How to Make Homemade Bath Oil and Body Scrub

Bath oil gives you a spa experience at home.

Relaxing in a hot bath with music, scented candles and fragranced oils helps you unwind after a long day. Bath oils soften your skin and release any scent that you prefer. Use a homemade body scrub to exfoliate away rough patches and nourish your skin while cleansing it.

Things You'll Need

• 1/2 cup almond oil
• 1/2 cup castor oil
• 1/4 cup vitamin E oil
• 1 cup sunflower oil
• 20 drops fragrance oil
• Glass jars with lids
• Chopped dried flowers
• Grater
• 1/2 bar body soap
• Glass bowls
• 2 lb. Epsom salt
• 20 drops lavender oil
• 5 tsp. olive oil
• 3 drops food coloring (optional)

Instructions

Make and Use Bath Oil

1. Blend the almond oil, castor oil, vitamin E oil, sunflower oil and fragrance oil together in a glass container with a tight-fitting lid.

2. Shake the container once every day for a week. This helps to blend the fragrances.

3. Add the chopped dried flowers to the container.

4. Make your bath as hot as you can stand it. Pour in about 1/4 cup of bath oil, lay back and relax.

Make and Use Body Scrub

1. Grate the soap bar into a glass bowl.

2. Mix the Epsom salt, lavender oil and olive oil in a second bowl.

3. Add the food coloring, if using, to the salt and oil mixture.

4. Mix the grated soap into the salt mixture. Pour the scrub mixture into a container with a lid.

5. Scoop out a spoonful of bath scrub at a time. Rub in a circular motion over rough spots on your skin to cleanse and exfoliate.

Tips & Warnings

• Homemade bath oils do not contain preservatives, so they can become rancid over time if kept too long.

• Containers with metal lids tend to rust once exposed to moisture.

References

• "Natural Beauty Basics"; Dorie Byers; 2001
• Epsom Salt Council: Beauty Usage Tips