DIY Detox Bath Recipe Homemade (2024)

Beauty, Holidays, Valentines · January 16, 2015

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This DIY Detox Bath Recipe for soaking in the tub will help you feel relaxed and healthy. We use a detox bath for relaxation, muscle soreness, and more. This is an inexpensive gift idea, too!

In my old home, I had a large claw foot tub that this DIY Detox Bath Recipe would have been SO perfect for! I love homemade spa treatments and have made sugar scrubs, whipped body butter and more. They go perfectly with these homemade Crochet Bath Scrubbies.

I love making my own spa recipes because I can control what ingredients are in them! It’s easy to create fun gifts too, like these Homemade GemstoneShaped Soaps.

DIY Detox Bath Recipe

This house, however, is the only house on my block that doesn’t have a fancy jetted tub in the master bath. I can’t believe I missed that when we were looking at our home. We have a tub in the guest bath and it’s the kind of tub that makes you feel like baby Huey because it’s so small!

That doesn’t stop me from taking baths though. I make it work, although, in my next home, I WILL have a large enough tub to submerge my entire body.

DIY Detox Bath Recipe with Epsom Salts and Apple Cider Vinegar

When I’m ready for my bath, I add one cup of the dry mixture to the bath water, then I add one cup apple cider vinegar. I use unfiltered apple cider vinegar like Braggs, or from Trader Joe’s.

If you ask my mother, a detox bath will cure everything. So, after having two surgeries back to back in September and November, I was looking for ways to detox my body.

My body is so sensitive to drugs and anesthesia that it takes me a while to get it out of my system, so I took Detox Baths often. Not to mention it’s also great for sore muscles. I make my son soak in this after soccer games and I think it really helps, although he doesn’t like the vinegar smell. Sometimes I’ll just leave it out.

I make up a large batch and keep it in a jar with a scoop and just tuck it under the counter. You can keep it in a ziplock bag too. Whatever works for you. but you want it to be an airtight container to keep moisture out.

How to Make Detox Bath Salts

Making this bath soak recipe is really easy and can be custom scented with your favorite essential oil.

Supplies needed:

Large bowl
Whisk or Spoon
Epsom Salt
Ground Ginger
Baking Soda
Sea Salt
Cellophane bags or air-tight containers
Ribbon or Twine
Printable gift tag

Just in case any of you are looking for Valentine’s Day gifts., you can make the DIY detox bath recipe, then place a couple of cups of the dry mix in a clear bag, tying it up with the pretty printable tag I made to go with it. The instructions for use are printed right on the tag.

You can find your free Detox Soak Gift Tag in the Printable Vault. After downloading, open your file and print.

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DIY Detox Bath Salts Recipe

Yield: 1

Detox Bath Salts recipe for a hot soak in the tub. Combine 4 ingredients for a homemade spa experience.

Ingredients

2 Cups Epsom Salts
2 Cups Baking Soda
2 Cups Sea Salt
6 Tablespoons Ground Ginger

Instructions

Combine all your ingredients together and mix well. This works great by placing in a gallon size ziplock bag and turning the bag several times to blend ingredients.
Bath Time
Add 1 cup of the dry mixture with 1 cup apple cider vinegar to your bath water. Swish the mixture around to dissolve.