Herbal Bath Salts. Relaxing Aromatherapy Soaks
Herbal Bath Salts & Soaks
Epsom Salt Bath Soaks With Whole Flowers
Epsom salt is magnesium sulphate, a naturally occurring mineral compound. It isn't a salt in the culinary sense and isn't related to table salt. The name comes from Epsom in Surrey, where it was found in a bitter spring in the early seventeenth century, a discovery that turned the town into a spa.
A generous handful per bath, roughly two to three tablespoons. Add it as the bath fills so the salt dissolves in the running water rather than sitting at the bottom.
Because whole botanicals are used rather than fragrance. Loose rose petals and leaves float, cling to the tub and end up in the plughole. Filling the bag and dropping it in gives you the same infusion with none of the clean-up. Ours are reusable, rinse and dry between baths.
Bath salts are mineral-based and dissolve into the water; bubble bath is detergent-based and foams. Salts add nothing that strips the skin, which is why they suit dry or sensitive skin better. Salts also carry botanicals and essential oils well, whereas foaming products need surfactants to work.
Generally not without checking the manufacturer's guidance. Salts and botanical material can affect filters, pumps and water chemistry in circulating systems.
Some are and some aren't, because it depends on the essential oils rather than the salt. Several oils commonly used in bath products carry pregnancy cautions. Check each product page, and our Medical Herbalists can advise on what's appropriate.
It depends on the blend. The full ingredients are on each product page, and our Medical Herbalists are happy to talk it through.