Bath Salts

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I have always used food coloring to color my bath salts and

never had a problem with it, perhaps its just how much your'e

using to tint it.

And thanks Risa for posting those recipes, I am looking forward

to trying them.

Love and God Bless,

Kay

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wrote:

" I make dead sea bath salts among other things with eo's and I am curious

about there being a better way of getting the eo on the salt. "

I am also interested in this information.

Thanks!

Rita

(still too chicken to bring lye into the house :-)! )

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Try Dendritic Salts from Snowdrift Farms. I'm sure others sell this, too.

Follow the directions on the site. I have found that it stops the oils from

dissolving the salts (I make my very heavy with oils.) and making a mess.

It also seems to halt rancidity.

Good Luck!

Re: Bath salts

> From: " Rita " <giggles@...>

>

>

>

> wrote:

> " I make dead sea bath salts among other things with eo's and I am curious

> about there being a better way of getting the eo on the salt. "

>

> I am also interested in this information.

> Thanks!

>

> Rita

>

> (still too chicken to bring lye into the house :-)! )

>

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>. Can't use any water in the process as the dead sea salts will clump and

eventually return to water if moisture is introduced.

Hi,

I blow dry mine in a big bowl - if I use water )

Jen

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Try dropping a little eo into a small amount of veg glycerine. Stir it

well then pour it onto the salts...stir this mix until the salts are

coated. The glycerine give a nice sheen to the salts and helps spread

the eo.

HTH

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> From: " Aromanotions " <aromanotions@...>

>

> Hi everyone, I am new here and have been poking around awhile and I am very

pleased with all the info. I'm getting via the list. I make dead sea bath salts

among other things with eo's and I am curious about there being a better way of

getting the eo on the salt. Spoke with a vendor who says they use a fine mister

and spread the salt out to mist it. The problem is, I am only doing small

quantities at a time and there isn't enough to mist. I am leary about

continuing to drop the oils the salt, as I am afraid it isn't being disbursed

properly. Any advice or suggestions would be very appreciated. Can't use any

water in the process as the dead sea salts will clump and eventually return to

water if moisture is introduced.

> Thanks,

>

>

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In a message dated 4/15/00 11:18:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

rddyson@... writes:

> I bought a big bag of solar salt to

> use thinking that would be pretty, but after about 3 or 4

> days the whole product turned into one huge lump (not

> attractive). So now I have a very large bag of solar salt

> with nothing to do with it.

dear deb,

if you live in a humid area i think you will always have some problem with

clumping - with many types of salt -including epsom. i have dried out my

salts in a warm oven in a large baking pan. i literally had t cut the box

off of the epsom salt brick that i had. i use solar salts too and am pretty

happy with them. i think you can still use your solar salts if you take care

to keep them dry, or dry them out and then package them quickly in an

airtight container or package.

pure epsom salt makes a fine bath too - especially for sore muscles.

table salt works fine, but what i don't like about it is that you have to

list salt plus the ingredient that is added to make it flow - of course, this

is also the very thing you need to prevent clumping . . . so there is a

tradeoff there. i think it looks good mixed with baking soda.

hth,

kim in pa

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i havnt heard anyone mention water softener salt pellets will this work and

they

are cheap to buy

Rick or Deb Dyson wrote:

> Dear Judyann:

>

> I appreciate the advice. But it leaves me with few more questions.

>

> Using your ratio:

>

> 5 cups epsom salt

> 3 cups kosher salt

> 2 cups sea salt (will granulated do or do I need the more expensive coarse

> grind?)

>

> How much glycerin do I add for the above recipe? I have never used it and am

> not sure how to go about it. I am concerned about leaving it out to dry as I

> live in a extremely humid area and I'm not sure it would ever dry, but if you

> think this is the best way to go I will certainly give it a try. I have used

> baking soda in the past and added the EO and color to that and then added that

> to the whole recipe. It worked out pretty well but I used large grain sea

salt

> and I can't continue to make a recipe based mainly on sea salt, it is just too

> expensive for me.

>

> Why is cornstarch discouraged by the medical community? I am asking because I

> use it in my bath bombs and milk bath recipes.

>

> My solar salt has not clumped in the bag, it is still loose and easy to work

> with, but sets up hard as a rock after a few days when made into bath salts.

> The recipe I used had:

>

> 1 cup solar salt-ground

> 1 cup epson salt

> 1/2 baking soda

> 20 drops of essential oil

> a couple of drop of liquid soap colorant

>

> They turned out beautifully and I was very excited to have found a low cost

> alternative to sea salt. Imagine my dismay when about 3 days later it was one

> solid mass that had to be broken apart with a knife. They were in an airtight

> jar too!!!! Any suggestions. I would still like to use the solar salt if I

> could.

>

> Most of the reading I have done says that I can use most any essential oil if

no

> more than 10 drops per bath are used. On lemon and peppermint I have reduced

> that amount to about 8 drops per use. Are there other oils I should watch out

> for?

>

> Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my questions,

>

> Deb

>

> > I use whatever salts I can obtain cheaply and easily. I doubt one person

> > out of fifty could tell the difference in their bath, except for the size of

> > the crystals.

> >

> > I like to mix Epsom, sea, kosher, and even table salt with Epsom being the

> > base salt. I add usually 50/30/20 ratio of Epsom/kosher/sea. Dendritic

> > salt and baking soda are added to prevent caking, and is unnecessary if you

> > make the salts correctly. Cornstarch has been discouraged by the medical

> > community. I don't know about borax. Glycerin is used to anchor the colors

> > and scents. I use FD & C colors - cheap and easily obtained. After you mix

> > your salts, glycerin, scent, and colors, stir, stir, stir, stir. Let set

> > overnight (stirring occasionally) to dry, and then stir, stir, stir, stir,

> > to eliminate any clumps. Before packaging, stir, stir, stir, stir. Scents

> > and colors should be uniform, salts should be dry, and clumps should be

> > eliminated when packaging. Failure to stir/dry properly may result in

> > disappointed customers/friends.

> >

> > If your solar salt has clumped, it is because it was exposed to moisture,

> > either by improper storage or high humidity. If you do not identify the

> > cause and correct it, any bath salts you make may end up the same way.

> > Don't throw out the solar salt. Put it in a cloth bag (or wrap it in a

> > towel), set it on a cutting board, and hit it with a hammer, mallet, or

> > other such object, until it is back into manageable-sized crystals. There

> > will be some waste, but you will save most of it.

> >

> > Since you're new to salts, please use extreme caution in choosing the EO's

> > for your salts. If you haven't already done so, read up on the ones you

> > want to use before adding them. Some EO's can be very irritating, and even

> > cause sensitivities. You don't want your friends/family/customers/self

> > breaking out in painful or irritating rashes. HTH.

> >

> > Judy Ann

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[Guest guest]

Dear Judyann:

I appreciate the advice. But it leaves me with few more questions.

Using your ratio:

5 cups epsom salt

3 cups kosher salt

2 cups sea salt (will granulated do or do I need the more expensive coarse

grind?)

How much glycerin do I add for the above recipe? I have never used it and am

not sure how to go about it. I am concerned about leaving it out to dry as I

live in a extremely humid area and I'm not sure it would ever dry, but if you

think this is the best way to go I will certainly give it a try. I have used

baking soda in the past and added the EO and color to that and then added that

to the whole recipe. It worked out pretty well but I used large grain sea salt

and I can't continue to make a recipe based mainly on sea salt, it is just too

expensive for me.

Why is cornstarch discouraged by the medical community? I am asking because I

use it in my bath bombs and milk bath recipes.

My solar salt has not clumped in the bag, it is still loose and easy to work

with, but sets up hard as a rock after a few days when made into bath salts.

The recipe I used had:

1 cup solar salt-ground

1 cup epson salt

1/2 baking soda

20 drops of essential oil

a couple of drop of liquid soap colorant

They turned out beautifully and I was very excited to have found a low cost

alternative to sea salt. Imagine my dismay when about 3 days later it was one

solid mass that had to be broken apart with a knife. They were in an airtight

jar too!!!! Any suggestions. I would still like to use the solar salt if I

could.

Most of the reading I have done says that I can use most any essential oil if no

more than 10 drops per bath are used. On lemon and peppermint I have reduced

that amount to about 8 drops per use. Are there other oils I should watch out

for?

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my questions,

Deb

> I use whatever salts I can obtain cheaply and easily. I doubt one person

> out of fifty could tell the difference in their bath, except for the size of

> the crystals.

>

> I like to mix Epsom, sea, kosher, and even table salt with Epsom being the

> base salt. I add usually 50/30/20 ratio of Epsom/kosher/sea. Dendritic

> salt and baking soda are added to prevent caking, and is unnecessary if you

> make the salts correctly. Cornstarch has been discouraged by the medical

> community. I don't know about borax. Glycerin is used to anchor the colors

> and scents. I use FD & C colors - cheap and easily obtained. After you mix

> your salts, glycerin, scent, and colors, stir, stir, stir, stir. Let set

> overnight (stirring occasionally) to dry, and then stir, stir, stir, stir,

> to eliminate any clumps. Before packaging, stir, stir, stir, stir. Scents

> and colors should be uniform, salts should be dry, and clumps should be

> eliminated when packaging. Failure to stir/dry properly may result in

> disappointed customers/friends.

>

> If your solar salt has clumped, it is because it was exposed to moisture,

> either by improper storage or high humidity. If you do not identify the

> cause and correct it, any bath salts you make may end up the same way.

> Don't throw out the solar salt. Put it in a cloth bag (or wrap it in a

> towel), set it on a cutting board, and hit it with a hammer, mallet, or

> other such object, until it is back into manageable-sized crystals. There

> will be some waste, but you will save most of it.

>

> Since you're new to salts, please use extreme caution in choosing the EO's

> for your salts. If you haven't already done so, read up on the ones you

> want to use before adding them. Some EO's can be very irritating, and even

> cause sensitivities. You don't want your friends/family/customers/self

> breaking out in painful or irritating rashes. HTH.

>

> Judy Ann

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dear deb,

i have used the salts both ways - i had them ground up in my OLD blender

(hold your ears - it's loud) and also in regular sized pieces. a whole

thread on this went on about a year ago - on big versus little salt pieces ..

.. some people said that big crystals were better because they looked great

(and no extra labor to crush them) and had no complaints from their

customers. two other people said they thought the pieces were too big to

melt quickly enough in the bathtub and became sort of sharp and

semi-dissolved and those sellers were worried that the pieces would be

dangerous or uncomfortable to step/sit on. i could go either way on them, i

guess. . . but i might add a little note of caution for the big pieces. also,

not sure how it would look with the baking soda . . . you might want to cut

this recipe way down until you get a combination that works with your climate

and your water . . .

the recipe i used was:

1 cup baking soda

1 cup salt (solar, sea, table, epsom or blend) - the baking soda and salt can

be adjusted to your needs - i use baking soda to soften the water which is

really hard here.

1/8 cup scant, or less, favorite oil - like sweet almond preserved with vit

E - or next i'm going to try sunflower or safflower - recommended by steph -

don't use jojoba - the wax in it clumps

1 teas EO (no citrus!!) or fragrance, dissolved in the oil above

mix it all together. it shouldn't appear oily. store it in an airtight,

glass container and let it sit for a week.

maybe you should dry all of your stuff out first, even the glass container .

.. . i'm wondering too, maybe the oil keeps the salt from clumping and

hardening together. i've also heard that glycerin is a good additive for

appearance as well as skin. i need the oil - without it i become ASH-lady. .

.. esp with these northern winters . . . lots of dry air, hot baths and hard

water.

i hope this works for you!!!

kim in pa

In a message dated 4/15/00 5:42:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

rddyson@... writes:

> How do you use the solar salt? Do you leave it whole or grind it up? My

> solar

> salt wasn't lumpy until after I made the bath salts and then after about 3

> days

> they froze up solid and they were in an airtight bottle. Any suggestions

or

> a

> recipe I could follow using solar salts. I'm in Texas and it is very

humid

> where

> I am but I would like to use the solar salt.

>

> Any help would be appreciated,

>

> Deb

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Kim:

How do you use the solar salt? Do you leave it whole or grind it up? My solar

salt wasn't lumpy until after I made the bath salts and then after about 3 days

they froze up solid and they were in an airtight bottle. Any suggestions or a

recipe I could follow using solar salts. I'm in Texas and it is very humid

where

I am but I would like to use the solar salt.

Any help would be appreciated,

Deb

Khwarsh@... wrote:

> In a message dated 4/15/00 11:18:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

> rddyson@... writes:

>

> > I bought a big bag of solar salt to

> > use thinking that would be pretty, but after about 3 or 4

> > days the whole product turned into one huge lump (not

> > attractive). So now I have a very large bag of solar salt

> > with nothing to do with it.

>

> dear deb,

> if you live in a humid area i think you will always have some problem with

> clumping - with many types of salt -including epsom. i have dried out my

> salts in a warm oven in a large baking pan. i literally had t cut the box

> off of the epsom salt brick that i had. i use solar salts too and am pretty

> happy with them. i think you can still use your solar salts if you take care

> to keep them dry, or dry them out and then package them quickly in an

> airtight container or package.

>

> pure epsom salt makes a fine bath too - especially for sore muscles.

>

> table salt works fine, but what i don't like about it is that you have to

> list salt plus the ingredient that is added to make it flow - of course, this

> is also the very thing you need to prevent clumping . . . so there is a

> tradeoff there. i think it looks good mixed with baking soda.

>

> hth,

> kim in pa

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> 0.1 oz Boric Acid<

Shouldn't that read Borax?? I've used Boric acid in tanning animal skins to

remove tissue and hair. I don't think I would want to use it in my bath.

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[Guest guest]

Hi....What a wonderful idea to make bath salts for a shower gift! I love it!

stefy

[Guest guest]

With regard to the amount of oil...

There is a difference between Bath Salts, Salt Glow and Salt Scrubs.

Salt Glow is a paste like consistency, (can be made with table salt) with

very little oil and is used to exfoliate the skin.

Salt Scrubs have a greater amount of oil, can be made from other types of

salt and are also used to exfoliate the skin.

Bath Salts, typically made with Epsom Salts, are made to be added to a tub of

water and you soak in the tub, for help in detoxify the body and for sore

muscles.

Hope this helps.

Sheila

Licensed Massage Therapist

[Guest guest]

Sodium Borate? That, I think, is Borax. You know the stuff you wash

clothes with, Twenty Mule Team Borax. But knowing me here lately, I'm

probably wrong. Sorry if I am. Deby

Bath Salts

>

> In the library recipes one of the recipes calls for borate.Would someone

> please explain what it is and what is it for. Thanks, Ricky

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Good Morning Marilyn ,

Marilyn, your rambling answered many questions for me.

I'd not heard of solar salt.....because we probably should, but

do not use a water softening system here at our home. Never

had one installed because we always use bottled water, and

suffer the hard ''iffy'' water for everything that doesn't involve cooking.

I was just getting ready to post a request for more information

to the list....and there was your letter...Like Magic..with all the

answers. =) Please do more rambling....lol

Thank you for the great recipe and all the related information.

For someone new at making these fun and wonderful mixtures,

this kind of information is very important.

You are very much appreciated.

Best wishes to you in every way.

<<

Well, hope this helps. Sorry to ramble! >>

[Guest guest]

For bath salts, you can use any kind of salt. Solar salt is great because it's

so cheap. It's also pretty. You can find it with the water softener salt at

Home improvement stores and some grocery stores. I get the coarse kind for

about $3.50 for 40 lbs.

My recipe is

3 cups sea salt (I get it at a large health food store for .30 a pound)

2 cups solar salt

1 cup epsom salts

2 teaspoons fragrance oil

color (I use paste food color, mica (about 1/8 tsp), or pigments (about 1/8 tsp)

But you can use any combination of salts you want. Even all solar salt makes a

nice bath salt. I didn't like rock salt, it's too big.

I used to use glycerin, but I think it makes the salts clump, so I stopped using

it.

Don't package them in the ziploc bags, because they lose their scents. Cello

works well, also glass.

Well, hope this helps. Sorry to ramble!

Marilyn in Texas

[Guest guest]

Hi Marilyn,

As a personal friend of the other Marilyn ( the one in Texas ), I can

vouch for her bath salts. They are, in a word, glorious! So when she

talks bath salts, even if she's rambling ( LOL ), pay attention. She

knows what she's talking about!

I have a little bowl of her Almond scented ones in my bathroom. They are

beautiful and smell sooooooo good!

Carol ( also in Texas )

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Sorry I missed this recipe, do you mind posting it again.

Bath Salts

> Hi Marilyn,

>

> Love your recipe for bath salts, but being really cautious about what I

put

> in my products, I wonder if you know what is in solar salt? Is it just

salt

> or are there additives? Thanks.

>

> Carol

>

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[Guest guest]

,

If the only sea salt I could find cost $1.58 a pound, I wouldn't use it. It's

too expensive. I found it for .30 a pound. But the solar salt is fine, if it's

just salt. Mix it with the epsom in proportions that please you. For a 6 cup

batch, I use 2 cups of solar, because I like my salts fine. But a lot of people

like the coarser salts. You can use any type of salt you like, even all solar

salt. I use 2 tsp of fragrance oil to 6 cups of salt. This is a good, strong

scent.

Marilyn in Texas

[Guest guest]

Where did you find sea salt for 30 cents a pound.

RE: Bath Salts

> ,

> If the only sea salt I could find cost $1.58 a pound, I wouldn't use it.

It's too expensive. I found it for .30 a pound. But the solar salt is

fine, if it's just salt. Mix it with the epsom in proportions that please

you. For a 6 cup batch, I use 2 cups of solar, because I like my salts

fine. But a lot of people like the coarser salts. You can use any type of

salt you like, even all solar salt. I use 2 tsp of fragrance oil to 6 cups

of salt. This is a good, strong scent.

>

> Marilyn in Texas

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi

That's all I do. You don't need a lot of food colouring and or EO but you

do need a strong arm to mix it all in together. I use a spatula and just

keep squishing the colour and fragrance in as it'll clump and be a bit

awkward to blend at first! Fine bath salts are quite clumpy too initially

but after you blend in the colour and fragrance it stays quite loose. It

usually takes me a good 5 to 10 minutes to get it how I like it.

HTH

WB

Hunter Valley in Oz

> I am able to get bath salts fine grain and want to color and fragrance

them. Do I use food coloring and a EO's. It is a kilo bag so I want to put

them in tubes and glue something on the end for xmas pressies.

>

[Guest guest]

> There was regular looking salt and mixed in with it was

>something that looked like ice cream/cupcake sprinkles? They were white

but

>were long instead of round. Does anyone know what this is? and where I can

>find some? It was really neat looking.

Hi ,

It sounds like a mix that uses uncolored epsom salts. Epsom salts are

longer, more of a pill shape than other salts are. Normally they are white.

Epsom salts can be found at your local drug store, grocery store, Costco, or

even at your chemical supplier. I find that the ones I get from the chemical

company are the least expensive (but you must get a 50# sack...) and tend to

be the nicest (dissolve in water the fastest, are a brighter white in

color). Could just be my imagination.

HTH

B

[Guest guest]

Bernice, you can really use any salt you want to in a bath from my

understanding,  this includes grain size, it's just a preference.  I

personally only use sea salts, and most of the time a large grain. 

Sometimes a customer requests small salts, (or I get " in a mood " ) and I

just put them in a blender till fine or for a small amount just get out

the old mortar and pestle.  Hope this Helps. 

[Guest guest]

Hi Bernice,

You can use either the fine sea salt or the coarse (like small pebble size). We

have both in our grocery store, but I've found my customers prefer the fine so I

buy it in bulk from a coop. Hope this helps.

Jane

[Guest guest]

Bernice,

The composition of the salt would be the same but, the size in the

grocery store would probably be much finer than you would want to use

for bath salts.

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