Welcome to the March Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop. The purpose of this Pinterest Challenge is to motivate all the participants of this hop (and you too) to not just pin, but to make it happen!
This month, I chose to make Orange Bath Powders from a lovely blog, Strangers & Pilgrims on Earth, then I went a little crazy and tried my own Calendula Bath Powder.
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Erlene - My Pinterventures • Jenny - Cookies Coffee and Crafts Debbee - Debbee's Buzz • Lynne - My Family Thyme • Pili - My Sweet Things Bri - Halfpint Design • Julie - Sum of their Stories Erin - The DIY Nuts • T'onna - Sew Crafty Crochet Beverly - Across the Boulevard • Kristie - Love My Little Cottage Roseann - This Autoimmune Life • Terri - Our Good Life Ali - Home Crafts by Ali • Cherryl - Farm Girl Reformed Leslie - Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After • Kelli - K's Olympic Nest Lauren - Mom Home Guide • Joanne - Our Unschooling Journey Shirley - Intelligent Domestications • Gail - Purple Hues and Me Audra - Renewed Projects • Habiba - Craftify My Love Kristie - Teadoddles • Marie - The Inspiration Vault • Susan - Suzerspace Lydia - Lydia's Flexitarian Kitchen • Maria - Simple Nature Decor Sam - Raggedy Bits • Emily - Domestic Deadline • Marci - Stone Cottage Adeventures Alexandra - Eye Love Knots • Alayna - Alayna's Creations Terrie - Decorate and More with Tip
For the Orange Bath Powder, I simply followed the recipe as I wasn't familiar with this type of bath time additive. The ingredients are oatmeal, backing soda and orange peel. That's it! I absolutely love the soft, natural orange color. Once finished, the fragrance was lovely, just clean and a little citrusy. Wanting the scent to pack more punch, two essential oils were added. A few drops of citrus fresh and one drop of rosemary. Adding a scoop to my bath water is such a treat and feels very soothing.
The orange went so well, I had to experiment! ;-) There is some calendula in stash of dried herbs. Substituting the calendula for the orange peel while leaving the rest the same produced a gorgeous yellow bath powder. Again, I love the soft natural color, but wanted a little more punch to the fragrance. I added a few drops of Lemon Grass essential oil. A small scoop in my bath water and suddenly I feel like I am at a spa. ;-)
Here they are side by side. Orange is on the left with Calendula on the right. My creative brain is buzzing with more ideas for this recipe!
;-) -Marci
This sounds wonderful to use in a relaxing bath. I bet it smells great!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the spa recipe:) I will definitely be trying it. I love to find tricks to diy my own makeup and bath products. Great idea!
ReplyDeleteI just love that it's made using such natural products! It sounds like it would smell delicious.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a soothing mix for relaxation and leisure enjoyment, Marci! It's always fun to make your own!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a heavenly way to soak! I wish we still had a tub. We removed ours to accommodate my mother in law.
ReplyDeleteI may have to try this. I love adding essential oils to my bath, and these sound heavenly!
ReplyDeleteI bet this orange bath powder feels amazing when its snowing outside. Like sitting in a cup of tea.
ReplyDeleteThis would make wonderful gifts. Pinning!
ReplyDeleteMarci, your bath powder in those jars looks a whole lot like my fridge oats I love having for breakfast, lol. Obvously one would need to pay good attention as to use which jar in which room.
ReplyDeleteOrange is such a fresh scent, it would be so nice in bath powder. These would be so nice as easy DIY gifts.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great gift idea.
ReplyDeleteI bet this smells delicious - what a great scent for spring!
ReplyDeleteMother's Day is coming up and this would be such a nice gift. I just bought some orange essential oils and I may have to try this simple bath powder recipe.
ReplyDeleteI love citrus scents! What a great and simple project
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