How to Make Bacon Bath Salts

Bath salts moisturize, soothe and clean the skin.

Homemade bath salts are low-cost gifts to give loved ones and also serve well in your bathroom. It's possible to make bath salts with a wide range of scents, from herbs to essential oils. Those who have meat eaters in the family can make up bacon bath salts to give for a gag gift. These baths are perfectly usable, but they do have fats in them, so should be used within a short period of time.

Difficulty:

Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Salt pork
• Plate
• Microwave
• Bowl
• Liquid Smoke
• Measuring cup
• 24-oz. jar with lid
• Epsom salts
• Borax

1. Heat four strips of salt pork in the microwave on a plate. Cook the pork until all the grease comes out of it, about 1 minute per slice.

2. Pour the grease into a small bowl through a sieve to cool. The sieve catches any bits and pieces of bacon and cleans out the fat.

3. Mix five drops of liquid smoke into the grease. This adds a smoky flavor to the pork, reminiscent of bacon.

4. Pour Epsom salts into a jar to half-way, about 1 cup of salt.

5. Pour 1/2 cup of Borax on top of the salt. This is a powdered soap and also acts as an anti-caking ingredient.

6. Pour the grease into the jar on top of the salts.

7. Pour another 1/2 cup of Epsom salts on top of this grease.

8. Place lid on the jar and shake thoroughly to mix.

9. Check the salts in the jar. If they seem too greasy, add more salts and Borax and shake to mix.

Tips & Warnings

• The salt pork will start to go bad within a week or two, so use up your bacon bath salts soon.

References

• Salt Works: Making Bath Salts - Free Recipes for Making Bath Salt
• Simply Recipes: Rendering Bacon Fat
• YouTube; 147 - How to Make Bath Salt Blends

Resources

• My Bad Pad: The Baconcyclopedia - The Ultimate Bacon Reference of Baconic Proportions