Here's a recipe for homemade bath bags that I made a few weeks ago:
Bath bags
Ingredients:
30g oats
1 tablespoon oat bran (or more oats)
Small handful of dried crushed rose petals (could change to any flower you have to hand)
10 drops lavender oil (more if you want to up to 20 drops, or use a different oil or a combination of oils if you prefer)
1 liz earle muslin cloth (can use any muslin cloth)
Method:
Fold muslin in half and half again. On the corner with no coloured cotton edging, cut a 1/4 circle out.
From cloth left, neaten each corner so the curved edges left from cutting the 1/4 circle out are now straight. This should leave you with a triangle with 2 sides edged with the coloured cotton.
Cut any sections still joining up with each neatly.
When all separated this should give you 2 large ovals from the centre and 4 “bags” from the corners.
In the bags (or centre of oval) place oats, bran and rose petals. Mix together. Add 10 drops lavender oil to each bag.
Gather the top together to seal the bag and tie a piece of cloth/ribbon round the top and knot twice.
I used the cut offs from the cloth to tie but you can use ribbon or string.
To use:
Place in your hot bath as it is running to scent the water.
You can also use it as a scrub while in the bath. Either rub the bag over your skin OR untie the bag and rub the contents on you. It gets messy so do this when you are just ready to get out.
The cloth bags and ovals can be used over and over again, just wash them out.
