Soothing Bath Oils

Soothing Bath Oils

1 cup honey

2 cups milk

1 cup salt

1/4 cup baking soda

1/2 cup baby oil

Fragrance oil of desired scent

Combine honey, milk, salt and baking soda in a bowl. Fill your tub and pour the mixture in. Add the baby oil and a few drops of the fragrance.

Bath Salts

Instant Bath Salts

1 cup salt

1 cup epsom salt

1 cup baking soda

Add a little of the mixture to your tub for a revitalizing bath. For bubbles, just add 1 cup of shampoo. For a nice scent, add a few drops of fragrance oil. Food coloring is also optional. *Don't use tins to store bathsalts in, it will corrode the tins.

Bubble Bath Recipe #1

2 cups soap flakes or grated soap

1 gallon water

1/4 - 1/2 cup glycerin

2 cups shampoo or liquid dishwashing detergent

Scented oil of your choice

Mix the soap flakes, water and 2 tbsp glycerin in a pot and set over low heat, stirring occasionally until the soap has dissolved. (This liquid soap can be stored in a covered container and used as an all-purpose soap or hand soap in the kitchen.) In a bowl, add 2 cups of this mixture to the rest of the glycerin, shampoo and add a few drops of your scented oil. Put into a quart container and store covered at room temperature. When you're ready to bathe, add about one cup to your tub as it's filling.

Milk Bath #1

2 cups dry milk powder

1 cup cornstarch

1/8 teaspoon fragrance oil of your choice

Blend together all ingredients in blender. Add 1/2 cup of mixture to hot bath water.

Easy Milk Bath

Just add 1/2 - 1 cup of dried milk to your bath water for a softening and soothing bath.

Herbal Bath

Add herbs to your tub by either making an infusion of them, add directly to the bath water, or put the herbs into a muslin bag and tie it directly under the tap as the water is running. You can also add scented oil to the mixture if you want to.

Here are a few ideas for herbs to use:

Chamomile - soothing and cleansing

Comfrey - rejuvinating

Lovage - deodorizing and cleansing

Lady's mantle - soothes skin irritation

Black tea - relieving sunburn pain

Mint - soothing and relaxing

Lavender - relaxing and aromatic

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