Spa-Like Bath Soaks at Home
Life can be stressful, and we need a way to treat ourselves to some relaxation! I’ve found that taking the time for some great self-care can really make all the difference. Pick a day or two this month where you can spare an hour to reward your skin, mind, and body with a spa-like bath soak!
scrub me secret: In my blog post “magnesium for skin health” I talked about magnesium and all its great benefits. All these bath soak recipes include magnesium because of its healing mineral properties. While this ingredient can be left out of the recipes, it’s part of the reason these bath soak recipes are so luxurious and special.
Calming Dry Skin Soak
This soak recipe will soothe and moisturize dry or sensitized skin. Calming oats, kaolin clay, and chamomile provide calming benefits. Arnica oil, grape seed oil, magnesium, and calendula petals help skin to heal and hydrate.
1/2 cup magnesium flakes
1/4 cup oat flour (ground oats) or colloidal oats
1/4 cup kaolin clay
1-2 tablespoons arnica oil
1-2 tablespoons grape seed oil or Argan oil
one serving dry chamomile tea or 1 tablespoon chamomile essential oil
small handful calendula petals
Cold Relief Soak
This special blend of essential oils, magnesium, and herbs aids in congestion relief and helps repair the immune system.
1 cup magnesium flakes
1 cup epsom salt
1-2 tablespoons oregano
5 drops peppermint essential oil
5 drops tea tree essential oil
5 drops eucalyptus essential oil
scrub me secret: don’t have a bathtub but still in need of some major relaxation? Choose the ‘meditation’ or ‘cold relief’ recipe, boil a pot of water on the stove, and add the mixture to the water. You can then stand above the boiled water and inhale the aromatic steam! Leave the magnesium and Epsom salts out of the recipe if you choose this option.
Meditation Soak
This bath soak is for some major aromatic relaxation! Lavender, chamomile, and peppermint paired with magnesium, epsom salt, and Himalayan pink sea salt will have your mind and body feeling serene in no time.
1 cup magnesium flakes
1/2 cup epsom salt
1/2 cup Himalayan pink salt (can be substituted with epsom salt)
1 serving chamomile tea or 1/2 tablespoon chamomile essential oil
10 drops lavender essential oil
4 drops peppermint
scrub me secret: give any bath a moisturizing boost by adding a tablespoon or 2 of your favorite skin-nourishing oil. I like vitamin-rich, non-comedogenic oils like grape seed, Argan, and sweet almond oil just to name a few.
Deep Clean Soak
This recipe is unlike your typical bath soak. Most soaks are made to soothe skin, calm muscles, or provide aromatic benefits. This recipe we formulated to detoxify congested feeling skin while you bathe.
1 cup magnesium flakes
1 cup epsom salt
1/4 cup sea clay, kaolin clay, or aztec clay
5 drops tea tree essential oil
5 drops eucalyptus essential oil
scrub me secret: find these spa-like ingredients like magnesium flakes, Himalayan pink salt, clays, and essential oils easily at whole foods, your local wellness shop, or on amazon.
Simple Epsom Soak
This soak is made of just 2 ingredients, epsom salt and magnesium. This simple soak has aids in relief from muscle pain or fibromyalgia and also infuses the body with beneficial minerals .
2 cups epsom salt
1 cup magnesium flakes