Epsom Salts & Borax Bath
Posted on July 05 2022
Borax is an ingredient found in traditional bath salts, this all natural mineral helps to cleanse your skin and gently detox the body. Being an alkaline mineral salt it also has the power to soften your bath water so that your skin is left moisturised.
When teamed up with Epsom salts, baking soda and essential oils these bath salts can also help to relieve inflammation and ease pain, making it beneficial in the treatment of sore muscles.
Borax is actually one of the many minerals in sea water, it is also a naturally occurring mineral found in rich soil. Produce grown in areas with a high borax content could have as much as 20mg of borax (apples is one example).
Epsom Salts & Borax Bath
1 Tbs Green Goddess Premium Borax
1 Tbs Green Goddess Baking Soda
1/2 cup Green Goddess Premium Epsom Salts
10 drops Rose Geranium Essential Oil
6 drops Ylang-Ylang Essential Oil
Place 1/2 cup of Epsom salts, 1 tablespoon of baking soda, and 1 tablespoon of Borax in a glass jar. Stir.
Add the rose geranium essential oil and the ylang-ylang essential oil to the dry mixture. Stir again.
You can also add fresh flowers like lavender to the mixture. Crush up and stir through the salts for a pretty light lavender colour.
Turn the bath water on and begin filling up the tub with hot water.
Pour half of the mixture from the glass jar in to the bath water while it is still running. Save the other half for the next time you take a bath.
Soak in the tub for 20 to 30 minutes.
Information regarding regular bath salts from Wikipedia
Substances often labeled as bath salts include magnesium sulfate (Epsom salts), sodium chloride (table salt), sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), sodium hexametaphosphate (Calgon, amorphous/glassy sodium metaphosphate), sodium sesquicarbonate, borax, and sodium citrate. Glycerin, or liquid glycerin, is another common ingredient in bath salts. Depending on their properties, the additives can be classified as emollient, humectant or lubricant when used in bath salts products.