Re: Bath Salt - Salt is Salt

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I used to also think that " salt is salt " , so why pay more. Dead Sea

and Epsom salts costs us more so it's important when using the

therapeutic salts to first educate our clients on the benefits.

Then they're willing pay the extra amount for better quality.

There are wonderful therapeutic effects of dead sea salt and epsom

salt that you will not find in rock salt. Dead sea salt has higher

amounts of potasium, magnesium and calcium. Epsom salt is high in

magnesium.

By doing a little googling you'll find a lot of interesting and in

depth information on the reasons to use other salts.

Happy googling,

Gwen

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> > When making bath salts does it matter what kind of salt you use?

And

> how much fragrance per cup of salt?

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> To me, salt is salt. I have had better luck using a mixture of

rock

> salt (halite) and sea salt, though. I don't measure my fragrance

per

> cup. I put my " mix " together, and put in drops of fragrance to

where

> it smells " just right " to me. When customers want not too heavy

of a

> fragrance, I just use less. I need to write down the number of

drops

> I put in my " mix, " but I seem to remember it pretty much as I

count

> out the drops.

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> Anita B.

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[Guest guest]

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> I used to also think that " salt is salt " , so why pay more. Dead Sea

> and Epsom salts costs us more so it's important when using the

> therapeutic salts to first educate our clients on the benefits.

> Then they're willing pay the extra amount for better quality.

>

> There are wonderful therapeutic effects of dead sea salt and epsom

> salt that you will not find in rock salt. Dead sea salt has higher

> amounts of potasium, magnesium and calcium. Epsom salt is high in

> magnesium.

>

> By doing a little googling you'll find a lot of interesting and in

> depth information on the reasons to use other salts.

>

> Happy googling,

> Gwen

Thanks Gwen. I have been wondering about using Dead Sea Salts in my

product, but with a limited " allowance, " I have to watch my pennies.

Anita B.

[Guest guest]

There are definately differences in salts. Not only the chemical or mineral

make up, but the benefits as well.

For example plain salt or table salt contains only sodium chloride....that's

it.

Epsom Salts or (magnesium sulfate heptahydrate) contains three: magnesium,

sulfate and water

Dead Sea Salts contain many many minerals, some of which are:

proportion of sodium chloride, the balance consisting of magnesium, potassium

and

calcium chlorides and a comparatively high concentration of bromides. It is

believed that

the therapeutic properties of the Dead Sea are due to a large extent to the

presence of

" The waters of the Dead Sea are unique compared to other seas and lakes, first

and foremost, due to the high concentration of salts reaching 27% compared to 3%

in ordinary sea water. The composition of the Dead Sea salts is also unique.

Whereas in ordinary sea water sodium chloride (common salt) is the major

constituent (about 8O% of the total salt content) the Dead Sea on the other hand

contains a considerable smaller proportion of sodium chloride, the balance

consisting of magnesium, potassium and calcium chlorides and a comparatively

high concentration of bromides. It is believed that the therapeutic properties

of the Dead Sea are due to a large extent to the presence of these other salts,

mainly those of magnesium, potassium and bromide "

Anyway.....that's my take on salt! LOL......probably more than you wanted to

know huh?

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[Guest guest]

Thank you so much for this summary on salts. It's concise and very

informative. I knew there were significant differences, but you put

it simple and instructive. Just what I needed.

Gwen

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> There are definately differences in salts. Not only the chemical or

mineral make up, but the benefits as well.

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