Tension Tamer Bath Salt Recipe

A soothing recipe for making bath salts...
sweet aromatherapy stress reduction

Nerves, tension and stress melt away as these relaxing homemade bath salts balance your nervous system (and your mood swings.)

Bergamot and sweet orange are extensively used in aromatherapy for depression because they lift mood and ease tension, stress, anxiety, fear and anger. Lavender soothes and calms the nerves, relieving tension, panic and nervous exhaustion. The ultimate nerve-soothing combination!

This recipe for making bath salts is especially good for oily, acne-prone skin because it cleanses skin, reduces oil production and gently heals blemished skin. Click here for more on aromatherapy for acne.

Tension Tamer Bath Salt Recipe

Ingredients

1 cup Sea Salt

1/2 cup Baking Soda

6 drops Bergamot essential oil

6 drops Sweet Orange essential oil

3 drops Lavender essential oil

Optional: 6 drops red, 4 drops yellow food coloring

Directions

1. Mix salt and baking soda together in a bowl using a metal spoon (a wooden spoon will absorb the essential oils and be ruined.)


2. Drop in the essential oils and food coloring, placing each drop in its own little spot on top of the salts. Stir until thoroughly mixed.


3. Store mixture in a dark glass or PET plastic jar. Let cure at least 24 hours before using.


4. Use about one cup of salts per bath. This bath salt recipe makes enough for three baths. Click here for tips on making your bath magical.

Where to Buy Bath Salt Ingredients

My favorite supplier for aromatherapy recipe ingredients is Mountain Rose Herbs. They have great products at reasonable prices, and their staff is friendly and helpful. Here's some quick links to the ingredients you'll need for this recipe...

Dead Sea salt

Baking soda

Glass jars

Herbal Remedies for Stress, Depression and Crankiness

• MindSoothe: for stress, depression, insomnia, OCD and anxiety
• AngerSoothe: a homeopathic remedy for anger and irritability, plus prevents temper outbursts
• Melancholy Lift: a homeopathic remedy for feelings of melancholy, sadness, grief and weepiness

What Next?

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(By the way, don't assume that only recipes with lavender in them are good for stress relief. There's lots of other essential oils that are super stress reducers!)