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There are four ways to use essential oils in the bath. First, of course, they can just be added neat and undiluted to the water. This gives the bath a wonderful aroma and you the therapeutic values of whichever oils you have chosen. But the oils can also be incorporated into homemade bath crystals, bath oils, and bubble baths.
Many people find plain tap water drying to the skin and need a bath oil to counteract its effects. There are few truly dispersible bath oils, but one that is, is a treated castor oil known as Red Turkey Oil. You add the essential oil directly into the can bottle, just as you would with any other base oil, using 5 drops to a teaspoon of oil; as most bottles of this oil come in 2 ounce sizes, add 50 drops of your chosen oil or blend of oils. Use about 1 teaspoon of this each bath. Alternatively, first add your essential oil neat to the bath-4-6 drops per bath–and then put a teaspoon of Red Turkey Oil in the bath.
Nondispersable oils may also be added to baths, only in this case the oil will float on the water and then cling to your body when you get out. Any nourishing oil can be used, such as avocado, almond, apricot kernel, or grapeseed, or make a blend– again add 5 drops of essential oil per 1 teaspoon of bath oil and use a teaspoon in each bath. Here is a good proportional blend for baths:
Sometimes there is nothing more appealing than lying back in a bath full of bubbles, while the aromas of the essential oils drift around you, soothing and relaxing. The following recipe is for a bubble bath that is also cleansing. Use only one hundred percent pure soap–either soap flakes or grated pure soap.
Boil the spring water and melt the soap in it. In another container, mix the witch hazel and almond oil together and shake well. (If possible, do this in a blender.) Then slowly add the soap mixture to the witch hazel and oil blend and again, shake or blend well. These amounts will make a large quantity of basic bubble bath mixture add the essential oils of to which you can your choice as and when required. For each 2 tablespoons base bubble bath use 15 drops of essential oil and mix well. Use 1-2 teaspoons of the final product in each bath.
NORMAL SKIN SYNERGISTIC BLEND
DRY SKIN SYNERGISTIC BLEND
GREASY SKIN SYNERGISTIC BLEND
BLEMISHED SKIN SYNERGISTIC BLEND
Body oils can be applied before getting in the bath, as opposed to the more usual practice of applying them after a bath, and they have a tremendously satisfying effect as the body is enveloped in an oil that is heated by water and absorbed into the body by osmosis.
You can use any combination of essential oils for a variety of skin conditions; see the previous lists and formulate your own blends. This method is also particularly useful for the treatment of arthritic and rheumatic conditions. Use 5 drops of essential oil to each 1 teaspoon of Pre-Bath Oil Base. Apply the oil all over your body before stepping into the bath (this method does not have the same effect in a shower).
PRE-BATH BASE OIL
Wish you always healthy and happy in life.
Please see more: Body Lotions; SKINEROIL – SKIN CARE ESSENTIAL OIL
