If your feet feel dry and tired, give them a bit of pampering with this simple DIY Epsom salt foot soak. This recipe is infused with tea tree and lavender essential oils for aromatherapy and additional skin-healing benefits.
I struggle with cabin fever or winter blues the most this time of year. To combat this, I try to go out of my way to pamper myself a bit more than I usually do. Today I’m going to show you how to make a simple Epsom salt foot bath with lavender and tea tree oil.
I will show you how to make a big batch of it for four uses! You can simply store the extra in a jar or pass it along to friends or family as a great DIY gift!
Epsom Salt Foot Bath Benefits
Chances are, you’ve likely heard of Epsom salt before. It’s an easy-to-find ingredient that offers some very neat benefits, particularly when it comes to our feet. Here are just a few Epsom salt foot bath benefits:
- Soften skin. The skin on our feet is probably the toughest skin on our body. Give your hardworking feet a break and pamper the skin with softening Epsom salt.
- Anti-fungal properties. One of the major Epsom salt foot bath benefits is the anti-fungal and anti-microbial properties Epsom salt provides. This can help prevent and reduce a variety of ailments including foot fungus or athlete’s foot.
- Aromatherapy benefits. Thanks to the addition of essential oils, this foot bath will provide you with soothing aromatherapy, allowing you to relax and enjoy even more!
How to Make an Epsom Salt Foot Soak
Now that you know why you should use an Epsom salt foot soak, let’s talk about how to make a batch. Like I mentioned above, I like to double or triple this recipe and gift it to friends and family. That being said—I make sure to leave enough for myself to use as well!
What You’ll Need for this Epsom Salt Foot Bath:
- 2 cups of Epsom Salt
- 3 Tablespoons of baking soda
- 10 drops of lavender essential oil
- 7 drops of tea tree essential oil
- Dried lavender flowers
- Empty glass jar to store it in (mason jar
or empty baby food jar will work!)
How to make your Epsom Salt Foot Bath:
Pour 2 cups of Epsom salt into a mixing bowl. Add 3 tablespoons of baking soda and stir until combined. Add about a 1/4 cup of dried lavender flowers (this is an approximate amount – add enough until it looks good to you). Lastly, add your lavender and tea tree essential oils and stir well.
Then pour into a glass container until you are ready to use it. I used empty baby food jars because I had some on hand, but mason jars also work really well too.
How to Use the Epsom Salt Foot Soak
When you are ready for your Epsom salt foot bath, fill up a water basin with warm water. Add 1/2 cup of the foot bath Epsom Salt mixture. I also recommend adding 3-5 additional drops of each oil (or just lavender if you prefer) when you are actually doing the foot bath. That way the aromatherapy will be a bit more intense and lovely!
Grab a cup of hot tea, sit back, relax, and enjoy! When you are ready to dump the water out, you can pour through a kitchen strainer first to catch the lavender flowers if you don’t want them to clog up your drain.
Want to soak more than just your feet with the benefits of Epson salt and lavender essential oil? Make some of these easy DIY bath bombs for a full-body experience.
Free Printable Gift Tag
If you would like to mix up a batch or two as a gift, go ahead and print the tag HERE! I printed mine out in a 2.5″ X 3.5″ wallet size.
Then, I filled clean baby food jars and covered the top of them with some white felt. I finished each off with some purple raffia to tie on the tag. This is a great one to pin now and save for a Mother’s Day gift idea!
Just pin it below to find the instructions later!
DIY Epsom Salt Foot Soak with Lavender
This DIY Epsom salt foot soak recipe is infused with tea tree and lavender essential oils for aromatherapy and additional skin-healing benefits.
Ingredients
- 2 cups of Epsom Salt
- 3 Tablespoons of baking soda
- 10 drops of lavender essential oil
- 7 drops of tea tree essential oil
- Dried lavender flowers
- Empty glass jar to store it in (mason jar or empty baby food jar will work!)
Instructions
Pour 2 cups of Epsom salt into a mixing bowl.
Add 3 tablespoons of baking soda and stir until combined.
Add about a 1/4 cup of dried lavender flowers (this is an approximate amount – add enough until it looks good to you).
Lastly, add your lavender and tea tree essential oils and stir well.
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Kristi says
My two favorite oils. Don’t want to neglect the feet…. important parts of the body that take us where we need to go every day.
valmg @ Mom Knows It All says
A foot soak can be so relaxing. I have never tried tea tree oil but have heard it does many things including help with toenail fungus.
Heather Johnson says
Lavender is one of my favorite flower scents. This foot bath sounds delightful!
Jennifer says
Oh, this was tailor made for me. I travel all the time, so I’m always on my feet. I would love to end the day with a nice foot bath like this.
Barb W. says
I love making natural beauty products! Thanks for the great recipe. Lavender is such a lovely scent, I imagine this is a truly relaxing foot soak!
Anna Cesnjevar says
I’m using tea tree oil and something called Kerasal to try and get rid of my nail fungus. I started a blog where I take a picture every week to document whether it’s actually working.
Good luck to all dealing with this annoying gross problem.
Shwan Marsh says
Epsom salt is awesome for easing throbs and in addition detoxifying the body. The dynamic fixings in epsom salt are magnesium and sulfur, which retain through your skin when you splash. This mending salt is in charge of diminishing irritation, alleviating bothersome skin (sulfur), assuaging sore muscles and hardened joints, bringing down anxiety (magnesium), shedding skin and dispensing with poisons from the body.
Kaylen says
I made this for my mom for Christmas it was so easy! I’m 10
Melissa Hazlett says
Hello. What a great mix. I knew the Epsom salt and lavender by their selves could be very beneficial to your health. And I can see that they could work together great. I love the fact you gave extra ideas on what to do with the remainder like give it away as a gift to you mother. I am sure she would love something like this. Thank you so much.
Francesca Acenas says
Hi. Thanks for this great recipe. Just wondering what the baking soda is for, tho’.
Kate says
Can I use this as a bath soak as well?
Erika says
Yes, you can, but I have a couple of easy bath salts and bath soak recipes you could try too – https://livingwellmom.com/easy-diy-bath-salts-with-lavender-and-orange/ and https://livingwellmom.com/?s=bath