theoldehearth Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 OK this is my latest attempt in making bath salts.The first few ones well...let's just not go there.My latest one is a different recipe and it calls for:Epson Salts 15 ozSea Salt (any size you like) 12 ozSilica Gel 1 ozCyclomethicone 2.5 ozKukui Nut Oil 1 ozFragrance .5 oz I mixed this up and find that they're really sticking together so I laid them out to dry over the next two days and it's not helping. Should I add more salt or any other ingredients? They not even 'pourable' and I when scooped them up by a handful and shaked off I get alot of salts sticking to my hand not too mention my skin feeling a bit greasy.I really like to add a bath salt line but I've searched high and low for a decent bath salt recipe and thought I hit the right one with this one. I can't even test this one with family and friends.Any tips or advice??Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doris Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 I use epsom salt (3 lbs), sea salt (2 lbs), cocoa butter (1/2 cup) and eo (I think 3 tbsp). Simple & fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1 Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 i use epsom, combo sea salts, dendritic, natrasorb bath, and fragrance. scent the dendtric, mix, let air dry b/f packaging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryann Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 My recipe is closer to Crafty 1's. I don't use any "wet" ingredients except for the FO which is absorbed into the dendtric salt before I mix the rest of the ingredients. I don't use DSS either as the humidity makes the salts mushy over time even in a tightly sealed containers. This may not happen where you (meaning anyone, no one specific) live, but if you have a customer in a humid area you don't want this to happen to them. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazerina Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 New at this stuff still... but I don't know what purpose the cyclo and the silica gel have in a bath salt... seems to me that's what's making this stick to it's self. But I dunno, lol?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 that's an odd recipe to me. silica is designed to absorb oils so they don't seperate out( like in a sugar scrub) but they stay wet. i would stick to all dry ingredients, except the fo of course. epsom salts, sea salts, dendritic salts, even a bit ofbakind soda make a nice bath soak. the variety of grain sizes is nice. or stick to one med/small grain salt, which also looks very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazerina Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Hi again...I thought I would pop back in on this to say that I just found a site that indicated using 5-10 tbls of Cyclo per one cup of bath salts. This was the first I heard of such a thing other than your original post- I learn something new everytime I come here. Could it be just that you have a super high humidity? Maybe that Kukui nut oil is somewhat of a humectant and is drawing in moisture? Let us know if you figured this out yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystala25 Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 When I read first read the recipe, the silica gel looked out of place to me. I an see the gel making the salt mixture really sticky. Like the others said stick to dry ingredients besides the fo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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