2 cups finely grained sea salt(dollar store)or Epsom salts
1/2 cup baking soda
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup unscented body oil(I use almond oil - check Mountain Rose link below and search: "Carrier Oils")
Scent:
4 TBS Pumpkin Spice and/or Allspice
15 drops vanilla essential oil(Vanilla extract works although not as well)
Mix all together until holds well together. Add more oil if necessary. Roll into balls or cookies, place on a cookie sheet, and bake in 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes.
If you have hard water or very dry skin, add a 1/2 cup of powdered milk to recipe for a skin softener. Sugar is a good skin softener as well. Brown sugar would smell nice for winter.
Experiment and have fun with this recipe. I've tried different versions with coffee, tea, and chocolate in the past. Combine what you think would taste and smell good together, just like baking your own holiday treat.
I use organic essential oils from Mountain Rose Herbs, pesticide free. This year I am purchasing Spikenard essential oil to add to my plain body oil and homemade deodorant. From Mountain Rose herbs:
Aroma: Heavy, sweet-woody, spicy-animal odor, somewhat similar to valerian oil.
Blends Well With: Clary sage, clove, cypress, frankincense, geranium, juniper, labdanum, lavender, lemon, myrrh, neroli, oakmoss, palmarosa, patchouli, pine, rose, and vetiver.
Of Interest: Spikenard is one of the early aromatics used by the ancient Egyptians and is mentioned in the Song of Solomon in the Bible. It is also the herb that Mary used to anoint Jesus before the Last Supper: ‘Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.
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3 comments:
Mmm...this sounds amazing!
I wonder if I could use the almond or walnut oil that I bought at Whole Foods for cooking?? I never use it for anything...What do you think? What's the salt for in this recipe? I guess I couldn't use Kosher Salt, huh? Sorry, I'm always looking to cut corners.
Have a great one!
Yes! I'd try those oils. I love almond oil on the skin. Kosher may work. If it's doesn't hold together, then you'll just end up with regular bath salts. I'm thinking the more coarse, the less likely it will hold its form.
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