I have seen these sugar scrub and bath salt recipes all over Pinterest and I decided it would be a great thing to try for a Mother's Day gift. Pictured here is a bath salt I made myself.
It is really easy to make this and here is what you need. Recipe source.
Bath Salts:
3 parts Epsom Salt
6 parts coarse sea salt
1 part baking soda
few drops of essential oils
food color
* Note I measured the parts by a medicine cup and it worked out perfect.
It yields 2 cups of bath salts.
First, mix all the dry. I put the essential oil and 1 drop of red and 1 drop of yellow food color in a medicine cup to mix and then added it into the salts. Mix until you get a pretty color.
The scents I used were coconut, vanilla, and orange. The orange was an essential oil and the other two were from a craft store for making soap or bath products.
I also made a sugar scrub. It is really nice and it moisturizes. The color comes from the olive oil. It would be nice to use lime essential oil with coconut and vanilla for a great tropical smell.
Sugar scrub:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil (*note: I would use a little less and add more if you need it, mine was a little soupy and then I drained some of the olive oil back off of the top to get the desired consistency.)
essential oil of choice
This was the easiest recipe I found for a scrub. There are a lot of recipes out there.
Enjoy!
Sherry
I will link this to:
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10 comments:
they both sound like they smell so good, I've made a brown sugar scrub off pinterest but haven't tried bath salts
Helen
Sounds wonderful. I love making things. Thanks for sharing.
My Mother would love this! She has enough shoes...maybe this would be good to make for her along with a massage gift. Thanks for sharing. Wishing you a grand evening. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
I can almost smell the coconut...
Brenda
I love making things like this and I can't wait to try it.
Gretchen
Oh that salt scrub looks like fun to make and use! I'm pinning this for sure -- MY mom wouldn't use it(she might try to cook with it!) but it would make a great hostess gift and I like to have things like this on hand to give.
That salt scrub really is rather appealing and would be a delight to have. I want to try it and I bet my daughters would too. Thanks for sharing such a great idea for Mothers Day.
I can't wait to try your scrubs. I am overdue for some serious pampering.
They are both great gifts. Love your photos too! Thanks for stopping by with your wonderful comment.
Jody
Love this neat idea
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