Making delicious bath products yourself using herbs

1. There is nothing more relaxing than dreaming away in a warm and relaxing bath after a busy day at work. There are many ways to make your own bath salts and herbal baths. With the help of fresh herbs and essential oils you can turn your own bath into a real paradise, as it were.

Lavender Rose Bath Oil

1. Bath oil with the combination of lavender and roses ensure that you can take a wonderfully relaxing bath in the evening so that you can go to sleep afterwards. Just make sure that the essential oils are of very good quality, as they come into direct contact with the skin. Preferably use dried herbs. Fresh herbs in combination with the oils can become moldy.

Requirements

1. Dried lavender dried rose petals 200 ml almond oil 5 drops of rose essence 5 drops of lavender essence

Preparation method

1. Cut the sprigs of lavender so short that they easily fit in a bottle. Make a bunch of it with a string. Slide the bunch of lavender into the bottle and add a few dried rose petals. Pour half of the lavender oil into the bottle. Add the 5 drops of rose essence and 5 drops of lavender essence. Then fill the bottle with the almond oil, close the bottle tightly and shake the contents well.

Laurel mint bath

1. This is a wonderful bath to relax and unwind at the end of the day. Helps very well against fatigue.

Supplies

1. 1 handful of fresh bay leaf 1 handful of fresh mint leaf 1 teaspoon of coconut oil 1 teaspoon of sweet almond oil 1 piece of muslin cloth, gauze or sieve cloth measuring 30 x 30 cm

Preparation method

1. Cut the bay leaves into small pieces and put them in a bowl. Chop the mint leaves and add them to the bay leaf. Then first add the coconut oil and then the sweet almond oil to the mixture. Stir the ingredients well. If you stir well, the coconut oil will crumble. Then place the mixture in the center of the piece of cloth. Tie the opposite corners and the spice pouch is done.

Revitalizing Bath Salt

1. A wonderful bath salt to use after a strenuous day. Wonderfully relaxing after exercising, for example. The salty bath water gives new energy and is also good for the skin.

Requirements

1. 500 grams of rock salt blue food coloring various essential oils; juniper, lemon, lime and grapefruit

Preparation method

1. Put the rock salt in a bowl. Add 3 to 4 drops of blue food coloring to a spoon and add to the salt. Stir the food coloring well into the salt. The salt should then be light blue in color. If it is dark blue in color, you have added too much dye.

Herbal bouquet for the bath

1. This herbal bouquet for the bath consists of fresh herbs that you can hang on the hot water tap of the bath as soon as you let the bath run. This way you not only have a relaxing bath, but also a nicely scented bathroom.

Requirements

1. White and purple lavender lemon balm winter savory

Preparation method

1. Cut the sprigs of lavender to about the size of 30 cm. Make bunches of 7 to 8 twigs and wrap a string around them. Use the string to bind 4 to 5 sprigs of lemon balm into a bouquet and do the same with the winter savory.

Patchouli bath oil

1. With a few spoons of this patchouli-scented oil in the bath water you will be wonderfully relaxed and it also moisturizes the skin.

Bath foam with honey and almond

1. This bath foam with mild almond oil and honey nourishes the skin and is therefore very suitable for people with dry skin.

Requirements

1. 4 tablespoons of liquid honey 1 tablespoon of mild almond oil 1 tablespoon of almond extract 1 tablespoon of glycerine 4 tablespoons of liquid pure soap

Preparation method

1. Put the liquid honey in a bowl and add the mild almond oil. Add the almond extract and then the glycerine. Stir well to combine. Gently stir the liquid soap into the mixture. Stir continuously in the same direction to prevent the soap from foaming. Using a funnel, pour the bubble bath into a bottle and let it rest for a while before use.