Homemade Bath Oils

Bath Oils can leave the skin feeling silky soft and they can also help to keep the skin youthful. We would all love to find the fountain of youth but lets be realistic, there is no fountain of youth but this does not mean that there aren't things that you can do for your body and skin to keep it young and youthful.

Why should you spend hundreds of dollars, if not more a year on commerical products whne you can make your own at home in your own kitchen that will give you the same results if not better.

Bath oils have been used for thousands of years by many dfifferents cultures for all kinds of different reasons. They can help to relieve stress, promote healing, reduce fat and celluilite and many other things because they are full of healing properties.

Bath oils also smell great and they can also make nice gifts for friends and family like at christmas, birthdays or just because you would like to share something nice with them for no other reason then because you care about them.

I love to buy and make things for all the people I love and I don't need no hoilday or reason other than because I love them.

Sometimes there is nothing more satisfying after a long day at work than coming home to a nice hot bath and some bath oils can make that bath even better. Maybe you use bath oils, maybe you spend a great deal of money on them but, you don't have to because this information will give you the basics on how to make them.

Don't be afraid to try different oils because who knows what you will find that you like the best. Many people find plain tap water very drying to the skin and need a bath oil to counter act its effects on the skin.

There are few truly dispersable base oils but one that is, is a treated castor oil known as Red Turkey Oil. You can add essential oil or essential oils of your choice directly into the bottle.

You do this just like you would with any other base oil. You should use 5 drops of essential oil to every 1 teaspoon of base oil. Then use 1 teaspoon of your mixture to your bath.

You can also use an alternative method by first adding 4-6 drops of essential oil to your bath then add 1 teaspoon of Red Turkey Oil to the bath. Get into the bath and enjoy! It would be wise to mix the oils up first and test a small area of skin with a little bit of the mixture before you put your entire body into a tub full of it just to make sure that you don't experience some kind of an allergic reaction to the mixture.

When you are mixing and storing your own bath oils you should store them in a glass bottle or jar that has a screw on lid that is airtight. The bottle or jar should also be dark in color like amber or cobalt because the dark color will help to keep the light out which will also help to keep the mixture fresh.

Some other base oils that you can use are as follows:

Almond Oil
Apricot Oil
Avacado Oil
Grape Seed Oil

But these base oils are non-dispersable and they will float on the water then cling to your body when you get out that's why the Red Turkey oil will work better because it will not do this.

Some essential oils that you can use in your mixtures for Dry Skin are as follows: