Homemade Bath Salts Using Essential Oils – Easy Guide

Making your own homemade bath salts using epsom salt, pink himalayan salt, dead sea flakes, and essential oils is so easy and absolutely worth it! This diy bath salts recipe is one of the first diy’s with essential oils that I ever did. After that, I was completely hooked on finding simple homemade recipes, especially ones that could be easily adapted for different purposes as well.

Homemade products have started to appear more and more around our home since you are able to control the ingredients and often save you money. Both are great reasons to start making your homemade own bath salts since the ingredient list can range from anywhere between 2-6 ingredients.

Benefits of taking a salt bath

Bath salts are great for so, so many things. This list continues to grow, but here are the most common areas people see improvement in once they start taking salt baths.

• Stress-reducing, relaxing bath
• Help relaxing at the end of a long day
• Easing sore muscles, stiffness & muscle aches
• Used to help detox the body
• Promote circulation
• Helping with joints and certain types of arthritis
• Treat skin conditions (eczema, psoriasis, dry skin, breakouts)
• Reduce pain symptoms such as head tension

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Epsom Salts

Epsom salts are the base of your diy bath salts. Technically, you could omit them for a fancier-looking salt but I wouldn’t recommend it. They are loaded with magnesium, similar to the magnesium flakes, but often at a much lower price point and just as effective. A quick tip when buying epsom salts, always make sure to buy them unscented! This way they are not full of synthetic fragrances and you can add your own pure essential oils to give them an amazing scent. While they might not be the prettiest salt on their own, they are always in my homemade bath salt recipe!

Pink Himalayan Salts

These salts may be used alone or in addition to epsom salts and magnesium flakes. They are a light pink color and come in fine to coarse salts. I find they are a good balance between the other types of salt and add such a pretty look to the homemade bath salts (especially if you have them on display or make them as a gift – see gift guide below). The pink himalayan salts are pricier than epsom salts. For that reason, I like to find them for a good price at Home Goods or buy a slightly larger bag online.

Dead Sea Flakes

Dead Sea bath flakes are exactly what they sound like – a coarse salt from the Dead Sea. One of the reasons to combine different types of salts is because of their unique characteristics. Salts from the Dead Sea have 21 minerals including magnesium, calcium, sulfur, bromide, iodine, sodium, zinc, and potassium. These are all amazing for skin, detoxification, and overall wellness. Dead Sea bath flakes make a beautiful bath salt but can be more expensive since they are actually from the Dead Sea.

Personally, I enjoy using a variety of salts when I make my homemade bath salt recipe as they have different benefits. If we’re short on time or we don’t have any pre-made bath salts on hand, then I may only use epsom salt for quick and simple bath salt.

Best essential oils to use for your bath salts

Different essential oils will add to the bath salts and make them even more effective and enjoyable! Depending what you are using the bath salts for, there are different essential oils to use. Here are some of my favorite essential oils to use in homemade bath salt recipes :

how to make homemade bath salts

Let’s get into how to make homemade bath salts! When I make them at home for our everyday usage, I am using epsom salt, dead sea flakes, and essential oils. If I want to be fancy or have a little more time (or frankly, just when I remember), then I add the pink himalayan salt.

STEP ONE : First, we add the epsom salt, dead sea salt, and pink himalayan salt to a glass bowl. I usually aim for a 1:1 ratio when only using the epsom salt and dead sea flakes. When I add the pink himalayan salt, the ratio is 3 parts epsom salt, 3 parts dead sea flakes, and 1 part pink himalayan salt.

STEP TWO : Second, we add between 20-30 drops of essential oils of your choice to the combination of salts. Mix the salts and essential oils with a metal spoon to combine well. Please note, if you are making this recipe for kids I would recommend using half the amount of essential oils (10-15 drops) instead.

See below for essential oils blends or use you own blend combination.

STEP THREE : Lastly, spoon bath salts into a glass jar to store. They will keep for 8-12 weeks in a mason jar. I always try to avoid using plastic containers when using essential oils, as the oils are so concentrated they can break down most plastics.

To use your fragrant bath salts, simply add 1/2 cup to very warm bath water. Stir the bath salts to make sure the completely dissolve in the warm water to hot water before getting into the water. Perfect for relaxing at the end of the day or rejuvenating tired muscles!

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Different essential oil combinations for your bath salts

Homemade bath salts as a gift idea

These bath salts are such a great and easy gift for a birthday, Christmas, Mother’s Day, wedding shower, teacher, hostess gift as well as any other special occasion. Not to mention, a homemade gift is the perfect way to show them that you care and appreciate them. It’s so fun to give them to those that enjoy a relaxing soak in the bath tub or a simple foot soak!

My favorite combinations for gifting include:

When gifting these homemade bath salts, you can use more decorative glass jars and tie a pretty ribbon or string around the storage jar for a simple and festive look. Of course, you can always make a gift tag if you’re feeling up to it. Or you can use my free printable gift tags! This is where you definitely make this part your own, depending on the time of year and who you are giving them to! Layering the bath salts is a great way to make it more festive for the holidays or special occasions.

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