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Bath Salts are an easily prepared alternative to bath herbs, and are to be preferred to the caustic mixtures now on the market; most of these chemical-ridden formulas are almost guaranteed to irritate your skin. Creating Bath Salts.
The basic ingredients are table salt, baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) & Epsom salts (magnesiumsulfate). Some herbalist also use borax.
Add the salts to a large bowl in these proportions:
3 parts Epsom salts 2 parts baking soda 1 part table salt (or borax) Mix thoroughly. This is now the base from which you can create a wide variety of bath salts. Its wise to add the power of colours to bath salts. Use plain food colouring( I like to use colouring that I use for cake frosting) for this purpose,letting it fall drop by drop onto the salt base. If two or more colors are required to mix an exotic hue (such as purple), mix these in a spoon first and then add to the salts to avoid creating a two-toned product. Add many drops for a darker colored salt; fewer for a lightly hued salt. Mix the color into the salts with a spoon until it is evenly distributed.
Now add the essential oils drop by drop, one ingredient at a time, until the scent seems right. Mixwith a spoon until all salt particles are moistened. (Could take 1/2 hour or more, depending on the quanity that you are making) As you mix, visualize the energies within the oils merging with each other and with the salt. Keep the salt's magickal goal in mind while you stir. Empower the mixture. Use or store until needed.
