DIY Relaxing Lavender Bath Salts

This has to be the easiest and the fastest (yet nicest) gift to make and give! Use a mason jar or any jar you have or find. The dollar store is a good place to look! This gift would pair nicely with a bottle of the essential oil used to scent it, bath scrubs or foot soak. Maybe throw in some bath bombs into a gift basket and you are done!

Here are some other scent suggestions:
Uplifting: Peppermint, Citrus Fresh
Relaxing: Lavender, Roman Chamomile
Stress reliever: Stress-Away
Stress Away and Orange is like Creamsicle!!!

You will need:

• Sea Salt - fine or coarse {Amazon link}
• Baking Soda {Amazon link}
• Epson Salt {Amazon link}
• 4 drops Young Living Lavender essential oil
• Glass jar - like this {Amazon link} or this {Amazon link}

Instructions

The recipe is very simple. Fill half your jar with Epson salt. Then fill 1/4 of the jar with sea salt and the other 1/4 with baking soda. Mix in the desired amount of your favorite Young Living essential oil and mix well. I use about 5 drops of Lavender essential oil for every 4 ounces of bath salts made.

Fun idea - Peppermint bath salts: In a jar, layer pink Himalayan salt {Amazon link} with the recipe above, scented with peppermint. It will look like a candy cane!

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3rd day of essential oil gifts 2014 - Peppermint Candy Cane Bath Salts

For the 3rd day of Christmas gifts, we have Peppermint Candy Cane Bath Salts. These bath salts smell amazing when added to your bath. Don't forget to treat yourself to the leftovers!

You will need:

• Quart size jars (Ball Smooth sided craft jar or any jar you choose)
• 1 4lb bag Epsom Salt
• 1 lb Sea Salt
• 1/2 cup Baking Soda
• Red Food Coloring
• Young Living Peppermint Essential Oil
• Measuring cup
• Canning Funnel

Instructions

For this project, I used all different jars. You can use any size or shape you wish.

Step 1

In a large bowl, mix Epson salt, sea salt, baking soda and peppermint essential oil. I found it easiest to mix using my hands since the essential oil will make little clumps that will need to be broken up. I used about 70 drops of peppermint essential oil, but you can vary that to your liking.

Step 2

Separate into 2 bowls. In one bowl, mix in red food coloring. Mix a little at a time until you get the shade of pink/red that you'd like. I used about 50 drops of red. Keep in mind, when added to the bath, it will turn the water red a bit. Less drops equal less red water.

Step 3

Using your canning funnel, pour in 1/2 cup of either red or white bath salts. Then keep filling your jar alternating colors until the jar is full. After each layer, you can gently use a spoon to smooth out your layers. You can even tilt the jar while filling them to make the stripes diagonal.

Step 4

Decorate your jars. Feel free to use the free printables below or order your custom personalized stickers from Davet Designs.

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