Gentle Uplifting Bath Salts

You will need:

1 cup of sea salt (or Epsom Salts)
1 tablespoon of baking soda
3 drops bergamot oil
3 drops rose geranium oil
3 drops lavender oil
2 drops frankincense oil

To color these use light pastel colors, to continue the uplifting feeling. I like light green or yellow personally.Take the oils and mix them together in a separate bowl that you have thesalts in. Mix the oils well.Mix the bath salts and baking soda. Add the two together. Store in a clear jar with a cork top lid preferably. These are great for gift giving.

FRUITCAKE SOAP

3 - 4oz. Glycerine Soaps (12 oz)
Food Coloring
Fragrance Oils (Tangerine, Cherry, Pineapple, Lime, Gingerbread and Cinnamon)

You can use rectangular soap molds, small loaf pans or small bundt pans. Melt 4 ounces of soap and pour into 4 square or rectangular soap molds. Immediately add the following in this order:

Mold 1:
3 drops red food color and 5 drops Cherry fragrance oil

Mold 2:
2 drops red, 1 drop yellow food color and 5 drops Tangerine fragrance oil

Mold 3:
3 drops yellow food color and 5 drops Pineapple fragrance oil

Mold 4:
3 drops green food color and 5 drops Lime fragrance oil

Allow the 4 soap to set completely. Remove them from the molds and cube. Divide the colored cubes into soap molds. If you are using pans spray with a very light coat of vegetable spray and wipe out with paper towel. Melt remaining soap, when melted stir in 1/4 teaspoon Gingerbread fragrance oil and 5 drops Cinnamon fragrance oil. Add 5 drops caramel food color or brown paste food color just to create a ’fruitcake’ color.

Pour soap slowly into molds over the cubes.Set for at least three hours. Just as the soap is starting to set stir them to spread the cubes around. Unmold. If you have trouble removing them from the pans, use a hair dryer to heat the molds slightly.

Fragrant Honey Milk Bath Oil

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 mixure in. Add the baby oil and a few drops of the fragrance.

Foaming Bath Oil Balls

1/4 cup baking soda
2 tbs. citric acid or ascorbic acid (powdered vitamin C)
1 tbs. borax powder (for softening)
2 tbs. powdered sugar (for binding)
2 tbs. sweet almond oil
1 tsp. vitamin E oil (preservative)
1/4 tsp. fragrance or essential oil

Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl and stir until well blended. Drizzle in almond oil and stir until mixture is moistened. Add vitamin E oil and fragrance and stir until well mixed. Take teaspoon size globs of mixture and form into ball shapes with fingers. (Mixture will be VERY crumbly and fragile, so do the best you can. Add a little bit more of the vitamin E oil... I find that helps.) Place the balls on a sheet of wax paper and leave alone for 2 to 3 hours. After 2 to 3 hours, reshape balls. Let the balls air-dry and harden for 10 days. Store balls in a closed container to protect from moisture. To use, plop a ball into your bathtub in warm water!

Foaming Vanilla Bath

Ingredients:
1 cup of olive oil
1/2 cup of liquid soap
1/4 cup of honey
1 Tablespoon of vanilla extract

Instructions:
Thoroughly blend all of the ingredients together and store in a decorative bottle or jar. Shake well before each use and pour about 1/4 of a cupful under the flow of your warm running bath water.

Fresh Aloe Vera and Nettle Leaf Soap

1 c. glycerin soap base
1/8 c. aloe vera gel
2 T. crushed dried nettle leaf
OR
2 T. simmered, macerated fresh leaf

Mix together all ingredients and pour into molds. Once cooled, pop out of molds and store them in a dark cool place.

Fizzy Bath Crystals

8 oz. cornstarch
8 oz. citric acid
16 oz. baking soda
1 tsp. fragrance oil

Mix cornstarch and citric acid together thoroughly. Add fragrance oil as desired. Blend in baking soda. Package and label. Use 1/4 to 1/2 cup per bath. Enjoy!

Fields of Gold Milk Bath

4 cups powdered milk
1 cup boiled water
1/2 cup dried chamomile or 5 chamomile tea bags

Steep chamomile in water for 20 minutes. Strain liquid. Mix liquid with milk and add to bath water. Especially nice after a long day.

Euphoric Seaweed Salts

Sea Salt--2 tbsp
Baking Soda--3 tbsp
Powdered Kelp--1 tbsp
Essential Oils--8 drops
Jar--4 oz

Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Champaca absolute, Clary Sage, Grapefruit, Jasmine absolute, Linden absolute, Myrrh, patchouli, Rose, and Ylang Ylang.
Add sea salt, baking soda, powdered kelp and oils to jar. Gently shake to mix, mix well. Add to tub of running water.

Euphoric Epson Salt Bath

Epson Salt--2 tbsp
Sea Salt--1 tbsp
Baking Soda--3 tbsp
Essential Oils--8 drops
Jar--4 oz

Choose 3 or 4 oils from these essential oils: Champaca absolute, Clary Sage, Grapefruit, Jasmine absolute, Linden absolute, Myrrh, patchouli, Rose, and Ylang Ylang.

Add sea salt, baking soda, epson salts and oils to jar. Gently shake to mix, mix well. Add to tub of running water.