Join us as we share three foot soak recipes, gift ideas, and free printable labels. These recipes are quick to prepare and there’s a blend for everyone.
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Foot Soak Recipes
With regards to beauty and bath products, I’m currently in the “Why would I pay for a these when I can make my own for pennies?” phase. Join me as I share not one, but three foot soak recipes to have you pampering yourself (or others) in 10 minutes or less.
Foot soaks are great when gifted in a jar with a scoop, but are also well-received when given in smaller, or even single use jars. Speaking of gifting them, use anything you can find to store these in. Small hermetic jars keep moisture out well, but you can use mini mason jars, larger candy jars, or preserve jars. In related news, I used the last of my strawberry-guava jam from Hawaii and I’m thinking a trip is in order to replenish my supply.
I’ve created a couple of labels for you: both the labels are free for download!
Very few, simple ingredients are needed for these foot soak recipes. The instructions for all of these foot soak recipes is the same: put all ingredients into a bowl reserved for crafts and stir well with a wooden spoon.
Lavender “Relaxing” Blend Foot Soak Recipe
- 1 cup baking soda
- 1/2 cup Epsom salt
- 5 drops lavender oil
- 1 tbsp lavender buds (optional)
Printable Lavender Labels (click on the image for your choice of label)
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Peppermint “Invigorating” Blend Foot Soak
- 1 cup baking soda
- 1/2 cup Epsom salt
- 8 drops peppermint oil
- contents of a peppermint tea bag (optional)
- crushed peppermint candies (optional)
Printable Peppermint Labels (click on the image for your choice of label)
Lemon Mint “Smoothing” Blend Foot Soak
- 1 cup baking soda
- 1/2 cup Epsom salt
- lemon and mint essential oils (8-10 drops total)
- mint leaves (optional)
- dried lemon peel (optional)
I dried out my peels in a 200 degree (F) oven for about 10 minutes before adding them to my foot soak. Because this is being bottled, I wanted to limit the amount of moisture in the mix.
Printable Lemon Mint Labels (click on the image for your choice of label)
Basic Foot Soak Recipe
Join us as we share three foot soak recipes, gift ideas, and free printable labels. These recipes are quick to prepare and there's a blend for everyone.
Materials
- 1 cup baking soda
- 1/2 cup Epsom salt
- 5-10 drops scented oil (lavender, peppermint, or a combination of any)
- (optional) 1 tbsp additions (lavender buds, orange peel shavings, etc.
Tools
- wooden or plastic spoon
- mixing bowl (glass or stainless)
Instructions
- Put all ingredients into a bowl reserved for crafts and stir well with a wooden spoon.
- Store in an air tight jar until ready to use.
- To use, fill a container with very warm water, add 1/2 cup of foot soak, and immerse feet for 10 minutes. Pat dry.
Foot soaks can also be made into fizzy foot soaks (a.k.a. mini bath bombs) using a brownie bites pan. In order to do that, visit my recipes for bath bombs and alter the ingredients: no-fail bath bomb recipe, detoxifying recipe, or my favorite, the moisturizing recipe.
Winter feet deserve a quick-to-prepare, pampering foot soak recipe to soften them up. We would sincerely appreciate it if you saved this to a Pinterest board or shared it on your Facebook timeline.
Emily @ My Love for Words
Friday 13th of February 2015
I love these! I've done epsom salt foot soaks before, but I've never added anything to them. Great idea!
Heather@ My Overflowing Cup
Tuesday 3rd of February 2015
Thanks so much for sharing this, Sarah!
Not only are they beautiful, but they sound wonderful after a long, hard day. The only question is which one to try first.
Pinning!
Emily @ Love, Pasta and a Tool Belt
Tuesday 3rd of February 2015
I love a good foot soak! Thank you for sharing these great recipes at The Wednesday Round Up and we hope to see you next week!
Jillian Hudson
Sunday 1st of February 2015
This is a great corn-free idea! I’d love it if you would share it on my new corn-free link party. http://www.creatingsilverlinings.com/corn-free-everyday-feb-01-2015/
Winnie
Saturday 31st of January 2015
Sarah - this is AWESOME !! I know I'd looooooooove to get this as a gift Pinning