I hope this helps some of you I have found some bath recipes on other sites on the internet heres what I have found so far, but please put any recipes for goodies on here as possible I love to make gift baskets for family and friends.
BATH SACHET
1 cup oatmeal (not instant)
1/2 cup rosemary leaves (or substitute lavender, thyme, lemon verbena...or your favorite herb)
1/4 cup rose petals [optional]
Mix the ingredients together and, for each sachet, place a few tablespoons in the center of a six-inch square of lace, cheesecloth or muslin bring the four corners together and tie in the middle with a washable ribbon, making sure that the mixture is secure in your bath. Tie the bag to hang sachet mixture in a ho n ey pot in the bathroom and refill sachet as necessary. Each bag can be used several times before it needs refilling. Oatmeal is very good for the skin but by itself is not particularly attractive, which is why you add rose petals. The Rose petals complement the oatmeal and add a little more fragrance to the mix.
For a humorous present for friends with a hot tub, sew a large tea bag from cheesecloth or muslin, fill it with a mixture of herbs and oatmeal (keeping the same proportions as in the recipe) and staple the bag to a string. Write the message "tea for two" on a piece of paper and attach it to the other end of the string. The "tea" bag can be used several times.
From Gifts from Your Garden , by Suzanne Frutig Bales, Prentice Hall, 1992.
EPSOM BATH SALTS
2 cups epsom salts
1/2 tsp. food coloring if you want it
1/2 to 1 (depending upon your preference) tsp. fragrance oil
1/2 cup dried rose petals crumbled to near powder
Mix all ingredients. Lovely bath salts.
HERBAL BATH SALTS
Materials:
large pan to mix salts in
Epsom Salts
Sea Salt
zip-type bags to mix the salts and oils in
Essential oil (not flavoring oils, but "real" essential oil)
Potpourri herbs of choice
Food coloring (optional)
Glycerin (optional)
Pretty bottles (optional)
Ribbon to decorate bottles (optional)
Using approx. 2-to-1 proportions Epsom Salt and sea salt, mix in a big pan. This is your bath salt "base". Measure about 1 cup of the salt mixture int o each zippy bag. Place about 4 drops of essential oil into the salt mixture in each bag. Zip the bag closed and mix the salt and oil.
Tear potpourri herbs into tiny pieces and add to the bags. Zip the bag closed and mix until you are happy with the proportions.
Some people adds a drop or two of glycerin to the salts to soften your skin. However, anyone who might be using the salts with a Jacuzzi should not use glycerin in the mixture because it would be bad for the Jacuzzi. Others added the food coloring to the salts and they turned out pretty, too. The glycerin and the food coloring will also give the salts a "wet look." Keep the salt mixture in the zippy bag and to mix it around once a day for 2 weeks. Then, we could pour it into the decorated bottles!
Hope this is kind of what you were looking for.
Lynn
