I don’t know why I didn’t care to pick up a colorful package of bath salts at the store until now except for the fact that I didn’t know anything about them. They just looked so shiny and I knew I wasn’t supposed to eat them. Maybe it was just a luxury for the rich and famous.

But, it is better than late than never. Now that I know about what aromatherapy is and how natural elements are used to alleviate different skin and body stresses. It is a neat fact to know that this is a natural benefit of stepping into a hot spring, or into a natural mineral bath (where natural salts exist). Exfoliating the skin to remove dead cells is a very important beauty and health regimen, so it is also nice to know that you can do this at home with homemade bath salts.

And to think about how much grime I can get out of my pores from using these homemade bath salts! Sweet! All that bacteria and sweat, just scrubbed away in the midst of all that exfoliation. Bye bye, pizza face, bye bye. My face is feeling so relaxed already just thinking about it. All the pores on my face will be so open and free–it will surely heal with happiness with nothing blocking or in the way.

But, what’s this? There’s even more benefits dealing with bug bites and skin rashes? Fantastic! I can use homemade bath salts on areas of the skin that have been affected with minor rashes and infections, Athlete’s Foot and psoriasis, eczema and whatnot. So nice to care for all of that in one fell swoop. (Though I hope I don’t get afflicted all at once!)

But wait! There’s more! I’ve been talking about all of the benefits that homemade bath salts can do externally, but what is also great is what they can do internally. If you have any tension in your muscles, you can massage the salts into your legs. I am sure that you must have experienced muscle tenderness at least once in your life.

You yourself can also rest when you breathe in the great-smelling scents from the essential oils used to mix in with the homemade bath salts. You will find your mood ease up, your stress lift, and your well-being feeling that much better as you breathe in the Bergamot and Lavender oils.

If you stay in the bath long enough, be careful as your fingers will lose moisture and look like prunes. There’s only so much that the Epsom bath salts can do, as they do adjust the composition of the bath water and create a protective layer on the skin so that water does not enter or leave too much.

You can only imagine how much nicer you will feel knowing that you made these bath salts right at home, where you got to choose what scents, what colors, and what beautiful jar you put the salts into. All those health and beauty benefits in one small jar.

Sydney Garrett embraces homemade bath salts and probably has a cornucopia of bath soaps ingredients for fun.

Originally posted 2010-02-05 01:42:22. Republished by Old Post Promoter