I’ve had these vintage pill bottles around in my craft room for ages and decided to finally do something with them. Â Originally I thought to make a sugar scrub but it would be hard to get the sugar scrub out of the small opening so I changed the plan to bath salts.
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You need:
Coarse Sea Salt – I found this on the seasoning aisle
Epsom Salt – I found this in the health and beauty aisle
Essential Oil – I used lavender
Food Coloring – you probably have some in your cupboard right now
Glass containers of your choice – I found mine at a garage sale
Embellishments to decorate
I measured out how much sea salt I had, because it was a smaller container and then added that much epsom salt.
Food coloring and you are just using this to give the mixture some color. Â The amount and color you use is your personal preference. Â I was going for a “pinkish” color so I added red. Â When I first added it, it kind of clumped up so I had to really mix it well to coat all the mixture.
Add some essential oil to the mixture.  This step is optional but I chose lavender as it is soothing and calming.  How much you add is up to you, based on how strong you want the scent.  I then mixed it really well again to make sure it coated all the salt mixture.
I happened to have some bottles that I purchased at a garage sale but you could use any container that you like. Â The bottles I used had a small mouth and I really should have used a funnel to fill the containers but I made it work.
All that is left is to embellish. Â I had some stickers that I attached to the front of the bottle and then just added a ribbon to it. Â Very simple and easy and they make nice little gifts!
Here’s my video on how to make it:
How To Make Homemade Bath Salts
(((hugs))) ~lisa
