Refreshing and uplifting, these scented bath salts contain beneficial essential oils – so why not pamper yourself?

1 Preparing the jar
Wash a glass jar with a tight-fitting lid and dry thoroughly, as any moisture left in it will cause the bath salts to harden.

2 Mixing dry ingredients
Weigh out the Epsom salts and bicarbonate of soda, spoon them into the jar and mix well together.

3 Adding essential oils
Add the mandarin and geranium essential oils to the mixture in the jar a drop at a time. Shake the jar to combine the ingredients. Add a few drops of orange food colouring.

4 Adding the final ingredient
Add the liquid glycerine to the mixture and shake the jar again to ensure that the bath salts are thoroughly mixed. To scent your bath water, add 4–6 tablespoons of the bath salts and allow them to dissolve.

Variations...
For bath salts with a more relaxing scent, replace the mandarin and geranium oils with Roman chamomile and lavender oils, leave out the food colouring and tuck sprigs of lavender against the sides of the jar.