"Happy New Year" Bath Salts

From the Kitchen of Me*!

Every year a branch of our family gets together for Christmas Eve and has a delicious meal, exchanges gifts, and catches up on our lives.  This year, as one of the gifts I made for everyone, I did a little kitchen-witchery, and blended up the following:

• 2 parts epsom salt
• 1 part baking soda
• 1 part powdered milk

I separated out about a third of this mixture into a separate bowl, and gently added to the smaller bowl:

• 1 part plain & pink Himalayan sea salt
• dried wildflower petals (saved from my garden over the summer, dried in a paper bag in a cool place)

To the larger bowl of salt, I added drops of the following essential oils:

• Sweet Orange
• Jasmine
• Lavender

I can't say how much of each, as I did it by feel, intuition, and smell. As I added the oils and blended, I focused my intentions on the wishes I have for myself and my family for this upcoming year. Stir together well. Hold your palms over the blend and say a prayer as you wish. Whatever you do here is right, as long as it is You.

On the practical side, decide how much mixture you are making, and use the "parts" to back out how much you need of each ingredient to achieve the total volume you are looking for (be sure to make some for yourself!) Do some research up-front of which essential oils embody the energies you wish to infuse your bath blend with. Prosperity? Relaxation? Sensuality?

On the witchy side, before you begin, set your space with intent, light a candle, and call upon your ancestors, spirit guides, angels, to assist your work, and thank them when you are done.  Keep your energy positive and loving and focused on what you "do" want, not what you don't want... this isn't intended as a tutorial in kitchen witchery, just some basic guidelines.  

I layered the scented salts with the flowers and pink sea salt in mason jars, and included a wooden scooper, tied with a ribbon.

(Even the dudes liked the way this smelled, so, don't assume this is just a chick gift.)

*With a grateful nod to Angela Pizzarello and Catherine Maguire on the bath witchery