom salt into the zip-lock plastic bag. Add one drop of food color, and shake to distribute color. Repeat process until the desired color is achieved throughout the salt.

Important: Add only one drop at a time - multiple drops may melt the salt.

Add a couple of drops of essential oils to the bag, and shake to distribute the scent. Repeat the process until the desired scent is achieved.

Note: You will need to add 5-10 drops of essential oils to reach a proper scent level.

Once you've completed the bath salts, it doesn't take much to turn it into a thoughtful, and inexpensive gift.

To make a gift jar of bath salts, pour the finished product into a glass canning jar. These jars have a two-piece lid that will tightly seal your bath salts and preserve their scent until they're used.

After the bath salts are in the jar, place the sealing lid on top of the jar. Next, cut a piece of lace or fabric that generally matches and compliments the color of your bath salts. Place the fabric over the lid, then screw the sealing ring onto the jar. Tie a piece of decorative ribbon around the neck of the jar to finish the look.

You also can create a more colorful gift jar by making two separate batches of different colors and scents and layering them in a larger jar. Experiment and have fun with it!

If you are going to store this mixture or give it as a gift, it's important that the mixture is thoroughly dry.

To accomplish this, allow the mixture to sit overnight in a covered bowl. If you don't, the mixture will become very hard and you will never get it out of your container!

Once the mixture sits overnight, covered in the large mixing bowl, mix it up the next day to remove all lumps.