Homemade Bath Salts with Printable Jar Labels

Mandarin Orange Bath Salts:

I used a small canning jar for the mandarin orange bath salts, with a screw top one piece lid.

I also used only epsom salts, adding about six drops each of mandarin essential oil and orange food color.

The lid is decorated with 1/2″ orange ribbon, cut in strips to cover the top. Coat the lid with tacky glue and lay the first strip across the middle of the lid and over the rim just a little on both sides. Add ribbon strips on either side, each one overlapping a little, until the top of the lid is covered. Take another strip and glue around the lid rim, covering the edges of the top ribbons. Overlap the ends of the lid rim strip; glue down firmly. Cover ends by gluing on a small bow.

Screw the beribboned lid in place securely.

Print the free Mandarin Orange Bath Salts Labels and glue the front label centered beneath the ribbon bow, with the other label glued to the back of the jar.

Lavender Bath Salts:

I used 1 cup of epsom salts and half a cup of sea salt for the lavender salts, adding about 8 drops of lavender.

(This one was for me, and I adore lavender – it made the bathroom smell heavenly!) Adjust the fragrance, just adding one or two drops at a time until you’re happy with it. Lavender is a difficult color to achieve with food coloring, but I got a pleasant lavender hue by using far more red than blue.

Decorate the jar by threading lavender ribbon through the openings in an ecru doily, tie in place and make a bow. Alternatively, use a rubber band to secure the doily, then tie a ribbon over it. Print and cut out our free Lavender Bath Salts Labels then glue in place to finish the jar.

Bath Salts from the Sea:

Use only sea salt – fine or coarse, or a combination, for this recipe. Add essential oil that reminds you of the sea – I used sandlewood. A drop of eucalyptus might enhance this mixture. Jasmine also works well. Add drops of blue food coloring, either to all the mixture, or half, so you can funnel white and blue layers into the jar.

For the nautical rope decoration, take three lengths of household twine, each about three feet long and braid them. Coat the lid with tacky glue and, in the middle, start twisting the braid around in a spiral, pushing the flat side firmly into the glue. Go right over the lid edge and around the rim, adding extra glue at the end. Make another braid to decorate the jar bottom. Take this braid up the jar about an inch, then secure the end at the back.

Print the Bath Salts from the Sea Gift Jar Labels, coat with glue and stick to the front and back of the bottle. Take a single strand of twine and glue it around the front label. Tie another single strand of twine in a bow around the neck of the bottle.

Patchouli Bath Salts Recipe:

Patchouli oil has a sensual woodsy aroma, valued for its tranquil calming effect and long-lasting fragrance. Add sparingly to epsom salts, sea salt, or a combination of both. Color bath salts green with food coloring, add glycerin, if using, and bottle.

The rope decoration is simple. Just coat the jar lid with tacky glue and begin to spiral a single strand of household twine around the top and down the sides of the lid. Do the same at the bottom of the jar, bringing the twine up the jar to about an inch. Use extra glue on top of the twine if needed; the twine absorbs glue, which dries clear. Fashion a handle by tying a double strand of twine tightly around the neck of the jar, then twist the strands loosely together, looping them over the lid top, and back to the other side to knot in place. Print our Patchouli Bath Salts Gift Jar Label and glue to front and back of the jar to finish.