How to Make Bath Salts
Materials
- Measuring cups
- Medicine Droppers
- Glass containers or jars
- Funnel
- Metal Spoon
- 1 or 2 baking sheets
- Wax paper
- Large metal bowl
- Hypo-allergenic colorings (in liquid form)
- Epsom Salts (1 cup)
- Course or fine Sea salt (1/2 cup)
- Aroma therapy/Essential oils *Note: not all essential oils are appropriate for bathing
The first step is to acquire all the materials needed for this project and make sure that all the materials you are working with are clean and dry to avoid making a mess and a waste of this project as salts happen to be great moisture absorbers—they melt or dissolve once they absorb moisture. Line your baking sheets with wax paper, and prepare the correct measurements of the materials needed (i.e. salts, aroma therapy/essential oils)
For the second step, you have to mix 1 cup of Epsom Salt and ½ of either course or fine Sea Salt into your large metal bowl.
After you’ve settled the salt together, add a drop or two of you preferred aroma therapy/essential oils. If you wish, you may also add a drop or two of hypo-allergenic colorings to put color into the mixture. Mix the salt concoction thoroughly with your hands. Be very patient as the coloring and fragrance takes some time to seep through the salts. Also be careful so as not to dissolve the salts in the oils and colorings.
Once the fragrance, colors and salts have been mixed, pour the salt concoction onto the wax paper-lined baking sheets. Spread the salt mixture out thinly over the baking sheet. Dry the salt mixture over room temperature or under the sun for at least six hours. The trick here is to make spread the salt on the baking sheet as thinly as possible: this will give the salt concoction the air it needs to dry properly and completely; overall lessening the drying time and preventing salt-ball formations in your packaging.
After the salts have completely dried, gather them back into your mixing bowl and prepare them for packaging. Package your home made bath salts in a glass jar with a tight closure. Using a funnel or a metal spoon, pour in the bath salts into your glass containers. The glass containers/jars prevent chemical reactions that plastic could bring about with the salt, and the tight closure prevents moisture and humidity in the air from seeping through your salts. A container with a tight closure also prolongs the fragrance of the aroma-therapy/essential oils and color in your home-made concoction. Once you’ve finished, seal your jars and label your packaging immediately—you wouldn’t like to mistake bath salt with kitchen salt, although I doubt you wouldn’t know the difference, it’s kind of obvious after all.

