How To Make Herbal Bath Bags
Herbal Bath Bags Crafting Guide
Utilizing fresh or dried herbs for my bath and body items is a personal preference. In an ideal scenario, everyone would cultivate their own herbs in a meticulously maintained garden or a naturally flourishing herb haven. For those enthusiastic about gardening with available space, envisioning a beauty garden tailored to your local climate's offerings for homemade products is enticing. However, for those like me who lack the time, expertise, or desire for gardening, turning to dried herbs or liquid extracts is a suitable alternative.
Optimal utilization of dried herbs in baths can be achieved using classic muslin bath sachets. These sachets prevent herbs from becoming mushy and blocking drains or clinging to your skin, ensuring that you emerge from a soothing herbal bath without the unwelcome leaf and twig remnants.
Ingredients For Herbal Bath Bags
For each bag you will need:
- I tablespoon of your chosen herb mix (see below) or just 1 or 2 herbs mixed together
- Purifying herbs: rosemary, nettle, fennel, lavender, rock salt, seaweed
- Relaxing herbs: chamomile, jasmine, hops, valerian, meadowsweet
- Skin-soothing herbs: chamomile, oats, calendula, marshmallow, chickweed
Equipment
- jar or bowl
- approx. 8in (20cm) square of
- muslin
- pinking shears
- elastic band
- length of narrow ribbon or natural twine, or a strip of muslin