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Basic Bath Salts Recipe |
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| 34ozs/1kg
Epsom Salts |
| 23ozs/670g Baking Soda |
| 11ozs/330g
Sea Salt (fine, course, dead sea) |
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Preparation
Add the ingredients to a large bowl, mix thoroughly. This is now the base from which you can create a wide variety of bath salts. With this you can make up a large quantity of one type of bath salt or simply divide the base to make two or more types.
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To add color use plain food coloring, letting it fall drop by drop onto the salt base. If two or more colors are required to mix an exotic hue, such as purple, mix these in a spoon first and then add to the salts to avoid creating a two-toned product. Recommended colors for all bath salt mixtures are included in the recipes. For those that read "Color:White," simply leave them untinted.
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Add many drops for a darker colored salt; fewer for a lightly colored salt. Mix the color with a spoon until it is evenly distributed.
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Now add the essential oils drop by drop, one ingredient at a time, until the scent seems right. Mix with a spoon until all salt particles are moistened. Be prepared to spend some time doing this, perhaps a half hour or so. Although each recipe lists relative proportions, rely on your nose to determine the exact quantities, such as one tablespoon or 30 drops. The more potent the finished product's scent, the less will have to be used for each bath. Bath salts should be strongly scented.
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| To use, add from two tablespoons to one-half cup of the bath salts to a full tub. Mix with your hands. The proportions here are by parts. One part may equal six drops. Generally speaking, there shouldn't be more than ten total drops of essential oil per half-cup of bath salts. Experiment to find what works best, and please use only genuine essential oils. |
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Ingredients