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    Tri-Color Candy Cane Bath Salts


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    Tri-Color Candy Cane Bath Salts

    Recipe Introduction


    Tri-Color Candy Cane Bath Salts

    List of Ingredients




    1 cup of Epsom Salts (or 3/4 cup epsom salts mixed with 1/4 cup of sea salt)
    1 teaspoon of Sweet Almond Oil
    3 drops of Peppermint Essential Oil
    red and green food coloring
    mixing equipment: bowls, egg cups, measuring spoons, mixing spoons, funnel, glass jar
    1 cup of Epsom Salts (or 3/4 cup epsom salts mixed with 1/4 cup of sea salt)
    4 drops of Peppermint Essential Oil
    2 drops red food coloring
    optional: 4 drops Glycerin
    mixing equipment: two bowls, mixing spoons, funnel, glass jar

    Recipe



    Divide the epsom salts, placing 1/3 cup into three separate bowls.

    Divide the sweet almond oil, placing 1/3 teaspoon into three separate egg cups.

    Add one drop of peppermint oil to each of the three egg cups.

    Stir one drop of red food coloring into one egg cup, and one drop of green food coloring into another; the third egg cup of almond oil and peppermint oil remains uncolored.

    Empty the green almond oil mixture into one of the bowls of epsom salts. Empty the red almond oil mixture into the second bowl of epsom salts. Add the uncolored almond oil mix into the third bowl of epsom salts.

    Thoroughly stir each bowl of epsom salts to distribute the color and fragrance.

    Begin filling a glass jar with the bath salts, using a funnel to add each layer of color. You can tip the jar slightly to get an angled effect, but straight layers also look highly effective.

    Bring the epsom salts right to the top of the jar. Tap the jar on a table to settle the ingredients and use the back of a spoon to tamp the salts down a little bit; add more epsom salts, if needed, until the jar is filled completely to the top, then screw on the jar lid. (Tamping down the epsom salts prevents the colored layers from mixing before use).

    Red and White Candy Cane Bath Salts

    For each cup of bath salts, you will need:


    1 cup of Epsom Salts (or 3/4 cup epsom salts mixed with 1/4 cup of sea salt)
    4 drops of Peppermint Essential Oil
    2 drops red food coloring
    optional: 4 drops Glycerin
    mixing equipment: two bowls, mixing spoons, funnel, glass jar
    Divide the epsom salts into two bowls. Add two drops of peppermint oil and two drops of glycerin, if using, into each bowl. Add two drops of red food coloring to one bowl and stir to evenly distribute the color.

    Begin alternating layers of red and white bath salts in a clear glass jar, using a funnel. Make sure the jar is filled completely to the top to prevent colored from shifting before use.

 

 

 


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