Homemade lavender bath salts

All the ingredients in this bath salt recipe are natural and dissolve in warm bath water for a wonderful relaxing soak. Epsom salt is the main ingredient in this bath salt recipe and can help to soothe achy muscles and soften skin. I love how Epsom salt leaves my skin feeling soft and nourished instead of dried out. The Lavender essential oil is used for the relaxing scent, although you could use a different scent of essential oil if you prefer.

Step 1: In a large bowl, mix the Epsom salt, baking soda and sea salt. Sprinkle the lavender essential oil evenly over the bath salts and mix well until the scent is evenly distributed.

Step 2: Store the bath salts in an air tight jar or bag. I love to store homemade bath salts in antique glass canning jars.

To use the homemade bath salts, pour one cup of bath salts into the bathtub and dissolve in  the warm bath water.The scented lavender bath salts are best used within a year, after that they start to lose their scent. These bath salts also make a wonderful foot soak. I was gifted one of these foot massagers and I absolutely love to soak my feet in it with some homemade lavender bath salts after a long day of standing on my feet canning and preserving in the kitchen!