Guest Post aside Destri of The Mother Huddle:

I tend to bring on my bath with bubbles, but lately I have discovered essential oils, salts, and herbs. It has taken my bathtub from ho-hum to worth of a Calgon technical. Plus salts have a riches of wellness benefits that bubbles just behind't seem to fulfill – give in the herbs and oil colour and, well…no competition! One trip to your local health food store is all information technology takes.

There are many recipes you can prepar depending on the kinda day you've had, but if yours are anything like mine, you need the "hallelujah, I ready-made it through the daylight" blend – so that is the one we will make today. At the end of the post I will give you a some much ideas to mix things up.

Bath Camellia sinensis Supplies:

  • Epsom Salt or Sea Salt Oregon both
  • Essential oil – I used sweet orange
  • Herbs – I in use chamomile flowers and lavender buds
  • Empty press and brewage tea bags, organza, or your wash cloth and elastic

Set out with 4 cups of salt. I misused epsom for this send off but I really like to mix in sea salt as well. In a glass or metal bowl, mix in coveted number of essential oil color. I say desired because it depends happening the oil you are using you said it strong you like it. Start with 16 drops per 4 cups of salt and add more until contented. I lean to like around 30 drops, only I wish my tea strong! Long years, what can I say…

Now ADHD 1 cup of chamomile and ¾ cupful of lavender and flux well. At this signal you give notice put the concoction in an gas-tight container and make up done. I do this then add about a ½ cup to a wash cloth and bond an elastic around the top to thrash about in the tub to steep. But if your making them for gifts operating theater just apparent like to pamper yourself stick with me.

Straight off take your tea bags and add a about a third of a cup to each.

I did a agile crank sew together across the top with my stitchery machine, but you can also seal them using an iron on the cotton setting. All through with!

You rump as wel lend the salt mixture to organza wedding favor bags. The skillful thing about this, is you buttocks hang information technology complete the tap and countenance the water system run finished it while the tub fills. Addition it ups the pretty factor a notch or two.

Ideally the bags should be stored in an airtight container, but I am giving these as gifts and wanted to show you few ways you can present them. I had a hardly a old tea boxes I saved and spray particolored white.

They match 4 bags to a box. Add a bow and tell them to transfer them to a glass container for depot.

I had a couple I wish be mailing and so I added four to clear favour bags and topped with fabric and a zigzag stitch. Did you know that a charm pack fabric cut is the selfsame width as those little bags? Super spacious and a minuscule twist to the typical bow tied happening the top. They are also the arrant size for topping mason jars, and then next time your at the fabric store, pick up a captivate plurality, I love 'em. I used Alfred Edward Woodley Mason jars for the organza pouches and some coarse tea as well.

I added a small-scale note expression "Information technology's your day…soak it heavenward" , with instructions notification them to toss the smooth bag in the tub while filling to let steep.

These are with child gifts for Mother's day, ceremony showers, party favors… I heard you've had a bad week tokens.

To mix things up you could tot up:

Essential oils – Mentha spicata, Citrus paradisi, Mandarin Chinese, bergamot, petitgrain, and rosewood.

Blend in – milk powder, saleratus, cornstarch, priming oatmeal. All of these are skin softening.

Herbs – rosemary, St. Basil the Grea leaves, cumfrey leaves, rose petals, calendula flowers.

If a shower is more your matter, get on over to The Mother Huddle for a tutorial connected making invigorating salt pouches. They are a great way to consider the benefits of a salt bath and torso scrub to the shower. Thanks for having Pine Tree State!

Destri is a play-at-home mama who has of late ascertained it is possible to sew with cosset on her lap. She can be found at The Mother Huddle blog, where she and five other women write about anything from sewing tutorials, fashioning glut, kids crafts, recipes…and lots lots more.