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| lovely soaking tub |
Home made bath salt steamer simple cheap and easy
Here is the recipe (recipes)
Rubber ice cube tray works best
Mine I bought in the dollar rack at Target or Daiso
Old cookie sheet
one box baking soda (1 LB baking soda = sodium bicarbonate)
1 tablespoon corn starch
fresh herbs 20 leaves
1/2 cup water
Choice of oils see #1 #2 or #3
Mix dry ingredients in a bowl
break up any lumps with your fingers
In a small pot boil some fresh mint or rosemary (whatever
herb you have growing and enjoy with about 1/2 cup water
Allow the water to cool and toss the plant material
Rosemary awakens vitality, mint makes happy
keep the green water aside for the end
For the smell you have a couple choices:
#1 the easy cold and cough remedy
Vick's Vapor Rub a tablespoon the
eucalyptus is great for cold or sinus
congestion
Camphor is a cough suppressant and analgesic
menthol is also a cough suppressant and analgesic
Vick's Vapor Rub has petroleum that's a little messy
Blend slowly into the baking soda mix
OR #2 you can make your own cough and cold mix:
1/8 cup coconut oil
10 drops of Eucalyptus Oil
10 drops of Peppermint oil
5 drops of Rosemary oil
Blend slowly into the baking soda mix
Or #3 for a relaxing soothing shower:
1/8 cup coconut oil
10 drops lavender oil or
15 drops of Kneipp lavender bath oil
2 drops of rose oil
I prefer to use organic -
Mountain Rose also has great products
You are mixing one of the three batches
of oils into the dry mix with your fingers
Add drops of the mint water (you may
only need 2 tablespoons it depends on
how humid it is.
The paste should be sticky
It is thick like pastry dough
Press tightly into the ice cube trays
(you can also use tiny cupcake tins
or roll in a ball)
the rubber ice cube trays work well
because you can press out the shapes
If any are messy just push them back
into the ice cube trays and do them over
Place shapes on old cookie tray
Put in oven set to 200 degrees for
five minutes
Turn off heat, let them cool and
dry in the oven
Place in recycled jars (clean jelly
jar, clean olive jar)
Keep lid off to dry thoroughly
for a day. Then close the lid
Paint the lids with nail polish to
label or add a paper note
The shower steamers can be
placed anywhere in the shower.
They melt and the aromatherapy
opens your sinus and makes you
oh so happy.
I decorate mine with a few
dried flowers on the ribbon
for gifts
Prep time: 5 minutes
Nutrition: not edible I have a friend I gave menthol ones to when he had a cold
and he didn't read the instructions and thought they were cookies. EEEWW ucky
Author: Caroline Gerardo
Category: Bath Soaking Herbs
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| the steamer can be put in the corner of the shower where hot water will hit it |
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| bath relaxation |
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| ice cube molds for my heart love bath steamers |
Analgesic, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiseptic, antispasmodic, aromatic, carminative, cholagogue, deodorant, , insecticide, sedative,
natural oils, relaxing bath, amazing home made, cheap
Baking soda is a natural cleanser for the shower floor.
You may find the oil a bit slippery, you can wipe the floor dry with an
microfiber towel. The multi surface towels plus the steamers will keep the
shower floor clean.
Olde Timey cure for congestion and common cold
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| these "molds" are from tuna cans- wash them extra thoroughly |
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