Homemade baths: Aromatherapy, milk, oil and salt bath recipes

milk-bath-spaBalancing Epsom salt bath recipe

  • 2 cups – Epsom salt
  • 3 tbsp – baking soda
  • 8 drops – essential oils

Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: cedarwood, chamomile, cypress, frankincense, geranium, lavender, mandarin, melissa, neroli, orange, rose, rosewood, sandalwood, ylang ylang essential oils.

Mix the ingredients very well. Add to tub of running water.

Energizing salt bath recipe

  • 1 cup – Epsom salts
  • 1 cup – sea salt
  • 3 drops – eucalyptus essential oils
  • 3 drops – rosemary essential oils
  • 3 drops – peppermint essential oil

Mix the ingredients and add to tub of running water.

Relaxing minty bath oil recipe

  • 1/2 cup – castor oil
  • 1/2 tsp – spearmint oil
  • 1/2 tsp – orange oil

Blend the ingredients together in a bottle by shaking them up, and add to warm bath.

relaxing-bath-candlesHoney and oatmeal milk bath recipe

  • 1/2 cup – powdered milk
  • 1/2 cup – finely ground oats
  • 1/2 cup – honey

Mix the ingredients, and add to warm bath.

Skin-softening bath recipe

  • 1 cup – buttermilk
  • 3 tbsp – Epsom salt
  • 1/2 tbsp – olive oil or canola oil
  • 3 drops lavender or geranium essential oil

Mix the ingredients and add to tub of running water. Soak for 15 minutes or so, relax and enjoy!

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2 comments to Homemade baths: Aromatherapy, milk, oil and salt bath recipes

  • USAMA

    I LIKE THIS THANKES

  • amalia

    Homemade Bath Oils

    Recipe 1

    Ingredients

    *
    2 to 3 cups of Fresh Herbs or 4 cups of Dried Herbs – you can choose rose petals or lavender
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    1 cup Alcohol (vodka is the cleanest)
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    5 cups Sweet Almond Oil

    Directions

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    Take a large cooking pot, enough to accommodate all the ingredients, and pour the sweet almond oil and herbs in it.
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    Allow the mixture to simmer on the stove for about one hour.
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    Now, strain the oil into a bowl.
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    If you wish to go for a stronger fragrance, repeat the same procedure using the strained oil potion and add more herbs to it.
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    Mix 4 parts oil and 1 part alcohol for about 10 seconds and then pour the mix into a bottle.
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    Store this bottle in a cool and dry place and use a few drops in your bath tub to spurt the fragrance.

    Recipe 2

    Ingredients

    *
    1 cup of any Fragrant Essential oil
    *
    1 cup Alcohol (preferably vodka)
    *
    4 cups Safflower Oil or Sweet Almond Oil

    Directions

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    Combine the essential oil, sweet oil and alcohol and mix them in a blender for about 10 seconds.
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    Pour this mixture into a bottle and replace the cap.
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    Store the bottle in a dry place away from sunlight.
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    Use 4 or 5 drops under running water to get the fragrances out.

    Recipe 3

    Ingredients

    *
    2 oz. of Sweet Almond oil
    *
    20 drops of Lavender Essential Oil

    Directions

    *
    Take a large glass vessel and mix the oils well.
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    Store this in glass bottles away from sunlight.
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    Use approximately ¼ ounce or 7-8 ml of this bath oil in your bath water.
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    Mix properly so that the bath oil blend disperses evenly in the bath water.

    Recipe 4

    Ingredients

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    1½ oz. Olive Oil
    *
    3 oz. Almond Oil
    *
    1 oz. Sesame Oil
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    1 oz. Canola Oil
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    1/2 oz. Wheat Germ Oil

    Directions

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    Pour all the oils in a glass jar and mix well.
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    Cap the jar with a fitting lid and shake the blend again.
    *
    Use about 1oz. of this bath oil for every bath.

    Recipe 5

    Ingredients

    *
    15-30 drops of Essential Oil of your choice
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    1 oz. Basic Bath Oil Blend or any Carrier Oil

    Directions

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    Take a small-mouth jar and pour the basic bath oil blend or any carrier oil leaving about 1 inch of space above it.
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    Drip in the essential oils carefully in the jar.
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    Close the jar with a fitting lid and mix well.
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    Add 1-2 teaspoons of this bath oil on every bath.

    Natural Homemade Cosmetics

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