Citrus Bath Salt
01 August 2017 by Natanja
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Bring the summer into your bathroom with this refreshing Citrus Bath Salt.
I have never much enjoyed the summer. I always thought it was too hot, there are too many sweaty people on the subway and you catch a sunburn way too fast. But maybe that is because I have experienced my summers in a city where the heat seemed to linger even in the nights, and there never seemed to be any breezes to relieve us from the stuffy air that stood still.
But this year everything was different. This summer has been the opposite of all my past summers. Maybe experiencing it on the countryside has given me a new liking for it. Either way I have been soaking up the warm weather and enjoying every bit of it. Running around in shorts, going swimming in the lake, drinking limeade in the garden…I wish I could prolong the summer.
So I tried to capture those rays of sunshine. And in my attempts of preserving my summertime bliss I came up with this brightly colored bath salt right here. Because this bath salt shouts SUMMER!
For this bath salt you want to use an organic orange and lemon. Why organic? Because we are only using the peels and simply do not want to soak in a bath of pesticides.
If you are bothered by citrus peels floating around you in the tub, you can simply omit the peels and just use the essential oils. The lemon and orange pieces are just eye candy.
This makes a colorful and wonderful scented gift, best presented in a pretty glass bottle. Or you can simply enjoy this yourself 🙂
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Citrus Bath Salt
- Total Time: 10 min
Description
A refreshing bath salt with lemon and orange essential oils
Ingredients
- 240g Epsom salt (1 cup)
- 100g Himalayan salt (1/3 cup)
- 2 heaping tablespoons baking soda
- zest of 1 lemon
- zest of 1 orange
- few drops lemon essential oil
- few drops orange essential oil
Instructions
- Combine epsom salt, Himalayan salt, baking soda, lemon zest and orange zest in a bowl and stir until they are well combined.
- Spread the salt onto a baking sheet and let it dry for 24h.
- Then add lemon and orange essential oils and fill into a clean glass bottle.
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Tagged With: bath salt, citrus, citrus bath salt, diy beauty, skincare
Filed Under: Bath Bombs & Salts, Beauty, Body, By Application, By Category, By Type, Homemade Beauty
Why do you add baking soda in your this salt recipe?
Hi Sarah! I like to add baking soda to my bath salts due to its skin soothing and antibacterial properties. Feel free to leave it out if you don’t wish to add it. 🙂
Hi, love the recipe. Can’t wait to try it out!
Question though – why do you need to leave the salt mixture to dry before adding the essential oils?
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Hi Jovana! Great question. I prefer to let the salt dry first and then add my essential oils because this way the oils will still have a strong fragrance and it won’t get lost as the salt mixture is drying. Have fun making the bath salt! 🙂
Can you use this recipe and make it into a bath bomb?
Hi Kelsey! I’m afraid that wouldn’t work. You could, however, use this lavender bath bomb recipe and color it orange or yellow and use orange and/or lemon essential oils instead. 🙂
Hey what size jar would we need for x1 scale of this please ?
Hi Ash! If I remember correctly, I used a 16 oz jar (470 ml). The next time I make this bath salt, I’ll measure it and add the info to the recipe. 🙂
How much does this recipe make?
Hi Stella
The recipe yields a litte under 2 cups of bath salt – a 16 oz (470 ml) jar should work. 🙂
What a lovely gift idea! Thank you for sharing.
You’re welcome! Thanks for stopping by Erica 🙂
Love this recipe! Thank you!!
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Thank you for the feedback! Happy to hear it 🙂
May be a dumb question, but does this expire or is it shelf stable? I’m going to make these as gifts and want to know how far ahead I can make them. 🙂
Hi Emilee
I have stored it for 1/2 year without any issues. It might last longer, but I haven’t tested it. I’m assuming it will discolour over time but as long as it doesn’t smell rancid, it’s fine to use 🙂