Do you have a bathing ritual?
If you're like some people, you might find yourself going further than adding water and soap to your hot bath. One of the best ways to have a bath is by adding bath oils.
Now, before you buy bath oils for your bathwater, you might become a bit overwhelmed by just how many there are on the market, their ingredients, and their prices.
Plus, if you plan on bathing regularly, you might find yourself using bath oil up, and soon enough, bath time could become that little bit more expensive.
To save you the time and the expenses of buying, you might wish to have your own DIY bath oil. Not only is it cheap, but it's natural, sustainable, and a fun process to do.
Don't worry, though; we're not going to leave you in the dark when it comes to making your homemade bath oil. To help you keep on reading, we're going to provide you with DIY bath oil recipes information everything you need to know about bath oil and bath treatments.
Homemade Bath Oil Recipe
You can save yourself a lot of money buying bath oil from the store by making yours with a combination of essential oils. You must choose the right essential oil combinations based on their fragrance, properties, and base carrier oil. When choosing a base oil, you might wish to select light ones, such as sweet almond oil, jojoba oil, grapeseed oil, olive oil, and apricot kernel. To give you an idea on some DIY recipes, you might want to consider:
Unwind bath oil recipe
For this bath oil recipe, you will need to mix the following:
- 5 tablespoons of Apricot Kernel oil
- 20 drops of Cypress essential oil
- 10 drops of lavender essential oil
- 10 drops of Cajeput essential oil
Under the weather
This is one of the best bath oil recipes for a pick me up; you will need the following:
- 20 drops of Tea tree oil
- 5 drops of olive oil
- 10 drops of lavender essential oil
- 10 drops of eucalyptus essential oil
Muscle soak
Take bath time to the next level after an intense workout with this bath oil recipe:
- 5 tablespoons of grapeseed oil
- 25 drops of lemon essential oil
- 25 drops of Marjoram essential oil
- 25 drops of Eucalyptus essential oil
These are just a few bath oil recipes out of many, so take your time to browse online and include your favorite essential oils.
Benefits Of Bath Oil
If you plan on using bath oils, there are a lot of advantages to doing so; some of the main benefits of them are:
Reduces stress
There are certain essential oils like lavender, Ylang Ylang, Peppermint, Sandalwood, Bergamot, Lemon, Rose, and more that, when put in warm bathwater, can have a calming and relaxing effect. It's not scientifically proven, but many people report that these oils can help them unwind after a long day.
Eases muscle soreness and cramps
Based on the mixture of essential oils you use in your bath, you might find that they help relax you, ease sore muscles and reduce menstrual cramps. This is because bath oil, when absorbed through the skin, can stimulate blood circulation, causing you to feel rejuvenated. Therefore this could be a great post-exercise remedy to stave off those sore muscles.
Moisturises your skin
Many people feel DIY bath oils like lavender oil can help act as a moisturizer for your skin. But, people only note this once the lavender essential oils are combined with carrier oils to allow your skin to absorb them properly.
It can help certain skin conditions
If you have difficulty with certain skin conditions like dry skin, eczema, or psoriasis, then bath oils might help them due to the moisture content they hold.
Eases digestion
There are essential oils like lemon oil, fennel seed oil, and ginger oil that help alleviate digestive problems. It's believed that certain bath oils can reduce inflammation around the stomach region and contribute to better circulation in the body, relieving any digestive discomfort.
May better your sleep
It's believed that bathing using lavender oil or smelling it after a woman has given childbirth and people with heart disease may sleep better. This is because some bath oils have calming properties making people feel more relaxed after bath time.
Ease headaches
Some essential oils like peppermint oil and lavender oil are believed that when they touch your skin can, help relieve headaches. Studies also show that if you mix chamomile with sesame oil, it might help alleviate headaches and migraines. However, more scientific studies are needed to support this.
Increase blood circulation
Certain bath essential oils like Rosemary oil, Eucalyptus oil, cypress oil, and more are believed to massage your muscles and stimulate blood circulation in your body.
Bath Oil vs. Bath Bombs
When it comes to having a relaxing bath, you might be confused about which one to use, bath bombs or bath oil? Well, the truth is their health benefits tend to be very similar.
No doubt both of them definitely make bath time a fun and relaxing experience. However, bath oils tend to contain more moisturizing benefits than bath bombs, as they can easily be absorbed into your skin. On the contrary, though, bath bombs often contain Epsom salt, which has other benefits that bath oils don't contain.
DIY Ingredients for bath oils
When it comes to making the best DIY bath oil, you don't actually need a lot of ingredients to do so. In fact, there are only a few to consider, which are:
- Glass dropper bottle (40 ounces)
- Carrier oil of your preference. If you're stuck for options, a good one to consider is almond oil, part of the reason is that it contains vitamin e and other good skin nourishing ingredients.
- A mixture of essential oils. There's no set rule to the combination of essential oils you need to use.
- Dried flowers (optional). If you want to have a nice DIY bath, you might want to go out and make it look aesthetically nice with dried flowers, but you don't have to do that!
What Is The Best Carrier Oil For Essential Oils
The best carrier oil for baths can be completely subjective and differ based on each person's preference. One affordable carrier oil to consider is almond oil, as it's multifunctional and good for the skin. In addition to this, there are other useful carrier oils like jojoba oil which is beneficial for various skin types. Moreover, grapeseed and avocado oil are equally great for bath time. There is also coconut oil that can be used as carrier oils, but coconut oil is not that good if you suffer from many spot breakouts.
Best Essential Oil For Bath Oil
Just like we mentioned before, homemade bath oil can vary based on the combination of essential oils you decide to use. Do note, though; there's no set formula or recipe for the best bath experience. In fact, there is a range of essential oils you should consider using, such as:
Lavender essential oil (Lavandula angustifolia)
This essential oil comes from lavender flowers, commonly used in aromatherapy. When used in a bath, this own bath oil is believed to help with relaxation, anxiety, fungal infections, insomnia, depression, eczema, nausea, and menstrual pain.
Geranium essential oil (Pelargonium graveolens)
This bath oil tends to have a rose and citrus smell and is commonly used in cosmetics. The oil is a byproduct of a South African plant known as Pelargonium. Geranium is made by distilling the leaves, and it's full of antioxidants and antimicrobials.
Rosemary essential oil (Rosmarinus officinalis)
This bath oil originates from an evergreen shrub with needle-like leaves. When placed in your bath, it gives off a wood-like aroma and is believed to provide many health benefits like bettering your brain function, stimulating hair growth, relieving pain, reducing inflammation, and more. However, if you're pregnant and have high blood pressure or epilepsy, you should not use it as it can cause complications.
Tea Tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia)
Tea tree oil is a versatile bath oil that can help kill fungi and bacteria. In addition to bath oil, it's used in various treatments such as therapy, dental care, surgery, and burn care. Tea tree oil tends to have a yellow color and a strong scent. This bath essential oil is believed to help with skin irritation, dry skin, acne, athletes' feet, and bites.
Sweet Orange essential oil (Citrus sinensis)
This bath oil is extracted from sweet orange and has a range of benefits: an anti-inflammatory, relaxant, helps digestion, betters your blood circulation, and can help with stomach pains. This essential oil has a bitter smell to it. Do note that sweet orange oil has the potential to make your skin more sensitive to the sun, so be careful using it in your bath and then going outside.
Lemon essential oil (Citrus limon)
Another citrus bath oil to consider is lemon. To use this oil, you can either extract the oil from lemon peel, diffuse lemon oil into the open air, or use lemon oil with a carrier oil. These essential oils have a powerful smell that can uplift and energize you once inhaled.
When out in your bath, it's believed that it can help dry skin itchy skin, ease symptoms of depression and anxiety, act as a pain reliever, help with breathing and make you feel more alert. There also has been a scientific study that suggests it may better the cognitive function of people with Alzheimer's disease; however, there needs to be more research conducted to support this.
Clary sage oil (Salvia sclarea)
Clary sage oil comes from a Mediterranean plant and is used for a lot of medicinal reasons and spice. When it is put in bath oil, users often report that it can help lower their blood pressure, improve their mental function, have anti-inflammatory properties antibacterial effects, improve their circulation and digestion.
Cedarwood essential oil (Juniperus virginiana)
This bath oil has a wood like scent and comes from cedar and juniper trees. It helps your concentration, makes you feel relaxed, reduces stress, eases tension, clears the mind, and repels bugs. Many users of Cedarwood oil also state that it can help with their sleep and anxiety too.
Patchouli essential oil (Pogostemon cablin)
Patchouli oil is fantastic for a variety of skin conditions such as acne, eczema, dermatitis, and dry skin. It also helps with headaches, stomach upset, and easing up cold. This bath oil tends to have a sweet, spicy, and woody scent.
Sandalwood essential oil (Santalum album)
Sandalwood oil is distilled from a Santalum album tree and has a sweet yet woody scent. This bath oil can help fight bacteria, act as an antiinflammatory, protect against skin cancer, help wounds heal, help with anxiety, and more.
Chamomile essential oil (Anthemis nobilis)
This bath oil comes from the chamomile plant and has a warm yet fruity smell with sweet tobacco undertones. Many users of this bath oil state that it helps with digestive upsets, relieves anxiety, promotes sleep, helps skin conditions, and more.
Frankincense essential oil (Boswellia carterii)
Frankincense is an essential oil that has a woody and honey like smell. The oil actually derives from the resin of a tree called Boswellia in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. There are a lot of health benefits associated with Frankincense, such as being an anti-inflammatory, helping. with gut function, asthma, allowing you to maintain good oral health and more/
Myrrh essential oil (Commiphora myrrha)
This is an oil with a woody smell and is thought to help with your oral health, reduce inflammation, betters skin health, kills parasites, and more.
Sweet Marjoram oil (Origanum majorana)
This essential oil contains a lot of antioxidants and can help with coughs, stomach cramps, headaches, depression, dizziness, and more.
How To Make Bath Oil
Homemade bath oils are really easy to make. To give you an idea, you might want to try out this method:
- Get your ingredients and DIY bath essential oils
- Next, if you have any dried flowers, add these to your bath first.
- Then add a carrier oil to an empty glass bottle and fill it up to 95% full.
- Following this, add essential oils of your choice and make sure they're mixed. If you're stuck for ideas adding essential oils, try some of our recipe examples above.
- Then add the lid, rub the glass bottle between your hands and shake well.
- Once shaken, pour the DIY bath oils in and enjoy.
Bath Oil For Itchy Skin
If you have itchy skin and looking for a bath oil that can make it more comfortable, you might want to try a few drops of essential oil like lavender and chamomile. Ideally, you should aim to put 15 drops of each into your bath.
You can also use lavender oil after you've had your bath. Similarly, for smooth skin, there are carrier oils like coconut oil and jojoba oil that can help. Moreover, to get rid of itchy skin, it's often better to use bath oil with essential oils instead of water, as the mix better and causes less irritation.
In addition to this, if you have an itchy skin condition like eczema, you might want to think about using coconut oil or olive oil. Here is a good recipe to try:
1. Get 1/4 of a cup of coconut oil or olive oil, and then add it to warm bathwater.
2. Pick your favorite oils, then add five drops into the bath.
3. Let the oil drop in the water.
4. Following this, the essential oils and carrier oils will linger on the surface of the water. When this happens, massage them into your skin while in the bathtub.
Bath Oil For Dry Skin
If you suffer from dry skin, you should add olive oil to your warm water. The reason for this is that olive oil has a rich natural fat content that helps keep your skin hydrated. If you don't have olive oil, you could aim to add 15 drops of chamomile and 15 drops of Frankincense for a relaxing bath. Other oils that can be useful for dry skin are coconut oil, almond oil, and sunflower oil.
Bath Oil For Relaxation
If you want a good soak after a long stressful day, then you might want to try adding 10 drops of lavender, 10 drops of sweet orange, and 10 drops of bergamot to your bath. Some other essential oils you might want to consider are frankincense, ylang-ylang, and citrus oils.
Bath Oil For Sore Muscles
If you have sore muscles after exercise, you should consider adding 12 drops of eucalyptus and 12 drops of peppermint to your bath. You might also want to use rosemary oil, lavender oil, and yarrow oil, as these are also known to help reduce inflammation and pain. In particular, if you have back pain, you might want to use ginger oil, wintergreen oil, lemongrass oil, and sandalwood oil.
Bath Oil For Menstrual Cramps
There are many essential oil blends you can add to your bath to relieve menstrual pain; one common recipe we recommend is adding 10 drops of thyme, 10 drops of peppermint, and 10 drops of clary sage. Further to this, you might want to try lavender oil as it has anti inflammatory properties that can relax the muscles around your uterus. Peppermint essential oil can also help relieve any pain, inflammation, and headaches you may have.
How To Make Lavender Bath Oil
If you want to save money, then you can make your own lavender DIY bath oil. It's really easy to make and affordable to do! One of the quickest ways of doing this is by adding 30 drops of lavender oil to a glass jar mixed with a 4 ounce carrier oil and mixing it. On the contrary, if you have more time, you can use lavender flowers instead.
How To Use Bath Oil
To use bath oil effectively, you should aim to add 5-6 drops into warm bathwater. If you wish, you can choose to add more or less, all based on your personal preference. But always be careful when entering or exiting the bath, as the surface can become slippery easily.
Conclusion
Overall, bath oils have a range of benefits from reducing stress inflammation, helping headaches, moisturizing skin, and more. There's no set formula to making the best bath oil recipe; it's simply a case of trial and error. To know which bath oils might be beneficial for you, you might want to think about why you want to use them first and then look for specific oils that might help ease your symptoms.
Remember, when making a bath oil, you will want to have a dropper, glass bottle, a mixture of essential oils, and carrier oil. If you plan on making bath oils, you must use a carrier oil so it can bond together well.
Plus, bath oil, in comparison to bath bombs, have a range of different benefits. One of the major ones is that bath oil absorbs into your skin a lot more easily. Finally, if you're interested in making your essential oils, you might want to check out our range at Body and Earth.
