Every time I drove to the grocery store store, I would see an entire aisle of bath products including colorful bath salts. Alluring as they were to me, I would simply look but not purchase. Who actually uses bath salts at home? I hadn’t a clue on what they really were, and what they were for. Just no plain idea on what help they would do me.

Little did I know about the world of aromatherapy and how mother nature’s elements would enrich me in all facets of life. And these bath salts are the closest thing to taking a natural mineral bath in a hot spring, for they are made up of epsom salt and dead sea salt. I can take a hand full of these salts and massage them into my skin to get the dead ones off. And while I’m getting the dead skin off, I’m putting some moisture back in! What do you know? Nice natural remedy to soothe my mind, body, and soul, eh? So, naturally it would be neat to make a jar full of these at home.

And to think about how much dirt I can get out of my pores from using these homemade bath salts! Amazing! All that bacteria and sweat, just scrubbed away in the midst of all that exfoliation. Bye bye, pizza face, bye bye. My face is feeling so at ease already just thinking about it. All the pores on my face will be so open and free–it will surely heal with happiness with nothing blocking or in the way.

Or worse yet, if I had somehow (knocks on wood) been hit with some skin infections or a couple of bug bites, I could alleviate all of that by taking an Epsom salt bath and gently scrubbing away at the evilly affected areas on the skin.

And, if you are feeling that your muscles are tense from such a long and stressful day, or if you exercised a bit too hard, you can be assured that epson bath salts can be massaged into the joints and tendons so the muscles inside can calm down and feel at ease.

If you have ever thought about how smelling something really nice has oftentimes shifted your mood, then you will enjoy the fact that this is what aromatherapy is all about. When you smell essence oils like rose hips and lavender you can relieve stress and anxiety, and ultimately ease your mind.

The salts in the bath water will also change the composition of the water itself, and it will help provide a nice protective layer on your skin to regulate how much water enters and exits through. Though, I doubt it will stop your fingers from getting wrinkled like raisins!

One little jar of homemade bath salts, a variety of health benefits to reap from. You would have never known that so much could come out of a pretty little colorful jar. It’s nice to know how these salts make you feel and smell inside and out. They are also relatively simple and also therapeutic to make.

Sydney Garrett likes homemade bath salts and makes pastel-colored salt scrub ingredients for life.