Bath Salt and Skin Care
Bath salt is a new trend in spa and skin care centres that adds luxurious to your bath. Unlike usual salt you add to the cooking, bath salt has many benefits to your body and mind.
For your body
Bath salt can reduce pain of arthritis, repair damaged skin, help to relieve sore and achy muscles, help to treat itchy, irritated, and dry skin, stimulate body circulation, relieve back pain, relax tired feet, heal from corns and calluses, exfoliate areas like knee, hand, and elbow, help to heal bruises and scars, reduce inflammation, help to remove toxin and oil from skin, reduce other skin diseases, and help to heal injuries cause by working or exercising.
For your mind
Bath salt can give relaxation and feeling of rejuvenation to your mind, take away anxiety and stress, improve your concentration, give you better sleep, and thus fresher wake up in the morning.
Preparing a salt bath
Prepare warm water, add enough amount of bath salt, and soak your body into it. You can also apply the salt on your feet only to help the muscles relax. Your skin will soon feel softer and your muscles will loosen up. Taking a bath salt will not leave you a dry skin, despite of the many benefits you get. For better result for your mind, add some essential oils in the bath. You can also buy one that is already has the mix of both.
Home made bath salt
Make your own bath salt at home, you can save money and be free of the added chemicals and preservatives in those you buy at stores. The base ingredients of bath salt are Epsom salt, baking soda, and sea salt. Mix three of them in proportion of 3:2:1, there the bath salt is. You just need to add scents and color as you like. For your tips, add fragrance oils a few drops while mixing the salt so that the scent is distributed well and strong. Other choices are to use essential oils and concentrated oils. For the color, add cosmetic grade coloring a few drops while mixing. After you are done, store them in air tight jars or food containers.
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