So Easy DIY Bath Melts-Upgrade Your Bath & Your Skin!
Homemade bath melts are a luxurious way to soothe and revive dry skin. There’s nothing like a nice relaxing bath after a long day. Add a bath melt for the soothing benefits of aromatherapy, as well as replenishing benefits for the skin! Making bath melts are one of the easiest DIY bath products you’ll ever make, plus they make a great gift! Read on to learn how you can make DIY bath melts and customize them exactly to appeal to your individual senses!
Today I thought I’d share my easy DIY bath melt recipe. Contains only natural ingredients to replenish and rejuvenate the skin. I’ll give you lots of customizable options so you can decide exactly what you’d like to add to your bath melts, if anything! This basic recipe is great as is!
What are melt baths?
Homemade body butters are small, quarter-sized nuggets of body butter. You can add herbs, pure essential oil, clays, or Epsom salt, but they are not necessary to get the skin benefits.
The main ingredient in bath melts are butters like cocoa butter, shea butter, mango butter, etc.
You use them by dropping one in hot water and enjoying the simple way the butters coat your skin and the herbs and oils awaken your senses. After taking a bath with a bath melt, your skin will be soft as a baby’s. Using a DIY bath melt is certainly a simple way to thoroughly hydrate every inch of your body.
Melt dips are easy to make and have a long shelf life.
Benefits of Using Body Butters on the Skin:
Body butters are extremely nourishing for the skin and are full of essential fatty acids that help the skin stay hydrated and supple. Because butters are high in fatty acids, they can improve skin elasticity and reduce the appearance of stretch marks, scars, and wrinkles.
Butters have been found to help improve skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis.
Butters contain antioxidants that also help reduce fine lines and wrinkles. Not to mention how they support the skin, helping it age more gracefully.
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What you will need to make DIY bath melt:
Materials
- 1/4 cup shea butter
- 1/4 cup cocoa butter
- 30 drops of Essential Oils
- dried herbs *optional*
- Clay *optional*
- Epsom salt *optional*
Instructions
- Create a double boiler by filling a medium-sized pot halfway with water.
- Place a glass Pyrex container with a spout in the pot.
- Add the butters and melt over medium low heat. If you are adding salt or clay, you can add them with your butters. Make sure you mix them well.
- Keep away from heat.
- Add essential oils, herbs, vitamin E, etc. to the melted butter if you are using them.
- Pour the mixture into molds.
- Let cool. You can speed up this process by putting them in the fridge!
- Take it out of the molds and store it in an airtight container!
grades
- My recipe made about 8 melts, my molds are smaller than ice cube trays so you are the judge of how much you want to make.
- Regular size ice trays are the perfect ratio for bathroom melts, however since they are not typically made of silicone they can be difficult to remove.
Mold Options:
You can simply use ice cube trays if you prefer, but I haven’t tried that and I’m concerned that unless your ice trays are flexible, it may be difficult to remove the melted bath. My silicone molds for ice trays are from Ikea but they didn’t carry them anymore. However, I did find the exact flower mold. HERE.
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How to store homemade bath melts:
If you live in a warm climate, I recommend storing your bath melts in the refrigerator. I keep mine in the fridge in the summer, but during the winter months I keep mine in a jar in my bathroom cabinet. You can store them next to the bathtub, but they will last a bit longer if you keep them out of the light. Also, they can melt just from the heat of the tub.
DIY Bath Melts Substitutions and Ideas:
Any butter will work to melt the bath, but the only rule is that shea butter it is a soft butter, so only use 1/4 cup or less. It should be balanced with harder butters like cocoa, kokum or mango. An interesting fact that you can keep in mind is that mango butter it absorbs very quickly, which is actually a nice feature when it comes to butters, as they tend to stay on the skin for a while before absorbing. In fact, you might be interested in my fast absorbing body butter recipe!
Adding a carrier oil like jojoba oil, sweet almond oil, or olive oil is not recommended because it will cause the bath melts to melt before they reach the bath water or not solidify at all. However, you cannot add more than 2 tbsp. of unrefined coconut oil to their formulations since coconut oil is solid at room temperature.
adding dried herbs To your bath melts are not only a great way to add aroma and skin benefits, herbs add visual interest as well. You should be aware that anything in a molten bath will have to go down the tub drain. If you want to add the benefits of herbs without the mess, you can also grind your herbs into a powder and add them to butters. This will also add color. Do not add fresh herbs to your bath melts. This could cause a bacteria problem and your herbs will turn brown after a few days. Lavender buds, marigold flowers, chamomile flowers, and rose petals are my favorites to add.
Vitamin E It is a great additive and not only helps with aging and nutrition, but also helps with the life of your bath melt.
Essential oils they are the easiest way to add fragrance. You can add 1 essential oil or create your own essential oil blend. One of my favorite scents is lavender essential oil. I love adding citrus oils with lavender. Sweet orange essential oil with lavender oil is heavenly. Lemon essential oil is also a great combination. However, for me, the perfect combination is lavender and bergamot. Many other essential oils work well with lavender as well. Geranium is an essential oil powerhouse and smells delicious with lavender just like rose. You can save a lot of money and use rose absolute instead of pure rose essential oil.
The clays are meant to color your bath melt and are totally optional. i love to keep pink clay on hand and use it in one of my favorite cleansing oil recipes – Pink Rose Cleansing Balm – as well as a multi-purpose DIY that acts as a cleanser and mask. Pink clay is very soft and excellent for detoxifying. french green clay it is also a great additive and one of my favorite homemade masks.
How to add clays, salts and herbs:
I recommend using my recipe for your bath base to melt. Melt the butter, remove from the heat and add the essential oils and pour into the silicone molds. While the melts are still liquid, add a small amount of clays, salts, and herbs to each melt.
Often dried herbs (unless they are large like marigold flowers) will sink to the bottom. You may want to wait until your bath melts and starts to firm up and then add the herbs so they are more suspended and visible. However, if you’re not concerned with how your melts look, this isn’t necessary.
Because the melts are so small, adding clay won’t have much benefit. Clay is really great for creating bath melts of different colors. It only takes a small amount to get a lot of color. Add pink clay, French green clay, and kaolin clay for a pinch.
Pro Tip: While you can add a pinch of salt into each mold, I recommend adding a cup of salt to your bath separate from the actual bath melt. There are so many benefits of an Epsom salt bath, why not combine a salt bath with a bath melt for the ultimate self care?
Where to find natural ingredients:
In order to ensure a quality bath melt, I recommend getting your herbs in Mountain Rose Herbs. They have very high quality and ethically sourced ingredients. They also have a great selection of butters and essential oils. I also like to get my essential oils in plant therapy where shipping is free and faster than MRH. Also have she to, cocoa and mango butters
Don’t forget that bath melts make great gifts! Use a mason jar to put your homemade bath balms in, secure the lid, and tie a ribbon around the lid! You could even print out the ingredients and instructions and attach those as well. The good thing is that you can make quite a few at once by doubling or tripling this recipe! They could be great teacher appreciation gifts!
DIY Bath Melts are quite the luxurious bath and are one of my favorite beauty recipes! These little DIY bath melts are so easy to make, so let’s do it and enhance your bathing experience naturally!
xx, jenni
