PEPPERMINT FOOT SOAK

A simple recipe for making a soothing and rejuvenating foot soak.

YOU'LL NEED.....
1) A large mixing bowl
2) Kitchen scales
3) Large tub or wide-necked bottle/jar (to hold all of the mixture)
4) A clean, empty bottle (for bottling as required)

INGREDIENTS
2 parts Coarse Sea Salt
1 part *Epsom Salts or if you wish, *Sodium Sesquicarbonate instead
2% Peppermint Oil
A few drops of our Blue Liquid Colour

HOW TO.....
Measure out the sea salt and *Epsom salts into the tub or large wide-necked bottle/jar and mix together thoroughly.

Calculating the total weight of the mixture, measure out 2% in weight of Peppermint Essential Oil into the mixture and stir in thoroughly. (It is worth remembering that the volume and weight of *epsom salts and coarse sea salt correspond quite closely, so 200g of the mixture will also fill nearly exactly 200ml in volume, so for every 100g of mixture, use 2ml of essential oil/s or fragrance).

Leave the mixture to stand, covered, for at least a day for the fragrance to thoroughly permeate the salts.

Using a funnel or similar utensil, you can now decant a little at a time into a suitable bottle or scoop into a jar for using as you please.

For adding a little effervescence, mix together a little sodium bicarbonate and granular citric acid (50/50) and replace some of the sea salt weight-for-weight.

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