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Bath Salt Recipes

There is nothing quite as versatile as bath salts. They can be made in every color of the rainbow, can be scented to your personal preference, and if you want them to bubble or fizz, that can be done as well. And did I mention, your salts can be as fine as table salt or as large as beach pebbles?

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Bath Salts and Baby Food Jars
This simple recipe shows you how you can put all of those little jars to good use.

Bubbling Bath Salts
And you thought that bath salts simply disappeared into nothing. These salts certainly don't... they smell great, look all sparkly and they bubble too

Caribbean Bath Salt Crystals
On a visit some years ago to Martinique, a small island in the Caribbean, I found a bottle of the prettiest bath salts. They had the scent of flowers I had found on the island, and the color was almost identical to the ocean. I have done my best to duplicate both the scent and the color in this recipe.

Christmas Bath Salts
With just a few simple ingredients, you can create wonderful little gifts for anyone on your holiday gift list. And even better... they cost mere pennies.

Christmas Eve Bath Salts
This is probably the quickest bath salt recipe I have ever used. It takes mere seconds and I would highly advise making up a batch or two so that when you need a quick gift for a friend, you have something ready and waiting.

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Coloring Your Bath Salts
Here is your first lesson on creating bath salts.

Dream Time Bath Salts
Lavender is well known for its relaxing qualities, so if you are having problems drifting off to sleep, treat yourself to a nice warm bath complete with a scoop of Dream time Bath Salts.

Fizzing Rose Petals
There is nothing quite like a luxurious bath complete with rose petals that seem to fizz right before your very eyes. Here's how to make your own.

Milky Bath Salts
This recipe contains dulse... a seaweed that is quite easy to find in health food stores. It also helps rid the body of toxins and boosts circulation. It also has a great "beach" scent and looks great crumbled in these salts.

Scented Epsom Salts
Another variation but still very easy to whip up.

Scented Salt Scrub
To date, I have provided lots of bath salt recipes for your gift list, but what if everyone on your list prefers showers instead? Bath salts would not be a welcome gift, but a salt scrub certainly would. And it is just as easy to whip up. Here's what you need.

Sea Side Bath Salts
I have such wonderful memories of seaside holidays and this bath experience rekindles some of those memories whenever I need to "return". Here is the recipe for those times when you wish you could return to that favorite beach.

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