BATH SALTS—HOME MADE

Hawera Star, Volume L, 25 October 1930, Page 14

BATH SALTS—HOME MADE

INEXPENSIVE PREPARATIONS If you line! the best bath salts a little too expensive, why not make some to suit your individual needs; Id is quite .simple. Put one pound of dust-free soda crystals into a wide-mouthed jar, and stir in the thinly-sliced rind of a lemon. Cork tip and leave .for 48 hours. When the peel is thoroughly dry, remove it, and yon will line! that a faint verbena fragrance lias been imparted Lo the crvstals.

Now pour half an ounce of jasmine perfume and a few drops of cochineal over the crystals, stir gently for a minute or so, cork up the jar so that it is thoroughly airtight, and leave for a week. The crystals will then be ready for use.

If you wish to prepare attractive bath .salts to present to friends, purchase well-shaped crystals from the chemist—they cost .slightly more than the ordinary kind used for general household purposes. These soda crystals can be coloured by spraying with a solution of spirit dye or an ordinary household cold-water dye. If you intend to perfume them, make this the last operation of all. Never perfume bath salts before colouring, or the dye will detract from the fragrance of flu* scent.

Hetnember that soda crystals rapidly become powdery in appearance when exposed to the air, and so they should be stored in an airtight container and kept in a cool place.

Remember, too, that while “.slimming” bath salts assist in weight reduction, they are seldom sufficient in themselves. You must pay strict attention to diet and take plenty of exercise. In some instances it: is an advantage to curtail sleeping hours slightly—say, from eight hours to seven, or from seven hours to six and a-half, according to tho number of hours you habitually sleep and liow much you wish to reduce. Three reducing baths a week should he ample for a start.