Natural Beauty and Skin Care: A Steamy Diva Detox Bath

A detox bath can be a great way to rid your body of unhealthy toxins. This type of bath is also a great way to clean your body from the inside out. When the body goes through a detox, there is a natural progression that occurs whenever the body begins to expel and eliminate toxins. While the hot water draws the toxins to the surface of the skin, the Epsom salts produce sweating which help rid the body of the toxins.

Sea Salts

Sea salts are an effective treatment that soothes the skin, helps relieve joint and muscle pain, aids in the elimination of toxins and helps replenish the body with essential minerals.

Juniper Berry Essential Oil

Juniper Berry Essential Oil (Juniperus communis) also known as Common Juniper is steamed-distilled from the crushed, dried or partly dried ripe berries. The best juniper berries are collected in northern Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia and France. This oil is well known for its diuretic and lymphatic decongestant properties. It is recommended for clearing toxins and reducing the level of uric acid in the body.

Baking Soda
Baking soda is an acid neutralizer and also added to bathwater has a softening effect on the skin.

Epsom Salt
Epsom Salt also known as magnesium sulfate is absorbed through the skin, as in a bath, it and draws toxins from the body, sedates the nervous system, reduces swelling, relaxes muscles and is a natural emollient.

Lemon Essential Oil
Lemon Essential Oil (Citrus limon) is obtained from the peel of lemons by cold expression. Cold-pressing will yield six to seven pounds of oil from one ton of fresh fruit. Following extraction, different batches of cold-pressed California lemon oils are often blended together to produce a more consistent aroma profile, while lemon oils from Italy usually come as individual, small lots from different producers. Italian oils typically have a wider, more inconsistent range of aromatic qualities. Lemon oil can be used as a mild detoxifier and is recommended to clear heat and dampness from the body.

Recipe
1 cup sea salt (fine)
2 drops juniper berry essential oil
1 cups baking soda
1 cup Epsom salt
3 drops lemon essential oil

Combine sea salt, baking soda and Epsom salt together and slowly add to warm running bath water. Add juniper berry essential oil and lemon essential oil to warm bath water and soak in the tub for no more than 15 to 20 minutes.

Enjoy!!

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