Ideal Luxury Bath

Covet your bath time as an opportunity to celebrate yourself as a fanciful

creature of mood, whim, and decadence! This luxurious bath salt blend is

rich in sea minerals, Epsom salts, skin-softening sweet almond oil, and

skin-conditioning oats. Find your favorite bath combinations by using an

infused oil to add scent and therapeutic properties, select

your favorite essential oil blend and use the list of

optional additions to make each bath time special and unique according

to your ever-changing moods.

YIELDS: 1 quart

2 cups solar-dried sea salt

⁄ cup sweet almond oil or infused oil of choice

⁄ cup baking soda

⁄ cup oat flour

1 cup Epsom salts

2 x essential oil blend

What you will need: mixing bowl, spoon, quart jar with lid

1. To Make: Place the sea salt in the bowl and stir in the sweet almond oil.

Next, blend in the baking soda, oat flour, and Epsom salts. Add the essential

oils in intervals, stirring in between, until all of the essential oils are mixed

into the salts.

2. To Store: Store in a sealed jar labeled with contents and expiration date of

6 months.

3. To Use: Draw a bath. When the tub is full, add ⁄ cup or the desired amount

of bath salts to the water and swish around. Add any optional

embellishments from the sidebar on the following page. Get in the tub and

soak for at least 20 minutes, or longer to enjoy maximum therapeutic

benefits of the active botanical ingredients. When you are finished soaking,

rinse off in the shower to remove the sweat and toxins you released as you

bathed. After a bath is also the perfect time to use a body scrub

as your skin is softened and easily exfoliated. Follow with moisturizer if

desired.

Skincare Secrets

Use this recipe as a base and choose one or more of these additions

to make your bath extra special. Add a scoop of Ideal Luxury Bath

blend to the water and supplement one or more ingredients from the

list below. Note: The following additions are meant as a per-bath

addition and should not be incorporated into the recipe above.

1 cup full-fat milk (soy, coconut, or dairy)

1 cup yogurt

Petals from a blooming rose or other edible flowers

⁄ cup honey

Fresh citrus slices

⁄ cup cocoa powder

Sachet of fresh or dried herbs or flowers: lavender, chamomile,

comfrey, red clover, calendula, witch hazel, lemongrass, hibiscus,

echinacea, mint, or rose petals

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