Review (5/5): Lavender Wow!
I've always wanted a plethora of the lovely boutique gifts that I usually can't afford, so I decided to try making some myself! I used New York BioIogy 100% Pure & Natural Lavender Essential Oil to make some Lavender Bath Salts. I googled to find a free recipe and just needed epsom salts, sea salt, food coloring and a small decorative jar (you can buy the kind of jar I used at a good craft store), and of course, the Lavender Essential Oil, which New York Biology sells for a very affordable price here on Amazon.
It was so easy to make the bath salts, and within mere moments of opening the bottle of essential oil and adding just a few small drops of it to my mixture of salts, my kitchen smelled like a lovely lavender sachet! As soon as I can get the kids to sleep, I'll be having a nice, long, uninterrupted soak with this!
I used 1/8 cup Epsom Salt and 1/16 cup Sea Salt, 3 drops Lavender Essential Oil, several drops of red and blue food coloring, and then mixed it well. Then I spooned it into the jar and applied a cute little label with a gluestick! That’s all there is to it! (Some recipes I found used baking soda or baking powder, however it's been reported that if the mixture isn't COMPLETELY dry, the baking soda/powder will cause the jar to explode, so I left that part out of the mix.)
It smelled so good! I’m thinking about also mixing this with some coconut oil (as a carrier oil, because you shouldn't use essential oils undiluted on your skin!) as a lovely lotion for the inevitable winter-roughened skin I get every winter!
Unlike some other Lavender Essential Oil brands I’ve used in the past, New York Biology’s Lavender Essential Oil’s scent lingered for quite awhile, which I was very pleased about. Other oils I’ve tried in the past dissipated too soon, but this was not the case with this oil.
I'm planning on making a lot of the Lavender Bath Salts with this oil and use them as stocking stuffers for Christmas!
*DISCLAIMER: I was offered a complimentary bottle of this Essential Oil to facilitate my review. My review is my own honest experience and opinion of the product and was not influenced in any way or otherwise compensated for.