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Take a hot soak in the tub with these rose bath melts to help melt away stress! Unlike bath bombs which are fizzy and refreshing, bath melts are full of rich oils for smoother skin. These are a great way to pamper yourself and also make a great gift for Valentine’s Day… or just because!
Bath bombs, bath fizzies, bath salts… add bath melts to that list! Bath melts are packed with emollient oils that quite literally melt in the tub.
There are many ingredient options to make these, but I chose shea butter, coconut oil, and cocoa butter. Here’s why:
Historically used in wound care, shea butter helps with collagen production. This butter also helps strengthen the skin and fights wrinkles by fighting inflammation. It’s a staple in a lot of my favorite recipes, including this whipped body butter.
Coconut oil is like the MacGyver of skincare ingredients! My family uses is it in everything from oil pulling chews to lotion, and chocolate coconut energy bars. It’s also the perfect choice for these rose bath melts.
As an antioxidant, coconut oil is the highest source of lauric acid next to breastmilk. This oil is also stable at room temperature so it doesn’t go rancid as fast as some oils. Coconut oil is antimicrobial, helps skin heal faster, and may help fight cellulite.
True rose essential oil takes about 10,000 pounds of flowers to produce 1 pound of oil. You can easily pay over $1,000 for just one ounce of pure rose essential oil! Rose absolute is distilled with chemical solvents and is a little cheaper to make, but often toxic. That’s not even considering the environmental impact it takes to turn massive amounts of plant material into a tiny bit of essential oil.
Fortunately, rose geranium has a similar scent but at a fraction of the cost. If you don’t have rose geranium, then Egyptian or bourbon geranium will also work, but the scent won’t be quite the same. I find it to be a much cheaper option, it smells amazing and comes with skin benefits.
Rose geranium helps improve dull or oily skin and can help with acne and cellulite, according to aromatherapist Julie Lawless.
Rose clay is a type of kaolin clay, but instead of the typical off white, it’s a rosy pink. Its red hue is thanks to naturally occurring iron oxides. Rose kaolin clay has a fine consistency so it blends smoothly into skincare products and is especially good for dry to normal skin types.