DIY Peppermint Bath Salts

This rejuvenating recipe for Peppermint Bath Salts is an easy and fun DIY. It's a natural and homemade gift for friends and loved ones or yourself.

We love homemade beauty products like Sugar Scrubs and this DIY Peppermint Foot Soak! We also have an incredibly relaxing recipe for Lavender Bath Salts.

This recipe for rejuvenating Peppermint Bath Salts is a great, homemade gift for your friends or loved ones {or yourself}. It requires only a few ingredients and can be made in less than 10 minutes!

You can use food coloring for a layered effect or go natural. DIY Beauty products are the best! Natural and inexpensive!

Peppermint is so refreshing and makes a perfect gift during the holidays!

Have you tried making a sugar scrub? They're the perfect skin exfoliator!

Materials Needed

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Epsom Salt
Sea Salt or Coarse Kosher Salt 
Baking soda
Peppermint essential oil
Food coloring {optional - we used red}
Pretty jars
Ribbon or Twine if it's a gift

How to Make A Recipe for Peppermint Bath Salts

2 cups Epsom salt
½ cup sea or Kosher salt
½ cup baking soda
15-20 drops peppermint oil
4-8 drops food coloring {optional - we used red}

If you want a more natural food coloring, this is a good option. 

Step one -Mix Ingredients

Combine Epsom salt, sea or Kosher salt, and baking soda in a large bowl.

Step two - Add Peppermint Oil

Add peppermint oil and stir or whisk to distribute evenly. We use about 15 drops of peppermint oil. You can add more or less, depending on your preference.

Yields 3 Cups/Jars.

Tips for Success

• Coloring Your Bath Salts: The food coloring to create the colored layers is optional, so leave it out if you have any concerns.
• Yield: This recipe makes about 3 cups. Depending on how you plan on using or gifting it, you can divide it into three containers or keep it in one.
• Reader Tips: Angel, one of my readers,, has a great idea: Use Pink Himalayan Salt instead of food coloring. Brilliant! Another reader suggests adding red (or whatever color) sprinkles for a festive touch! 

Is It Okay to Use Peppermint in Your Bath Products?

Yes, it is absolutely okay to use peppermint in bath products like bath salts. 

The Peppermint essential oil used in Peppermint Bath Salts is often found to eliminate harmful bacteria, relieve muscle spasms, disinfect and soothe inflamed skin, as well as release muscle tension. It's also great for headaches and clearing your sinuses.

What Are the Benefits of Using Bath Salts?

Bath salts have multiple benefits. They can be deeply relaxing, therapeutic, and restorative for the soul, as well as providing relief from tension and stress.

The salts can also draw impurities from your skin to help with detoxification.

How to Use Baths Salts

For best results, fill your tub with water and then take a handful or two of bath salts (½ - 1 cup) and pour them into the bathwater by holding your hand under the running faucet.

This allows your bath salts to fall with the water into the tub and release their fragrance to gain the full aromatherapeutic effect.

How to Make Bath Salts for Gifts

Most of my friends received a pretty little jar of these salts for Christmas, but they are good year-round when you need a relaxing and refreshing bath. This recipe is all-natural {minus the food coloring}, so it should be used fairly soon after making it.

These cute little jars are from Michael's, but we have seen ones at Target as well. You could also use these mason jars. Any of these would work well for gifts.

FREE Printable Tags

If you are planning on gifting your Peppermint Bath Salts, here are some handy printable tags. Attach them with a piece of ribbon or baker's twine, and you're all set!

Updated with Printable Tags August 2018

Click here for your Peppermint Bath Salt Tags. 

You can learn more about the benefits of Epsom Salt, such as stress relief and elimination of toxins.

If you are looking for another all-natural beauty DIY, try this Lavender Vanilla Sugar Scrub. It smells AMAZING as does this Vanilla Brown Sugar Scrub!