How to Make Bath Salts for Gifts

There is no gift appreciated as much as one that is hand made for a friend. Of course, you can make this as a gift to yourself as well. All of the ingredients are organic and safe.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Sea Salt
• Food Coloring
• Coconut or Other Extract
• Mild Liquid Hand Soap
• Olive Oil
• Attractive Gift Bottles or jars (if desired)

1. Check out the dollar or other discount stores for pretty bottles. Sometimes you can find pressed glass bottles or jars with cork stoppers. These make very attractive gift containers.

2. Decide how much bath salts you are going to make. This recipe calls for about 2 cups of sea salt. Multiply that if you want to make more. The amount will depend upon how many jars or bottles you want to fill.

3. Mix 2 cups of salt with several drops of desired color of vegetable food coloring in a large container. Stir or shake until color is distributed evenly.

4. Once salt and color are mixed, add 1 Tbsp. mild hand soap, 1 Tbsp. olive oil and 1 tsp. desired extract. Mix thoroughly.

5. Spread the salts on a few thicknesses of newspaper and allow to dry until dry to the touch.

6. Use a funnel or simply spoon into jars or bottles. If desired, you can tie a ribbon around the top. Enjoy.

Tips & Warnings

• It is easy to make more salts if you find yourself running out. Just divide or multiply the recipe to get the desired amount.
• Use any vegetable food coloring in any color desired.
• Green and blue food colors look nice. Yellow isn’t as attractive.
• Coconut extract produces a nice scent, but vanilla, berry and almond flavoring/extract work well also.
• Be sure to use only mild soap such as Castile (not dish washing soap).
• Use vegetable food coloring rather than dye.
• Use flavoring or extract meant for food, rather than perfume or essential oils.